Matching Seed Money Technology Valuation 
This is going to be BIG.
SEPTEMBER 30, 2012
How else can you explain this headline matching a story about a professional social network still trying to explore revenues raising $17mm on an $80mm valuation? The industry has made it very easy for companies to raise seed money through online marketplaces like Angel List, accelorators. Perhaps I need to rethink that.
www.businessinsider.com
SEPTEMBER 6, 2012
This Chart Shows Why VCs Are Willing To Give Hyped Startups Absurd Valuations. Parse, one of the most-anticipated startups in Silicon Valley these days , went through Y Combinator last year and raised seed money from Google Ventures , for example. But the convertible cap has increasingly been used as a guide for valuation.
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www.paulgraham.com
OCTOBER 23, 2010
They all use the same simple-minded model.They seem to have approached the problem by thinking about how todo database matches instead of how dating works in the real world.An Andyet theres a lot of money at stake. Its not what people learn in classes at MIT and Stanford that has made technology companiesspring up around them.
Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 1, 2010
They either do too many seed investments (for which they can spend no quality time with any) or they treat it as an option (“if you succeed come back and see us and we’ll match any term sheet you get&# ) – they view it as a sort of “right of first refusal.&#. The signaling affect is overrated.
This is going to be BIG.
SEPTEMBER 7, 2012
In the late 90's, it wasn't surprising that companies with no revenue that were funded at 100 million dollar valuations didn't survive. If you're doing seed deals, how often does a down round in a seed deal even happen? But that's when you've actually proven this thing is a viable company and there's work worth protecting.
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