Mattermark just launched early access to their "Mattermark Valuations" feature set. They claim to initially be launching with the estimated valuations for 40,000 companies: http://mattermark.com/early-acce...
It will be interesting to see the accuracy of this data. I've tested pitchbook.com (which is very expensive at about ~$16,000 per year), and their valuation data was exceptionally accurate, with the correct valuation and even cap table for the majority of companies that I checked (compared to the ones that I knew the actual valuation). If Mattermark can provide a more affordable alternative, with close to the same reliability, that will definitely be interesting.
That said, I think their claim/hypothesis that many companies will tell them the company valuation just by asking is quite ludicrous for any company post seed stage. I have heard from other companies of Mattermark emailing them asking to confirm metrics such as revenue and valuations etc. and it just comes across as far fetches that people would reveal that just because someone asked nicely.
@_jacksmith I understand your skepticism, but we are constantly surprised by the number and caliber of startups giving us valuation data at every stages... so we are going to keep asking!
Fortunately, we already have enough to build useful models.
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I am really excited about this. I want to test Mattermark Valuation dataset at a hackathon and see what I can get done this weekend =)
Will be interesting to see how they value smaller firms with less public data.
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