TiE Masterclass: Valuation for Startups
This 3 part workshop conducted by Anjana Vivek, Founder Director of Venture Bean Consulting, Parag Dhol, MD, Inventus Capital Partners & Pavan Sondur, CEO & Cofounder, UNBXD
The Science and Art of Startup Valuations - Anjana VivekTiE Bangalore
TiE Masterclass: Valuation for Startups
This 3 part workshop conducted by Anjana Vivek, Founder Director of Venture Bean Consulting, Parag Dhol, MD, Inventus Capital Partners & Pavan Sondur, CEO & Cofounder, UNBXD
Entrepreneurs need to put a value on their start-ups in order to raise money, and investors need to put a value on their investments to ensure an adequate return on investment. No negotiating item between entrepreneur and investor creates a wider gulf than this one. The two parties may agree on every other point but will have diametrically opposing views on what the start-up is worth and how much equity the investor should receive in exchange for his capital.
Valuation is challenging for a start-up. Since young businesses take time to become profitable, the trick of valuing start-ups is to focus on the future. If you want your start-up to be a masterpiece, you’ll need to use the right side of your brain as much as your left to determine value.
Is business valuation art or science? Is it possible to place a credible valuation on a Start-up? What is Pre-money valuation? What is Post-money valuation? How much your company worth? Are you really worth anything until you’re profitable? How to value your start-up for a VC? What are the Start-up valuation methods?
How much is your start-up worth? How much capital can you raise? How much equity will you have to give up? What will investor be looking at? What is too little? What is too much?
5 slides, quick and dirty job, far from perfect, but a good starting point.
FEEDBACK WELCOME
The Startup Equity Valuation Timeline
Angel Investment & Valuation
Angel Funding: The Valuation “Triangle”
Three Valuation Methods
VC Valuation Approach: Industry Standard Discount Rates
Comparables Valuation Approach: Median/Mean Round Size
Comparables Valuation Approach: Pre-Money Valuation
Range
Angel Valuation Considerations
The Dave McClure Five “Million Dollar Point” Approach*
How do you value a pre-revenue startup?
This is an introduction to some of the methods that are typically used to value a startup, detailing what is important to establish before carrying out a valuation and how it relates to the chosen fundraising strategy and your local market.
Startany.com. Remote Acceleration Program.
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The Founder’s Guide to Early-Stage Valuation
Presented by Stephen R. Poland, co-founder 1x1 Media.
For many early-stage entrepreneurs assigning a valuation to your startup is one of the more intimidating tasks encountered during the fundraising quest. Based on the popular Founders’ Pocket Guide: Startup Valuation, this webinar provides a quick reference to all of the key topics around early-stage startup valuation and provides step-by- step examples for several valuation methods.
This webinar helps startup founders learn:
What a startup valuation is and when you need to start worrying about it.
Key terms and definitions associated with valuation, such as pre-money, post-money, and dilution.
How investors view the valuation task and what their expectations are for early-stage companies.
How the valuation fits with your target raise amount and resulting founder equity ownership.
How to do the simple math for calculating valuation percentages.
How to estimate your company valuation using several accepted methods.
Stephen R. Poland
Stephen R. Poland has worked with hundreds of startups and entrepreneurs, mentoring them on startup mechanics, funding plans, pitch decks, financial models, and due diligence documentation for the angel funding process.
Steve brings more than 20 years' experience in startups and entrepreneurship to his career. Leveraging leadership roles with the Walt Disney Company, MacMillan Publishing, and Bertelsmann, Steve co-founded startups in the digital music and on-demand media manufacturing sectors, as well an early days anti-virus product.
Along with being co-founder of 1x1 Media, Steve works as a venture growth advisor in Western North Carolina.
The Science and Art of Startup Valuations - Anjana VivekTiE Bangalore
TiE Masterclass: Valuation for Startups
This 3 part workshop conducted by Anjana Vivek, Founder Director of Venture Bean Consulting, Parag Dhol, MD, Inventus Capital Partners & Pavan Sondur, CEO & Cofounder, UNBXD
Entrepreneurs need to put a value on their start-ups in order to raise money, and investors need to put a value on their investments to ensure an adequate return on investment. No negotiating item between entrepreneur and investor creates a wider gulf than this one. The two parties may agree on every other point but will have diametrically opposing views on what the start-up is worth and how much equity the investor should receive in exchange for his capital.
