Valuation Questions

My startup is in the very early stages. We have a very raw prototype and haven't launched yet and so have no revenue either.Two angel investors are interested in putting $20,000 each in our startup...

Equity Angel Seed Funding Valuation Angel Investors

asked May 30 '15 at 13:41

Darlene Vera
11 points

We are a bootstrapped company of three. Our primary competitor is interested in acquiring us (acqui-hire). How do we place a value on our startup? Since we don't have any revenues or a huge user...

Bootstrapped Company Acquisition Valuation Acqui Hire

asked May 15 '14 at 10:40

Angela Williams
7 points

I have an opportunity to purchase a company. We're still working on the purchase price, but let's assume $100K for purposes of discussion. I do not have $100K. I would need to find an investor to...

Investors Valuation Purchasing Angel Investors

asked Mar 31 '14 at 17:58

Carson McComas
1,023 points

I'm going to helping a friend try and sell a service of his which is completely free to users. It's a social media tool similar to ManageFlitter.He has a large number of active users. The service...

Acquisition Valuation Acqui Hire

asked Mar 5 '14 at 17:27

Violet Phillips
155 points

I watch a lot of Shark Tank and Dragon's Den and I was wondering what are the consequence to give away lower equity than expected? For instance, let's say my company value is 200k and I'm offering...

Business Valuation

asked Dec 6 '13 at 12:34

Julian Livin' In China
1 point

We're finalizing the details of a new shareholders agreement but we're stuck at setting the EBITDA multiple that will get used for future valuation of the company. The agreement was written by one...

Technology Legal Social Network Valuation

asked Jul 4 '13 at 18:24

Shreef
21 points

We are a small online business that has been running for a couple of years. We have an annual turnover of around £35,000, profit on which is around £10,000. We haven't spent much time or effort on...

Valuation

asked May 12 '13 at 10:29

User26210
6 points

I'm building a Saas B2B startup and I'm wondering what kind of multiples are used to estimate future exit valuations. Price/earning ratio, price/sales ratio? For instance, if I plan to build a...

Valuation

asked Mar 7 '13 at 11:47

Frenchie
4,166 points

I've been reading that under 409a regulations, if non-qualified stock options are issued below fair market value, there are immediate tax implications and a 20% penalty. I've been working part-time...

Valuation Stock Options

asked Mar 19 '13 at 04:34

Kevin Victor
11 points

When you are dealing with potential investors, they will be able to do valuation, I hope, but again, they are looking after their own interests. I assume it is a good idea to have your own numbers...

Valuation

asked Feb 28 '13 at 04:43

Usabilitest
1,698 points

I recently saw in the news that Punchfork.com was acquired by Pintrest.com for an undisclosed amount. Given Punchfork.com has 100,000 monthly visitors and 80,000 lines on Facebook but no...

Traffic Valuation

asked Jan 7 '13 at 16:30

Craig H
33 points

We are not so much a start up company; been doing business for over 7 years and started off with an investor which was considered a loan with interest. Now we are up to receive anywhere from...

Equity Angel Investors Valuation

asked Nov 16 '12 at 18:01

Andrea Wilson
6 points

Most startups and quick-risers promoted publicly are building intellectual property on top of open source software stacks. Aside from avoiding upfront investments towards license, is there any...

Open Source Valuation

asked Oct 5 '12 at 03:49

Ronaldwidha
106 points

How can I evaluate my online venture on the basis of traffic and user acquisition to estimate the value of my company and do financial projections. Say, an online venture has 1000 registered users...

Finance Valuation User Acquisition Fundraising

asked Sep 19 '12 at 03:42

Sourabh
288 points

We have a profitable hardware and SaaS business. some clients want to obtain a 12-month financing to buy our hardware. we need extra money to allow it. that would increase our monthly income by...

Strategy Finance Investors Valuation

asked Aug 24 '12 at 02:14

Sd Reyes
156 points

I own a small brewery and I need some help valuing it. In operation 18 months Annual gross revenue is around $30,000 (like I said, we're small) $200,000 in cash We expect to use about $110,000 of...

Valuation Manufacturing

asked Aug 7 '12 at 04:10

Dean Brundage
256 points

I wrote two Apps and want to know how much they are worth. Background: for one I am looking for an investor / somebody who wants to buy it. For the second one I am just interested to know the price...

Products Valuation Calculation

asked Jun 16 '12 at 17:48

Christian
3,590 points

Here’s a business scenario involving two persons: Person A: - has business strategy and technology road map for a line of business in software - has 4-5 customer prospects who are interested in...

Co-Founder Valuation

asked Jun 6 '12 at 18:45

Aaron Smothers
56 points

I'm trying to generate a reasonable valuation for my content/community based startup. It has not launched yet. How do content/community based startups come up with their first valuation. For...

Valuation

asked May 6 '12 at 02:09

Marc
113 points

How can I have an idea of the dilution of employee stock options for a company that is going through different rounds of funding? For example, a company that has received a total of $100M funding...

Valuation Stock Options Dilution

asked May 7 '12 at 22:02

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68 points