abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

In February of last year, Fortune magazine writers Erin Griffith and Dan Primack declared 2015 “ The Age of the Unicorns ” noting — “Fortune counts more than 80 startups that have been valued at $1 billion or more by venture capitalists.” As a result, most firms have independent internal groups that periodically analyze valuations.

IPO 40

IPO Term Sheet Silicon Valley Valuation 40

Agile VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

There are some obvious structural reasons why a shakeout in the venture capital industry takes a long time. This was also the period when VC started expanding seriously in emerging markets like India and China, and many LPs put new capital into these OUS funds. 2) Rebirth of Some Firms - Mobius Venture Capital is now defunct.

LP 154

LP Portfolio Venture Capital IRR 154

Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

While currently free to angel groups, their business model revolves around aggregating the angel investment data. If my math is correct, this is approximately a 31% IRR, which has to beat individual angel investments on aggregate and venture capital returns over the period of the study (1990-2007).

Pre-Money Valuation 28

Pre-Money Valuation Angel Investor Angel Groups Valuation 28

K9 Ventures

MAY 14, 2011

The funding for the incubator of accelerator may come from the principals running the incubator (as I believe is the case for AngelPad , i/o ventures etc.) The incubators invest usually for an equity stake and buy equity at a extremely low valuation (for example, 7% for $15,000, which implies a pre-money valuation of less than $200,000).

Preferred Stock 125

Preferred Stock Seed Stage Incubator Early Stage 125