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Startup valuations drive me crazy. Preferred stock is not common stock! This article says they sold a 1.6% stake, derived by taking the amount raised divided b
by nhorob67 10y ago
Startup valuations drive me crazy. Preferred stock is not common stock!
This article says they sold a 1.6% stake, derived by taking the amount raised divided by the valuation. Once again, preferred stock is not common stock.
- nstj 10y agoAmen. You'd have to be even more concerned when staff etc use this valuation when considering value of equity grants etc.
- goseeastarwar 10y agoYou're technically correct, but there's no distinction between preferred and common at IPO and it's a fairly safe bet they won't go public below this valuation.
- qwrusz 10y agoI agree there are legit problems in the way valuations and fundraising gets reported. But what would you "prefer" they say? I don't see leaking/reporting details of term sheets becoming a trend any time soon. $150mm is ~1.6% of $9B. If they sold the whole company the day after this last round at the same price the last round paid the day before - without us guessing what random clauses might be in the term sheets or how much the bankers and lawyers might siphon off in fees (7% is not unheard of) - then the last round should just get their $150mm back or 1.6% of the total. At least its not fake news. Mainly this is useless and inaccurate news. But it's info of interest to bloomberg audiences, many of whom know what valuation on paper means. I agree it's misleading numbers for many newsreaders. What else could/should they report?