How does an analyst apply the guidelines from ASC 820 as they value each position in a VC fund's portfolio? In this post, we lay out the process and explain common methods for determining enterprise value and stake value.

Valuing a portfolio for financial reporting and compliance purposes can be a challenge for venture capital funds. The rules and guidelines in ASC 820 help analysts perform reliable valuations on each illiquid asset in a fund's portfolio.

As your company grows, you will need to prepare GAAP-compliant financials, and you will quickly find that you have to comply with Accounting Standards Codification topic 718, or ASC 718, which describes how to report stock-based compensation in your corporate accounting.

Increasingly, company value is attributable to intangible assets, like intellectual property—so how do we decide what IP is worth?

Which universities produce the most number of founders creating billion dollar companies ("Unicorn Founders")?

We talked to Armon to see what's it like to build a billion+ dollar B2B company while in his 20's. Hint: Not easy.

Pre/Post-Money Valuation is synonymous with venture financing and startups. It’s also misleading and causes odd conversation. We want to fix that.

Splitting equity in an early stage startup lends itself to strange conversations. Hopefully this post will make those conversations less strange.

We're asked about 409A valuation trends often, especially as it relates to the ratio between Common Stock and Preferred Stock. We decided to put a study together to cover this topic.