• There are multiple startup IPO's coming on a daily basis and VC exits the startups with better returns.
• Upcoming IPO'S like OYO, OfBusiness, Zepto and Physics wallah.
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Vagle
Hakuna matata • 2m
21 yr old me when topic is about startups , same same but different
Founders: Protect your equity.
VCs have a playbook for valuation that most founders don’t see.
Here's a side-by-side look at how they calculate deals differently from you:
𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
Founder: $3M pre-money → $4M po
Startups in 2015:
- VC funded
- 12hrs workday
- Pizza diet
- Team of 5 employees
- $1,000,000,000 ideas
Startups in 2025:
- Bootstrapped
- 6hrs deep work
- Brain food diet
- Team of 100 AI agents
- $1,000,000 revenue
Healthy founder, healthy b
Can existing businesses and not startups also raise VC money?
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Arcane
○─○─○ • 3m
Even though 25% of all startups on Carta have just a solo founder, VCs hesitate to fund them.
Having 2 to 3 founders seems to be the sweet spot if you were to raise VC money while building a startup.
So, Is there a way to make VC funding easier as
