Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

Two founders have spent $200K of personal and family funds over a one year period to start the company, get a prototype site up and running, and have already generated some “buzz” in the Internet community. How much is NewCo worth to investors at this point (pre-money valuation)? This one doesn’t help NewCo just yet.

Valuation 270

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation NPV Intellectual Property 270

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Two founders have spent $200K of personal and family funds over a one year period to start the company, get a prototype site up and running, and have already generated some “buzz” in the Internet community. How much is NewCo worth to investors at this point (pre-money valuation)? This one doesn’t help NewCo just yet.

Pre-Money Valuation 246

Pre-Money Valuation Valuation NPV Intellectual Property 246

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

Two founders have spent $200K of personal and family funds over a one year period to start the company, get a prototype site up and running, and have already generated some “buzz” in the Internet community. How much is NewCo worth to investors at this point (pre-money valuation)? This one doesn’t help NewCo just yet.

Valuation 234

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation NPV Startup 234

Gust

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

Two founders have spent $200K of personal and family funds over a one year period to start the company, get a prototype site up and running, and have already generated some “buzz” in the Internet community. How much is NewCo worth to investors at this point (pre-money valuation)? This one doesn’t help NewCo just yet.

Valuation 187

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation NPV Intellectual Property 187

Berkonomics

DECEMBER 19, 2013

Valuation and fund-raising : How did you arrive at your proposed pre-money valuation? Arthur Lipper has been a well-respected member of the international financial community since 1954. Metrics and management: What might be the first indication the company will not be able to achieve its goals and objectives?

Pre-Money Valuation 105

Pre-Money Valuation Liquidity Event Cofounder Valuation 105

David Teten

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

I have frequently heard the expression from other investors, “We can put a lot of money to work here.” This is the psychology that drives VCs to load up a company with more capital, rationalizing that $5m at a $20m pre-money valuation is little different than $10m at a $40m pre-money valuation.

Management 114

Management Pre-Money Valuation Venture Capital New Hampshire 114

Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

One partnership was clearly very divided and a vocal minority of GPs thought consumer internet companies were a massive waste of time and money. round which closed in November 2003, and the pre-money valuation between $10 million and $15 million. It was a $4.7M The rest, as they say, is history. We’ve been lucky.

Term Sheet 178

Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178