Gust

APRIL 11, 2014

Let’s get right down to business: Dilution of founders’ and other early shareholders’ equity in startups is frequently a subject of intense interest and debate. Suppose it raises $2 million at a $6 million pre-money valuation. Expert commentators including David S.

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Dilution Equity Pre-Money Valuation Prospectus 162

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

This was an audience of mostly first-time entrepreneurs. It is great for entrepreneurs and great for VCs. So here is what I have been telling entrepreneurs privately for the past 6 months. What a bubble means for each entrepreneur. Still, market amnesia by ordinarily rational actors always surprises me. I believe that.

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Saudi Arabia Valuation IPO Technical Review 309

Berkonomics

JANUARY 7, 2021

Think of startups and early stage businesses whose entrepreneurs you know. One: The entrepreneur. First, there is the entrepreneur , the visionary, and force behind the venture from start to finish. Dividing equity among those that fill the management gap. How much equity to early investors? Two: Co-management.

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Liquidity Event Pre-Money Valuation Cofounder Initial Public Offering 96

David Cohen

AUGUST 1, 2018

In many cases the caps are very high because the entrepreneurs are telling the investors that they’re super confident they’re about to raise a larger round and they just need to “bridge” the company to that larger round. For example, a company may be raising $1M in notes at $15M pre-money valuation cap with a 20% discount.

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Pre-Money Valuation Valuation Equity Finance 83

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2012

Entrepreneurs sometimes assume an initial agreement with an Angel is a commitment, so they start spending before any money is received. It’s true that Angel investors typically do not present entrepreneurs with overly complicated deal structures, especially when compared to venture capitalists. Define equity type.

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Term Sheet Pre-Money Valuation Due Diligence Post-Money Valuation 223

Feld Thoughts

JULY 29, 2011

Finance Friday’s gets off the ground with today’s post by introducing you to an imaginary startup, the entrepreneurs that we’ll being following throughout the series, and their first challenges: splitting up the founders’ equity and addressing the case where one of the founders provides the initial seed capital for the business.

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Equity Finance Pre-Money Valuation Denver 137

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

But any entrepreneurs raising capital should keep in mind that this opening of the markets could possibly be temporary. They should heed the age old advice that raising slightly more money while you can is always better than trying to optimize future valuations. It is no wonder why they had less time for new deals.

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Burn Rate Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Private Equity 263

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Entrepreneurs sometimes assume an initial agreement with an angel is a commitment, so they start spending before any money is received. It’s true that angel investors typically do not present entrepreneurs with overly complicated deal structures, especially when compared to venture capitalists. Define equity type.

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Term Sheet Pre-Money Valuation Due Diligence Post-Money Valuation 227

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 15, 2018

The pre-money valuation of other startups is based on the following factors. It is important for businesses to be duly evaluated because it’s the valuation of businesses that actually go on to draw investors. In a way, putting a value on their businesses helps entrepreneurs to generate liquidity.

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Pre-Money Valuation Valuation Sweat Equity Startup 124

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2015

” Today I want to talk about how a VC thinks about equity pricing on your round and particularly if you’re coming off of a convertible note. In the old days VCs funded off of a “pre-money” valuation. As I mentioned if you raise $2m on $8m pre-money you take 20% dilution. No problem.

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Pre-Money Valuation Option Pool Post-Money Valuation Dilution 150

Gust

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Entrepreneurs sometimes assume an initial agreement with an angel is a commitment, so they start spending before any money is received. It’s true that angel investors typically do not present entrepreneurs with overly complicated deal structures, especially when compared to venture capitalists. Define equity type.

Term Sheet 158

Term Sheet Pre-Money Valuation Due Diligence Post-Money Valuation 158

Lightspeed Venture Partners

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

The next two entrepreneurs run a wine tasting cruise business. Much of the money went into buying inventory, and a founder with around 40% owernship is still highly motivated to see the company succeed. Cuban loved both the idea and the entrepreneur. 75,000 for 10% implies a $675,000 pre money valuation.

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Pre-Money Valuation Alabama Valuation Churn Rate 159

Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

Term-sheets and Valuations: Thinking about Negotiations. Please see later version of this post on May 16, 2010 Entrepreneurs are often not experts in the area of term-sheet negotiations and all of the surrounding issues.   Investors sometimes “present” the terms they’d like and expect the entrepreneurs to react.