Valuation is challenging for a start-up. Since young businesses take time to become profitable, the trick of valuing start-ups is to focus on the future. If you want your start-up to be a masterpiece, you’ll need to use the right side of your brain as much as your left to determine value.
Is business valuation art or science? Is it possible to place a credible valuation on a Start-up? What is Pre-money valuation? What is Post-money valuation? How much your company worth? Are you really worth anything until you’re profitable? How to value your start-up for a VC? What are the Start-up valuation methods?
How much is your start-up worth? How much capital can you raise? How much equity will you have to give up? What will investor be looking at? What is too little? What is too much?
5 slides, quick and dirty job, far from perfect, but a good starting point.
FEEDBACK WELCOME
The Startup Equity Valuation Timeline
Angel Investment & Valuation
Angel Funding: The Valuation “Triangle”
Three Valuation Methods
VC Valuation Approach: Industry Standard Discount Rates
Comparables Valuation Approach: Median/Mean Round Size
Comparables Valuation Approach: Pre-Money Valuation
Range
Angel Valuation Considerations
The Dave McClure Five “Million Dollar Point” Approach*
How do you value a pre-revenue startup?
This is an introduction to some of the methods that are typically used to value a startup, detailing what is important to establish before carrying out a valuation and how it relates to the chosen fundraising strategy and your local market.
Startany.com. Remote Acceleration Program.
---------------------------------------------------------------
The Founder’s Guide to Early-Stage Valuation
Presented by Stephen R. Poland, co-founder 1x1 Media.
For many early-stage entrepreneurs assigning a valuation to your startup is one of the more intimidating tasks encountered during the fundraising quest. Based on the popular Founders’ Pocket Guide: Startup Valuation, this webinar provides a quick reference to all of the key topics around early-stage startup valuation and provides step-by- step examples for several valuation methods.
This webinar helps startup founders learn:
What a startup valuation is and when you need to start worrying about it.
Key terms and definitions associated with valuation, such as pre-money, post-money, and dilution.
How investors view the valuation task and what their expectations are for early-stage companies.
How the valuation fits with your target raise amount and resulting founder equity ownership.
How to do the simple math for calculating valuation percentages.
How to estimate your company valuation using several accepted methods.
Stephen R. Poland
Stephen R. Poland has worked with hundreds of startups and entrepreneurs, mentoring them on startup mechanics, funding plans, pitch decks, financial models, and due diligence documentation for the angel funding process.
Steve brings more than 20 years' experience in startups and entrepreneurship to his career. Leveraging leadership roles with the Walt Disney Company, MacMillan Publishing, and Bertelsmann, Steve co-founded startups in the digital music and on-demand media manufacturing sectors, as well an early days anti-virus product.
Along with being co-founder of 1x1 Media, Steve works as a venture growth advisor in Western North Carolina.
Startup Valuation: from early to mature stagesTatiana Siyanko
Methods and approached to startup and company valuations.
Please be free to send me any additions/correction proposals.
Prepared for Startup&co lecture in Freud cafe, Kyiv, April 30, 2014
The summary of how startups get fundraising and how to measure their valuation.
This file demonstrates the methods and procedures of startup valuation.
This presentation takes a look at the key considerations for valuing a startup especially within the context of the Lagos Angel Network. It covers Physical Assets, Intellectual Property, the People, Customers & Contracts, Discounted Cash Flow (DCF), Earnings Multiple, Asset Replacement Cost, Market Size & Growth, Competitors & Barriers and Comparable Recipients.
Startup Investing 101 - Learn how to invest in startups.
As one of the leading online startup investing marketplaces, Onevest's vision is to make investing in privately held companies easy by providing a gold standard in deal flow that matches your specific areas of interest. You tell us what you like, and we deliver just that.
Webinar Agenda
Top four most asked questions by newbie startup investors.
