Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 15, 2022
When you look at how much median valuations were driven up in the past 5 years alone it’s bananas. Median valuations for early-stage valuations tripled from around $20m pre-money valuations to $60m with plenty of deals being prices above $100m. And we’re patient. What Does the Post Crash VC Market Look Like?
YoungUpstarts
SEPTEMBER 4, 2017
For startup founders and CEO’s it’s also just as common to see them place too much focus on the amount of money raised, and the pre-money valuation, rather than the value that each investor can bring to the table. And that alone should be worth the effort of a few conversations and phone calls.
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Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 5, 2015
I am reminded of this problem every time my firm does a financing where a note went before us but more specifically I was reminded by this great post by Brad Feld to talk about the pre-money vs. post-money conversion issue. In the old days VCs funded off of a “pre-money” valuation.
Tim Keane
JANUARY 12, 2010
An average of these ranges results in a pre-money valuation of about $4MM. If similarly situated companies are seeing $3.5MM pre-money valuations, this might become the target valuation. An average of these ranges results in a pre-money valuation of about $4MM.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 25, 2010
million at a $15 million pre-money valuation. We had people hearing through the grapevine that we were about to raise money and new investors started calling us to get in on the deal. Conversely I offered the same deal to another entrepreneur who decided to shop around longer. Yes, this was stupid.
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