Kevin Dowd
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Nov 29, 2024 |
twincities.com | Maureen Dowd |Kevin Dowd
(A note from Maureen Dowd: I know that every year, some of you see this Thanksgiving column by my brother and think that it is actually I who am serving up this slab of red meat under the nom de plume of Kevin Dowd. I can assure you that Kevin is very real and, this year, very excited. So, caveat emptor: Here is Kevin’s column.)By Kevin DowdROCKVILLE, Md. — My sister told me not to gloat.
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Oct 2, 2024 |
carta.com | Kevin Dowd
The startup fundraising environment is less friendly today than it was two years ago. There are plenty of ways to prove it. Take the rate at which startup valuations are growing. In Q2 2024, the median startup raising a Series A round achieved a 2.8x valuation increase over its seed valuation. Back in Q2 2022, that median valuation step-up multiple at Series A was much higher, at 4.9x. Valuation growth has slowed at later stages, too.
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Jul 22, 2024 |
carta.com | Kevin Dowd
There was little variation in the median valuation for new seed investments during 2023. By and large, the market for companies at the earliest stages of startup life held steady. During the first half of 2024, however, the price of doing business went up. The median seed-stage valuation leaped from $13.3 million in Q4 2023 to $14 million in Q1 2024, then climbed again to $14.8 million in Q2, according to Carta's preliminary data from the quarter.
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May 28, 2024 |
carta.com | Kevin Dowd
After the pandemic bull market came to an end in 2022, the leverage of the venture capital market tilted in favor of investors. Along with a reset in valuations, it became more common for new VC funding rounds to include deal terms that help protect investors from downside risk or extract more upside; these include liquidation preferences, participating preferred shares, and cumulative dividends.
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May 28, 2024 |
carta.com | Kevin Dowd
California’s claim as the hub of venture capital activity in the U.S. has rarely been stronger than it was in the first quarter of 2024. Startups headquartered in California brought in 59.25% of all capital raised on Carta during Q1 among states where at least 10 deals took place, a huge leap in geographic market share compared to recent history.
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This was a fun story to work on (and not only because I was able to fulfill a lifelong dream by naming my own index)
How much do U.S.-based startup employees *really* earn? It depends on where they live. The highest salaries are in San Francisco, San Jose, Seattle, and New York. But how do other cities compare? 👉🔗 https://t.co/YejI5Hlmih 💡 A few findings in 🧵
Remember all those VCs and techies who moved to Colorado during the pandemic? It seems like they're making an impact. While venture activity plunged just about everywhere in the U.S. last year, Colorado was more resilient than most: https://t.co/OSY4IMuWYP
In Q4 2021, startups on Carta raised ~$62 billion in overall funding. In Q4 2022, they raised ~$12 billion. Was fun digging into a whole boatload of data and writing about the many, many ways things have changed for startups and VCs: https://t.co/Cs53JBjJlF
