The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 14, 2020

Higher asset valuation – growing awareness about the environment; the social impact of buildings and the need to meet sustainability credentials is increasingly making real estate investors and occupiers turn to green buildings. Outside business, Tweed regularly participates in various community activities.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

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.

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 2, 2022

billion valuation) to invest in the Metaverse and build the future of digital entertainment Epic owns Fortnite, one of the most popular multiplayer games, enabling users to interact with each other online in an immersive way to play, socialise, attend to virtual concerts. In April 2022, the company announced it has raised $2 billion (at $31.5

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 15, 2020

New talk of capital efficiency is gratifying, but there was another lesson from pre-COVID-19 valuation struggles. Venture capitalists and early-stage investors have told all of us, founders are critical to a startup’s valuation. Remember Morality Impacts Valuation appeared first on ReadWrite. Morality matters. Bank on it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2016

The fact is that valuations are largely set by top venture capital investors and financial firms, and they all have their own proprietary formulas for assigning value. If your new venture is still in the idea or development stages, don’t even think about a high valuation. You have to earn a billion-dollar valuation, not declare it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

In the investment community, these leadership elements are often called “goodwill.” In a new book, “ The Leadership Capital Index ,” Dave Ulrich, a best-selling author, business consultant, and business school professor, provides some real insights and metrics on what makes up the elements of goodwill in the minds of top valuation experts.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2016

I still generally advise software startups to file a patent as a barrier to entry from competitors and to increase their valuation by investors, but every entrepreneur needs to understand the tradeoffs. Rather than protection, this can be seen as a tax on innovation. Patents are counter to open source initiatives and free software.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

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.

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Hunter Walker

JUNE 9, 2023

My friends at Weekend Fund recently put out a round-up newsletter of some investor responses to the question “ Do Valuations Matter? They view valuation as an important guardrail in evaluating an investment opportunity. Like NEA, Homebrew takes an ownership-driven approach to investing.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

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.

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Valuation Pre-Money Valuation NPV Intellectual Property 187

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

By building a community of users who contributed real-time traffic data, Waze was able to provide a superior navigation experience that was more accurate and up-to-date than traditional GPS systems. The company has grown rapidly and achieved a valuation of over $7 billion by delivering a product that is both intuitive and powerful.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

As a person who spends much time thinking about the venture capital & startup community and who has seen good times & bad times across many economic cycles the article is well written. After all, growth equals high valuations and loads of venture capital! I worry that many people will read this post and get the wrong message.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 4, 2024

Despite being less than 2 years old, Mistral is now looking to raise funding at a $2 billion valuation in December 2023. Instead of simply broadcasting your AI capabilities, develop a dialogue that sparks curiosity, invites participation, and fosters a sense of community around your product or service.

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Generative AI Artificial Inteligence Technical Review ChatGPT 78

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

Until I read the classic book “ The Business of Sharing, ” by Alex Stephany, who founded JustPark (current valuation estimated at £80M), I too had no idea of the scope of opportunities, and the 300 or more players already out there. Assets need to move in a community of engaged users. Community means more than supply and demand.

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Cuba Venture Capital Community Valuation 316

Hunter Walker

DECEMBER 13, 2020

If things are going great, you still may get a lower valuation or smaller round. The best recommendations are going to come from your community as this is a true ‘word of mouth’ network. You may end up decreasing the quality of outcomes by a standard deviation or more. How does this harm occur?

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View from Seed

APRIL 5, 2016

This is a story from the Traction community. Find a community of people that will support you,” Burger said. “It The best community is made up of supportive people trying to do the same thing. Likewise, true grit is defined by so much more than company growth and valuations. How to Land the Perfect Startup Job.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 22, 2023

The first step is to collect data on how businesses are affecting their communities and the environment. 29- Continued use of online market valuation tools Photo Credit: DJ Parker I have seen the use of apps and online market valuation tools intensify over the last few years and I think that will continue in 2023.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2021

It’s enough to see the rapid adoption of new social platforms from Signal in messaging to Clubhouse’s $1 billion valuation in less than a year. Products that were previously not inherently social, will embrace community, stories and sharing to increase stickiness and drive revenue.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 29, 2020

estimates in their recent report that medical products will have a very high global market valuation, crossing 30 billion US dollars by 2026. Lockdown and community quarantine have increased the demand for electronic devices because people are restricted from performing outdoor activities. Electronic Devices.

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Demand Product Artificial Inteligence Software Review 173

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 5, 2023

One of the biggest myths I have found in the entrepreneur community is that every startup needs one or more outside investors for credibility and success, and perhaps is even entitled to at least one. Friends and family are key at the idea and early development stages, when you have minimal business valuation.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

We felt proud to be the lead investor in Maker Studios at a sub $5 million valuation. Snapchat truly built an amazing product and an amazing community and anybody who knows me knows that I’m very active on it. I love this product & the community I’ve formed there. How Do I Feel About the Snap IPO Given I Didn’t Invest?

