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Startup Fairy Tales and Other Tall Tales That Venture Capitalists Tell

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This venture capital financing - usually between $3 and $10 million - is the first of a number of rounds of outside investment over a period of three to five years. With this capital, the company propels itself to $50 million+ in revenues, and to either a sale to a strategic acquirer or to an initial public offering.

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What Most People Don’t Understand About How Startup Companies are Valued

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forward revenue for SaaS businesses when in the years before it had been less than 5x. Why Down Rounds are Harder Than You May Think. Down rounds are hard. A slight down round is achievable but massive “hair cuts” are very hard to do. This corrected only to go back up to 13.4x

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