David Teten

JULY 23, 2019

– 1 sentence with most exciting metric from their growth. – Ideally revenues and other financial metrics if we can include that. – Fundraising history summary, including notable current investors and last round valuation. . Fundraising history: March 2019: announced Series B raise.

Portfolio 60

Portfolio Elevator Pitch Syndicate Syndication 60

Up and Running

JULY 22, 2019

For instance, the 2019 TSX Venture 50 companies—which are all growth-stage companies accessing investors on TSX Venture Exchange—reported increasing their employee count by roughly 2,200 people in 2018, representing an average hiring growth of 307 percent. Communicate early and often to maintain an active interest from your investors.

Canada 78

Canada Early Stage Valuation Finance 78

The Equity Kicker

JANUARY 10, 2020

Maybe they’ll pivot to something great eventually, but in the interim period, the valuation goes sideways – and that’s not a good place for a VC to be. And what are the metrics for customer love? For a high growth business, that can mean a 100% increase in key metrics and a much bigger valuation next time.

Partner 68

Partner Early Stage Portfolio Metrics 68

Haystack

DECEMBER 26, 2018

” “Multiples and valuations are out of control!” Maybe it will be 2019, or 2020 — or even 2021. With high levels of public market volatility — the first we’ve seen in the age of social media and true real-time information — it feels like everyone and their grandmom is expecting a downturn.

IPO 76

IPO Private Equity Valuation Acquisition 76

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 26, 2022

We led the investment in a new bank, their Series F, in 2019. Do you have other efficiency metrics that you look at when you evaluate businesses to check the quality of growth and the quality of the revenues? . I love how you’re very clear about the centering metrics in your mind with revenues, which reflect scale. .

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Ben's Blog

OCTOBER 29, 2020

IPO “over-subscription” has also become a vanity metric for the bankers and the issuing company. Taken together, we can hypothesize that overall investor demand for IPOs was weaker in 1980-1989, in the middle in 1990-98 and again in 2001-2019, and highest in the dot-com bubble. from 2010-2019. Are bankers simply irrational?

IPO 36

IPO Securities and Exchange Commission Demand SEC 36

Up and Running

MAY 15, 2019

In April, 2019, the brewery sold its majority stake to a larger organization. Metrics: Know your numbers. Here are the numbers, metrics, and other indicators Patrick says brewers should monitor: Breweries should typically break even or generate a small profit by the first six to 12 months of operation. It was updated in 2019.

Oregon 24

Oregon Jordan Software Review Distribution 24

This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

I wasn’t privy to the financials at the time, but by the end of 2019, I had penciled out a guess that they were at a $50 million run rate—or at least on a clear path to it. There’s a metric f**k ton of empty commercial real estate out there—yet landlords continue to try to squeeze existing tenants for every last dime.

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Cofounder Venture Capital Community PR 121