Valuation is fundamental to startup fundraising. Setting the tone when negotiating with your first investors is vital at the ...

If your startup is actively seeking investment, determining the value of your operation is a critical step in the negotiation process. In addition to looking at market comparables and gathering data ...

As founders near the end of the lifecycle of their startups, the question of “valuation” usually arises in a new context: mergers and acquisitions. Valuation is no stranger to a founder — it’s ...

A reader asks: I’m the founder of a mobile apps startup, and we’re starting to get some incredible traction. I’ve been bootstrapping the venture for the last year, but I’d really like to raise about ...

You finally have users. A few are paying. Some say the product is “cheap,” others ask for discounts, and a couple would ...

The numerical results in Table 1 reveals a “jump effect”, that is, the post-funding valuation of a startup often show a jump “increase” from the pre-funding valuation by more than the actual amount of ...

OpenAI could now be the world’s most valuable startup, ahead of Elon Musk’s SpaceX and TikTok’s parent company ByteDance, after a secondary stock sale designed to retain employees at the ChatGPT maker ...

An in-depth look at how rapid startup growth quietly erodes financial discipline, reshapes spending habits, and disconnects ...

Even a fast-growing, high-valuation startup can leave founders with nothing if they don’t understand how the exit waterfall determines who gets paid first. Learn how to protect your equity, negotiate ...