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		pg on Dec 12, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Paul Graham Shares Number of Y Combinator Companie... There's a sort of threshold around there. A startup can raise at $20m after Demo Day by looking really promising, but to raise at $40m you usually have to be launched and growing consistently.

carlosrt on Dec 13, 2013 [–]

So presumably, companies that are on a ~$3M revenue run rate are a safer bet. Assuming a multiple of 15.

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