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2012 Valuation Survey of Angel Groups

Gust

This summer I conducted our third annual survey of the pre-money valuation of pre-revenue companies recently funded by angel groups in North America. For the first time, we asked for data from specific business sectors, as follows: All pre-revenue deals. Pre-revenue life Science, biotech and medical device deals. Average: 2.96.

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2011 Valuation Survey of North American Angel Groups

Gust

To provide some reference points, I surveyed thirteen angels groups in North American to determine their recent experience in negotiating the pre-money valuation of pre-revenue companies. See the 2010 data reported here: Current Pre-money Valuations of Pre-revenue Companies. Pre-money Valuation of Pre-revenue Companies.

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When All Else Fails.Manipulate The Data - Startups and angels.

Tim Keane

I saw that on a t-shirt worn by a bartender at the Milwaukee Irish Fest last night. As the venture progresses from financing to revenue (whether financed by an investor or the entrepreneur) that first big, critical issue has to be the first miss on projections. « Listening to Entrepreneurs | Main. I have no idea why.

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Ten Ways To Lose A Deal

YoungUpstarts

If you’ve accomplished very little and are still a few years away from revenue, VCs aren’t going to invest in your deal. You don’t want to have to nod and agree that you’ll move to Milwaukee if you had never considered it. Now, investors carefully balance the risk versus reward aspects of your deal. It’s simply too risky.

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Term-sheets and Valuations: Thinking about Negotiations - Startups.

Tim Keane

« Power of Angel Investing in Milwaukee | Main. 3]   However, if they are built bottom up, they demonstrate and make explicit a range of business model assumptions the entrepreneur is using to think about his business and its revenue model. Startups and angels: Along the way to success.

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Are Investors Being Unreasonable? - Startups and angels: Along the.

Tim Keane

from the August 20th Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.  up to $10MM in revenue.  from the August 20th Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.  up to $10MM in revenue.  . | Lower values, higher risks? Or a paradise for investors? » August 20, 2009. Are Investors Being Unreasonable?   And more choices.