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  • January 1998 (Revised June 1999)
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Chemdex.com

By: William A. Sahlman, Michael J. Roberts and Laurence E. Katz
  • Format:Print
  • | Pages:31
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Abstract

An Internet start-up company is developing an online marketplace for specialty chemicals and reagents. David Perry has been named a runner-up in the 1st annual HBS Business Plan contest and now faces seed-stage financing questions--how much money to raise, at what valuation, in how many stages, and from whom.

Keywords

Valuation; Internet and the Web; Chemicals; Business Startups; Capital; Chemical Industry

Citation

Sahlman, William A., Michael J. Roberts, and Laurence E. Katz. "Chemdex.com." Harvard Business School Case 898-076, January 1998. (Revised June 1999.)

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William A. Sahlman

Entrepreneurial Management
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