Quidnet Ventures LLC

The Art of Venture Capital: Valuing a Startup (When There is No Right Answer) lttr.ai/OEkK #DCF #VentureCapital #BusinessValuation

"NZ is a world-class country in so many aspects of business." lttr.ai/K874 #startup #VentureCapital #NewZealand

"There was very little ‘zero sum game’ mentality — rather, most people wanted to grow the pie for all the players and take their share of it en masse." lttr.ai/K8r3 #NewZealand #SiliconValley #VentureCapital

"While determining a business valuation is never straightforward, it’s significantly more challenging for early-stage ventures operating in nascent markets often with few customers and little revenue to provide a guide of likely future performance." lttr.ai/K3jc

"An early-stage venture’s valuation must stand up to the scrutiny of an investor’s due diligence process, therefore all underlying assumptions driving growth must be clearly stated and well justified." lttr.ai/HcRl #DCF #VentureCapital #BusinessValuation

Bridging the Gap: Facilitating Growth in New Zealand’s Early Stage Innovations lttr.ai/HXEC #startup #NewZealand #VentureCapital

"Funds have grown to enormous sizes; more and more companies are guided toward unicorn status and the game seems to have changed to more of a “Lotto” mentality." lttr.ai/HWfq #NewZealand #VentureCapital #SiliconValley

"How then is it possible to determine a valuation that is acceptable to both founders and investors?" lttr.ai/DffL #VentureCapital #BusinessValuation #DCF

Bridging the Gap: Facilitating Growth in New Zealand’s Early Stage Innovations lttr.ai/DZat #startup #NewZealand #VentureCapital

"Not Just Lambs and Hobbits" lttr.ai/DY3N #VentureCapital #NewZealand #SiliconValley

"Moreover, the Cost-to-Duplicate approach generally underestimates value since physical assets typically only contribute to a small proportion of an early-stage venture’s net worth." goo.gl/z6cWxB #VentureCapital #BusinessValuation #DCF

"Determining a reasonable valuation estimate requires a professional judgement acquired from years of experience." goo.gl/z6cWxB #VentureCapital #BusinessValuation #DCF

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"Valuation is one of the most essential elements to successfully raising capital from professional investors." goo.gl/z6cWxB #VentureCapital #BusinessValuation #DCF

Check out The Art of Venture Capital: Valuing a Startup (When There is No Right Answer) goo.gl/z6cWxB #VentureCapital #BusinessValuation #DCF

Bridging the Gap: Facilitating Growth in New Zealand’s Early Stage Innovations goo.gl/G1T5qz #startup #NewZealand #VentureCapital

"When I left my most recent corporate CTO role, I decided to try something marrying two of my great passions — building companies and combining it with my interest in New Zealand, where I have owned a vineyard since 2000." goo.gl/ohJ6QK #VentureCapital #NewZealand

"Due to a lack of market maturity, New Zealand-based funds have yet to see the mass successful exits typically seen in the US or Israel, and therefore institutional investors are less inclined to put money behind earlier-stage ventures." goo.gl/G1T5qz #startup

"I moved to the Valley in 2002 from the New York area after having just finished a 16-year run at IBM®." goo.gl/ohJ6QK #VentureCapital #NewZealand #SiliconValley

"This task of changing the direction of the flow of foreign capital into alterative assets is a long — and difficult — task." goo.gl/G1T5qz #startup #NewZealand #VentureCapital