Fischer: Swiss pre-seed valuations trail the US by up to $8M
Nadia Fischer · Language Optimization SaaS Hits $23k MRR in 6 Months, 9 FTE's, $3m Valuation · Apr 3, 2022 · at 6:20
Nadia Fischer, CEO of Swiss startup Wittyworks, discusses the differences in valuation benchmarks between European and US early-stage tech ecosystems.
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“The pre-seed valuations are like between two million and maybe three million, something like that, where I see when I'm watching out the US, you know, stuff like that can already be at eight, ten million.”
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