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Valuation Methods 101

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Detailed descriptions will be published over the next few weeks: The Scorecard Method: This method compares the target company to typical angel-funded startup ventures and adjusts the average valuation of recently funded companies in the region to establish a pre-money valuation of the target. The Venture Capital Method.

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Valuations 101: The Dave Berkus Method

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Dave Berkus is a founding member of the Tech Coast Angels in Southern California, a lecturer and educator. He has invested in more than 70 startup ventures. Best practice for angels investing in pre-revenue ventures is to use multiple methods for establishing the pre-money valuation for seed/startup companies.

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There Is Only ONE Silicon Valley

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Boston, New York City, Seattle and Southern California spawn many exciting startups…but do not exceed the Valley in any measure of entrepreneurial achievement. Many other communities are entrepreneur-friendly and, by any measure, have the tools in place to spawn new high growth companies.

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Trends in Seed Stage Funding for Entrepreneurs

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Note that I merged the two Southern California regions (LA/Orange County and San Diego) into one. Here are the trends in venture capital financings from 2006 through 2010 – the number of seed stage deals funded and total investment by region in millions of dollars. . Southern California*. All Seed-VC.