Gust
NOVEMBER 2, 2011
We recently started a series of posts on establishing the pre-money valuation of pre-revenue startup companies for purposes of investment by seed and startup investors. Dave’s valuation model first appeared in a book published by Harvard’s Howard Stevenson in the middle nineties. Characteristic.
VC Cafe
SEPTEMBER 26, 2022
For more about forecasting growth in these uncertain times, check out Sequoia’s “ Adapting to Endure ” presentations published in May 2022. ValuatIon should be a function of value, not ego. Kawasaki’s Law of Pre-Money Valuation: for every full-time engineer, add $500,000; for every full-time M.B.A.,
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Both Sides of the Table
JULY 23, 2014
Note the full presentation deck with additional slides can be found on SlideShare here or you can simply scroll through it at the bottom of this post.]. pre-money valuation you certainly would want to exercise your right to continue investing if you had prorata rights. more than 5 years ago?—?and and hasn’t abated.
Up and Running
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
Furthermore, there are various forms of equity, such as preferred stock, common stock, and convertible notes, which influence the present and potential future investors. For instance, the cap table will help you with various possibilities while running business activities like available options and pre-money valuations faster.
Lightspeed Venture Partners
OCTOBER 29, 2012
The company sought to raise $125,000 for 25% of the comapny, implying a $375,000 pre money valuation. Unsurprisingly, all the sharks passed, based on market size and valuation expectations. Revenue or distribution can both be evidence that, in the Bear and the Rat’s case, the dogs literally are eating the dogfood.
Gust
JULY 23, 2014
and upload both your presentation (the version that doesn’t need you to come along with it), and a short (very short), elevator pitch video. Carefully prepare your material, preferably including an on-screen presentation (PowerPoint, Keynote, Prezi, whatever), and then something you can leave with me on your way out.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 29, 2009
Also, it’s harder to pay a $30 million pre-money value on an unproved company when you see public companies with $100 million in sales trading for less than $20 million. Huge downturns have a real impact on the revenue line of start-ups and therefore the pressure on valuations. I argued for literally a year to slash burn.
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