Most early-stage investors expect startups to grow revenue roughly 2–3x year-over-year from seed to Series A, with the best SaaS companies following the “triple-triple-double-double-double” (T2D3) path. That is the short answer, and The Growth Rates Investors Expect: A Deep Dive exists because the short answer is also the most dangerous one — the “right” rate
You’re at $1.5M ARR. Growth is steady, margins are almost where you want them, and last week a firm you’ve never heard of sent a cold email that didn’t sound like a VC. How Private Equity Firms Are Approaching Investments in Startups is shifting: PE firms are moving earlier into the startup lifecycle, targeting post-PMF