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创业企业融资时如何估值

 願隨身 2012-09-05

创业企业融资时如何估值

 

 

情况决定。比如一个目标公司被很多投资人追捧,有些投资人可能会愿意降低自己的投资回报率期望,以一个高一点的价格拿下这个投资机会。

  2、期权设置

  投资人给被投资公司一个投资前估值,那么通常他要求获得股份就是:

  投资人股份=投资额/投资后估值

  比如投资后估值500万美元,投资人投100万美元,投资人的股份就是20%,公司投资前的估值理论上应该是400万美元。

  但通常投资人要求公司拿出10%左右的股份作为期权,相应的价值是50万美元左右,那么投资前的实际估值变成了350万美元了:

  350万实际估值+$50万期权+100万现金投资=500万投资后估值

  相应地,企业家的剩余股份只有70%(=80%-10%)了。

  把期权放在投资前估值中,投资人可以获得三个方面的好处:

  首先,期权仅仅稀释原始股东。如果期权池是在投资后估值中,将会等比例稀释普通股和优先股股东。

  比如10%的期权在投资后估值中提供,那么投资人的股份变成18%,企业家的股份变成72%

  20%(80%)×(1-10%)=18%(72%)

  可见,投资人在这里占了企业家2%的便宜。

  其次,期权池占投资前估值的份额比想象要大。看起来比实际小,是因为它把投资后估值的比例,应用到投资前估值。在上例中,期权是投资后估值的10%,但是占投资前估值的25%

  50万期权/400万投资前估值=12.5%

  第三,如果你在下一轮融资之前出售公司,所有没有发行的和没有授予的期权将会被取消。这种反向稀释让所有股东等比例受益,尽管是原始股东在一开 始买的单。比如有5%的期权没有授予,这些期权将按股份比例分配给股东,所以投资人应该可以拿到1%,原始股东拿到4%。公司的股权结构变成:

  100%=原始股东84%+投资人21%+团队5%

  换句话说,企业家的部分投资前价值进入了投资人的口袋。

  风险投资行业都是要求期权在投资前出,所以企业家唯一能做的是尽量根据公司未来人才引进和激励规划,确定一个小一些的期权池。

  3、对赌条款

  很多时候投资人给公司估值用P/E倍数的方法,目前在国内的首轮融资中,投资后估值大致8-10倍左右,这个倍数对不同行业的公司和不同发展阶段的公司不太一样。

  投资后估值(P)=P/E倍数×下一年度预测利润(E)

  如果采用10P/E,预测利润100万美元,投资后估值就是1000万美元。如果投资200万,投资人股份就是20%

  如果投资人跟企业家能够在P/E倍数上达成一致,估值的最大的谈判点就在于利润预测了。如果投资人的判断和企业家对财务预测有较大差距(当然是 投资人认为企业家做不到预测利润了),可能在投资协议里就会出现对赌条款(RatchetTerms),对公司估值进行调整,按照实际做到的利润对公司价 值和股份比例进行重新计算:

  投资后估值(P)=P/E倍数×下一年度实际利润(E)

  如果实际利润只有50万美元,投资后估值就只有500万美元,相应的,投资人应该分配的股份应该40%,企业家需要拿出20%的股份出来补偿投资人。

  200/500=40%

  当然,这种对赌情况是比较彻底的,有些投资人也会相对友善一些,给一个保底的公司估值。比如上面例子,假如投资人要求按照公式调整估值,但 是承诺估值不低于800万,那么如果公司的实际利润只有50万美元,公司的估值不是500万美元,而是800万美元,投资人应该获得的股份就是25%

  200/800=25%

  对赌协议除了可以用预测利润作为对赌条件外,也可以用其他条件,比如收入、用户数、资源量等等。

  总结及结论

  公司估值是投资人和企业家协商的结果,仁者见仁,智者见智,没有一个什么公允值;公司的估值受到众多因素的影响,特别是对于初创公司,所以估值 也要考虑投资人的增值服务能力和投资协议中的其他非价格条款;最重要的一点是,时间和市场不等人,不要因为双方估值分歧而错过投资和被投资机会。

