Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2020

B2C Companies We talked about how some companies saw an immediate decline in purchasing (for example if you’re in travel or hospitality). Biggest Advice I Give to Portfolio Founders? But when a fund writes checks into a portfolio company it typically “reserves” money to invest in future rounds.

Marketing 263

Marketing Valuation Churn Rate Balance Sheet 263

View from Seed

AUGUST 2, 2017

While our lens on the Everyday Economy is focused on our actions as individuals, it’s not constrained to B2C companies. For example, Upserve , a NextView portfolio company, is an all-in-one tech platform (POS, payments, CRM/loyalty, BI) to help restaurants better serve their customers. We’re Excited for What’s Next.

Seed Stage 273

Seed Stage Portfolio Cofounder B2B 273

Agile VC

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Late stage rounds help keep companies private longer and eventually Facebook proves to be a blockbuster company… public equity investors hope to find the next Facebook pre-IPO. On paper, VC portfolios perform well. Secondary transaction liquidity also starts to become a reality for founders and early investors. 2020 and Beyond?

IPO 100

IPO Early Stage Cofounder B2C 100

View from Seed

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

One of our portfolio investments, a B2B SaaS company, was a pre-product startup at the time of the seed round. If in the long run your B2C business is likely to have an ad-based revenue model, the ability to acquire a large number of users at zero or extraordinarily low cost is critical. Once you cross the chasm of launching v1.0,

Seed Stage 149

Seed Stage B2B Seed Capital Revenue 149

David Teten

APRIL 16, 2012

alongside our team and a few other portfolio companies, but will move out as the company grows. Head of Engineering: Strong experience with B2C businesses. About ff Venture Capital ( http:/ffvc.com ) : We are one of the most active early-stage investors in New York. Belief in the Edward Tufte school of communication.

Cofounder 133

Cofounder New York Venture Capital B2C 133

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

We are in 62 startups and 19 VC funds now ( our portfolio ), and I have some good data at this point on how profitable our endeavors have been, so I feel pretty qualified to share these lessons with you. It doesn’t mean you won’t be able to help other companies, and we are in many B2C startups, for example.

Angel Investor 48

Angel Investor Advisory Board Equity B2C 48

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

While the CAC ratio helps SaaS businesses at scale to manage their Sales and Marketing spend, the SLC is a helpful framework for early stage businesses before you have meaningful data. Each account manager should have a portfolio of existing customers, and you should model the expected CMRR from this group net of up-sells and churn.

Software Review 48

Software Review North America Europe Metrics 48