You’re sitting across from an angel investor, heart racing, as they ask the question you knew was coming: “So… what’s your startup valuation?” You freeze. Because you’ve already googled this twelve ...

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 ...

Saronic, a startup that builds autonomous warships, is raising as much as $1.5 billion in a financing that would value the ...

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 ...

The startup, which develops AI software for lawyers and big law firms, is raising additional capital, increasing its ...

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 ...

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 ...

When an entrepreneur first incorporates his or her business, he or she may find him or herself the proud owner of 10 million shares of common stock, commonly called founder’s shares. It’s ...

Even as equity skepticism is growing among startup teams, founders continue to see ownership as the foundation of trust, motivation, and shared success. Cake Equity reports that despite rising ...

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 ...