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Arcane

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🚨 Critical Startup Metrics VCs look for ➨ When securing venture capital, 4 key metrics are essential at EVERY stage of a startup's growth: • Revenue • Net Burn Rate • Full-time Employee Headcount • Gross Margin ➨ Cash is king in early stages but starts to become less critical in later stages ➨ Also, as startups grow, VCs start looking more at OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES instead of just survival metrics like cash runway Refer the image below. This will give you a good understanding of which metrics matter at each stage and align with what investors really want.

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