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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AnyWarm upCoreHard
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AnyReported at a firmStandard
Showing 71–80 of 100
  1. 071Mapvik Geospatial is selling for a Rs 900 crore headline, but only Rs 630 crore arrives at closing. What do the founders realistically receive, and how should they value the earn-out?Exits and secondariesHardSeries A to C VCSaaS-focused VC
  2. 072Sudharvik Home Services earns 22% of every job and wants to cut it to 18% to stop partners leaving. Compute the contribution per job at both take rates and say what the cut really costs.Unit economicsWarm upConsumer internet VCIndia VC
  3. 073Utsavik Consumer makes a 9:1 bonus issue before its IPO. Show what happens to the share count, an employee's options, the strike and the price, and whether the employee's stake changes in value.Cap tables and round modellingCoreIndia VCGrowth equity
  4. 074Pitch Rinvik Credit, an MSME lender raising Rs 150 crore at 2.5 times post-money book. Show its ROA and ROE, and what a three-point rise in credit cost does to the pitch.Company pitchHardGeneral Atlanticnew york · 2021
  5. 075From four quarters of Tessavik Cloud's numbers, compute the latest magic number, CAC payback and burn multiple, and say which is weakest.SaaS metrics and diagnosticsCoreSaaS-focused VCSeries A to C VC
  6. 076Pitch Ruvaan Farmlink, a seed-stage farm-input marketplace raising Rs 12 crore at Rs 60 crore post-money. Why do you like the company and its industry, and what exit does a 10x on this cheque need if later rounds dilute the fund by 40%?Company pitchCoreInsight PartnersNew York · 2023
  7. 077Dhaarvik Infratech is offered its Rs 4,000 crore pre-money headline only with a 1.5x liquidation preference and an IPO ratchet that guarantees the fund a 20% IRR. What do the fund and the founders get if the year-four IPO values the company at Rs 3,500, Rs 5,000 or Rs 10,000 crore?Growth equity returnsHardGrowth equityIndia VC
  8. 078Sanchavik Energy Systems needs Rs 40 crore and the lead insists on pay-to-play. Fund P will take its pro rata and Fund Q will not. Show the cap table and the payout at a Rs 200 crore exit, before and after the recap.Down rounds, distress and runwayHardDeep tech VCSeries A to C VC
  9. 079Tijorik Wealth raises Rs 120 crore at Rs 600 crore pre-money, of which Rs 30 crore buys founders' shares as a secondary at a 20% discount. Work out the shares issued and sold, the post-money ownership, the founders' cash and the investor's blended price.Cap tables and round modellingHardFintech VCGrowth equity
  10. 080An acquirer wants Lekhvik Legal Tech, which has Rs 60 crore of revenue at EBITDA break-even. With Rs 25 crore of cost synergies and Rs 15 crore of revenue synergies at a 40% margin, phased in over two years at a 15% discount rate, what is the most it should pay, and where would you anchor as the seller's adviser?Exits and secondariesCoreSeries A to C VCSaaS-focused VC

Company names and figures are illustrative.