VC的估值方法及股份比例计算

历史盈利倍数估值编辑本段回目录

企业股权价值=上年审计的盈利×双方认同的倍数。例如,610倍。

1:某科技企业上年盈利4000万元,预计2年后上市,双方确定以8倍市盈率计算。

企业股权价值=4000×8 32000(万元)

2:某科技公司上年盈利2200万美元,预计半年内在NASDAQ上市。双方确定市盈率倍数为18

企业股权价值=2200×1839600(万美元)

下年盈利倍数估值编辑本段回目录

同上,用公司年末实际利润乘以双方认同的倍数。

预计上市市值的折扣法编辑本段回目录

通过同行企业市值/关键指标的数据,找到倍数参考数值。
或通过确定融资阶段和企业价值折扣率,确定企业融资阶段的价值。例如:

发展阶段

公司价值范围(美元)

可能的投资者

导入期

500万以内

天使投资人和战略投资者

第一轮融资

1000—2000

战略投资者

第二轮融资

3000—5000

战略投资者和财务投资者

PRE-IPO

7000—1亿

财务投资者

IPO

 2—10亿

 

    

股份比例计算编辑本段回目录

参照例1,如果VC从投资到上市这两年需要的回报为10倍,则公司当前股权价值为3200万元(32000/10)。

如果VC投资200万美元,按融资后的市值(Post-Money),即3200万美元计算,投资者所占股份为200/200+3000=6.25%

如果是按融资前的市值(Pre-Money),其投资所占股份比例则应该是200/200+3200=5.88%

The Myth of a VC's Pre-Money Valuation

by Devin Thorpe

There is a widely held belief in the venture capital world that needs a bit of debunking.  The myth regards "pre-money valuation."

First, let me review the venture capital definition of pre-money valuation:  the value of the enterprise before the investment.  Hence, if the investment is $4 million and the investor received shares equal to 40% of the fully diluted shares of the company, the business is said to have had a $6 million pre-money valuation.  

Mathematically, this makes perfect sense.  Here, however, are the flaws in the logic:

  1. The venture capitalist will, traditionally, receive preferred shares with a host of rights that common shares held by founders don't have with the net result that common shares are worth much less than the preferred.
  2. Options, counted in the "pre-money valuation," are subject to a variety of factors that make them worth much less than common stock
  3. Many of the shares used to calculate pre-money valuation aren't even outstanding at the time of the VC's investment--and may never be!

So let's consider our mathematical example above.  The venture capitalist receives preferred shares that entitle her fund to receive the first $4 million in a liquidation, hence, those shares are worth at least what was paid for them.

The pre-money value is associated with a combination of common shares and options typically held by founders, angel investors and employees.  In addition, a reserve pool of options for future grants are also included.

 

The pre-money portion of value is associated with claims that are secondary to the preferred shares, have fewer corporate governance rights and are customarily subject to other agreements with the investors that limit voting and transfer rights.

Venture capitalists are well aware of this dichotomy.  The IRS now appears ready to require third-party valuations of common stock prior to granting options.  VCs have traditionally used a ratio of ten percent to estimate the value of common stock in an early stage deal relative to the value of the preferred stock.  Third-party valuations fall roughly in line with this tradition.

So, in our example, the VC might have paid a dollar per share for 4 million shares, but the six million common shares are really only worth $0.10 each or $600,000.  But wait! Half of those shares are in the form of options that require the purchase of the shares for $0.10.  An option on a share worth $0.10 with a strike price of $0.10 is worth only a few cents, let's say $0.03 per share.  Finally, half of the options haven't been granted, yet.

So in our example, we have 3 million common shares worth $300,000, 1.5 million options worth a total of $45,000 and a reserve of 1.5 million options not granted and that therefore have no value at the time of the VC funding.  So, the pre-money value of this company may be as little as $345,000.