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Term Sheet Valuation Dividend Liquidation Preference 68

The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Realistically, VCs expect 90% of their ventures to fail, but entrepreneurs expect 100% of their ventures to succeed. As an entrepreneur, the fewer external capital pressures you have, the more time you have to listen closely to the market and pivot at every opportunity to cater to the stakeholders that matter the most.

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Early Stage Venture Capital Bootstrapping Pre-Money Valuation 85

Lightspeed Venture Partners

OCTOBER 1, 2012

pre money valuation). Cuban has interest in a gluten free diet, and claimed that he liked the company, but his only concern was valuation. Price is always a consideration in investing, but particularly so if the entrepreneurs have shown an interest in an early exit. The entrepreneur took this offer.

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Pre-Money Valuation Valuation Participating Preferred Preferred Stock 151

Lightspeed Venture Partners

OCTOBER 22, 2012

The founders have more demand than they know what to do with, and want to raise $55k for 5% equity in the company to buy a second truck. This implies a pre money valuation of $1.045M. See my breakdown of week 2 for more on how to calculate pre money valuation.). The first is that it isn’t true.

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Pre-Money Valuation Valuation Dilution Differentiation 101

K9 Ventures

MARCH 23, 2011

I may be well be in the minority in the Valley to think this way — especially so as a seed stage investor — but I have a strong preference for doing priced equity rounds for funding companies at any stage. Since the financing would likely happen in short order, there was no need to have a valuation cap in the note.

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Pre-Money Valuation Valuation Equity Liquidation Preference 132

The Equity Kicker

APRIL 10, 2015

From the perspective of existing investors the right way to calculate the valuation multiple is to compare the pre-money valuation of the new round with the post-money valuation of the last round, which is the same as the increase in share price. (As

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Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Post-Money Valuation Option Pool 60

Berkonomics

JUNE 12, 2014

It is rare when one person starts a company, supplies all the funding, and shares no management tasks or equity with others, and still grows the company to any significant size, worthy of a multi-million dollar opportunity to cash out at exit. First, there is the entrepreneur , the visionary, and force behind the venture from start to finish.

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Liquidity Event Pre-Money Valuation Cofounder Initial Public Offering 85

Gust

OCTOBER 21, 2011

This week we move on to something near and dear to the hearts of entrepreneurs and investors alike: The exit, more formally known as a “ liquidity event.” Entrepreneurs generally don’t ask for this kind of language, but most sophisticated investors will insist on it in one form or another. Most would agree this is not a fair outcome.

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Finance Pre-Money Valuation Term Sheet Liquidity Event 79

ithacaVC

OCTOBER 16, 2012

Doug is an older guy with lots of startup experience both as entrepreneur and investor. Doug’s lecture was on startup company valuations. So, you want to raise $500,000, well guess what, your pre-money valuation will be between $930,000 and $2mm. Period, the end. Yeah, it is that simple.

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Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Startup Equity 58

Growthink Blog

JANUARY 24, 2011

I get the same question a lot from entrepreneurs raising equity capital (venture capital or angel funding). at 1/3 of its original post-money valuation), then if the investor owned common shares (or preferred shares without the liquidation preference), then they would receive back $1,666,666 of their original $5,000,000 investment.

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Preferred Stock Stock Common Stock Liquidation Preference 93

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

This time by the efforts of Adeo Ressi to introduce a new kind of structure called “ convertible equity.” My initial reaction to Adeo when we spoke was that while it may have solved some issues (debt versus equity) it didn’t solve the ones that I’ve been warning entrepreneurs about most loudly.

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Ratchet Liquidation Preference Equity Stock 354

Gust

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Entrepreneurs and investors who have spent any time dealing with convertible debt seed financing transactions are likely to have encountered the subject of valuation caps. The cap is irrelevant if the next equity financing is at a valuation below the cap amount.) Read on for a fuller explanation. by February 2006).

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Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Merger Vesting 98

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 14, 2010

It’s meant to be a bit provocative but the reality is that I give this advice to entrepreneurs all the the time and I usually leave the “e&# off of the end. I learned all of this myself on your side of the table raising money at my first company. The list goes on. Legacy deals have “hair.&#. But pass they will.

