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 >>

On October 17th I posted on seed and early stage  startup valuations. This morning I read a post by Marty Zwilling on startup valuations. His post on startup valuations lists the following rules of thumb (i.e., The better the team, the better the valuation. Here it is. MORE >>

Other founders, “as a privately held company we don’t disclose our valuation.&#  Me, “dude, I’m not a journalist. I just want to figure out what a fair valuation is.&#  I figured all the VC’s talked so we should. This starts with understanding how VCs and entrepreneurs often see valuation differently. MORE >>

It is the eternal startup question; what is the value of my company?  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.  On the other hand, early stage startups have none of that.  MORE >>

Idea, pre-seed, startup. Pre-seed, startup. Most for startups and growth stages. Startup and growth stages. Most for startups and growth stages. The figure below shows the number of investors by investment size for startup ventures. The following table shows these sources: CAPITAL SOURCES. ANNUAL US $$$. MORE >>