Lightspeed Venture Partners
SEPTEMBER 21, 2013
to fund the company at a $6M post money valuation from a number of investors including Selena Gomez. Despite having over 500k downloads and making $450k in revenue over the last 21 months, he had only $185k left in the bank, which meant that he would be out of business in 90 days if he didn’t raise more money.
Agile VC
DECEMBER 6, 2012
2) Differential Cost Basis – Suppose Acme Ventures III invested in the Series A of Startup X and then made follow-on investments in the Series B and C. Suppose Acme IV invests in the Series D and 6 months later there’s an acquisition offer for Startup X that’s 50% higher than the Series D post-money valuation.
betashop.com
OCTOBER 8, 2012
Very hard to do, but it’s what differentiates great companies from good companies. That means if you’re taking money with a $5M post-money valuation, the expectation is that you are building for a minimum $50M exit. $10M 10M post-money valuation = $100M target. 500M valuation = $5B target.
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