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 2006 + Pre-Money Valuation
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| Page 1 of 1 | Previous | Next | ENTREPRENEURSHIP BLOG MARCH 1, 2006 Definitions: Pre-money & Post-Money One set of the terms that I wasn't sure of when I first started thinking about venture capital were the " pre-money " and " post-money " valuations. Pre-money refers to the value of the company prior to raising capital and the post-money refers to the value of the company after raising capital. | ENTREPRENEURSHIP BLOG SEPTEMBER 13, 2006 I Disagree w/ Paul Kedrosky on VC Bubble Data VentureOne reported that median pre-money valuations rising from $15m in 2005 to $20M in 2006, brought valuations back to bubble levels of 2000. It is later rounds where valuations are going up, which can be read as a positive sign: Business are delivering results, and investors are paying up for those results. | | | | | |
| | | REDEYE VC APRIL 15, 2011 Woulda Coulda Shoulda - Twitter And I declined -- mainly because the pre-money valuation was 4x larger than the terms we offered them a few months prior and 2x larger than any other investment we had made. I stand by everything I wrote in my blog post from 2006. Investing in the earliest stage of startups is difficult. Big mistake. . But because I did. | | | | | | | | | |
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BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2009  The Great VC Ice Age is Thawing (for now) – Part 1 of 3
They should heed the age old advice that raising slightly more money while you can is always better than trying to optimize future valuations. This should not be confused with raising too much money as many companies did in 2006-08. But imagine a VC that did 12 deals per year in 2006, 2007 & 2008. MORE >> -
BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 2011  On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine
It’s like people arguing that there’s a beautiful beach house in 2006 that represents great long-term value due to scarcity of similar property. All of that might be true, but the 2006 price might still be over-valued. And this is happening in mezzanine ( pre-IPO) deals as well. This post originally ran on TechCrunch. MORE >> -
ENTREPRENEURSHIP BLOG | FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 2006 Sales & Proving the Biz Model
Thus, his goal is to land another major customer in order to increase his pre- money valuation before raising capital. There is no question that the more milestones he can hit, the higher he will push his valuation. It was great catching up and hearing how well his startup is doing. How does the company get new customers? MORE >>
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