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How Investors Think About Valuation of Pre-Revenue Startups

SoCal CTO

They might have some seed money and are thinking or raising a Series A based on success of an early release (MVP). Think about how you can prove your business model with an MVP. A lot of my time is spent helping early-stage companies get to proof points so that they can raise capital. What are they really looking for?

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

techcrunch.com

For both companies, the initial traction enabled raising seed money to get them to a traditional VC investment.) Nosake From nothing to losing money every month with no business model in sight. Hopefully your idea of business model isn’t “ad revenue based”. It’s all about how bad you want it.