Frankly, the value of these shares at the time of the venture investment is not very important.  The important question is the value of the shares and options at exit!  In a typical VC deal, the VC will be required to convert to common in a successful exit, with the result that the value per share for the VC's shares and the founder's share will be the same.  So all's fair!

If your business can't succeed without venture capital, don't sweat the terms.  Sweat growing your business to succeed.  If your business doesn't need venture capital, give some consideration to whether or not you really want it!

VC估值的死亡谷

VC valuation valley of death

by Healy Jones

Venture capitalists valuing startup companies have a particularly difficult challenge these days, as public company comparable values have plummeted. This makes it even harder for the startup entrepreneur seeking venture capital know what their startup is worth. I'd like to highlight a particular phenomena that may come into play when VCs are valuing startups. This phenomena usually happens sometime after the Series A round, most likely at a Series B or Series C round. I call this the "venture capital valuation valley of death." (I tried to come up with word for death that started with the letter "v," but I'm a financier not a poet and alliteration is not my strong point.) 

There is a point when a startup ceases to be valued only as a technology/idea and becomes valued a real business. Or, maybe this is more of a hope - after all, venture capital investors often recite the mantra, "we invest to build real businesses, not to do quick flips." Quick flips are valued off of hype, technology IP and momentum. Real businesses are supposed to be valued off of silly metrics like cash flow multiples. OK, ok, revenue multiples. (Please don't mention DCF's. I just don't care.)

Anyways, sometimes a really interesting technology/idea attracts interest from larger players - "strategics." If this company is truly game changing or strategic to several potential acquirers then one or more of these larger companies may reach the conclusion that they need to own that technology and will pay a large price for it before the startup has begun creating revenues. Usually the strategics are thinking that they could easily finish the technology development and push the solution through their existing channels to their existing customers and reap significant value. 

At this point, the startup may be more valuable to the strategic acquirers than typical financial valuation metrics would suggest. The technology/hype has run ahead of the traditional financial valuation. Now the entrepreneurs and venture capitalists have to make a decision - a) do they sell the startup now based on the promise or b) do they soldier on and try to create a real business. If b), the startup enters the valuation valley of death. 

The startup's value may flat-line or even decrease at this point. Before the startup has significant market traction (and I'm talking about traction in the form of real revenues) it is still going to be valued by strategics based the startup's technology/promise/hype. Sure, a few customers indicate market adoption, but tiny revenues likely will not motivate buyers to bump their view of the company's value. 

The startup's value doesn't have to decline in the valley - it may just flat-line. A decline is possible as potential acquirers may decide to build the technology in-house instead of buying, and as potential bidders drop out the price the startup can get may slide. Also, the hype may wear off as potential buyers realize that there are other companies working on similar technology who they can purchase.

Then, as the company starts to get real customers and generate real revenues a funny thing happens - it starts to "grow" into its hype-based valuation. If the strategic players want to acquire the startup once the startup has a meaningful income statement then the financial nerds try to take over and do a valuation analysis. $XYZ million revenues times ABC revenue multiple indicates a valuation of so-and-so million dollars. If this is less than the hype-based valuation then the financial nerd has to face off against the person at the strategic who wants to buy the startup at the hype-based valuation. I can't say who will win, but it is a fair guess to say that the business traction created by the startup likely hasn't created a significant valuation improvement.

Only once the financial valuation grows beyond the strategic/hype-based valuation does the startup's value increase in the eyes of the strategic players. This is when the startup exits the valuation valley of death. 

The startup may be in the valuation valley of death for a number of years. There has to be a real belief that the startup can come out the other end and become a big business. Given the tough fund raising environment startups need to pay careful attention to their cash burn and make sure they have the capitalization to make it out the other end of the valley. Setting and hitting valuation milestones while in the valley of death is key.

Entrepreneurs raising venture capital need to make sure they are on the same page with their investors about the size of business they are hoping to create and the size of exit they are seeking. Make sure your investors have deep enough of pockets to help you accomplish your goals, and make sure their goals are the same as yours.

