Charles HudsonFounder and Managing Partner, Precursor Ventures

Navigating Premium Valuations #venturecapital #founder #tech #ai

3 Apr 2025 · 0 min

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Short excerpt from Charles Hudson’s YouTube discussion on premium venture valuations. Hudson reflects on trade-offs between accepting high valuations vs. favorable terms, describes cases of 'ultra premium' valuations (e.g., raising at $20–$25M pre-money) and notes the performance pressure such valuations create when later rounds price substantially higher.

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Charles Hudson.

April 3, 2025.

And I said, you know, in the grand scheme of things, it's probably better to be in this company than to get the price that I want. Yeah. I'll also say there have been companies I've met that are raising at 20 and 25. And I'm like, that is an ultra premium valuation. It kind of demands outperformance. And the one thing I found that is sometimes odd, as if you see, when we've done these expensive deals, they've then gone out, like, they've done the seat at 25 and they've done the A at 40, and they're like, wow, like. Or 50 posts, you're like, that's pretty great, but doesn't feel great. Yeah.