VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Seed and pre-Seed investment levels and valuations remain healthy, there’s more talent in the market and less competition. The result is mass layoffs (over 119,000 in the US since the beginning of 2023 and it’s only Feb), down rounds (even for Silicon Valley darlings like Stripe) and fund terms that go above the 2/20 standard.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 11, 2018

We all know by now that “Silicon Valley” has become more or less synonymous with “innovation.” The post The Investment Landscape of the Future: Toward Many Silicon Valleys appeared first on ReadWrite.

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The Next Web

MARCH 29, 2014

Why would I ever fundraise anywhere outside of Silicon Valley?” I was not surprised to see quite a few such reactions to my recent blog post analyzing investment sizes and valuations in Europe. Looking at the numbers, the decision to fundraise in Silicon Valley for European startups seems pretty logical… at first glance.

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Silicon Valley Europe Valuation Startup 162

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. As the risks below get eliminated the higher the valuation investors are prepared to pay.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 6, 2016

Silicon Valley itself was built on the sciences with a foundation of trial-and-error and then improving the model and trying again. I believe this scientific method and trial-and-error approach is one of Silicon Valley’s most valuable strengths. Could big business accept its own creative destruction?

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 7, 2010

As a thumb rule, try to get enough validation so that you can get to at least a $2 million pre-money valuation before raising equity capital. That is debt financing that converts into equity at the Series A valuation once the price for that is set. (I I know Silicon Valley and the MBA types look down upon lifestyle businesses.

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Valuation Silicon Valley Pre-Money Valuation Bootstrapping 119

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2018

Those that do it right also have the unprecedented opportunity to join the elite ranks of 250 unicorns (relatively new companies with a current valuation of over $1 billion). With these steps, you really don’t need a rich uncle or a benefactor in Silicon Valley these days to start your own business, and keep ahead of the crowd.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 2, 2018

Silicon Valley. Silicon Valley is a comedy series which follows the lives of a computer programmer and his geeky friends as they try to take advantage of the high tech gold rush.

Entrepreneur 176

Entrepreneur Silicon Valley New York City Incubator 176

YoungUpstarts

MAY 29, 2011

This week Blackbox , founded by entrepreneurs Bjoern Lasse Herrmann and Max Marmer, released its first Startup Genome Report — a 67-page in depth analysis on what makes Silicon Valley startups successful based on profiling over 650 startups. Solo founders take 3.6x less likely to pivot. Business-heavy founding teams are 6.2x

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Examples of some leaders in this space include Ron Conway in Silicon Valley and Jeff Bezos , CEO of Amazon, who each may have over 500 startups in their portfolio. Super angels sometimes drive up valuations. VCs tend to carry their partners much longer, in hopes of a big public offering (IPO) that could produce a windfall.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

The mantra of “ first mover advantage ,” the idea that winners are the ones who are the first entrants in their market, became the conventional wisdom of investors in Silicon Valley.“ And if the company does go public, the valuations are at least 10x of the last bubble.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2013

Examples of some leaders in this space include Mike Maples in Silicon Valley and David S. It’s higher risk, but higher return, to pick the big winners early, before Angels have set unreasonable valuations and restrictive terms. Every early-stage startup should explore this new funding alternative.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

The law firm Fenwick & West LLP has released its Third Quarter 2010 Silicon Valley Venture Capital Survey. The survey looks at the valuations and the terms of financing for over 100 technology companies in Silicon Valley that reported raising capital in the third quarter of this year.

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Silicon Valley Venture Capital Valuation Down Round 115

The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Thomas Clayton has started and run numerous high-tech startups in Silicon Valley. The process of raising money in Asia is very different from raising money in Silicon Valley and, frankly, it’s not nearly as easy. Set your expectations – VCs in Asia are different from the Valley.

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Asia Silicon Valley India Term Sheet 132

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2016

And while there is a narrative that most LPs only want to invest in the long-standing Silicon Valley brands that have existed for the past 40 years, there is evidence that many LPs understand that it is possible for new entrants in our industry to stake out grounds of differentiation.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 29, 2021

billion company and has built up this valuation outside the Silicon Valley scene. This year, Duolingo went public and has earned a $7 billion valuation. The culture is very different from that of Silicon Valley. Today, Sprout is a $6.6 The degree of home bias has eroded somewhat, although it still exists. .

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 26, 2020

Here are three pieces of advice that are tossed around Silicon Valley as if they are gospel, but they are really Startup Myths. I don’t know exactly when it happened but at some point, Silicon Valley became obsessed with the word billion. Myth #3: Take the Highest Valuation You Can Get. I was wrong.

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Finance Silicon Valley Valuation Startup 205

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2012

The truth is that I wasn’t as valuation sensitive as my original VC partner was and I would have been willing to raise price. So it reminds me of a recent deal in Silicon Valley from 18 months ago or so. I told him that if he did he’d have to do the round without me. You learn a lot about people in these situations.

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Term Sheet Silicon Valley Reputation Partner 356

Hunter Walker

SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

Homebrew is making more investments outside of Silicon Valley than we have in our history! That statement might be more dramatic if our firm was founded in 1983 instead of 2013, but speaks to a handful of changes in seed investing.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 21, 2017

It’s understandable, then, that the term “unicorn” has come to be used routinely in the world of business funding to refer to those rare and beautiful privately funded startups—especially in the tech space—that have reached the upper echelon of valuation, being valued at over $1 billion. at around 27 million. Bruce is the U.S.