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Venture Capital Liquidation Preference Common Stock Dividend 289

Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

I think the title of this post is a TV show, but fitting as there has been much debate in the venture community as to the whether angel investors are good or bad for entrepreneurs and VCs. One group charges entrepreneurs "an administrative fee" to present to the group. Touched by an Angel.

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Pre-Money Valuation Angel Investor Angel Groups Valuation 28

Gust

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Individual accredited investors in typical angel deals put personal capital at risk for an equity share of growth-oriented, start-up companies. In 2011, the valuation of pre-revenue, start-up companies is typically in the range of $1.5–$2.5 As can be seen the average (mean) pre-money valuation for recent pre-revenue deals is $2.1

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Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Intellectual Property Technical Review 146

ithacaVC

JUNE 3, 2015

Quick explanation: a note with a valuation cap provides that upon a subsequent conversion of the note to equity resulting from a subsequent equity round (let’s say a Series A round), the note holder either converts at a price equal to (i) a stated discount to the Series A price OR (ii) a price determined using the valuation cap.

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Liquidation Preference Pre-Money Valuation Dilution Valuation 40

dondodge.typepad.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

Community is more powerful than money or technology » August 11, 2007 How much equity for investors and employees? Entrepreneurs face some pretty tough questions at a very early stage. Should I take Angel or VC money? How much money should I raise? How much equity should I give up?

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Equity Employee Dilution Valuation 40

Gust

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Particularly when there are multiple closings taking place over a period of months, the fuse burns awfully quickly on a 12-month note given the many competing priorities of early stage entrepreneurs. Practically speaking, if the company is out of money, it’s out of money, so the difference between numbers 1 through 4 may not mean much.

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Finance Term Sheet Pre-Money Valuation Early Stage 107

www.mattbartus.com

DECEMBER 9, 2012

Let’s say you receive a term sheet for a $1 million investment at a $3 million fully diluted pre-money valuation, and you’re kind of disappointed. Take a look at the numbers: Pre-Money. One possibility is to negotiate a higher valuation and offer warrants (i.e., Post-Money. Option Pool.

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Warrant Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Term Sheet 40

Rob Go

AUGUST 29, 2016

When I first started out as a VC nearly 9 years ago, most early stage company valuations were expressed as pre-money valuations. That is, the valuation of the company prior to the investment of new capital. The post Quick Post on Post-Money Valuations appeared first on ROBGO.ORG.

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Post-Money Valuation Valuation Cap Table Term Sheet 52

This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 23, 2015

So whereas seed rounds five years ago may have been less than a million dollars on a pre-money valuation of three or four million, today''s seed is up and over a million and usually closer to two million, with post money valuations nearing $10 million.

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Post-Money Valuation Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Seed Money 60

Scott Edward Walker

APRIL 9, 2012

Part 3 will cover certain special issues, such as (i) what happens if the startup is acquired prior to the note’s conversion to equity? (ii) ii) what happens if the maturity date is reached prior to the note’s conversion to equity? A convertible note is short-term debt that converts into equity. What is a Convertible Note?

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Preferred Stock Finance Common Stock Liquidation Preference 87

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

The past year was a wild ride for startups and founders, giving a whole new meaning to the ”rollercoaster” aspect of being an entrepreneur. ValuatIon should be a function of value, not ego. Kawasaki’s Law of Pre-Money Valuation: for every full-time engineer, add $500,000; for every full-time M.B.A.,

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Founder Startup Valuation Pre-Money Valuation 187

K9 Ventures

MAY 14, 2011

This is probably the very first group that an entrepreneur who is starting out may approach for some funding for his or her idea. The incubators invest usually for an equity stake and buy equity at a extremely low valuation (for example, 7% for $15,000, which implies a pre-money valuation of less than $200,000).

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Preferred Stock Seed Stage Incubator Early Stage 125

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2012

If you do a capped note it’s bad for the entrepreneur. Here is what I recommend very often – privately – to startup entrepreneurs for angel funding. We plan to raise at a $5 million pre-money valuation. million pre-money. You can do it with equity & a price.

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Pre-Money Valuation Finance Liquidation Preference Warrant 294