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 The iPhone was released.

Technical Review 398

Technical Review Venture Capital Valuation Pre-Money Valuation 398

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 23, 2010

Obviously it is build on a social network “follow people&# model that is asymmetric like Twitter. At an $86 million, pre-money valuation Benchmark sure did pay up for this investment. So in a way it has built in game mechanics. And they are trying to bake in user adoption into the design of the product.

Silicon Valley 301

Silicon Valley Pre-Money Valuation Technical Review Software Review 301

Agile VC

MAY 26, 2011

Online social networking is a concept still being evangelized even in Silicon Valley… Friendster is in private beta (wasn’t until Oct 2003 they received Google acquisition offer which they turned down for Kleiner/Benchmark round). First and foremost, we believed there would be a “professional” social network.

Term Sheet 178

Term Sheet Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Network 178

Gust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

There’s no use banging your head against a VC’s door with a social network venture if they only invest in biotech companies. Investor profiles on the platform are created by the investors themselves, and tell you exactly who the group’s leaders are, and what they are looking for.

Angel Groups 159

Angel Groups Elevator Pitch Software Review Deal Flow 159

Professor VC

JANUARY 17, 2008

Again, I see nothing wrong with this, although entrepreneurs often prefer convertible debt as it defers the valuation discussion and leaves the Series A price for the venture firm to set. He also said they typically only invest at a $1 million pre-money valuation or less. A Lot of Horn Tooting over a Kazoo sized deal.

Pre-Money Valuation 28

Pre-Money Valuation Angel Investor Angel Groups Valuation 28

Feld Thoughts

JULY 29, 2011

Through a series of conversations, Jane and Dick have come up with the idea to develop a social network tailored to the medical community. Jane felt comfortable with receiving 10% for $50k, but no less, so they agreed on a $450k pre money valuation of their startup.

Equity 137

Equity Finance Denver Pre-Money Valuation 137

Altgate

MAY 24, 2012

To estimate how much the founders and other insiders owned after each of the startup’s first three rounds of financing, we used the two major factors that affect dilution: the capital raised by the startup and the pre-money valuation it received. million, with a valuation of $10 million. As shown in Figure 9.5

Pre-Money Valuation 43

Pre-Money Valuation Cofounder Dilution Equity 43