VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Seed and pre-Seed investment levels and valuations remain healthy, there’s more talent in the market and less competition. Maybe surprisingly, but emerging managers in particular, outperformed ‘blue chip’ funds from 2004 to 2020. Eze Vidra, Remagine Ventures Venture remains attractive but LPs have been burnt With a 11.5%

Venture Capital 215

Venture Capital Technical Review LP Institutional Investors 215

Ben's Blog

JULY 16, 2013

You probably thought that valuations would be roughly the same as they were the last time you raised money. 3/31/2004: 31.6. So, the average company on the S&P 500 IT index with $10M in annual earnings would be worth $210M in March of 1995, $820M in March of 2002, $310M in March of 2004 and $155M in March of last year.

Down Round 78

Down Round Marketing Preferred Stock Post-Money Valuation 78

Ben's Blog

JULY 16, 2013

You probably thought that valuations would be roughly the same as they were the last time you raised money. 3/31/2004: 31.6 So, the average company on the S&P 500 IT index with $10M in annual earnings would be worth $210M in March of 1995, $820M in March of 2002, $310M in March of 2004 and $155M in March of last year.

Marketing 46

Marketing Preferred Stock Post-Money Valuation Down Round 46

NZ Entrepreneur

JULY 8, 2019

Valuations. If a valuation is too low, the founders become over-diluted over time and will struggle to do a later series A or B raise if they’re sitting at single digits – global venture capitalists (VCs) won’t touch this scenario. A simple metric – when I registered my first company in 2004, the naming space was wide open.

New Zealand 42

New Zealand Entrepreneur Valuation Dilution 42