3TS Venture Partners Valuation of the New Economy Businesses March 9, 2001

3TS Venture Partners Contents What Is Valuation Variety of Business Cases Investor’s Perception Applicable Methodologies Lessons Learned Who We Are

3TS Venture Partners What Is Valuation Goals of the Company Real finance - art or science? Useful tool Increases probability of success Allows you to make a right decision

3TS Venture Partners Variety of Business Cases What is the value of your notebook? –for whom? –when? –where? –with what? –for what purpose?

3TS Venture Partners Variety of Business Cases When it is needed? –purchases and sales of businesses –M&A processes –Shareholder value creation –Litigation –Settlements –Taxation –Estimation of intangible assets

3TS Venture Partners Variety of Business Cases Ownership –certain rights and obligations attached to the particular shareholding, participation, usage, lease, etc. Bases of valuation –owner value –market value –fair value

3TS Venture Partners Variety of Business Cases Different New Economy entities Valuation techniques depend on the kind of business. The variety of internet applications make web-based businesses very different from each other New Economy business is every business, which is: –Internet Service Provider –Content Provider –Portal/vortal –B2B marketplace –E-tailer –etc. Scope of operations Kind of business

3TS Venture Partners Investor’s Perception What has happened since April 2000? Nobody pays for words „internet strategy” Deep analysis of the business models is a must Valuations are much lower, even for developed businesses Consolidation play is of major importance

3TS Venture Partners Investor’s Perceptions Key questions: –Where are the revenues coming from? –What is the strategy? –What are the competitive advantages? –How big is the market? –What is the structure of the market?...and... –How are you going to achieve this?

3TS Venture Partners Applicable Methodologies Based on multiples Discounted cash-flow (DCF) DCF is more and more often used methodology as nobody is interested in users with no revenue generation potential

3TS Venture Partners Applicable Methodologies Based on Multiples –Methods based on multiples derive the market value of the shareholding from the comparison of the particular operational figures with the companies listed on the public markets or being targets on the M&A market –In case of New Economy businesses these figures can be: Profits Revenues User statistics (e.g. registered) Traffic generated (e.g page hits)

3TS Venture Partners Applicable Methodologies Discounted cash-flow (DCF) –DCF derives the market value of the shareholding from the forecasted cash flows generated by the Company –DCF has three key elements: Cash flow during the projected period Right discount rate Terminal Value, i.e. the value of the firm after the projected period

3TS Venture Partners Applicable Methodologies Limitations to the methodologies Lack of comparable data Size differences among the sample companies Diversified stages of development and growth potentials Risk factors not satisfactory defined or valued Discount rates not specifically describing stages of development or scenarios Subjective evaluation used when defining risk factors that are already valued by the market Multiples DCF

3TS Venture Partners Applicable Methodologies Which method is the right one? –There is no such! –You should use more than one, because: New Economy business are often loss making DCF has high embedded risk of forecasting, therefore discount rates should be significantly higher Due to the sensitivity of forecasting excercise, you should pay much attention to the scenario analysis Multiples methods are used as a cross-check for other methods

3TS Venture Partners Lessons Learned Old good times are goneOld good times are gone –remember important investor’s questions The evidence is a mustThe evidence is a must –nobody will pay you for your business plan without implementation There is no ideal valuation methodThere is no ideal valuation method –use as many as possible

3TS Venture Partners Who We Are

3TS Venture Partners Who is 3TS Created in 1999 Venture Capital firm with $70 mm funding Technology Sector Focus Offices in Budapest, Prague, Warsaw Partners: 3i Group, 3i Technologieholding, Sitra

3TS Venture Partners Strategy Focused on high-tech, communications, software and internet-related industries EURO million investments Able to fund early stage to expansion phase year time investment horizon Hands-on full support of the 3TS team and partners until IPO or trade sale

3TS Venture Partners 3i Group 3i Group, EURO 1,100 million in technology investments in over 540 companies in year to 31 March 2000 Increase of 60% Total investments of EURO 2,100 million Shareholders Funds EURO 9,000 million, ROE 44% More than 70 executives with expertise in assessing technology businesses

3TS Venture Partners 3i Technologieholding Largest VC firm in Germany EURO 260 mm capital, approx 50 investments per year Acquired by 3i in January 2000 IRR of +110% Investments - Intershop, Brokat, Ricardo.de, Poet Software, CPU

3TS Venture Partners Sitra Finnish National Fund for Research & Development Invests in other specialized funds Over 10 funds in Finland - 30% of all invested capital, 23 funds in total EURO 1,000 million under management Gives access to funds and portfolio companies

3TS Venture Partners Recent Investments Open - CATV, data software/hardware MobilAsk - WAP, wireless hosting solutions E Group – Business Automation, E-solutions Voxline – Mobil Internet Software Paymentor – Online receivables collection LaserBit – Laser wireless data transmission CV-Online – Online career site

3TS Venture Partners What Makes Us Different Technology Focus Regional Funds with Local Presence Access to 3i and Sitra expertise and portfolio companies Hands-on Approach Track Record in VC, Dedicated Team

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