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The average pre-seed round, the first round a startup raises, almost always before product and even prototype, has ballooned from under $100k a decade ago to over $700k today, worldwide. In Europe the figure is lower, but averages are around €500k with medians over €200k. The hard thing is that it still takes dozens of meetings with different investors to close the round, which can last up to 4 months on average. Check out all the insights here, and keep hustlin': https://lnkd.in/dQTVmWpW #fundraising #preseed #statistics #vitoshamondayfacts

Rethinking Fundraising: The Hidden Costs of Too Much Capital In the startup world, raising funds is often seen as a big win, but raising too much can become a problem. While extra funds can speed up growth, they can also create heavy responsibilities and unrealistic expectations. For example, if a startup raised ₹75 crore at a ₹225 crore valuation but only earned ₹4 crore in revenue after spending all the funds, its value might drop significantly, making it hard to sell or get more funding. Smart Fundraising Tips: 1. Raise Only What’s Needed: Aim to raise just enough to achieve your goals and avoid overvaluations. 2. Set Realistic Valuations: Ensure your valuation matches your current performance and market conditions. 3. Focus on Sustainable Growth: Seek steady, manageable growth to build a strong foundation and attract future investors. #StartupGrowth #Fundraising #CapitalManagement

Nothing surprises us anymore, eh? 😅 The good news is that acquisition activity increased with 36 companies, compared with 30 in H1 2023 and 42 in H2 2023. Thanks to Tracxn for helping us with this story! #funding #startups #SEA

What's a crisis mode? Are you in a crisis mode? Should you be in a crisis mode? To put it simply, if you're running out of funds, you're in a crisis mode. But what if you've just raised an investment recently? You obviously wouldn't be in a crisis mode, but if you run your startup like you're in a crisis mode, you'd be giving yourself a head start. How? Well, with the funds you've raised, if you had 12 months of runway, turning on the crisis mode could've extended it to 16 months may be. If you were to run without the crisis mode and without being profitable, and for any reason(s), if you failed to raise funds, you'd have to eventually shut down. But in the same case, if you ran with the crisis mode on and started being profitable at the 14th month, things would be so different! Now this is obviously a vague hypothesis, but you get the point! What are your thoughts? We'd love to know!

Early-stage investments stood at US$946mn in H1 2024, a decline of 19% from US$1.2bn in H1 2023. However, this is an 8% uptick over H2 2023. Seed-stage financing dropped to US$234mn in H1 2024 from US$407mn in H1 2023 and US$323mn in H2 2023. No new #unicorns were created in H1 2024, as against one in H1 2023. Only three IPOs took place, a decline from seven in H1 2023 and four in H2 2023. Tracxn #southeastasia #startupfunding https://loom.ly/LcHDJBA #e27News

Startup Connect 2023 | Raising funds: Founders Perspective We explore the obstacles, tactics, and turning points that influence the fundraising path of forward-thinking executives who want to make their ideas a reality. Mr Priyanjit Ghosh, the moderator, Mr Ram Prasath, Mr Vinay Chauhan, FCA, Mr Ashwanth S, Mr Sai Krishna are the panellists. When considering fund raising from the founders' point of view, one learns about the company's early development strategy and the obstacles they had to overcome before approaching investors. The investor's mindset is the most crucial thing to observe. Stay optimistic and don't worry about what your family may say if the company fails. Prior to pursuing fund raising, bootstrap the idea, put it into practice, create a proper track record, and execute it correctly. #equallevelplay #earlystage #selfsustainablebusiness #capabilitybuildingsndabilitybuilding #startupfunding #expertpanel #networkingexcellence #founder https://lnkd.in/gTCeqn2A

The single most defining benchmark for VCs when looking at writing a first check to a new startup is the prior experience of the founders. Founders who have previously raised funds and built companies are vastly more likely to close faster and at with higher amounts at higher valuations than first-timers. According to PitchBook, repeat founders are likely to close a round of funding twice as fast, compared to first-time founders. #venturecapital #fundraising #founders #vitoshamondayfacts

Alibaba, TIKTOK, NVDIA, OYO probably one day ISE too. Meet the man behind the uber you ride in Paris or the food you ordered in Mumbai, he is omnipresent from Silicon Valley to Shenzhen, China. But how did he got there, did he born in royal family of Tokyo? off course not. Meet the man who conquered all odds to reach the pinnacle of success. And know the story of how he raised $45 Billions in 45 Minutes. #fundraising #capital #startups #founders #investors #newyorkcity #sanfransisco https://lnkd.in/dXUgCdzn

Early-stage investments stood at US$946mn in H1 2024, a decline of 19% from US$1.2bn in H1 2023. However, this is an 8% uptick over H2 2023. Seed-stage financing dropped to US$234mn in H1 2024 from US$407mn in H1 2023 and US$323mn in H2 2023. No new #unicorns were created in H1 2024, as against one in H1 2023. Only three IPOs took place, a decline from seven in H1 2023 and four in H2 2023. Tracxn #southeastasia #startupfunding https://loom.ly/LcHDJBA #e27News