You can find quite a bit of advice in the blogosphere about how to optimize around the most salient dimension: valuation. And savvy entrepreneurs realize that terms are just as important (and even sometime more so) than just the one figure of valuation. but with a Series A itself it is much more acute for two reasons. MORE >>

Based in Boston, RelayRides launched in 2009 with seed funding under its (seat)belt from the likes of venture pros Guli Arshad, Frank Bonsal and Jay Wilson. million, according to VC Experts Valuation & Deal Term Database. By Erin Griffith, Contributing Editor. After all, for all its IPO hype, Zipcar is not profitable. million. MORE >>

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. Simple. MORE >>

Kayak is great Boston-area success story. Valuation is an important aspect of VC deal terms, and a major determinant of your ultimate outcome. Kathy Sierra at Business of Software 2009 - Business of Software Blog , May 4, 2010 "In the old days, getting customers was easy. You could just outspend. There is a much better technique. MORE >>

Given that the Series Seed is issued at a fairly low valuation, anti-dilution protection is probably not that important, as a “down round&# from a low valuation in the Series Seed is unlikely. Combinator Series AA Equity Financing Documents (by WSGR). Series Seed Financing Documents (by Fenwick & West). under $500K). Silent. MORE >>