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Seed Stage Funding 101: What it Is & How it Works

The Startup Magazine

The term “seed financing” refers to the stage of funding that comes from first equity. Analysts perform a valuation of the company in question before the beginning of any round of funding. Syndicates Those in charge of a syndicate are called “syndicate leads.”

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How VCs Structure a Syndicate and Recruit Coinvestors

David Teten

Although EquityZen is primarily an online marketplace for secondary shares in private companies, they also offer syndicated primary investments. Hence, if Sequoia is the lead and the valuation is reasonable, it’s near 100% chance.

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Cliff Notes S-1: Kayak ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Only 7% of the search queries are performed by users referred by search engines, meaning Kayak’s brand is very strong and they continue to build it ($39M spent in 2010 on brand advertising, nearly $92M in total marketing spend). Post-money valuation probably no higher than $12M (2). Pre-money valuation was approx.

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2011 Valuation Survey of North American Angel Groups

Gust

During the summer of 2010, I developed a workshop, A New ACEF Valuation Workshop for Angels and Entrepreneurs. To provide some reference points, I surveyed thirteen angels groups in North American to determine their recent experience in negotiating the pre-money valuation of pre-revenue companies. Current Average.

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Some Reflections on VC Investment Decisions

Both Sides of the Table

Of course these are great places to network with other investors, meet great entrepreneurs and keep your connections strong with senior execs at larger companies like Yahoo!, You can’t reference check your way into a “yes.” And there’s conferences. Oh, the conferences. Web Summit. Fortune Brainstorm.

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Valuations 101: Scorecard Valuation Methodology

Gust

In 2011, the valuation of pre-revenue, start-up companies is typically in the range of $1.5–$2.5 million and is established by negotiations between the entrepreneur and the angel investors. Scorecard Valuation Methodology. In most regions, the pre-money valuation does not vary significantly from one business sector to another.

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What Are Pre-Seed Rounds and Why Do They Exist?

View from Seed

For reference, First Round Capital and Softech were founded in 2004 (although they were less institutional early on), Floodgate in 2006, Harrison Metal in 2008, etc. This means that it has rewarded Series A and B investors for chasing momentum and made it less important for these investors to focus on valuation or sound, early unit economics.