Financial Work by Stage of Funding

Each stage of funding requires financial work to be done by the startup.

Here’s a list of financial goals to consider for your startups fundraise:

Pre-seed — identify locked value in a customer segment.

The output of this stage is a target market that is ripe for disruption with revenue potential.

Seed — identify a case for the business in unit economic terms.

The output of this stage is a revenue model that works on a unit economic basis.

Seed+ — refine the business model.

The output of this stage is a business model that works consistently.

Series A — build the business model that provides a 50% return on invested capital.

The output of this stage is a business model that not only sustains the business but also grows it.

Series B — build the business model that scales the business. 

The output of this stage is a business model for rapid growth to scale.

Series C — acquire other businesses.

The output of this stage is to identify businesses to acquire that maintain the  return on invested capital.

IPO — build a war chest.

The output of this stage is funding that can take the business into new markets. 

Each stage of funding presents the startup with a financial challenge.

 

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