Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 11, 2022
Something happened in the past 7 years in the startup and venture capital world that I hadn’t experienced since the late 90’s — we all began praying to the God of Valuation. And then in the late 90’s money crept in, swept in to town by public markets, instant wealth and an absurd sky-rocketing of valuations based on no reasonable metrics.
The Equity Kicker
NOVEMBER 9, 2016
It turns out that ‘time bomb’ is the much maligned and, I suspect, little understood, liquidation preference. To be clear, liquidation preferences are sometimes used badly and founders should generally turn away from investors who ask for multiple liquidation preferences.
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Agile VC
APRIL 17, 2011
liquidation preference, 6% accumulated dividend (1). Post-money valuation probably no higher than $12M (2). Series A-1 Preferred. liquidation preference, 6% accumulated dividend. Pre-money valuation was initially set higher but was adjusted to match the Ser B valuation. Series B Preferred.
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 1, 2016
At the Upfront Summit in early February, we had a chance to have many off-the-record conversations with Limited Partners (LPs) who fund Venture Capital (VC) funds about their views of the market. LPs See The Over-Valuations and Don’t Like It. All isn’t completely rosy in the LP views of the venture industry.
ReadWriteStart
SEPTEMBER 2, 2011
If you're earlier in the process, a small angel round or partnering with an accelerator may be the best approach. Next if you are going to raise a round, find one or two partners to do it with. It turns out Premature Scaling is the leading cause of hemorrhaging cash in a startup, and death. Tip 2: Have a "real" lead.
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 14, 2010
That means that the likely have a minimum of $15 million in liquidation preferences. It will usually be higher because the liquidation preference has a dividend so if the deal is long in the tooth assume that the liquidation preference might be $20-22 million. Take liquidation preferences head on.
K9 Ventures
JUNE 5, 2015
Low supply of companies with traction drove the valuations and deal sizes up. Valuations are rising to match. A typical seed round valuation may be $6M pre, raising $2M for an $8M post, or even as high as an $8M pre, raising $2M for a $10M post. Adding partners and staff, starts to give a false sense of scale.
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