Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Median valuations for early-stage valuations tripled from around $20m pre-money valuations to $60m with plenty of deals being prices above $100m. We’ll just wait until companies that last raised in 2019 or 2020 come to market.” When you look at how much median valuations were driven up in the past 5 years alone it’s bananas.

Technical Review 416

Technical Review Pre-Money Valuation San Francisco Valuation 416

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

That’s a bit of a cautionary tale to VC investors today who might think it’s inevitable that the private value they are enjoying in their portfolios will certainly translate to distributions in the near future. For context, seed-stage pre-money valuations are up 24% from H1 2020 to H1 2021. So, what does the future hold?

Valuation 319

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Distribution Early Stage 319

View from Seed

JULY 15, 2020

Some early stage businesses may even be able to get to CFBE fairly quickly. Mid-stage portfolios can be more acutely impacted if many companies have fat cost structures and were investing heavily in growth that is not materializing. Other companies are great businesses, but are effectively encountering a dilution event.

Portfolio 215

Portfolio IRR Dilution Distribution 215

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

That’s a bit of a cautionary tale to VC investors today who might think it’s inevitable that the private value they are enjoying in their portfolios will certainly translate to distributions in the near future. For context, seed-stage pre-money valuations are up 24% from H1 2020 to H1 2021. So, what does the future hold?

Valuation 295

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Distribution Early Stage 295

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

That’s a bit of a cautionary tale to VC investors today who might think it’s inevitable that the private value they are enjoying in their portfolios will certainly translate to distributions in the near future. For context, seed-stage pre-money valuations are up 24% from H1 2020 to H1 2021. So, what does the future hold?

Valuation 156

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Distribution Early Stage 156

Life Beyond Code

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

One Million by One Million is a global initiative that aims to nurture a million entrepreneurs reach a million dollars each in annual revenue and beyond by 2020, thereby creating a trillion dollars in global GDP and ten million jobs. And today, we have a group of early adopter premium members who are making good use of the program.

Programming 116

Programming Silicon Valley Bootstrapping Technical Review 116

Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

trillion in 2020. In 2019 and 2020, we saw hundreds of millions of dollars in non-dilutive funding go to Texas startups, most of which had never worked with the government before. Six of the ten cities who gained the most during COVID were in Texas. Texas exported more than California and New York combined in 2019.

Texas 90

Texas San Antonio Houston Dallas 90