Agile VC

APRIL 17, 2011

How They Do It: Aggregate data from travel data warehouses like ITA as well as indexing travel providers websites, provide this information to consumers in a highly customizable search engine. One can infer valuations based on per share prices of preferred stock and oustanding common shares (~5.3M Founding Date: 2004.

Pre-Money Valuation 113

Pre-Money Valuation Liquidation Preference Dividend Common Stock 113

Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

In the case of an early-stage startup that hasn’t issued preferred stock yet, the debt converts into stock of the acquiring company (if it’s a stock deal) at a valuation subject to a cap. Some sort of conversion does occur.

Conversion 96

Conversion Sales Later Stage Preferred Stock 96

K9 Ventures

MAY 14, 2011

<$50K in aggregate. Common Stock. Convertible Note or Preferred Stock. Convertible Note or Preferred Stock. Preferred Stock. Preferred Stock. Preferred Stock / Warrants. Lots, 20-100. 1-2 per partner. Individual / Partnership. Individual. Partnership. Individual.

Preferred Stock 125

Preferred Stock Seed Stage Incubator Early Stage 125

Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

While currently free to angel groups, their business model revolves around aggregating the angel investment data. If my math is correct, this is approximately a 31% IRR, which has to beat individual angel investments on aggregate and venture capital returns over the period of the study (1990-2007). return on investment after 3.5

Pre-Money Valuation 28

Pre-Money Valuation Angel Investor Angel Groups Valuation 28

Startup Company Lawyer

JANUARY 9, 2011

A logical alternative to convertible debt is a priced Series A preferred stock financing. Mark Suster does a good job analyzing whether convertible debt is preferable to equity , and concludes that convertible debt is better. This leads me to believe that there is a mini-bubble in the early stage financing universe.

Liquidation Preference 57

Liquidation Preference Finance Preferred Stock Common Stock 57

ithacaVC

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Specifically, “too much” liquidation preference (I will use “LP” for liquidation preference). As most of you probably know, LP is one of the fundamental economic attributes of preferred stock that preferred shareholders enjoy. Is the $13mm of aggregate LP a problem? It might be.

Liquidation Preference 49

Liquidation Preference LP Preferred Stock Liquidity Event 49

Scott Edward Walker

JUNE 9, 2019

For example, if an investor owns 20% of the equity of a startup on a fully-diluted basis following the closing of a Series A round, it will have the right to purchase 20% of the shares of the preferred stock issued in the subsequent Series B round.

Preferred Stock 56

Preferred Stock Term Sheet Dilution Stock 56