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Early Stage VCs – Be Careful Out There

Feld Thoughts

In addition to our own funds, we are investors in a number of other early-stage VC funds as part of our Foundry Group Next strategy. “Historically, the $10 million valuation mark has been somewhat of a ceiling for seed stage startups. All the experienced finance people I know talk regularly about cycles.

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Why Startups Should Raise Money at the Top End of Normal

Both Sides of the Table

2: As expected at least one person accused me of writing this post because I want to see lower valuations. As the risks below get eliminated the higher the valuation investors are prepared to pay. So rounds tend to be “range bound&# where the top end of the valuation spectrum often being done in boom markets (i.e.

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What is the Right Burn Rate at a Startup Company?

Both Sides of the Table

by Michael Woolf that is worth any startup founder reading to get a sense of perspective on the reality warp that is startup world during a frothy market such as 1997-1999, 2005-2007 or 2012-2014. Plus, most early-stage M&A fails so this isn’t likely a good use of capital for a young company). Valuation.

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The Changing Structure of the VC Industry

Both Sides of the Table

We are in a bubble (with so many private $1bn+ valuations). pre-money valuation you certainly would want to exercise your right to continue investing if you had prorata rights. 2007 was the watershed year. Where are we today? .” ” Stated simply – if you seed funded Uber at $4.5m

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State of VC 2.0

View from Seed

Building off Rob’s original post, let’s continue to look at the 2007 vintage. Or is there a major disconnect between a portfolio’s valuations and the actual dollars returned to LPs? Both early- and late-stage startup valuations are currently elevated. What Does the VC Performance Data Tell Us? during this time.

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State of VC 2.0

View from Seed

Building off Rob’s original post, let’s continue to look at the 2007 vintage. Or is there a major disconnect between a portfolio’s valuations and the actual dollars returned to LPs? Both early- and late-stage startup valuations are currently elevated. What Does the VC Performance Data Tell Us? during this time.

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What’s up with WhatsApp – Part Deux

Growthink Blog

I then offered to share some of our research findings as to the selection strategies that early-stage technology investors like Sequoia now utilize to identify companies with this kind of return potential. And how Sequoia’s return on that $60 million was close to $3 billion, or more than 50 times its original investment.