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The Changing Venture Landscape

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The world around us is being disrupted by the acceleration of technology into more industries and more consumer applications. And the loosening of federal monetary policies, particularly in the US, has pushed more dollars into the venture ecosystems at every stage of financing. Society is reorienting to a new post-pandemic norm?—?even

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Why Startups Should Raise Money at the Top End of Normal

Both Sides of the Table

Early-stage investors in technology startups are only looking for growth-oriented companies that can achieve an “exit&# someday – either via selling your company to a larger company or via an IPO. while acknowledging that San Fran deals are often higher valuations due to increased competition amongst investors.

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Strategy Roundtable: Try To Get At Least $2M Pre-Money In Seed Round Valuation

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Bottom line, early stage equity is very, very expensive. So at any point, if you are trying to raise money, and you are hearing from investors that you are too early and have too little validation, it may be a good thing. Then Liana Thompson pitched Trendy Loot , a very early stage deal site for low-end jewelry.

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

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You can find this in a number of places, but in a nutshell, I prefer to invest in highly-scalable, technology-based ventures, with a particular focus on platforms, at a very, very early stage (but, oxymoronically, where there is already some type of traction).

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10 Rules of Thumb for Startup Investment Valuation

Startup Professionals Musings

This time I’ll use a hypothetical health-care web site company named NewCo as an example to illustrate the points. 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)?

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10 Ways to Size Your Company’s Value for Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

This time I’ll use a hypothetical health-care web site company named NewCo as an example to illustrate the points. 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)?

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10 Rules of Thumb for Startup Investment Valuation

Gust

This time I’ll use a hypothetical health-care web site company named NewCo as an example to illustrate the points. 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)?

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