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Seed Stage Startups Are Now Graded on a Curve

View from Seed

Effective) post-money valuation. A company with $250K monthly recurring revenue which took 4 years and $5.5M to build sitting at a $17M post-money is going to look fundamentally different than that exactly comparable startup which took only two years and $2M total capital at a $10M post- to get there.

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Unintended Consequences: When SAFE and Convertible Notes Go Awry

Pascal's View

This is a fundamental issue that does, indeed, boil down to understanding the post-money valuation of a company. At its core, this issue points to the lack of understanding about the importance of post-money valuation by both entrepreneurs and investors.

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Why Startups Should Raise Money at the Top End of Normal

Both Sides of the Table

So in 2011 as a startup company if you can generate lots of demand you can definitely raise an A round of capital (say $3 million) at a $7 or 8 million pre-money valuation or slightly higher whereas just two years ago you would have struggled. million post-money valuation with no revenue. That’s fine.

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Bad Notes on Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

It’s like we need a finance 101 course for entrepreneurs. Revenue multiple? Me: There is no rational explanation for valuations of A round companies by ANY objective financial measure. Me: There is no rational explanation for valuations of A round companies by ANY objective financial measure. There were no metrics.

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Shark Tank Season 4 week 4 breakdown

Lightspeed Venture Partners

They won a design award at a trade show, but have no revenue and no orders. As Cuban pointed out, this is a “down round” Zomm is seeking $2M for 10% of the company, implying an $18M pre money valuation today. So the entrepreneur was willing to accept a valuation more than $10M lower than a previous valuation.

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Guy Kawasaki’s 10 Questions to Ask Before You Join a Startup

www.mint.com

If the answer to the question centers around “We will achieve revenue soon so our net will improve and give us more runway,” it means the company is in trouble because no product ever ships on time nor achieves the company’s “conservative forecast.” What is the post-money valuation of your last round? That’s cool.

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The Post Money of Your Series A is Not My Problem

ithacaVC

I was giving some advice the other day on how to approach Series B investors in terms of valuation. Company X raised its Series A at a pre-money valuation of $5mm and it raised $4mm dollars. So the post-money valuation after the Series A was $9mm. It has just started to generate revenue.