Angel Groups Demand Early Stage Pre-Money Valuation 
Tim Keane
JANUARY 12, 2010
. For individual angels and others investing their own money, this may be more fluid than for someone with responsibility for a managed fund. For angel groups, the distinction between groups and VCs on this issue is dwindling, especially as angel groups do bigger rounds of financing.
www.paulgraham.com
APRIL 28, 2010
A lawyer I asked about it said: When the company goes public, the SEC will carefully study all prior issuances of stock by the company and demand that it take immediate action to cure any past violations of securities laws. Infact, the more prominent the angel, the less likely they are tobelong to a group.
David Teten
NOVEMBER 15, 2013
I have frequently heard the expression from other investors, “We can put a lot of money to work here.” This is the psychology that drives VCs to load up a company with more capital, rationalizing that $5m at a $20m pre-money valuation is little different than $10m at a $40m pre-money valuation.
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