Conversion Down Round Finance Valuation 
Feld Thoughts
JUNE 10, 2022
She has a good article today in TechCrunch titled Embrace the down round (it’s going to be okay, maybe). I like the quote she pulled out of me in our conversation. ” Now, I’m not encouraging anyone to do a down round if unnecessary., If you can do this cleanly, take the money.
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 30, 2016
I understand this instinct for more capital and I have two very different personal experiences: In my first company we raised an A-round of $16.5 conversation literally every week with startups. A $15–20 million valuation sounds better than an $8 million valuation, doesn’t it? I have this “How much should I raise?”
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Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 5, 2011
2: As expected at least one person accused me of writing this post because I want to see lower valuations. I have conversations with entrepreneurs and other VCs on a daily basis about fund raising, the prices of deals, how much companies should raise, etc. You can be pissed off, but I don’t set prices. That’s stupid.
Feld Thoughts
FEBRUARY 9, 2016
Much of it is very short term focused and, like a giant tractor beam, draws the conversation into a very short time horizon (as in days or weeks). I watched, participated, and suffered through every type of creative financing as companies were struggling to raise capital in this time frame. Or you might need to raise it.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 18, 2014
At an accelerator … Me: Raising convertible notes as a seed round is one of the biggest disservices our industry has done to entrepreneurs since 2001-2003 when there were “full ratchets” and “multiple liquidation preferences” – the most hostile terms anybody found in term sheets 10 years ago. A down round?
Hunter Walker
AUGUST 8, 2023
Satya and I were having lunch (yummy Chinese food) with our LPAC and the conversation turned to generally “how much more did venture portfolios have to fall before they found their true current value?” Valuations. Restructures, Down Rounds, and Pay to Plays.
ithacaVC
NOVEMBER 14, 2014
I have written about startup valuations previously. If you are advising startup founders, I strongly suggest having them read all 4 of the posts to get the lay of the startup valuation land. Here is Walla’s post: I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had this conversation. Valuations of other companies like you.
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