Lightspeed Venture Partners

SEPTEMBER 21, 2013

Despite having over 500k downloads and making $450k in revenue over the last 21 months, he had only $185k left in the bank, which meant that he would be out of business in 90 days if he didn’t raise more money. pre money valuation and planned to use the money to market the app. pre money valuation).

Pre-Money Valuation 167

Pre-Money Valuation Valuation Dilution Distribution 167

Lightspeed Venture Partners

OCTOBER 22, 2012

This implies a pre money valuation of $1.045M. See my breakdown of week 2 for more on how to calculate pre money valuation.). The pre money valuations on the two deals were close enough to be a wash, but the ability to accelerate the business at twice the speed would have been a real differentiator.

Pre-Money Valuation 101

Pre-Money Valuation Valuation Dilution Differentiation 101

This is going to be BIG.

JULY 30, 2015

You're putting money in over the first 3-4 years, but you're not really seeing most of it back until years 7, 8, and 9, if not longer. Distributions can actually be drawn out over an extended period of time, but for the purposes of this exercise, I just kept the fund to 11 years. It's what you'd expect. Exits are $250mm.

Venture Capital 60

Venture Capital Pre-Money Valuation IRR Valuation 60