Seed Valuation

topic on 5 shows · 6 statements across 6 episodes

Innovators & Investors the Neon Show Capital Allocators TBPN 20VC

6 statements about Seed Valuation, every show

NEON SHOW Insight
Rekhi: Founders obsessing over early-stage valuation are being foolish
“If you are hung up on the valuation in the bid need and you're spending six months a year to raise money, you're being foolish. You're being left behind. You could double, triple value if you took the money and started to build this stuff.”
Kanwal Rekhi Jan 23, 2026 ▶ 1:14:13 Wall Street Rejected This CEO & Then He Did a $200M IPO | Kanwal Rekhi
INNOVATORS & INVESTORS Assertion Supported
Walker: Median Carta seed valuations exceed 2021 bubble peak
“At Seed, for instance, they're higher than they were in twenty-twenty-one, which was our most recent peak bubble era. And they're higher by a considerable amount. You know, the median seed valuation on Carta these days is probably something like 16 or seventee…”
Peter Walker Jan 20, 2026 ▶ 10:00 The New Economics of Startups in the AI Era with Peter Walker of Carta
TBPN Assertion Supported
Mohnot: Seed valuations have trended in a straight line upwards since 2021
“Seed valuations have actually increased from that time, and it's basically kind of been like a straight line upwards, and what he's talking about actually started happening in twenty-twenty-two”
Sheel Mohnot Apr 10, 2025 ▶ 19:09 GOOGLE'S “Rest and Vest” Strategy Is REAL | Sheel Mohnot on TBPN April 8th
20VC Prediction Didn’t hold up
Kaden: Seed-stage startup valuations will decrease in the near future
“I think seed valuations are going to go down.”
Rebecca Kaden Nov 17, 2023 ▶ 8:38 Roundtable #6 with Rebecca Kaden, Nicole Quinn, Eurie Kim, Harry Stebbings | E1083 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Douvos: Seed valuation resilience is an artifact of unfunded marginal deals
“One thing that's interesting is I actually just saw some data that I think said that seed valuations were up year over year. And anecdotally, that's what I'm hearing as well. And I think that's actually just a data composition issue because the marginal ideas …”
Chris Douvos Feb 27, 2023 ▶ 31:44 Venture Capital Panel – Beezer Clarkson, Chris Douvos, and Joelle Kayden (Capital Allocators, EP.299)
20VC Assertion Contradicted
Abrams: Seed valuations peaked around 2015 and stopped rising
“In terms of valuations, I think those might have already hit their peak in 2000 and maybe 15. So the idea that the valuations have just, you know, as they went up throughout 2000, maybe 10 to 2015, I don't think they've continued to go up in 16 and 17.”
Jonathan Abrams Aug 25, 2017 ▶ 12:01 20VC: Nuzzel's Jonathan Abrams on Why The Top VCs Do Not Have A PlayBook For Startup Success, Why Most Boards Are Not Successful & Why He Is Bored Of Hearing "I Fell Into VC"

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