1. How do I compare startups to determine most attractive opportunity?
2. What type of due diligence should I do before making an investment?
3. What happens after I invest in the startup?
4. What type of return on investment can I expect?
Ritesh Banglani takes us through some of the hard decisions a VC has to make on a day to day basis. This session was done for the pi fellows 2020 programme
The presentation is about valuation of a start-up and usual deal structure - term sheet.
In the presentation you can find an overview why traditional valuation methods don't work (DCF, P/E multiple,...) and what are the real life approaches. You can also find more about types of the investments and potential exits.
The second part of the presentation is dedicated to the term-sheet and most frequent terms in an equity investment, especially in Central and Eastern Europe. In the presentation are listed the most frequent provision you can stumble upon, but no term sheet includes all of them.
In the presentation you can learn about many different clauses that influence economics and control in a venture capital deal. Nevertheless you should read more on the web (Term Sheet Hacks...) and the books like Venture Deal to have a clear picture if you have a good deal on the table or not for your startup.
Startup Valuation: from early to mature stagesTatiana Siyanko
Methods and approached to startup and company valuations.
Please be free to send me any additions/correction proposals.
Prepared for Startup&co lecture in Freud cafe, Kyiv, April 30, 2014
The summary of how startups get fundraising and how to measure their valuation.
This file demonstrates the methods and procedures of startup valuation.
This presentation takes a look at the key considerations for valuing a startup especially within the context of the Lagos Angel Network. It covers Physical Assets, Intellectual Property, the People, Customers & Contracts, Discounted Cash Flow (DCF), Earnings Multiple, Asset Replacement Cost, Market Size & Growth, Competitors & Barriers and Comparable Recipients.
Startup Investing 101 - Learn how to invest in startups.
As one of the leading online startup investing marketplaces, Onevest's vision is to make investing in privately held companies easy by providing a gold standard in deal flow that matches your specific areas of interest. You tell us what you like, and we deliver just that.
Webinar Agenda
Top four most asked questions by newbie startup investors.
1. How do I compare startups to determine most attractive opportunity?
2. What type of due diligence should I do before making an investment?
3. What happens after I invest in the startup?
4. What type of return on investment can I expect?
Ritesh Banglani takes us through some of the hard decisions a VC has to make on a day to day basis. This session was done for the pi fellows 2020 programme
The presentation is about valuation of a start-up and usual deal structure - term sheet.
In the presentation you can find an overview why traditional valuation methods don't work (DCF, P/E multiple,...) and what are the real life approaches. You can also find more about types of the investments and potential exits.
The second part of the presentation is dedicated to the term-sheet and most frequent terms in an equity investment, especially in Central and Eastern Europe. In the presentation are listed the most frequent provision you can stumble upon, but no term sheet includes all of them.
In the presentation you can learn about many different clauses that influence economics and control in a venture capital deal. Nevertheless you should read more on the web (Term Sheet Hacks...) and the books like Venture Deal to have a clear picture if you have a good deal on the table or not for your startup.
Valuation is a key concept for startups/tech companiess. Presentation describes different ways of thinking about valuation of startups in the digital/lean world.
There is more to managing the financial health of your emerging start-up than raising money and selling out. The day-to-day financials matter, as they impact every other area of your business. Diagnosing your “full” costs, including those to acquire and serve customers, understanding different elements of cost. How your business model impacts your financial model and impacts value creation. It helps to institute the right procedures that will help keep things in check, and give you the visibility into key metrics so you can effectively monitor your progress.How do you read the numbers, the small data, not just the big data? How does value get created and what is valuation? Lack of knowledge may lead you to venture failure. The presentation at the IIMB/NSRCEL session for entrepreneurs and wanna be entrepreneurs is attached here touching on some of these aspects and more... Happy Reading
IoT Startup State of The Union 2016--Wing Venture CapitalMartin Giles
At Wing, we have spent the past few months researching the state of the Internet of Things startup ecosystem. This presentation summarizes some of our initial high-level findings. An accompanying commentary can be found at www.wing.vc/blog
WATCH THE VIDEO AT http://youtu.be/aU9_a-MyeDg
Joshua Baer from Capital Factory gives a comprehensive overview of the Austin Startup Scene including it's unique elements, some history, the up and coming stars, the organizers, happy hours, meetups, coffee shops, coworking spots, incubators, university resources, venture capital and more.
