David Teten
SEPTEMBER 5, 2014
I’ve also presented at a range of industry conferences on how institutional investors can use professional networks for research , origination , market research , and value creation. Our founders realized that investors needed to learn interactively, on-demand, on very specific topics, and in an atmosphere of trust.
View from Seed
OCTOBER 21, 2014
Using NextView as an example, since we both seek to lead the seed round and only lead during this round, I’ve seen this trend manifest in one of two ways: In a priced round, the entrepreneur will often share their valuation ask (or a stated floor) for the pre-money valuation of their company much sooner in the process.
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Genuine VC
JULY 30, 2012
By communicating pricing expectations with potential lead investors, I mean sharing either an “ask” or even stated floor for the pre-money valuation of the company (with a priced preferred round) or explicitly stating a valuation cap (for convertible note round).
leananalyticsbook.com
AUGUST 19, 2012
Transactional sites are about shopping cart conversion, cart size, and abandonment. Reddit probably has a very high percentage of users who log in: it’s required to upvote posts, and the login process doesn’t demand an email confirmation look, so anonymous accounts are permitted. I’ll explain. Transactional.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 30, 2018
How you talk about valuation will of course depend on how well your business is performing and how much demand you have from other investors. Before raising capital you need to have a conversation with your existing investors to get a sense on what they’re thinking or at a minimum you better have an intuitive feel for it.
ReadWriteStart
MAY 9, 2018
The company’s growth is largely thanks to its collaborators – Travelport, its first investor and incubator, lead investor 7 Gate Ventures, and Real Venture. It achieved a conversion rate of up to 4.48%, approximately twice as high as the next leading online travel agency (2.4%).
Version One Ventures
JANUARY 28, 2013
Since CBInsights released its report in December, conversations have accelerated about the pending “Series A Crunch.” That means there are a lot more seeded startups out there: an excess demand for a limited supply of Series A financings. Seed financing grew from 89 fundings in Q1 2009 to more than 500 in Q3 2012.
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