Dilution Metrics Partner Revenue 
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 15, 2022
The market was down considerably with public valuations down 53–79% across the four sectors we were reviewing (it is since down even further). ==> Aside, we also have a NEW LA-based partner I’m thrilled to announce: Nick Kim. To that end I’m really excited to share that Nick Kim has joined Upfront as a Partner based out of our LA offices.
View from Seed
OCTOBER 24, 2019
The reality is that if a founder raised every one of these rounds, and lead investors always got their “target” ownership, the level of dilution would be ridiculous. No good investor would want the founder/CEO of a company to have insufficient ownership by the series A, and every founder I know is sensitive to taking too much dilution.
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David Teten
JANUARY 19, 2021
(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. More and more startups are pursuing Revenue-Based VCs , but “RBI” doesn’t fit everyone. Flexible VC 101: Equity Meets Revenue Share. His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog. Of the Inc. 5000 companies, only 6.5%
YoungUpstarts
SEPTEMBER 16, 2015
by John Vrionis, partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners. Raise too much capital at any given stage and suffer more dilution than is necessary – obviously not ideal. The goal was to set quantifiable metrics to hit in each category and to reverse engineer how many people and dollars would be required to get there.
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 6, 2021
In reality, too many choices actually dilutes customer interest in your existing market, and makes your job of production, marketing, and support much more complex. It’s important to define your growth strategy, document it, communicate it to your team, and align metrics and employee rewards to target goals.
The Next Web
SEPTEMBER 13, 2013
In India, the leading firms are slightly more concentrated with Sequoia India , Accel Partners , and Nexus Venture Partners being a cut above the rest. Valuations are based more on typical later-stage type of metrics. Finding the right partner is a much bigger win than the extra cash or minimizing dilution.
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 21, 2010
Plus, we’re all allured by the false sense that our contract with BigCo is going to “make us&# because once they start using us it will spread like wildfire and the revenue will flow in. They negotiate a “master agreement&# to work with your company with some maybe minimum guarantees in terms of revenue.
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