Ever wondered what the going rate for seed stage valuations is? AngelList just launched an fun tool that easily lets you browse the valuation distribution for seed stage only investments: https://angel.co/valuations
This is especially useful, since at the seed stage, company valuation is much more dependent on founder credentials (you!) than at later stages (traction/evidence takes precedence).
The first thing I did was take a look at how my background maps to valuations. The big surprise was that the valuations in Cambridge were almost a million dollars lower than those in Silicon Valley – further stark evidence that valuations are relatively depressed outside the Valley (fundraising road trip anyone?). My full list for BuildAFlock is as follows:
| College - Harvard | 4.1 |
| Incubator - Startup Weekend | 2.7 |
| Employer - Microsoft | 4 |
| Quarter - Q4 2012 (most recent) | 3.9 |
| Location - Cambridge, MA | 3.8 |
| Market - Location Based Service | 3.2 |
| Average | 3.8 |
I’m not sure how much faith to put behind the statistical mean here, but I do like the fact that this at least provides a range. And, if nothing else browsing the numbers while thinking about BuildAFlock as a $3.8M company is a ton of fun! What’s your number?
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