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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

Some notable metrics are revenue growth rates, free cashflow, leverage ratios, historical financing amounts, returns on marketing spend, customer acquisition costs, lifetime value of customers, customer churn rates, and team social scores. I’m an investor in this company, via ff Venture Capital, HOF Capital, and/or an affiliate thereof.

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ProfessorVC: Touched by an Angel

Professor VC

According to their research, overall returns on group-affiliated angel investments average to a 2.6X He then went on to say that this type of financing was good for the entrepreneur (vs taking VC money) because they got to keep more of the company. I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State.