Lighter Capital

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Short-term financing (12 months or less), which includes merchant cash advances (MCA) and merchant financing, often attracts startup founders looking for lower capital costs and quick access to cash — but those benefits can fade quickly if the loan terms don’t line up with what the business needs. QUESTION 1: What am I using the loan for?

Finance 59

Finance Start-ups Debt Financing B2B 59

Equidam

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

This is in contrast to more common market-based approaches that set a price based on comparison to a pool of similar companies or a broad average. This involves drawing quick comparisons with a pool of similar startups to justify a market-based price, disconnected from business fundamentals.

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Start-ups Marketability B2B Finance 52

Lighter Capital

APRIL 3, 2023

This can be challenging depending on your offering and market. For most of our clients that are in the B2B enterprise software space, having a team or program dedicated to customer success and retention helps here. After raising a round, many entrepreneurs start focusing all their attention on growing the business.

Start-ups 52

Start-ups Finance B2B Marketability 52

FE International

MARCH 23, 2022

As the market-leading advisor for SaaS business sales, the team at FE International answers questions every day about the best practices of selling a SaaS business and which SaaS metrics should be measured. Any operational or market factor that directly or indirectly impacts these core drivers will influence the multiple.

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EBITDA Start-ups Business Valuation Marketability 105

Brian DeChesare

JULY 31, 2024

But the real question is this: If you accept an industrials private equity job, will you end up more like Andrew Carnegie or Henry Phipps, or will your career trajectory resemble a distressed tire manufacturing company that later declared bankruptcy? Many markets are still highly fragmented, so this can work quite well.

Equity 66

Equity Private Equity Firm EBITDA Start-ups 66

FE International

APRIL 27, 2022

After another year, where the world has adjusted to the new normal of the COVID-19 pandemic, the content and affiliate marketing space is flourishing. Taking a closer look at deals we closed in 2021, we see deals by sector spread across B2B Services/Products/Reviews, education and health and fitness, each with 14% of the deals.

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B2B Marketability Private Equity Firm Start-ups 52

Simply Treasury

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

The challenge number 1, which can make their job different and push them up within the finance organization. If you start from the belief that you are seeking the best or most suitable solution possible rather than perfection itself, you are more likely to be able to avoid that so common exasperation. The 8 predictions.

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Treasury Technology Start-ups Finance 52

FE International

APRIL 13, 2022

Acquirers have benefitted from historically low-interest rates and many sellers have opted to exit while the market is strong with growing multiples. Furthermore, the market’s growth will accelerate at a CAGR of 11.35%. By 2026, the market size is projected to reach $307 billion, according to a Valuates Report.

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Private Equity Firm Equity B2C Start-ups 52

Lighter Capital

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

Before we get up-close and personal with Gross Margin, how it’s calculated, and why you should care about it, we need to come clean about SaaS's dirty little accounting secret: it's not uncommon for SaaS companies to miscalculate Gross Margin (also known as Gross Profit Margin or GPM) and their Cost of Goods Sold (COGS).

B2B 52

B2B Start-ups Accounting Firms Technology 52

Cooley M&A

JULY 19, 2019

Following the Marriott disclosure, the ICO released its own statement about the fine, noting that Marriott and British Airways had been provided “a confidential notice of intent and they had market obligations to disclose it. So we followed up with a statement. They decided. Usually this is a confidential exchange.”.

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Compliance B2B Start-ups Marketability 52

FE International

MARCH 14, 2018

As the technical evolution of the industry continues to take it in a more accessible direction , and consumer demand for useful and disruptive software increases, the market is getting more lucrative for innovative, independent developers. A breakdown of the market shares enjoyed by leading e-commerce platforms. Universal Apps.

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Marketability Start-ups EBITDA Business Valuation 52

Class VI Partner

MAY 25, 2022

Additionally, deal quantity was up 61%. With deal volume and valuations accelerating at such a breakneck pace in 2021, the market was positioned for a natural slowdown. With that said, our conversations with private equity groups indicate that the pendulum is still far from swinging from a seller’s to buyer’s market.

Equity 52

Equity Start-ups Private Equity Firm Marketability 52