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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

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. Of the Inc. 5000 companies, only 6.5% raised from angels.

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On the Road to Recap:

abovethecrowd.com

Why the Unicorn Financing Market Just Became Dangerous…For All Involved. A high performing, high-growth SAAS company that may have been worth 10 or more times revenue was suddenly worth 4-7 times revenue. By the first quarter of 2016, the late-stage financing market had changed materially. ” Go public.

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Stock Market Drops. Then It Rallies. What Happens Next for Funding?

Both Sides of the Table

Companies with less than $2 million in revenue were asking for $50-60 million valuations and getting them. Finance where needed. Mostly we got to see the team operate in stressful times and that changed my perspective on the deal. When I first got into the industry it was 2007. was still a term being bandied about. Depressing.

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