VC估值的奥秘

   作者:桂曙光


  非上市公司,尤其是早期公司的估值(Valuation)是一个独特的、有挑战性的工作。

  公司在进行股权融资(Equity Financing)或兼并收购(Merger & Acquisition M&A)等资本运作时,投资方一方面对公司业务、规模、发展趋势、财务状况等因素感兴趣,另一方面,也要认可公司对其要出让的股权的估值。这跟我 们在市场买东西的道理一样,满意产品质量和功能,还要对价格能接受。

  3-10倍的回报要求风险投资估值运用投资回报倍数,比如早期投资项目VC回报要求是10倍,中后期投资的回报要求是3-5倍。为什么早期公司 要求10倍?标准的风险投资组合如下(10个投资项目):– 4个失败– 2个打平或略有盈亏– 32-5倍回报– 18-10倍回报尽管VC希望所 有投资的公司都能成为下一个微软、下一个Google,但现实就是这么残酷。VC要求在成功的公司身上赚到10倍来弥补其他失败投资。投资回报的要求与投 资阶段相关。

  假设VC在投资一个早期公司4年后,公司以1亿美元上市或被并购,并且期间没有后续融资。运用10倍回报原则,VC对公司的投资后估值 post-money valuation)就是1000万美元。如果公司当前的融资额是200万美元并预留100万美元的期权,VC对公司的投资前估值(pre-money valuation)就是700万美元。

  VC对初创公司估值的经验范围大约是100万美元–2000万美元,通常的范围是300万美元–1000万美元。通常早期公司第一轮融资金额是50万美元–1000万美元。

  公司最终的估值由投资人能够获得的预期回报倍数、以及投资人之间的竞争情况决定。比如一个目标公司被很多投资人追捧,有些投资人可能会愿意降低自己的投资回报率期望,以一个高一点的价格拿下这个投资机会。

  期权在投资前估值中设置投资人给被投资公司一个投资前估值,那么通常他要求获得股份就是:投资人股份=投资额/投资后估值。

  比如投资后估值500万美元,投资人投100万美元,投资人的股份就是20%,公司投资前的估值理论上应该是400万美元。

  但通常投资人要求公司拿出10%左右的股份作为期权,相应的价值是50万美元左右,那么投资前的实际估值变成了350万美元了($350万实际估值 + $50万期权 +$100万现金投资 = $500万投资后估值)。相应地,企业家的剩余股份只有70%了。

  把期权放在投资前估值中,投资人可以获得三个方面的好处:首先,期权仅仅稀释原始股东。如果期权池是在投资后估值中,将会等比例稀释普通股和优先股股东。

  其次,期权池(Option Pool)占投资前估值的份额比想象要大。看起来比实际小,是因为它把投资后估值的比例,应用到投资前估值。

  最后,如果你在下一轮融资之前出售公司,所有没有发行的和没有授予的期权将会被取消。这种反向稀释让所有股东等比例受益,尽管是原始股东在一开始买的单。换句话说,企业家的部分投资前价值进入了投资人的口袋。

  风险投资行业都是要求期权在投资前出,所以企业家唯一能做的是尽量根据公司未来人才引进和激励规划,确定一个小一些的期权池。

  P/E倍数法与对赌条款很多时候投资人给公司估值用P/E倍数的方法,目前在国内的首轮融资中,投资后估值大致8-10倍左右,这个倍数对不同 行业的公司和不同发展阶段的公司不太一样。投资后估值= P/E倍数×下一年度预测利润。如果采用10P/E,预测利润100万美元,投资后估值就是1000万美元。如果投资200万美元,投资人股份就是 20%.如果投资人跟企业家能够在P/E倍数上达成一致,估值的最大的谈判点就在于利润预测。如果投资人的判断和企业家对财务预测有较大差距(当然是投资 人认为企业家做不到预测利润),可能在投资协议里就会出现对赌条款(Ratchet Terms),对公司估值进行调整,按照实际做到的利润对公司价值和股份比例进行重新计算:投资后估值= P/E倍数×下一年度实际利润。如果实际利润只有50万美元,投资后估值就只有500万美元,相应的,投资人应该分配的股份应该40%,企业家需要拿出 20%的股份出来补偿投资人。

