In its Startup plan, German startup zenloop sells NPS app subscriptions to startups for ā¬299 per month.
They just raised ā¬5.3M ($6M) from Nauta Capital and others.
Valuation
Assume that zenloop sold a 20% equity stake to the investors.
Then zenloop is valued at ā¬5.3M / 20% = ā¬26M post-money.
Exit
Assume that this was a Series A.
And that the investors want to make 5x on their investment.
And that there will be 1 follow-up round of 20%.
Then zenloop must have a ā¬26M * (5 / (1ā20%)) = ā¬165M exit value for its ā¬26M valuation.
Revenue
Assume that zenloop trades at 4x trailing 12 months revenue at exit.
And that there will be no cash and debt.
Then zenloop must have an average ā¬165M / 4 / 12 = ā¬3.4M in monthly revenue for its ā¬26M valuation.
Subscriptions
Zenloop charges startups ā¬299 per subscription per month.
Then zenloop must invoice ā¬3.4M / ā¬299 = 11,000 subscriptions per month for its ā¬26M valuation.
For context: Germany had 357,000 small companies in 2018.
Originally published at venturevalue.com on March 1, 2019.