Estimated Value: $150 million
Business: The "Shutterfly" of Europe.
Location: London, UK
More Info: About PhotoBox
CEO: Graham Hobson
Investors: HarbourVest Partners, LLC, Index Ventures, Highland Capital Partners
Analysis: Photobox is Europe's top photo-sharing-and-printing service, with 5 million members. The company makes money by printing and editing users' photos, and offers 1GB of free space for uploading pictures online. To print 150 4x6 photos costs about $30.
Shutterfly, a larger company, is valued at just north of $200 million. We estimate that PhotoBox will generate about $100 million in 2008 revenue. We use a 1.5X multiple (low-margin) to arrive at a valuation of $150 million.