Well, looks legit, quote next:
Here's an example of a typical successful startup journey (US) recently:
- 2–3 cofounders, idea, customer interviews: raising $500k–$1M pre-seed on a $5–6M SAFE cap.
- 6–12 months later, with a team of 5–8, and early revenue ($50–300k ARR): raising $2M seed on a $9–12M valuation (likely SAFE, could be priced). Some companies call this "pre-seed", however I find "seed" more accurate for a company with traction. That $2M cannot be enough to get to $3M ARR which will take at least 2–4 years, so..
- 12–18 months later, with $1M+ ARR, the company raises their second seed: $3–6M on a $15–30M valuation, most likely priced, with a lead and a new board member. However, we also see this sometimes as an extension in 2023, with no new board members, and could be on the same terms as the previous seed (if previous seed was overpriced).
- Another 12–24 months later, the company claims that they reached PMF with $3M+ ARR, and goes and raises a $10M+ Series A at a $40–100M valuation.
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Ну похоже на правду, далее цитата:
Here's an example of a typical successful startup journey (US) recently:
- 2-3 cofounders, idea, customer interviews: raising $500k-$1M pre-seed on $5-6M SAFE cap.
- 6-12 months later, with a team of 5-8, and early revenue ($50-300k ARR): raising $2M seed on $9-12M valuation (likely SAFE, could be priced). Some companies call this "pre-seed", however I find "seed" more accurate for a company with traction. That $2M cannot be enough to get to $3M ARR which will take at least 2-4 years, so..
- 12-18 months later, with $1M+ ARR, the company raises their second seed: $3-6M on $15-30M valuation, most likely priced, with a lead and a new board member. However, we also see this sometimes as an extension in 2023, with no new board members, and could be on the same terms as the previous seed (if previous seed was overpriced).
- Another 12-24 months later, the company claims that they reached PMF with $3M+ ARR, and goes and raises a $10M+ Series A at $40-100M valuation.