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Valuations 101: Scorecard Valuation Methodology

Gust

Furthermore, angel groups frequently syndicate (co-invest) with neighboring angel organizations in an effort to help fill round of investment for local companies and assist members in diversifying their portfolios with investments in nearby regions. As can be seen the average (mean) pre-money valuation for recent pre-revenue deals is $2.1

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A VC’s take on the Season 5 premier of Sharktank

Lightspeed Venture Partners

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).

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Friday Funism – “Doable Deal”

View from Seed

how much the company is raising, valuation expectations, round/syndicate dynamics, etc.). I can see this being a doable deal at an $X pre-money valuation with a $Y check from us. ” . During the debrief, we would discuss not only aspects of the company (i.e.

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When Should Startup Founders Discuss Valuation with Seed VCs?

View from Seed

Using NextView as an example, since we both seek to lead the seed round and only lead during this round, I’ve seen this trend manifest in one of two ways: In a priced round, the entrepreneur will often share their valuation ask (or a stated floor) for the pre-money valuation of their company much sooner in the process.

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2011 Valuation Survey of North American Angel Groups

Gust

To provide some reference points, I surveyed thirteen angels groups in North American to determine their recent experience in negotiating the pre-money valuation of pre-revenue companies. See the 2010 data reported here: Current Pre-money Valuations of Pre-revenue Companies. Current Average.

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ProfessorVC: Touched by an Angel

Professor VC

One of my comments was that we would likely see more institutionalization of angel groups and syndication of deals among groups. 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.

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CTAN is the Most Active Angel Group Nationwide

SiliconHills

The deals, with a median investment round of $590,000, had pre-money valuations of $2.5 And 74 percent of the deals were syndicated. Texas had 11 percent of all angel group deals in the second quarter of this year, according to the latest Halo Report.