Funding Universe | Angel Investors

Terms to Know
Bridge
Angel
Board of Directors
Business Model
Due Diligence
Early Stage Venture
Exit Strategy
Financials
General Partner
General Partnership
Initial Public Offering (IPO)
Intellectual Property
Investment Property
Limited Partner
Limited Partnership
Partnership
Portfolio Companies
Private Placement
Seed
Startup
Term Sheets
Value-added Investor
Valuation
Pre-financing Valuation
Post-financing Valuation
Venture Capital
Buyout
Cramdown
Follow-On
Founders Stock
Mezzanine
Pay to Play
Pipe
Recap
Rollup
Rollup
Syndication
Seed
Startup
Subordinated Debt
Workout or a Turnaround

Pre-financing Valuation

The estimated value of the company just prior to financing -- value generated by the work of the entrepreneurial team and any prior capital investments. Pre-financing valuation is the post-financing valuation less the total amount invested.