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Gust

OCTOBER 16, 2012

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. Access to our 2010 and 2011 surveys can be found at 2011 Valuation Survey of North American Angel Investor Groups. 2012 Valuation Survey. pre-money valuation in US$ millions).

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Angel Groups Valuation Pre-Money Valuation North Dakota 169

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

I’m over-paying for every check I write into the VC ecosystem and valuations are being pushed up to absurd levels and many of these valuations and companies won’t hold in the long term. On the one hand, you’re over paying for every investment and valuations aren’t rational. The legends of Silicon Valley?—?two

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 24, 2023

There may be a lot of talk and activity, some initial workshops, boot camps, and visits to Silicon Valley, but there is no sustained support. The organization is heralded as an example for others, and stakeholders reward the growth potential with a higher valuation and increased investment funding.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 12, 2014

Hawken students pitching the local “Sharks” Having practiced negotiating terms, students calculated their companies’ valuations, ranging from 50k- 300k, and wrestled with the sharks over equity. Trying to fit an Entrepreneurial Studies course into a college prep high school outside of Silicon Valley is an interesting challenge.

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Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

Silicon Valley is still emerging from the tech bubble and massive downturn of late 2000-2002. Online social networking is a concept still being evangelized even in Silicon Valley… Friendster is in private beta (wasn’t until Oct 2003 they received Google acquisition offer which they turned down for Kleiner/Benchmark round).

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Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 29, 2023

When it comes to launching a startup, most founders think they should reside in the United States, Silicon Valley, in particular, to have a successful business. But there are other regions in the world that might not be as fancy as Silicon Valley but have a remarkable potential for growth. This amount can triple by 2025.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Why Silicon Valley Funds Instagrams, Not Hyperloops - crowdspring.co/188qC9v. Demystifying 409A Valuations - crowdspring.co/18IYhky. Chicago can be better than Silicon Valley (when it comes to promoting women entrepreneurs) | by Sharon Schneider - crowdspring.co/18J09d4. Forbes - crowdspring.co/188qNBM.

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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.

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Silicon Valley Technical Review Southern California Angel Investor 293

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 19, 2020

Examples of some leaders in this space include Ron Conway in Silicon Valley and Jeff Bezos , CEO of Amazon, who each may have over 500 startups in their portfolio. Super angels sometimes drive up valuations. VCs tend to carry their partners much longer, in hopes of a big public offering (IPO) that could produce a windfall.

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Angel Investor Venture Capital Silicon Valley Startup 314

The Startup Toolkit

AUGUST 30, 2012

The valley only has about 4x more VC deals than London (although average valuations are admittedly 2x higher): The valley is not 1000x better. And so they uproot their companies, pay a king’s ransom to immigration lawyers, and generally allow it to distract them from building their company. But check it. Everywhere.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Tuesday night TechCrunch's Michael Arrington dropped a bomb on the industry, accusing Silicon Valley's top angel investors of a collusion and price-fixing conspiracy. Monday evening, Arrington crashed a meeting of "ten or so of the highest profile angel investors in Silicon Valley," at San Francisco restaurant Bin 38.

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Silicon Valley San Francisco Angel Investor Term Sheet 114

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Are you beating up every Silicon Valley VC that didn’t do Facebook or Google or Uber early? We felt proud to be the lead investor in Maker Studios at a sub $5 million valuation. Because that would a very long and bitchy article I’m sure.

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IPO Los Angeles Technical Review Silicon Valley 214

Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 25, 2015

Some were Silicon Valley early stage companies, such as Apple, Quantum, and Masstor Systems. while none of the non-Silicon Valley regional firms were long-term successful as regional firms. However, none were based in the Silicon Valley and are probably unfamiliar names to today’s practitioners.

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Venture Capital SBIC Technical Review Silicon Valley 70

Gust

OCTOBER 12, 2011

During the summer of 2010, I developed a workshop, A New ACEF Valuation Workshop for Angels and Entrepreneurs. 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. 2011 Angel Group Valuation Survey.

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Angel Groups Valuation Pre-Money Valuation St. Louis 125

Haystack

DECEMBER 29, 2018

And as more economies worldwide seek to shift their investment strategies offshore and seek out technology, hubs like Silicon Valley and Shanghai, among others, have reaped the benefits. by a mile, continued to soar in volume and valuation. the firm may have a right to raise up to $100B but may not call all of it).

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Technical Review Venture Capital Russia China 165

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 28, 2015

“And if you have a valuation cap; a higher cap is always better than a lower cap.” The primary terms for these types of transactions are the valuation cap and the conversion discount. In Silicon Valley, most boards ultimately make decisions based on a consensus. ” The Cost of Financing. Patent Trolls.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

Professional angels / former entrepreneurs / seed funds – In Silicon Valley there are people like Ron Conway, Jeff Clavier, Mike Maples and many more. If you’re three s -hot kids from Stanford, Caltech or MIT you might be able to push valuation higher. If you raise $250k at a $750k valuation the same goes.

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Silicon Valley Ireland Technical Review Valuation 291