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The Changing Structure of the VC Industry

Both Sides of the Table

Limited Partners or LPs (the people who invest into VC funds) have taken notice as 2014 is by all accounts the busiest year for LPs since the Great Recession began. pre-money valuation you certainly would want to exercise your right to continue investing if you had prorata rights. more than 5 years ago?—?and

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The Truth About Convertible Debt at Startups and The Hidden Terms You Didn’t Understand

Both Sides of the Table

When convertible debt first started being introduced as a “faster, cheaper way to get startups funded” they didn’t have pricing built into them. In fact, most early investor work hard to help their startups get to the next level so it makes no sense for the angel investor and founders to be at odds. Seriously, dude?

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A Great Discussion with @skupor @davemcclure @msuster on Changes in the VC Industry

Both Sides of the Table

We both agree that the later-stage valuations are being driven up to a point that feels irrationally priced [he uses b-round SaaS valuations as an example and I am willing to be even more broad based]. Four years ago people paid $66m median pre-money valuation and are now paying $155m. Startup Lessons'

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B is for BUBBLE: Venture Capital in 2013

VC Cafe

Across all investment stages, median pre-money valuations last year rose dramatically. Danny Cohen, Partner at Carmel Ventures and keynote speaker at the upcoming Marketing & Ad;Tech Israel conference, discusses three trends impacting 2014 Israeli digital media: Content Marketing, Next-Gen Publishing and Mobile Advertising.

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Startup Fundraising Trends: Ask the VCs

Early Growth Financial Services

The trend continued in 2014: with activity during the six months through June the strongest since the comparable period of 2001. Median pre-money valuations have increased by 43% so far in 2014 compared to 2013. This was the largest quarterly investment total since 2001’s first half.