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- Every angel investment must have home run potential
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Valuation from the Perspective of an Angel With Kevin Learned
1. Valuation
of
Early
Stage
Businesses
(An exercise in futility)
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2. The
answer
is…
$1 million
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3. What
do
we
believe?
All other things being equal…
which they are not...
a lower valuation increases the potential for higher returns to angels
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4. What
do
we
not
know?
(Does
value
matter?)
• Do convertible note result in higher returns?
• Do lower valuations result in higher returns?
• Do higher valuations result in higher returns?
• What is a fair valuation?
• How much is an idea worth?
• What constitutes a good idea?
• What constitutes a good deal?
(c) Loon Creek Capital Group, LLC 2016
5. What
do
we
know?
• Sale of property
• Price negotiated in private transaction
• Between willing buyer and seller
• No reliable comparables
• Not transparent
• Not public
• No appraisals
• Economic power sets price
• In money centers, competition to invest = higher valuations
• In Idaho, competition to raise money = lower valuations
• Discounted cash flow does not work
• Lot’s of theories, but little research
(c) Loon Creek Capital Group, LLC 2016
6. Returns
to
angel
investors
• The median return is 0%
• The average return is around 20% IRR
• 10% of investments produce 90% of returns
• 50% will be completed losses
• 40% will be 1 to 2 X
• Implications:
• Every deal must have home run potential
• You must be diversified
• You must invest for the exit
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7. Data
From Rob Wiltbank talk to NW Chapter of Angel Capital Association,
Seattle, March 9, 2016
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Public Acquisi+on of Private Firms from ‘96 to ‘06
Only
15% > $50M
9. (c) Loon Creek Capital Group, LLC 2016
$500k
$500k
$510k
$850k
$833k
$829k
$835k
$1,164k
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
50%
$0.0
$0.2
$0.4
$0.6
$0.8
$1.0
$1.2
$1.4
2012
2013
2014
2015
Median Round Size
Mean Round Size
Mean Ownership Percentage
Median and Mean Round Sizes – Angels Only
2015 Shows Round Sizes Increasing,
Mean Ownership of Angel round is Rela+vely Stable 20-25%
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Median Seed Stage Pre-Money ValuaCon
Median Valua+on Up 53% From 2014, Highest Valua+on in HALO History
$0.22M
$23.5M
MEDIAN :
$4.6M
3rd Quar+le:
$7.5M
1st Quar+le:
$3.1M
$13.5M
3rd Quar+le:
$4.4M
$3.0M
MEDIAN :
1st Quar+le:
$2.0M
$0.30M
2014 2015
11. What’s
wrong
with
this
picture?
• Median valuation $4.6 M
• Mean ownership 20% = $.92 M investment
• Mean exit $20 M
• Dilution = 50% (no data to support)
• Then angels will receive at exit:
• 20% X 50% = 10%
• 10% of $20 million = $2 million, ignoring preferences
• $2 million/$.92 million = 2.2 X return
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12. Valuation
Math
General
Assumptions
• We want to make 10X on our investment
• We will be diluted 50%
• The company will exit at $20 million
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13. Valuation
Math
Question
1:
What
is
a
reasonable
pre-‐money
valuation?
Worksheet
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14. Valuation
Math
Question
2:
Given
the
entrepreneur’s
requested
valuation,
what
exit
value
will
the
company
have
to
achieve?
Worksheet
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15. Some
thoughts
for
the
entrepreneur
• Angels must have potential to make big money
• Exits in excess of $20 million are scarce
• Don’t set yourself up for
• A down round
• High or contingent preferences
With too high an initial valuation
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16. Conclusion
• No good data on what valuations should be
• Intuitively, lower seems better
• Reasonable to back into valuation by looking at exit potential
• The answer is $1 million!
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17. Berkus
–
Maximum
of
$2,500,000
If Exists
• Sound Idea
• Prototype
• Quality Management Team
• Quality Board
• Sales
Add to Valuation
• $500,000
• $500,000
• $500,000
• $500,000
• $500,000
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18. Payne
–
Apply
to
norm
• Standard weight on six factors
• Management (30%)
• Size of opportunity (25%)
• Product or service (10%)
• Sales channels (10%)
• Stage of business (10%)
• Other (15%)
• Overweight or underweight as you judge
• Sum and apply to norm
(c) Loon Creek Capital Group, LLC 2016