Valuation Resources from Venture Hacks:
Beat the option pool shuffle and raise your valuation
Don’t let your investors determine the size of the option pool for you. Use a hiring plan to justify a small option pool, increase your share price, and increase your effective valuation.
Focus on your share price, not your valuation
Focus on your share price and the number of shares you own — metrics like valuation and percent ownership can fool you.
Build your own cap table
A cap table shows you who owns what in your company. It calculates how the option pool shuffle and seed debt lower your Series A share price. This article includes a spreadsheet you can use to build your very own cap table.
How to set the valuation for a seed round
How much money do we need? How do we set a valuation from this budget? How do we express our valuation to investors? What’s the range for seed round valuations? How low do seed round valuations go? How much money can we raise in a seed round? How much dilution should we expect in a seed round?
