2010 Early Stage Metrics Pre-Money Valuation 
View from Seed
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
Warning – this assumes some basic knowledge of VC performance metrics. One thing that jumps out quickly is that TVPI between 2004-2010 (avg 2.6x) has underperformed 2011-2017 (avg 3.0x). Both early- and late-stage startup valuations are currently elevated. Ok, let’s jump in. State of VC: are we in a bubble?
View from Seed
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
Warning – this assumes some basic knowledge of VC performance metrics. One thing that jumps out quickly is that TVPI between 2004-2010 (avg 2.6x) has underperformed 2011-2017 (avg 3.0x). Both early- and late-stage startup valuations are currently elevated. Ok, let’s jump in. State of VC: are we in a bubble?
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Agile VC
MAY 26, 2011
To give you a sense, for 2002 the entire US online ad market was $6B and had shrunk year over year (it was $25B+ for 2010). round which closed in November 2003, and the pre-money valuation between $10 million and $15 million. You can sometimes attract capital from farther away but typically harder to do at early stage.
View from Seed
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
Warning – this assumes some basic knowledge of VC performance metrics. One thing that jumps out quickly is that TVPI between 2004-2010 (avg 2.6x) has underperformed 2011-2017 (avg 3.0x). Both early- and late-stage startup valuations are currently elevated. Ok, let’s jump in. State of VC: are we in a bubble?
Tim Keane
JANUARY 12, 2010
Bottom Up Market Sizing » January 12, 2010. Term-sheets and Valuations: Thinking about Negotiations. Please see later version of this post on May 16, 2010 Entrepreneurs are often not experts in the area of term-sheet negotiations and all of the surrounding issues. Term-sheets and Valuations: Thinking about Negotiations.
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