September 19: What reset? Both seed- and late-stage valuations just hit record levels, says new report (TechCrunch)
September 26, 2016
Investors are valuing seed-stage startups at the highest levels ever, according to a new report published by the private deals database Pitchbook. According to its analysis, the pre-money valuation for a seed-stage company reached $5.9 million in the first half of this year, an 11 percent increase from the end of 2015 and a whopping 84 percent increase from 2010 figures. At the same time, the median seed round size increased 50 percent year-over-year to $1.5 million, up from $480,000 recorded in 2010.