Valuation Cap

topic on 3 shows · 5 statements across 5 episodes

the Y Combinator Startup Podcast Sourcery Top Founders

5 statements about Valuation Cap, every show

SOURCERY Opinion
Moore: $50M to $70M valuation caps are untenable for $30M seed funds
“This can become untenable very quickly for these smaller funds, where, you know, investing at 50, 60, 70 caps is, you know, pretty hard to imagine how you make a lot of money as an, ah, you know, a thirty million dollar fund, for example.”
Bucky Moore May 5, 2025 ▶ 27:57 Why Bucky Moore Joined $30 Billion AUM Megafund Lightspeed · Sourcery with Molly O'Shea
Flora: Nobody uses discounts in SAFE fundraising rounds
“The amount of the investment, the valuation cap of the investment, and then the discount. And guess what? Nobody does discounts. So there's only two terms that you really need to discuss when closing a safe.”
Brad Flora Mar 29, 2023 ▶ 16:09 How Startup Fundraising Works | Startup School · Y Combinator
TOP FOUNDERS Prediction Not checkable as stated
Meyer expects Londr to raise funding at a $3M valuation cap
“I believe it's around three million.”
Jennifer Meyer Jan 25, 2023 ▶ 7:01 Uber for Laundry did $200k last year. Can this be a $10/year business?
TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Supported
Yeomans: Atombeam crowdfunded via convertible note with $10M cap
“It was a cap and a, on a convertible note and the cap was 10.”
Charles Yeomans Nov 20, 2021 ▶ 6:08 How this SaaS Raised $2.4m Crowdfunding at $10m Valuation
Nathoo: A SAFE Valuation Cap Is Not the Startup's Current Valuation
“They think it's a current valuation of the company. That's really not what it is. All it is, is a way for you to be rewarded for coming in at the earlier stage, ah, when in theory you're investing at a riskier stage.”
Kirsty Nathoo Mar 6, 2018 ▶ 10:36 Carolynn Levy and Kirsty Nathoo - Startup Investor School Day 1 · Y Combinator

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