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Why Startups Should Raise Money at the Top End of Normal

Both Sides of the Table

2: As expected at least one person accused me of writing this post because I want to see lower valuations. As the risks below get eliminated the higher the valuation investors are prepared to pay. So rounds tend to be “range bound&# where the top end of the valuation spectrum often being done in boom markets (i.e.

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10 Digital Startup Conferences You Should Attend This Year

YoungUpstarts

This is particularly true in the early stages of a new venture when you may be a solopreneur or working with a very small team. Boston, USA Oct 1st – 3rd, 2018. Boston, USA. Boston, USA. by Thomas Smale, founder of FE International. Business of Software. Sept 4th – 7th, 2018. eTail East.

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2011 Valuation Survey of North American Angel Groups

Gust

During the summer of 2010, I developed a workshop, A New ACEF Valuation Workshop for Angels and Entrepreneurs. To provide some reference points, I surveyed thirteen angels groups in North American to determine their recent experience in negotiating the pre-money valuation of pre-revenue companies. Current Average. up slightly.

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What Is Venture Debt and How Should Startups Use It?

View from Seed

Below, we talk to Glen Mello , Managing Director of Silicon Valley Bank’s accelerator team in Boston. Especially in the early stages, so much about the company may change in how they think about product or go-to-market — and change multiple times — before raising an institutional round. Traction and revenue?

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Has The Bar For Series A Changed?

Rob Go

A few notable excerpts: Kyle Alspach’s commentary on seed and series A at BetaBoston; Brad Feld’s tweet a few weeks ago that “$100k MRR [monthly recurring revenue] used to be interesting. On top of that, there are fewer series A investors now than there have been in the past (at least in Boston).

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LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

In another we decended into a debate about our 5 year forecasts (I built the models so fielded most of these questions), and it became clear they probably weren’t the best fit for our Series A round (this group is no longer in the early-stage VC business). It was a pretty good valuation for the time. It was a $4.7M

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Developer Funding – How to Build Your Team and Raise Money (Google I/O Panel)

VC Cafe

When I met Instagram, Kevin (the founder) had great numbers, but he wasn’t even thinking about revenue. Rick – I’m a Boston-based VC. In your case, come to Boston. I have an early stage startup, but it’s hard to find people that understand that long term commitment. Join a startup.

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