  当然,这种对赌情况是比较彻底,有些投资人也会相对友善一些,给一个保底的公司估值。比如上面例子,假如投资人要求按照公式调整估值,但是 承诺估值不低于800万,那么尽管公司的实际利润只有50万美元,公司的估值不是500万美元,而是800万美元,投资人应该获得的股份就是25%.对赌 协议除了可以用预测利润作为对赌条件外,也可以用其他条件,比如收入、用户数、资源量等等。

  上面虽然列举了一些VC估值中的几个思考点,但公司估值是投资人和企业家协商的结果,仁者见仁,智者见智,没有一个什么公允值;公司的估值受到 众多因素的影响,特别是对于初创公司,所以估值也要考虑投资人的增值服务能力和投资协议中的其他非价格条款;最重要的一点是,时间和市场不等人,不要因为 双方估值分歧而错过投资和被投资机会。

  可比公司法挑选与非上市公司同行业可比或可参照的上市公司,以其主要财务比率比如P/E(市盈率)和P/S(市销率),作为市场价格乘数来推断目标公司的价值。

  目前在国内的风险投资(VC)市场,P/E法是比较常见的估值方法。投资人是投资一个公司的未来,是对公司未来的经营能力给出目前的价格,所以 他们用P/E法估值就是:公司价值=预测市盈率×公司未来12个月利润公司未来12个月的利润可以通过公司的财务预测进行估算。一般说来,预测市盈率是历 史市盈率的一个折扣。比如说NASDAQ某个行业的平均历史市盈率是40,那预测市盈率大概是30左右。对于同行业、同等规模的非上市公司,参考的预测市 盈率需要再打个折扣,大概是15-20左右。对于同行业且规模较小的早期企业,参考的预测市盈率需要再打个折扣,就成了7-10了。这也就是目前国内主流 外资VC对企业估值的大致P/E倍数。比如,如果某公司预测融资后下一年度的利润是100万美元,公司的估值大致就是700-1000万美元,如果投资人 投资200万美元,公司出让的股份大约是20%-35%.对于有收入但是没有利润的公司,P/E就没有意义,那么可以用P/S法来进行估值。

  可比交易法挑选与初创公司同行业、在估值前一段合适时期被投资、并购的公司,基于融资或并购交易的定价依据作为参考,从中获取有用的财务或非财务数据,求出一些相应的融资价格乘数,据此评估目标公司。

  比如A公司刚刚获得融资,B公司在业务领域跟A公司相同,经营规模上(比如收入)比A公司大一倍,那么投资人对B公司的估值应该是A公司估值的 一倍左右。比如分众传媒在并购框架传媒和聚众传媒的时候,一方面以分众的市场参数作为依据,另一方面,框架的估值也可作为聚众估值的依据。

  可比交易法不对市场价值进行分析,而只是统计同类公司融资并购价格的平均溢价水平,再用这个溢价水平计算出目标公司的价值。

  现金流折现法这是一种较为成熟的估值方法,通过预测公司未来自由现金流, 对公司未来自由现金流进行贴现,公司价值即为未来现金流的现值。

  贴现率是处理预测风险的最有效的方法。 因为早期公司的预测现金流有很大的不确定性,其贴现率比成熟公司的贴现率要高得多。种子期公司的帖现率为50%-100%,早期公司为40%-60%,扩 张期公司为30%-50% 成熟期的公司则为10%-25%.这种方法比较适用于较为成熟、偏后期的私有公司或上市公司,比如凯雷收购徐工集团就是采用这种估值方法。

  资产法资产法是假设一个谨慎的投资者不会支付超过与目标公司同样效用的资产的收购成本。比如中海油竞购尤尼科,根据其石油储量对公司进行估值。

 

 

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