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Startup Valuation: Venture Capital Method

Feel free to use this task template to get you started on valuing a startup using the venture capital method.
Consider what formulas should go in Column D to enable you to obtain a pre-money and post-money valuation

Step 1: Discount the Terminal Value to Present Value

Annual Earnings (Projected net income at exit date)


In Year (i.e. exit date)
PE Multiple
Required Rate of Return
Value of firm

Step 2: Calculate the Required Ownership Percentage

Initial Investment
Equity Stake

Current Outstanding Shares (i.e. pre-money)


Total Outstanding Shares (i.e. post-money)
VC Owns # Shares
Share Price

Pre-Money Valuation
Post-Money Valuation
nture capital method.
nd post-money valuation

Cells highlighted in yellow indicate that the values are inputs

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