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” I interviewed Gupta last month to find out more about the opportunities he’s looking for and get his advice for first-time founders, but last week’s Space was a chance to dive deeper. It’s just different in different economicenvironments, it’s never shut, so to speak. For a larger Series A check.
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Because the publicly traded SaaS companies continue to grow and because the economicenvironment is relatively stable, I’d argue the multiples will revert to right around the median, in the 4-5x range. At their lowest point in 2009, the basket reached 2.8x.
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