VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

Benchmarks are typically specific to stage/business model/geo. In this post I’ll focus on benchmarking resources for seed and series A in the following three categories: SaaS B2C / Consumer apps Deep tech. 500 Startups created a helpful primer on key B2C metrics. Example of Baremetrics revenue per user benchmarks.

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B2C Technical Review Startup Retention 141

Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 24, 2018

Her responsibilities included: strategic counseling, business modeling and deal negotiation for the various for medical startups in the portfolio and is a limited partner at NGT3 Medical Accelerator in Israel. We had a chance to interview Noreen and asked about her story, how she started her business and the future of Imalac.

Founder 91

Founder Israel Miami Cofounder 91

View from Seed

APRIL 30, 2019

2019 is off to an exciting start for IPOs of VC-backed startups. Zoom is a B2B company Pinterest and Lyft are obviously B2C companies. All three have different business models… SaaS, media/ad, and consumer transactional. Beware whenever a transformative company is described as the next Facebook, Google, or Amazon.

IPO 180

IPO B2B B2C Institutional Investors 180

VC Cafe

JUNE 6, 2024

The first time I wrote about startup benchmarks was in 2019 and it became one of the most popular posts on VC Cafe. Benchmark: Serena Capital advises B2B SaaS startups to target a gross margin of 80% or higher to demonstrate the scalability and profitability of their business model.

B2B 97

B2B Burn Rate Generative AI Retention 97

Austin Startup

APRIL 27, 2019

Who says Austin can’t do B2C now ? It had a gut-wrenching pivot as the first business model didn’t work and today is thriving with its new one. Our pivot wasn’t a business model pivot?—?it And Josh Kopelman and First Round Capital were among the seed investors in Uber, the blockbuster IPO-to-be of 2019.

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B2C Austin Cofounder IPO 51

Agile VC

APRIL 30, 2019

2019 is off to an exciting start for IPOs of VC-backed startups. Zoom is a B2B company Pinterest and Lyft are obviously B2C companies. All three have different business models… SaaS, media/ad, and consumer transactional. This post also appears on NextView’s blog.

IPO 100

IPO B2B B2C Institutional Investors 100

Austin Startup

JANUARY 30, 2020

We ran a series of experiments to see if we could move the needle in a more sustainable way with our current core business model - 1) Change the consumer interaction point: we rolled out a consumer facing app to streamline payment and bookings. When we tested our now current business model, the results were shocking.

Sweat Equity 63

Sweat Equity B2B B2C Business Model 63