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What Does the Post Crash VC Market Look Like?

Both Sides of the Table

When you look at how much median valuations were driven up in the past 5 years alone it’s bananas. Median valuations for early-stage valuations tripled from around $20m pre-money valuations to $60m with plenty of deals being prices above $100m. In 2009 we could take a long time to review a deal.

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Web-Based Worthworm Helps Determine PMV For Startup Investment Purposes

YoungUpstarts

“The reality is that there has not been a reliable, simple, or cost-effective way to calculate an early stage company’s valuation – which is why so many entrepreneurs and angel investors get it wrong,” says Alan Lobock, co-founder of Worthworm. ” Ideaspotting investment pre-money valuation valuation Worthworm'

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The Changing Venture Landscape

Both Sides of the Table

A-Rounds used to be $3–7 million with the best companies able to skip this smaller amount and raise $10 million on a $40 million pre-money valuation (20% dilution). These days $10 million is quaint for the best A-Rounds and many are raising $20 million at $60–80 million pre-money valuations (or greater).

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Valuations 101: The Dave Berkus Method

Gust

We recently started a series of posts on establishing the pre-money valuation of pre-revenue startup companies for purposes of investment by seed and startup investors. Dave’s valuation model first appeared in a book published by Harvard’s Howard Stevenson in the middle nineties. Add to Pre-money Valuation.

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Cliff Notes S-1: Kayak ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

paying for travel data from ITA or others (customers acquisition spend is not included in COGS). Pre-money valuation was initially set higher but was adjusted to match the Ser B valuation. Pre-money valuation was approx. Pre-money valuation was approx. Series B Preferred.

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10 Rules of Thumb for Startup Investment Valuation

Startup Professionals Musings

How much is NewCo worth to investors at this point (pre-money valuation)? What percentage of NewCo does the investor own after the $1M infusion (post-money ownership percentage)? On the other hand, if the pre-money valuation is $4M, the founders ownership remains at a healthy 80% level.

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How does someone get a meeting with angel investor David S. Rose?

Gust

I almost never invest in ideas or plans, so you’ll need to have a company and at least a product, if not customers. I’m also allergic to funding “bridges to nowhere”, so I would like to hear your explanation of what you are going to do if no money appears to follow your seed round.