David Teten
JANUARY 21, 2021
This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. II: Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs? III: Why are Revenue-Based VCs investing in so many women and underrepresented founders? IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing?
David Teten
JANUARY 19, 2021
More and more startups are pursuing Revenue-Based VCs , but “RBI” doesn’t fit everyone. Flexible VC 101: Equity Meets Revenue Share. By tying payments to actual revenues, founders and investors remain aligned around the company’s real-time performance, good or bad. Flexible VC: Revenue -based. Of the Inc.
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YoungUpstarts
DECEMBER 5, 2013
Real-time points and mileage redemption appeared at the POS, first introduced over a decade ago and now going mainstream. Of course incumbents cannot be expected to jeopardize their revenue streams or investments in CRM platforms with new concepts that wipe out the need for their current solutions. A new paradigm.
Agile VC
JUNE 5, 2011
They’ve grown from nothing to >$2B in revenue in 30 months time, making the company among the fastest growing businesses in the histroy of the world. How They Make Money: Groupon keeps a share of the coupon value (typically 40-50%) as its net revenue (1). Financial Snapshot: 2010 Revenue: $713M. to the merchant.
Steve Blank
SEPTEMBER 7, 2009
The Startup Death Spiral: The Cost of Getting Product Launch Wrong By the time of first customer ship, if a startup does not understand its market and customers, failure unfolds in a stylized ritual, almost like a Japanese Noh play. Without the revenue to match its expenses, the company is in now danger of running out of money.
abovethecrowd.com
FEBRUARY 24, 2015
As a result, a “late-stage” financing is no longer reserved for high-revenue, pre-profitability companies getting ready for an IPO; it is simply any large round of financing done at a high price. You must subtract it from your top-line revenue. You should not pay a net revenue multiple for a gross revenue disclosure.
Up and Running
JUNE 14, 2017
The end user of the application was those who recycled, however, the recycling and reward redemption process required partnerships with recycling facilities, local businesses, and government agencies. It worked by enticing app users to recycle, which earned them points they could redeem for rewards from local businesses.
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