ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 13, 2024

Startups in the cybersecurity sector are facing a daunting market environment , contending with decreased valuations and increasing pressure to sell while competing for vital funding and collaborations.

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Down Round Marketing Artificial Inteligence Startup 154

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2020

To secure your funding, you must establish the feasibility of your idea through proper planning and implementation. The bridge or exit stage is generally of very large transactions and for companies with substantial valuation. Point number 3: Never raise money with an increased valuation. Pre-Requisites of Funding.

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Startup Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch Seed Stage 150

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 26, 2020

To do that you have to show how your market is big enough (a multi-billion dollar market) to support that kind of valuation. Gurinder Sangha, a securities lawyer who started Intelligize (sold to Lexis-Nexis), put it best when he said that you want to go after investors that are “in your tribe.”. Who is in your tribe? In the U.S.,

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Finance Silicon Valley Valuation Startup 180

Berkonomics

AUGUST 3, 2023

My experience with early valuations by founders for friends… I’ve arrived at a significant number of companies that were looking for additional growth capital after a “friends and family” round and had to “clean up” the cap table more than a few times over the years. The post Need money? first appeared on BERKONOMICS.

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Private Equity Valuation Cap Table Accredited Investor 118

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

In smaller funds, ticket sizes tend to be lower, so pre-seed is the only stage where micro funds are able to secure their minimum equity targets. Carta reports that 20% of the rounds in 2023 were down rounds, but I believe the actual number is much higher.

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Valuation Software Review Generative AI Technical Review 186

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Many companies are now having to resort to tough measures in order to stay afloat, including layoffs, down rounds and tough terms from current investors. Beyond that fortunate group, the funding situation will be less secure. If the answer is yes, then a down round is likely the best path forward.

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Founder Technical Review Down Round Liquidation Preference 173

ithacaVC

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

If FFAs only invest at the beginning and do not make any follow on investments as the company raises more $$ then the only real way FFAs make money when the company is ultimately sold is if the company keeps raising future rounds at higher and higher valuations (and IPO exit may provide upside if the stock price increases over time after the IPO).

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Preemptive Right Cap Table Valuation Dilution 45