Both Sides of the Table

JULY 25, 2010

I was once thinking about writing a blog post called “Is Reid Hoffman the Kevin Bacon of Silicon Valley&# because it seemed that every angel / seed investor I knew looking at deals was shopping their deal to Reid and everybody wanted Reid’s opinion before committing.

Silicon Valley 293

Silicon Valley Technical Review Southern California Angel Investor 293

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 5, 2011

2 preamble issues having read the comments on TC today: 1: I know that the prices of startup companies is much great in Silicon Valley than in smaller towns / less tech focused areas in the US and the US prices higher than many foreign markets. million post-money valuation with no revenue. It was early 2000.

Pre-Money Valuation 336

Pre-Money Valuation Valuation Silicon Valley Stock 336

Lightspeed Venture Partners

OCTOBER 7, 2012

I’ve been writing up reviews of this season’s Shark Tank pitches from a silicon valley VCs perspective. As Cuban pointed out, this is a “down round” Zomm is seeking $2M for 10% of the company, implying an $18M pre money valuation today. This time I’ll break down week four of this season.

Technical Review 110

Technical Review Technical Cofounder Valuation Pre-Money Valuation 110

Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

Post-money valuation probably no higher than $12M (2). Im a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur turned East Coast VC. round closed in June 2004. Led by General Catalyst with participation by co-founders Steve Hafner & Paul English. liquidation preference, 6% accumulated dividend (1). Series A-1 Preferred.

Pre-Money Valuation 113

Pre-Money Valuation Liquidation Preference Dividend Common Stock 113

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2013

If you give $2 million for 20% of a company ($8 million pre + $2 million investment = $10 million post-money valuation) that has no product and no customers and it turns around 3 months later and sells for $5 million it would hardly be fair for investor to get $1 million back (20% of the proceeds).

Liquidation Preference 357

Liquidation Preference Early Stage Retention Lock-up Period 357

Haystack

APRIL 10, 2018

with a median post-money valuation of $10.7M — these are the highest Pitchbook has recorded. I continue to contend there are potentially four stages of seed — pre, seed, second/extension, and post — and that as a manager I designed my fund to be able cut a meaningful check at any phase.

Seed Stage 60

Seed Stage San Francisco Ratchet Silicon Valley 60

www.mint.com

MARCH 9, 2010

What is the post-money valuation of your last round? Post-money valuation” is the value of the company after the last round of money was put in (again, lines of credit and promises don’t count). Questions 1,2,3 & 6 as deal breakers?

Software Review 68

Software Review Startup Post-Money Valuation Technical Review 68