Early Stage Founder Metrics Pre-Money Valuation 
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. What is a VC To Do? super size or super focus.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 10, 2021
They might be ideas they hatch internally (via a Foundry) or a founder who just left SpaceX and raises money to search for an idea. two founders in a garage?—?(HP The most connected and high-potential founders start with wads of cash. You have seed rounds but you now have “pre-seed rounds.” HP Style) are dead.
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Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 5, 2011
I’ve decided to take all of my private conversations and subjective points-of-view on the topic and make them public in a keynote speech at the Founder Showcase in San Francisco on June 15th. It’s the one bit of advice I find myself giving most frequently these days, “raise money at the top end of normal.&#.
Gust
JULY 23, 2014
You can find this in a number of places, but in a nutshell, I prefer to invest in highly-scalable, technology-based ventures, with a particular focus on platforms, at a very, very early stage (but, oxymoronically, where there is already some type of traction). It’s generally proven amazingly useful to everyone involved.).
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 15, 2016
The earlier the round, the less capital you need and the more reasonable your valuation the less time that is needed generally to raise capital. In other words, raising $2 million at a $6 million pre-money valuation has always been easier & quicker than raising $20 million at any valuation.
Agile VC
MAY 26, 2011
Many assume it was a cakewalk, based on the success LinkedIn has enjoyed over time and the current stature of our founder/CEO Reid Hoffman (now Chairman). I thought I’d revisit it and share the story… First, you have to rewind mentally to early 2003. But keep in mind at this point Reid’s a first-time CEO.
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. A cumulative dividend can get to be very expensive and is not often a feature in early stage terms.
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