Once you have a potential investor excited about your team, your product, and your company, the investor will inevitably ask “What is your company’s valuation?” How much is NewCo worth to investors at this point (pre-money valuation)? This is the most concrete valuation element, usually called the asset approach. Marty Zwilling. MORE >>

Because of this, I've always tried to stay up-to-speed on how early-stage investors look at valuation of companies. Bill Payne is an expert on how early-stage investors should look at valuation. He just post: Establishing the Pre-money Valuation of Pre-revenue Startups. What are they really looking for? is a requirement. MORE >>

Later stage startups have revenue numbers, customer acquisition costs and marketing analyses that can all be plugged into magic financial formulae by VC whiz kids that pop out instant valuations.  Most of the time, establishing valuation ends up being a crap shoot. Market – How big is the market and revenue potential?  MORE >>

Milestones are accomplishments that demonstrate the viability of the business; hence, they increase the valuation of the company. Invested Interests angel investment angel investors entrepreneurs entrepreneurship equity financials funding gap fundraising startups valuation valuations venture capitalANNUAL US $$$. REFERENCE. MORE >>

All Entrepreneurs say their projections (from revenue, to expenses to exit values) are conservative.  Since an investor is focused on ROI, the implication to valuation now becomes clear.  All else being equal, the lower the valuation the higher the (potential) ROI.  By Bob Aholt. Now for some details.  In this case 4.55.  MORE >>