Welcome to Austin! Here are the things you need to know about the Austin entrepreneurial and tech community.
Most important is that you sign up by email for the Austin Startup Digest, a weekly email with all of the events going on in the Austin entrepreneurship scene.
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FInancial Modeling and Valuations for Startups: Telling your Story with NumbersForesight Valuation Group
Telling your story with numbers, building a solid financial model and determining pre-money valuations for fundraising, are some of the most challenging activities for entrepreneurs.
Creating a set of realistic financial projections is critical to effectively communicating valuation expectations to investors and potential partners, while at the same time serving as an important tool to help articulate how you will prioritize spending and maximize the return on investment for an investor.
Based on her experiences as a valuation expert, CFO, start-up advisor and Stanford Lecturer, Efrat Kasznik will provide practical, hands-on tools on how you can :
• Build a robust business and financial model, based upon realistic expectations and sound assumptions
• Analyze different revenue models and cost structures associated with the formation of an emerging venture
• Implement best practices for structuring short and long term financial projections for your business plan and investor fundraising
• Understand the factors and models that determine startup valuations throughout the funding cycle, from seed funding to an exit event
• Successfully communicate your financial vision and understanding to investors
What should you do in the First 90 Days as a Sales Manager or VP? Brett Wallace, VP of Sales for Zoominfo, gives 10 high-impact things to focus on to ramp up quickly. A must read for newly promoted Sales VPs and Managers...or aspiring ones!
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Whether you’re starting a new job, being promoted from within, or embarking on an overseas assignment, this is the guide you’ll need to succeed in your first 90 days — and beyond.
Start ups challenges for funding optionsAnjana Vivek
How do you choose from this range of investors and more: HNIs, informal and formal Angel groups,Seed Funds,Venture Capital, Private Equity, Banks, Strategic Investors, Corporate Funds; (Family) Business Groups, Indian & Global, Government supported funds, Impact Investors, Incubators, Accelerators, Crowd funding, Online funding platforms
Icai national seminar m&a-deal valuationAnjana Vivek
Some pointers on Deal Valuation which is beyond numbers, including some questions 'to trigger thinking' related to valuation from a buyer/seller perspective
Introduction to L&T Investment Management PPT provides us overview, Vision statement, Key Goals and Investment Philosophy of L&T Mutual Funds. It highlights the mutual fund product range along with Equity investment team structure and Fixed income investment team structure. This PPT also explains the Orgnization structure of L&T Mutual Funds in detail.
Are you thinking about what you need to fund your company? Where do you start? Funding is not “one size fits all”. Every company has to approach their pathway to funding with a unique approach. Join our fundraising experts for an in-depth discussion of what options you have for funding and how to decide which paths are right for you and your company. Topics covered will include investment criteria, time to closing, investment range, success rates, control features, compliance requirements and the overall costs of capital from each such source.
Jean Hammond – LearnLaunchX, LearnLaunch.org, Hub Angels, Launchpad Venture Group, Golden Seeds
Robert Bishop - Goodwin Procter
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Investors historically sit through pitches and evaluate early stage startups on three primary metrics: 1) great looking product demos, 2) compelling presentations, and 3) a strong team. Steve Blank, the Godfather of the Lean Startup movement said in his Customer Development Manifesto: “There’s no formal way for an investor to assess project maturity or quantify risks. Other than measuring engineering progress, there’s no standard language to communicate progress.”
What has been missing is a common language to communicate objectives and data that investors and entrepreneurs can use to communicate startup readiness.
Fortunately, the principles developed in the Lean Startup movement can be utilized to help entrepreneurs assess their Investor Readiness Level in a way that allows them to demonstrate “evidence” of their readiness. In this session, Max Green and Heath Naquin, both of the IC2 Institute, will share this new method for entrepreneurs to gauge their own investor readiness using the principles of Steve Blank's Investment Readiness Level and LeanLaunchpad.
Entrepreneurs attending this session will learn a valuable approach helping their start-up team prove their competence and validate their ideas by showing investors “evidence” that there’s a repeatable and scalable business model.
