One of the most difficult parts of the fundraising exercise for entrepreneurs is negotiating the valuation discussion. It often feels like founders are stepping into a conversation where the venture ...

If your startup is actively seeking investment, determining the value of your operation is a critical step in the negotiation process. In addition to looking at market comparables and gathering data ...

A reader asks: I’m the founder of a mobile apps startup, and we’re starting to get some incredible traction. I’ve been bootstrapping the venture for the last year, but I’d really like to raise about ...

As founders near the end of the lifecycle of their startups, the question of “valuation” usually arises in a new context: mergers and acquisitions. Valuation is no stranger to a founder — it’s ...

Taylor Francis cofounded a carbon-emissions data-tracking startup in 2019. The startup said it raised $100M in a Series C funding round in 2024 at a $1.8B valuation. He shared how he pitched his ...

Anthropic's meteoric rise in valuation from $12.5 billion to $183 billion is rewriting startup pay, creating generational wealth for its engineers.

French AI startup Mistral AI is on the verge of closing $2.7 billion in funding, which would value the company at $14 billion. The financing would position the firm among the most valuable AI startups ...