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Defining a meaningful exit

Letā€™s start with some venture math assumptions:Ā 

  • An early-stage venture fund is going to invest in 20 companiesĀ 
  • The fund aims to get a 3x gross returnĀ 
  • The expected distribution of outcomes is: 1/3 losses, 1/3 money-back, 1/3 successesĀ 
  • The expected distribution of the successful outcomes is: 1 home-run (a company returning the entire fund) + 5 meaningful exits (companies returning the amount required up to 3x gross fund return.)

A meaningful exit can be defined as a company about to return 1/3 of the fund.

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Determining the Revenue Targets for Meaningful Exits

Before we can determine the revenue targets, again, we need some more assumptions:Ā 

  • A SaaS company with 75% gross margin can be sold for 5x ARRĀ 
  • A marketplace company with 15% take rate can be sold for 1x the last twelve months gross merchandise valueĀ Ā 
  • An e-commerce company with 30% gross margin can be sold for 2x the LTM revenuesĀ 
  • In all cases, Net Debt at the time of exit equals zero, so Enterprise Value = Equity ValueĀ 
  • In all cases, the same growth rate is assumedĀ 

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Final Remarks

  • Ā Not every company can grow quickly enough to generate Venture-Scale returns. A VC should only invest in the companies with that potential.
  • The fund size determines what a meaningful exit is.Ā 
  • Some investors aim only at potential home-run exits. Others donā€™t. Both strategies have been proven successful over time.Ā 
  • Use your gross margin and growth rate to determine the multiple you get in an exit.
  • Compare the growth rates required to hit that target given your current level. Compare those rates to those of the most successful companies.

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Deriving the size of revenue by companies

The purpose of this post is to derive the size in terms of revenues that a company has to achieve in a 5ā€“7 years time window to be regarded as attractive for VC investment. We will do that for different fund sizes (Micro $50Mm- $100Mm, traditional $350Mm and MEGA $1b VC funds) and different startup business models (Saas, Marketplaces, E-Commerce) this might also be helpful for the company and its investors to plan revenue targets and required growth rates for the years ..

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The size of a meaningful exit

The size of a meaningful exit

The bigger the fund, the bigger the exit required to be considered meaningful.Ā 

Assuming that the VC is going to construct a 20% ownership in a successful company over time, we can calculate how much a company must be sold to be considered a meaningful exit.Ā Ā 

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Attractive VC exits

The purpose is to help find the size in terms of revenues that a company has to reach in a 5-7 years time window to be considered attractive for VC investment.

This will be done for different fund sizes (micro, traditional and mega VC funds) and other startup business models (SaaS, marketplaces, e-commerce). This could also help the company and its investors to plan revenue targets and required growth rates from first investment to exit.

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