Heath Naquin serves as Executive Director for the SW I-Corps Node at The University of Texas at Austin. He also serves as the Managing Director for a multi-university NSF Industry University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC) the Center for Next Generation Photovoltaics. Heath was a founding member of three different start-up business initiatives across sectors. He has helped companies raise more than $30 Million in funding from private and government sources.
Heath actively works on international commercialization initiatives and efforts focusing on industry collaboration, new project development and deployment along with building linkages between industry, government, academia and the venture capital community. Heath has worked in more than 20 countries on international commercialization and entrepreneurship initiatives in countries such as Colombia, Jordan, Iraq, Korea, Mexico, Portugal, Armenia, and Turkey. Heath has extensive experience with the NSF, EPA and NIH SBIR programs as an active commercial reviewer for many years. Heath also currently serves as Faculty for the Concordia University Executive MBA program.
WeWork provides small businesses, startups, and freelancers with beautiful workspace, inspiring community, and meaningful services. With weekly events, personalized support, flexibility, and access to thousands of like-minded entrepreneurs around the world - WeWork is the perfect place to grow your business in 2015.
The WeWork Congress location sits in the heart of downtown Austin at 6th St. and Congress Ave. To learn more about joining the community, email joinus@wework.com or call 855.593.9675.
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Product Management is a complex and essential practice traversing multiple cross-functional areas within the company. While it is a well known practice in various well established product companies, most Product Management aspects are still adhoc within a startup, largely decided by the founders and the leadership teams, some based on gut, others based on fact-check with very few data points.
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We were joined by 2 of our Founders from IoTForum - Deva and Ganesh, to ask Hara and Hans the hard questions, relevant cases etc.
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For IoT companies, it becomes much more complex with both hardware and software, where product management essentials have been very different. Another aspect is the customization you have to do for customers - where do you draw the line? How would you build the product and handle the customization, so that it can be provided easily to other customers with minimal efforts?
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4. What is Value?
• Quotable quotes
– “Value lies in the eye of the beholder.”
– “A broker knows the price of everything and
the value of nothing.”
• Valuation is a systematic, disciplined approach,
not (always) a science.
• Value = Monetary estimate of the benefit from
owning an asset
• Useful for
– Raising Capital
– Selling /buying / merging businesses and companies
– Public floatation
5. Performance – Return – Valuation
Financial
Performance
Return
Expectation
Valuation
Multiple
Equity
Valuation
• Sales
• EBIDTA
• EBIT
• PAT
• Value / Sales
• Value / Profit
• Value / EBIDTA
• Value / EBIT
6. Steps in Valuation
•Sound business plan - underlying
assumptions
•Forecast financials: P&L, B/S, Cash Flow
•Appropriate method of valuation
•Estimate valuation
•Test Valuation under various scenarios
•Objective behind purchase – passive,
JV, strategic investment, control
•Premium for strategic objectives, such
as “control”.
8. Guilty as Charged….
• Series A Investors (typically)
– Sometimes, start-up Stage
• Valuation by a Series A Investor; Ad-hoc
combination of…
– Experience
– Thumb-rules
– Gut-feel
– Fundamental Analysis
– Comparison with relevant matches
9. Other Thoughts….
• DCF: Limitations
– Forecast for next 5-10 years?
– Hard to predict cash flows
– What discount rate to use?
– Terminal value
• Porter’s Five Forces framework
• Valuation depends on stage
Seed Start-Up First Second Late Exit
Stage Stage Stage
Art Science
10. Drivers of Valuation
• Environment Related
– Macro-economic outlook
– Industry Outlook
• Firm Related
– Fundamentals of the firm, esp. strategic aspects.
• Deal Related
– Stage of investment and expected investment horizon
– Relative size of exposure in relation to the size of the deal.
– Previous round investors’ expectations
– Exit prospects and path
• Valuation Trends
– Comparable deals. Caution : Compare likes.
– Public market valuations and liquidity
16. Valuations
Source: Dow Jones VentureSource; Upfront Ventures
Do you expect valuation expectations to go up,
down or remain about the same as previous
quarters?
Source: Upfront Ventures Survey; Jan 2016; 155 VCs