Business Model Down Round Finance Revenue 
Steve Blank
APRIL 26, 2022
For existing investors, sometimes it was a “pay-to-play” i.e. if you don’t participate in the new financing you lose. A cram down is different than a down round. A down round is when a company raises money at valuation that is lower than the company’s valuation in its prior financing round.
ReadWriteStart
JUNE 1, 2020
Funding might be a need in some cases — but it’s not an absolute necessity. ? The business should be self-sustainable. The primary source of your funds should be your paying customers, i.e., your business should generate enough revenues and profits to fund the growth and expansion. Incubators and Accelerators.
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Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 22, 2011
Ah, but today’s Internet companies have real revenue! New investors hate down rounds. Or worse yet they may never get financed. Raise at “ the top end of normal &# but not so high that future financings in a corrected market become impossible. I said that at the Founder Showcase, too. and profits!
VC Cafe
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
A founder asked me what makes a $2M round “pre-seed”? especially if the startup already has a product and revenue? And why do we still sometimes hear about pre-seed rounds that look more like a series A in pricing and size? Pre-seed tends to be about developing an MVP and generating early traction.
Lightspeed Venture Partners
OCTOBER 7, 2012
The two founders invested $40k in the business, and plan to license it rather than manufacture it because manufacturing seems too hard. They won a design award at a trade show, but have no revenue and no orders. Kevin questioned the use case since bowls are ubiquitous. The company still had $2M in inventory on the books.
Growthink Blog
MAY 23, 2011
The typical wisdom regarding the appropriate financing course for a new company goes as follows: 1. The angel then introduces the entrepreneur to his or her wealthy friends and business connections who, based on the good reputation of the referring angel, also invest. For most companies, it is simply a non-starter.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 14, 2016
forward revenue for SaaS businesses when in the years before it had been less than 5x. But if you’re a seed investor and you’re worried that the A-round won’t get done if your post-money is too high you suddenly start paying less. Why Financing in Falling Markets is So Damn Difficult. And so it goes.
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