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SEPTEMBER 18, 2019
The point here is not to do a granular forecast of revenue or number of users/customers, but to put a stake in the ground so investors understand what you believe is achievable with X amount of resources given Y timeframe. Alternatively, you want to show credibly how that you can get to profitability and be in control of your own destiny.
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OCTOBER 24, 2019
Pre-seed investing should be super simple, so any signs of pro-rata rights, tranched financings, charging the company for value-added services, etc. As an inexperienced founder, you are very likely to take at least two rounds of financing before a series A, so the round to try to skip is any sort of second seed. should be avoided.
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MAY 21, 2020
The reality is that when fundraising for a successive financing round along the seed stage continuum , all startups are graded on a curve based on the amount of time and capital which has gone into the company. We hit an clear inflection point in our revenue trajectory 14 months ago when we radically changed our marketing positioning”. “$1M
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JANUARY 27, 2021
100M is a meaningful increase from our $50M third fund, though it’s still quite small in the grand scheme of venture, especially amid the recent wave of late stage financings and SPACs. Thirteen of these 15 companies were seeded pre-revenue, and many were at concept stage or had rudimentary early products.
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SEPTEMBER 23, 2019
To provide relevant perspective, listing past convertible note(s) and/or equity financing(s) including total round size and valuation (caps) is helpful. develop and launch X product, reach Y number of users, generate $Z amount revenue). develop and launch X product, reach Y number of users, generate $Z amount revenue).
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FEBRUARY 27, 2019
Analytics vs. Finance?—?what’s Finance is about reporting on historical performance and future planning through the lens of financial metrics. This is a bit of an oversimplification as there are many sub-disciplines within finance?—?accounting/controller, what’s the difference (and what do you need)? Candidate archetypes?—?where
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NOVEMBER 18, 2014
Recently, we looked at our own portfolio at NextView Ventures to dig a little deeper on how startups actually raise that next round of financing. Generate Real Revenue. Another approach to raise Series A is to drive meaningful revenue. Are you building a revenue-based success story to tell investors for Series A?
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