Mayfield Fund partner Raj Kapoor says between $1 mln and $5 mln is typical "Venture capitalists are asking that question too," said Raj Kapoor, managing partner at Mayfield Fund, which raised a nearly $400 million fund in September 2008. Raj was responding to a question I asked about how an early-stage startup should value itself. I asked this question because of one of our Vator members, Jeremy Campbell commented on an interview I had done with angel investor Aydin Senkut, titled: How to hook this angel. In that post, Jeremy said: "Valuation is such an important topic, and I feel there is a lack of information out there on the subject." So, this ones for you Jeremy."If a product is relatively new, numbers you see is anywhere between $1 million pre-money and $5 million pre-money," ...   [ Read more ]