Remove Churn Rate Remove Finance Remove Option Pool
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Remind Me Why I Love You? (Why “In Person” is Everything)

Both Sides of the Table

I also had to negotiate a follow-on round at a portfolio company because new investors were trying to force a bit option-pool top-up that would dilute the founders and existing shareholders and existing investors were fighting over prorata rights. Wednesday I have 4 companies coming in to talk about their companies. Was that a blip?

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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’ve seen other VCs use Bridge to more efficiently make and track introductions.