Understanding Valuation In Venture Capital | Part#1| Comps, Checklists & Score Card

Understanding Valuation In Venture Capital - Comparables, Checklist & Score Card

Ever wondered how VCs arrive at Valuations for their portfolio companies - the startups they invest in? This is the series for you. I will discuss the various methodologies in a series of lectures; indeed there are few standards or benchmarks.
Today, I will start off by looking at 3 methods used by VC funds when revaluing their portfolio every quarter to report the fund performance to their investors or LPs.
When will they write their investments up? - When will they write them down?

Part 2 - here    • Understanding Valuation In Venture Ca...   expands on other methodologies

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BACKGROUND of the AUTHOR:
Professor Zeisberger has over 30 years of experience as a finance professional with deep expertise in private equity and venture capital, corporate venturing, and risk management.
As a Professor at INSEAD, the business school with campuses in Singapore, France, UAE and the US, she is a global citizen and award-winning author as well as an angel investor. She is a founding member of KKR’s Sustainable Expert Advisory Committee (SEAC) and sits on the Advisory Boards of Standard Chartered Ventures, Linzor Capital, BG Ventures and KaizenVest. Passionate about the future of education, she acts as a volunteer board advisor to Girl Rising, a non-profit focused on girls' education and empowerment.

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