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Want to Know How VC’s Calculate Valuation Differently from Founders?

Both Sides of the Table

Back in 1999 when I first raised venture capital I had zero knowledge of what a fair term sheet looked like or how to value my company. Due to competitive markets we ended up with a pretty good term sheet until we needed to raise money in April 2001 and then we got completely screwed. I turned them down. They were nonplussed.

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How and Why To Be an Angel Investor

David Teten

approx 1999-07. Villalobos & Payne: “Startup Pre-Money Valuation: The Keystone to Return on Investment” 117. John Frankel started as an individual angel investor in New York in 1999. Sohl: “The Angel Investor Market in 2007: Mixed Signs of Growth” Unknown. 1961- 1996.

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LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

The terms and valuation for both offers were comparable and when the team debated which path to choose, we all agreed both firms would have made good partners. round which closed in November 2003, and the pre-money valuation between $10 million and $15 million. It was a pretty good valuation for the time.

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Is There a Valuation Bubble for Social Media Companies (and if so, is it Bursting)?

Pascal's View

Welcome to the latest passionate debate over the ‘valuation bubble or not?’ This time, the debate centers on the “favored few” Social Media venture backed companies that have brought tremendous windfalls to a select group of venture funds and management teams, both pre- and post-IPO. question in venture capital. It is intentional.

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Time is the Enemy of All Deals

Both Sides of the Table

When I was raising money for my first company we had closed a seed round in 1999 and were working on our A round. We had many term sheets (it was 1999 and we had a pulse) and we were deciding which one to take. million at a $15 million pre-money valuation. It was December 1999. Yes, this was stupid.

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B is for BUBBLE: Venture Capital in 2013

VC Cafe

Last year, the VC industry partied like its 1999. New data from research firm Pitchbook makes it official: valuations are at an all-time high. Across all investment stages, median pre-money valuations last year rose dramatically. Some of the frenzy is driven by Wall Street. Seed-stage deals now require $5.1