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San Francisco Startup Valuations Continue to Balloon
By Adam Sharp on March 16, 2021
I’ve been writing about rising valuations for a while now. But this week, I saw a deal that was so crazily priced, I just have to write about it again. This young San Francisco-based startup had about $700k in annual recurring revenue (ARR). It was a B2B Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) product — limiting it to basically just a handful of customers. The valuation on the deal was $72 million post-money!…
Investing Outside of the Bay Area
By Adam Sharp on November 5, 2019
The Bay Area is losing its edge. Here’s where else you can find good startup deals.