Valuation is fundamental to startup fundraising. Setting the tone when negotiating with your first investors is vital at the ...

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 ...

You finally closed your first round, or you’re about to issue equity to an early hire who took a below-market salary to bet ...

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 ...

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 ...

Manny Medina, previously best-known as the founder of sales automation startup Outreach ($4.4 billion valuation), has wowed investors with his young startup, Paid. Paid just closed an oversubscribed ...

Perplexity AI Inc., a startup building an artificial intelligence search engine to compete with Google, is in advanced discussions to raise a new round of funding at a $14 billion valuation — a jump ...