I started recently as a 1st-year analyst at a small VC firm and I have been asked t spread comps for a few startups. The issue is we use EV/Rev metric but I am having a hard time finding any source for startup revenues compared to funding (for obvious reasons). Any idea?
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we use our internal database from the hundreds of companies we have spoken to before and a variety of data rooms as well.
But if you'd need a specific data set from a niche group of startups... you could call up your network and see who can help out.
Pitchbook , although it is usually dog shit for recent financials - a more reliable proxy from Pitchbook is to use last round raised as revenue - assuming you are looking at the earliest stages that are usually pre-revenue or negligible revenue
A good estimation if you have zero idea is $150,000 * FTE = Estimated Total Revenue
Can you elaborate on the rationale behind it?
https://www.saastr.com/how-to-figure-out-your-competitors-revenues-in-about-70-seconds/
Thanks!
I noticed it is from 2012, did anything change in the last decade?
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