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Investor update

Meaning in entrepreneurship & startups, with examples

nounCommon term

In entrepreneurship & startups, investor update means: A regular report, usually a monthly or quarterly email, in which founders share key numbers, progress, problems and requests with their investors.

In Turkish: yatırımcı bilgilendirmesi, yatırımcı bülteni

How it is used

A good investor update includes highlights, KPIs, cash and runway, lowlights and specific asks, such as introductions to customers or candidates. Founders also send updates to potential investors to build trust before the next round.

Example sentences

  1. In this month's investor update, we shared that MRR grew 9 percent and runway is 14 months.

  2. Two of our angels made customer introductions after reading the investor update.

Common collocations

  • monthly investor update
  • send an investor update
  • highlights and lowlights
  • investor update email
  • investorA person or organisation that puts money into a company in exchange for a share of it or a future return, hoping the company will grow in value.
  • KPIKey performance indicator: a number a company tracks regularly to see whether it is reaching its most important goals, such as revenue, active users or churn.
  • runwayThe number of months a startup can keep operating before its cash runs out, usually calculated as cash in the bank divided by monthly net burn.
  • board of directorsA group of people elected to oversee a company's management and make major decisions, such as approving budgets, fundraising, key hires and the sale of the company.
  • askIn a pitch, the specific thing you request from investors, usually how much money you want to raise and on what terms, often shown on the final slide.

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