Re:SoftBank Gives Startups Billions of Reasons to Hold Off IPOs
by Dylan16807 on Tuesday October 16, 2018 @03:42AM
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Not good enough.
If you would have been happy selling shares at X valuation, if only that high-valuation deal had never happened, then the level of dilution is acceptable to you.
"This down round is bad because it's undervaluing and over-diluting" is an easy to understand argument.
"This down round is bad because a previous round overvalued the company, even though the down round is the correct valuation and the correct dilution" is an argument that needs more justification.
If the valuation is flat-out too low, then the fact that it would be a down round has nothing to do with the problem. A too-low valuation is a problem even if it's higher than your last valuation.
If you would have been happy selling shares at X valuation, if only that high-valuation deal had never happened, then the level of dilution is acceptable to you.
"This down round is bad because it's undervaluing and over-diluting" is an easy to understand argument.
"This down round is bad because a previous round overvalued the company, even though the down round is the correct valuation and the correct dilution" is an argument that needs more justification.
If the valuation is flat-out too low, then the fact that it would be a down round has nothing to do with the problem. A too-low valuation is a problem even if it's higher than your last valuation.