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 Post-Money Valuation + Pre-Money Valuation
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| Page 1 of 1 | Previous | Next | SEEING BOTH SIDES JULY 15, 2009 In VC deals, Price Doesn't Matter - But The "Promote" Does Entrepreneurs often mistakenly focus solely on the pre-money valuation while VCs look at multiple knobs in the negotiation to drive to a set of terms that, in total, they find acceptable. The first, and most focused on, is something called the pre-money valuation. What is the promote? Life isn’t fair.”). | ENTREPRENEURSHIP BLOG MARCH 1, 2006 Definitions: Pre-money & Post-Money One set of the terms that I wasn't sure of when I first started thinking about venture capital were the " pre-money " and " post-money " valuations. Pre-money refers to the value of the company prior to raising capital and the post-money refers to the value of the company after raising capital. | | | | | |
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GROWTHINK BLOG | MONDAY, JANUARY 24, 2011  Common Stock vs. Preferred Stock in Venture Funding Transactions
The liquidation preference means what is sounds - namely that preferred stock holders with this right get all of their money back (i.e. I get the same question a lot from entrepreneurs raising equity capital (venture capital or angel funding). The question is whether they need to issue common or preferred stock. read more. Dave Lavinsky MORE >> -
NATHAN HURST | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2010  How To Value Your Startup Using Comparables
Wouldnt it be nice if there was some way for founders to see the valuations of other startups too? to get a range for the post- money valuation. The post- money (high end of the range) is $850k / 0.2 = $4.25m. Subtract the funding amount from each side of the range to get the pre- money valuation. MORE >> -
BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE | SUNDAY, JUNE 5, 2011  Why Startups Should Raise Money at the Top End of Normal
2: As expected at least one person accused me of writing this post because I want to see lower valuations. thought I’d post on one of the topics before hand. It’s the one bit of advice I find myself giving most frequently these days, “raise money at the top end of normal.&#. That’s stupid. Simple. MORE >> -
WWW.PAULGRAHAM.COM | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 2010 How to Be an Angel Investor
You give a startup money and they give you stock. Youllprobably get either preferred stock, which means stock with extrarights like getting your money back first in a sale, or convertibledebt, which means (on paper) youre lending the company money, andthe debt converts to stock at the next sufficiently big fundinground. MORE >> -
SEEING BOTH SIDES | SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2008 Why "Flat Is The New Up" and VC Funds Are Under-Reserved
That's because the two key assumptions regarding how much money a portfolio company would require from start to finish (the exit) have changed: (1) the length of time before exit; and (2) the number of portfolio companies that would attract outside capital to lead follow-on financing rounds. Very hard. In other words, "flat is the new up". MORE >>
- Series A Warrants Based On Milestones Versus A Deal With Two Closes ASK THE VC | MONDAY, JULY 25, 2011
- Ask the Angels ASK THE ANGELS | MONDAY, JULY 28, 2008
- Why Co-Founders Are a Startup's Biggest Liability | The Startup Lawyer THESTARTUPLAWYER.COM | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2010
- Ask the Angels ASK THE ANGELS | TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 2008
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- Ask the Angels ASK THE ANGELS | WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 2008
- Anatomy of a Term Sheet: Nature of a Term Sheet and Summary of Offering Terms VC READY BLOG | TUESDAY, JUNE 22, 2010
- Anatomy of a Term Sheet: Nature of a Term Sheet and Summary of Offering Terms VC READY BLOG | TUESDAY, JUNE 22, 2010
- Valuation for Seed Stage Investments ASK THE ANGELS | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 2010
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