Venture Capital case studies, worked step by step

Cases
100
Traced to a firm
33
Topics
13
Hard
30
Topic
All topicsTerm sheets and waterfalls9Company pitch10Portfolio management and follow-ons8Unit economics9Down rounds, distress and runway7Fund economics and LP maths6Market sizing and theses8SaaS metrics and diagnostics9Cap tables and round modelling8Growth equity returns8Diligence and red flags5Exits and secondaries6Early-stage valuation7
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  1. 040Tell me about a software trend you follow: AI assistants for accounting practices. Turn it into a thesis for Ganakvik AI, which sells to India's CA firms. Size the reachable market and say what must be true.Market sizing and thesesCoreInsight PartnersNew York · 2022
  2. 044As CFO of Yantravik Industrial SaaS, quarterly revenue has just fallen 30% from Rs 30 crore. Which levers do you pull, in what order, to take runway from 9 months to 18?Down rounds, distress and runwayCoreSilver LakeSan Francisco · 2022
  3. 045Price a Series A for Neelkosh Fintech with the VC method: a Rs 2,400 crore exit in seven years, a 12x target, 45% dilution from later rounds, and a Rs 25 crore cheque. What ownership do you need today, and what pre-money does that imply?Early-stage valuationCoreSeries A to C VCFintech VC
  4. 047Metervik APIs bills on usage, and six months of revenue swung between Rs 1.9 and Rs 3.0 crore a month. The founder quotes ARR of Rs 36 crore, and the top customer is 30% of revenue. What run-rate would you underwrite, and how do you treat the top customer?SaaS metrics and diagnosticsCoreSaaS-focused VCSeries A to C VC
  5. 050Which metrics would you look at when valuing a retailer? Kesarvi Retail runs 60 apparel stores and wants to open 25 more next year. What do the metrics say about the plan?Unit economicsCoreSilver LakeSan Francisco · 2022
  6. 053Interviewer-led case: Kodvik Dev Tools' ARR growth fell from 60% to 25% in a year. Ask for the data you need, find the driver, and say what you would ask next.Diligence and red flagsCoreInsight PartnersNew York · 2021
  7. 055Hastavik Crafts asks its insiders for a Rs 15 crore bridge and your share is Rs 5 crore. Compare the expected value of funding with not funding.Portfolio management and follow-onsCoreSeed and early-stage VCVC platform and portfolio operations
  8. 056Mandavik Foods raises a down round at Rs 120 a share against a Series A price of Rs 200. Work out the Series A anti-dilution adjustment on a broad base and a narrow base, and say who bears the extra shares.Term sheets and waterfallsCoreSeries A to C VCIndia VC
  9. 057Is Bhandarvik Retail Software selling into the right market? Compare its three store segments on reachable revenue and payback, and say which one it should own first.Market sizing and thesesCoreInsight PartnersNew York · 2022
  10. 059Chalvik Fleet Leasing buys electric scooters and rents them to delivery riders. Work out the payback and the four-year return per scooter, and the utilisation at which the scooter fails to earn back its cost.Unit economicsCoreIndia VCVenture debt

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