Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 15, 2022
When you look at how much median valuations were driven up in the past 5 years alone it’s bananas. Median valuations for early-stage valuations tripled from around $20m pre-money valuations to $60m with plenty of deals being prices above $100m. And we’re patient. What Does the Post Crash VC Market Look Like?
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 30, 2016
conversation literally every week with startups. So the temptation would be to ask for $5 million because that implies a $20 million pre-money valuation if you’re able to only give away 20% or a $15 million pre-money valuation of investors require 25%. I have this “How much should I raise?”
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Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 5, 2011
I wrote this because over the last decade I’ve seen a destructive cycle where otherwise interesting companies have been screwed by raising too much money at too high of prices and gotten caught in a trap when the markets correct and they got ahead of themselves. Again, prices are expressed as pre-money valuations.
Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 23, 2010
What I notice is that people further the conversation, talk with each other, network, try to get noticed (linking to their websites, etc.). At an $86 million, pre-money valuation Benchmark sure did pay up for this investment. It’s true. I rarely only read the post. No, really.
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 23, 2014
pre-money valuation you certainly would want to exercise your right to continue investing if you had prorata rights. Just 3 years ago there was talk of institutional investors “not being able to write small enough checks.” ” Stated simply – if you seed funded Uber at $4.5m
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 28, 2018
There’s a quick litmus-test conversation any early-stage VC will have with the founder and it’s one that you should be as prepared for as your elevator pitch. It goes something like this … VC: “How much money are you raising?” One entrepreneur refrain I sometimes hear is “We want to raise some extra money for M&A activities.”
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 25, 2010
million at a $15 million pre-money valuation. We had people hearing through the grapevine that we were about to raise money and new investors started calling us to get in on the deal. Conversely I offered the same deal to another entrepreneur who decided to shop around longer. Yes, this was stupid.
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