2018 is shaping up to be one of the biggest years ever for venture capital, with over US$84 billion already invested with a full quarter yet to go. News reports of US$100 million venture rounds are seemingly commonplace.
Yet, data indicates that a large percentage of early-stage startups raising money this year will ultimately fail. And most of the remaining ones will pivot in order to survive and hopefully thrive.
This begs the question: What exactly are investors and lenders looking at when determining which companies are “financeable?”
https://www.techinasia.com/talk/3-metrics-evaluating-early-stage-saas-startups