Dan Knight is a Senior Associate at Manifold Group. In this episode, we dive deep into early-stage venture due diligence.
Show Notes
Dan Knight is a Senior Associate at
Manifold Group, a venture holding company based in Chicago. Dan has a background in software engineering and growth investing, and his experiences have provided him with a lot of information that he utilizes on a daily basis. This episode will be highly beneficial to anyone trying to enter into the field of venture capital or who will be pitching VCs in the future.
In this episode, we covered:
- The Deal Memos
- Quantifying ROI for SaaS Users
- How to Analyze Top-Line Metrics
- ARR Growth Rates
- Types of Retention
And much more.... Please Enjoy!
Manifold Group is a venture holding company based in Chicago with offices in Dallas, Los Angeles, and soon Atlantic Canada. Early stage private investments represent an extraordinary investment opportunity, but existing investment models in the space leave much to be desired.Manifold is a new model for growth in the new economy, designed to create and capture value at the early stage through synergies across its venture fund, incubation and acceleration studio, and advisory firm. Learn more about Manifold at https://www.manifold.group.
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