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The model an investor actually reads

Seven plain-English walk-throughs of the financial model you bring to a raise — written from the same logic that drives the ModelKit engine. Every example uses real, computed numbers, not round-number hand-waving. No email wall.

How a 3-statement model ties out

Why assets must equal liabilities plus equity in every period — and the exact roll-forward that makes the balance-check read 0.00.

The SaaS metrics investors check

NRR, GRR, CAC payback, burn multiple, magic number, Rule of 40 — the definitions VCs use, and where each one comes from in the model.

Building revenue by driver & the ARR bridge

How a handful of drivers — logos, ARPA, churn, expansion — produce the customer roll-forward and the ARR bridge partners ask for by name.

CAC payback and LTV:CAC, done honestly

The two GTM-efficiency numbers, computed from the same S&M line as your P&L so they can't contradict it — with the caveats that matter.

Burn multiple & Rule of 40

Two efficiency screens investors run in seconds. What they mean, how they're computed, and why early-stage numbers look wild.

Model mistakes that get caught in diligence

The recurring errors that make a partner stop reading — hard-coded plugs, metrics that fight the statements, a hockey-stick with no driver.

WACC, the discount rate & the early-stage DCF

What a discount rate does to a number, why WACC runs high for a startup, and why an early-stage DCF lands far below the comps band — on purpose, not by mistake.

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