Kevin recently wrote a series of articles on the valuation of early stage enterprises, which I believe to be noteworthy. Part I – Valuing Early Stage Businesses:  The Value of an Early-Stage Company is Related to its Riskiness. Part II – Valuing Early Stage Businesses:   Comparisons. MORE >>

Today, in our series on convertible debt, we examine the conversion valuation cap. The valuation cap is typically only seen in seed rounds where the investors are concerned that the next round of financing will be at a price that is at a valuation that wouldn’t reward them appropriately for taking a risk by investing early in the seed round. MORE >>

Unfortunately in early stage startups the drive for financing hijacks the corporate DNA and becomes the raison d’etre of the company. The goal of their startup in this stage becomes “getting funded.” What are Early Stage VC’s Really Asking? If they’re not busy looking at their Blackberry’s/iPhone’s.) Later?” MORE >>

I think we can all agree that early stage investing has changed significantly over the past 10 years and I don’t see it reversing any time soon.  This gap straddles two stages of financing - seed stage and early stage.  This early stage gap is a problem that desperately needs a solution.  MORE >>

Once you have a potential investor excited about your team, your product, and your company, the investor will inevitably ask “What is your company’s valuation?” How much is NewCo worth to investors at this point (pre-money valuation)? This is the most concrete valuation element, usually called the asset approach. Marty Zwilling. MORE >>