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Build a cap table for distribution, not just for valuation
◆ 75RelevanceOn a story from Crunchbase News3d ago
High valuations are meaningless if you cannot scale revenue across borders. You should treat your cap table as a distribution strategy, prioritizing sovereign or strategic investors who provide local market entry over pure VC capital to ensure durable growth.
Takeaways
- Prioritize durable revenue and healthy margins over high paper valuations.
- Embed AI into customer workflows to maintain defensibility as model costs drop.
- Use sovereign-backed investors to bridge the gap into complex international markets.
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Paper Unicorns Are Cheap. Building A $1B Revenue AI Company Takes A Multimarket Cap Table
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