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IPO Los Angeles Technical Review Silicon Valley 214

VC Cafe

JANUARY 27, 2021

So much so, there’s a “remote work tools” category at this year’s Golden Kitty Awards , annually celebrating ProductHunt’s products, makers, and community members. As teams become increasingly distributed, video communication is important for both internal alignment and external business development.

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Vertical Video Technical Review Europe 148

Berkonomics

AUGUST 24, 2023

We have previously made the case that professional investors demand more in the form of restrictive covenants and lower valuations. Each of these companies needed more cash than professional angel investors were willing or able to provide, and we turned to the venture community for larger investments.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 1, 2020

The company’s success has been largely driven by its developer-led freemium model, going from Series A funding to a valuation of $2.6B Earlier this year, I was on a panel with Guy Podjarny, Snyk’s founder, at SaaStock Remote to discuss how the team’s community-driven freemium approach led to the company’s stellar growth.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

One of the biggest myths I have found in the entrepreneur community is that every startup needs one or more outside investors for credibility and success, and perhaps is even entitled to at least one. Friends and family are key at the idea and early development stages, when you have minimal business valuation.

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Stealth Startup Angel Investor Bootstrapping 434

Hunter Walker

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Semil asserts, Seed-stage valuations have generally been left-unchanged, and I could argue even they’ve gone up since the beginning of 2022. Valuations for the Top Decile of Seed Startups Have Fallen Less YoY While the Second Decile Have Been Hit Harder. Why are the Top 10% less impacted?

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Cap Table Valuation Salary Seed Stage 93

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

billion valuation. They only recently raised $30 million at around a $300 million valuation and THAT raised eyebrows. The investor isn’t disclosed (or I haven’t seen it) but it’s rumored to be DST, the Russian investors who invested in Zynga and Facebook (at a $10 billion valuation).

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Venture Capital Affiliate Valuation San Francisco 271

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

As well as how to work with pre and post-money valuations. Generous is not a word often associated with talking about negotiations between startup entrepreneurs and their investors. It’s often more all about fearing how tough VCs are going to be with their term sheets and ‘standard’ clauses. Generosity is nowhere on their radar.

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Technical Cofounder Entrepreneur Cofounder Post-Money Valuation 127

Berkonomics

AUGUST 3, 2023

My experience with early valuations by founders for friends… I’ve arrived at a significant number of companies that were looking for additional growth capital after a “friends and family” round and had to “clean up” the cap table more than a few times over the years. It is most often a win-win for both you and the strategic partner.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 23, 2010

If you find the right community it’s a great way to learn, contribute and get to know other people with similar interest. Basically, it’s a topic community discussion board and that’s why people go to AVC.com every day. At an $86 million, pre-money valuation Benchmark sure did pay up for this investment.

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Austin Startup

JULY 18, 2018

It leads to better products, better strategy, better marketing, bigger valuations and faster growth. Diverse in this context means “not a white male,” members are coworkers in our community and investments are Accelerator startups. Do you have ideas about how we can make our community more diverse and inclusive?

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Technical Review San Antonio Houston Software Review 56

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 2, 2019

Until I read the classic book “ The Business of Sharing, ” by Alex Stephany, who founded JustPark (current valuation estimated at £33M), I too had no idea of the scope of opportunities, and the 350 or more players already out there. Assets need to move in a community of engaged users. Community means more than supply and demand.

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Cuba Venture Capital Community Valuation 246

This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 12, 2020

That leaves me out raising with two funds under my belt and no big exit and no unicorn valuations. One just got a seed term sheet for twice the valuation I put in at in the pre-seed and the other is doing $200k/month in revenue. I built communities, ran 100’s of events, and met thousands and thousands of amazing people along the way.

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LP Technical Review Software Review Valuation 136

VC Cafe

APRIL 28, 2021

Creators that are able to grow a community while keeping engagement levels high have a greater opportunity to make a living from their craft more than ever before in history. CREATORS SHOULD MAKE MONEY FOR THEIR WORK also DONT CHARGE ME FOR YOUR PODCAST ? They already distribute over $100M a month amongst their 200,000+ creators.

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Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

The terms and valuation for both offers were comparable and when the team debated which path to choose, we all agreed both firms would have made good partners. round which closed in November 2003, and the pre-money valuation between $10 million and $15 million. It was a pretty good valuation for the time. It was a $4.7M

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Prior to working with Citius, he helped global businesses generate up to $200M in annual recurring revenue and realise valuations of $1Bn+. Giving back to the community. Mitul Ruparelia has 20+ years of experience in delivering world-class scale and field execution strategies.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Many Asian entrepreneurs tell me that they want to raise funds from Silicon Valley firms because they perceive the valuations to be higher. As I touched on before, China and India have the most mature VC communities. Valuations are based more on typical later-stage type of metrics. Finally, don’t over-optimize on valuation.

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