Equity Thursday: Valuation, terms, VC activity in COVID times
Lockdowns, remote work, supply chain issues, projects on-hold, strategy redesign, cost restructuring etc. – pandemic situation affected the majority of business players and startups around the world, regardless which side of the table they sit.
This Equity Thursday online meetup focused on valuation, deal terms and VC activity in COVID times, exploring how the pandemic reshaped fundraising dynamics for startups and scaleups across Europe. We discussed how lockdowns, remote work, supply chain disruptions and strategy redesign affected different business models and stages – from pre-seed and seed to Series A and beyond – and what this meant for raising capital in uncertain markets. The conversation examined changes in investment criteria, sector focus, due diligence processes, timelines and term sheet structures, as well as whether and how valuations were adjusted during the crisis period.
Covered topics
If you are building a startup / scaleup and you plan to raise a new round to further support your scaling, regional growth (or just to survive?), you might have a plenty of questions, doubts and preconceptions: so what’s now? how? where from? what terms?
We invited two international VC funds, active in early stage, seed and Series A investments to find out:
- how they see the impact of the current situation on various business models and on different stages of startups (pre-seed, seed, Series A, later),
- how they see the coming period from investments’ point of view,
- if there are any changes in their investment approach, criteria,
- which sectors they are focusing or not at all,
- how their processes changed, incl. time horizon, terms, etc.,
- if there is any change in valuation they see and / or apply,
- … and have all your questions answered you might have.
Agenda
The free online meetup took place on Zoom, registration was required through the Equity Thursday meetup group.
16:45 - 18:15
Organized in partnership with:
About the VC funds:
Market One Capital is a Poland-based European VC fund with EUR 45M under management with sector focus on Marketplaces, Saas and B2B software
Speedinvest is one of the most successful European VCs for tech startups with a direct access to the Silicon Valley as well, with fantastic exit track record and with EUR 400M under management
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