Raising investment in difficult economic times

Raising investment in difficult economic times

It’s tough raising investment right now. There are fewer investors and the amounts being invested are smaller. How should startups respond if they still need to raise investment? There’s a saying, “when the going gets tough, the tough get going”. The sentiment of perseverance is positive – you need a good dose of that as […]

3 things angel investors look for in your startup valuation

Funding Accelerator mentor Tracey Rob Perera shares 3 things angel investors look for in your startup valuation

Funding Accelerator mentor, Tracey Rob Perera, shares 3 things angel investors look for in your startup valuation. Tracey Rob Perera is not only a mentor on Funding Accelerator but she is also an angel investor. She also conducts due diligence for a number of angel networks. You could say she’s had a lot of practical […]

The article on how to value your start-up that got 14K views

The article on valuation that got 14K veiews 600

About 18 months ago, Crowdcube asked me to write an article on how to value your start-up, which I duly did. It was published and I pretty much forgot all about it. Imagine my surprise then, when CrowdCube dropped me a note to say the article had had 14,000 views. They were impressed (I think […]

How do you value a startup – in the real world?

The internet is littered with stories of astounding startup valuations, achieved within just a few years of a company’s birth. I think my favourite in recent months is the aptly named Improbable, a UK tech simulation company, which raised $502 million (£390 million) in a funding round in May 2017 at a valuation of over […]