Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 10, 2021
.” * I first wrote about the changes to the Venture Capital ecosystem 10 years ago and this still serves as a good primer of how we arrived at 2011, a decade on from the Web 1.0 A-Rounds used to be $3–7 million with the best companies able to skip this smaller amount and raise $10 million on a $40 million pre-money valuation (20% dilution).
Up and Running
SEPTEMBER 19, 2017
That’s because obtaining a pre-money valuation for a concept level technology company in excess of $1 million is difficult, particularly for a startup founder without a proven track record. The right-of-first-refusal clause, however, proved a significant impediment in his attempted sale of stock to the industry insiders.
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Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 26, 2012
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)?
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 30, 2011
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)?
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 22, 2011
I spoke about how Amazon Web Services deserves far more credit for the last 5 years of innovation than it gets credit for and how I believe they spawned the micro-VC category. million pre-money valuation is now raising $1 million at a $12 million valuation the next investor has nowhere to go but up (or sit out the investment).
Gust
NOVEMBER 18, 2012
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)?
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 6, 2010
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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