View from Seed

MARCH 24, 2021

So, we decided to aggregate NextView’s “greatest hits.” Taking Corporate Venture Money: When it Makes Sense “PayPal took on these investors in small part because it gave us an imprimatur in the stodgy and regulated world of financial services. ” (Lee Hower).

Seed Stage 177

Seed Stage Hiring IPO Analytics 177

Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

How They Do It: Aggregate data from travel data warehouses like ITA as well as indexing travel providers websites, provide this information to consumers in a highly customizable search engine. Post-money valuation probably no higher than $12M (2). Filing Date: initial S-1 filed Nov 17, 2010 , updated March 9, 2011.

Pre-Money Valuation 113

Pre-Money Valuation Liquidation Preference Dividend Common Stock 113

betashop.com

OCTOBER 8, 2012

If it’s done right, feedback and postmortems are regular activities and reviews are just the official aggregation of such feedback.?. That means if you’re taking money with a $5M post-money valuation, the expectation is that you are building for a minimum $50M exit. $10M 10M post-money valuation = $100M target.

Technical Review 108

Technical Review Technology Software Review Valuation 108

ithacaVC

JANUARY 24, 2013

62,000 of convertible debt outstanding with $13,700 of aggregate interest accumulated, which also converts as well in the qualifying round. I am going to ignore any valuation cap feature. And let’s assume that the debt has a 20% conversion discount. So the new Series A investors end up with 24.4% ($1mm/$4,094,625).

Valuation 53

Valuation Balance Sheet Option Pool Dilution 53