New indep. sponsor - struggling to find (good) revenue data ($2-7M EBITDA)

by a searcher from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)

1 year ago

We are a new independent sponsor group (1-2x deals under LOI but with a need to expand the pipeline). 

Can you suggest any good, reliable sources to find private company revenues? 

We have historically used LinkedIn Sales Navigator and approximated revenues by employee counts but finding this to be quite inaccurate.

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investor from INSEAD

They don't exist. Have to understand the industry and identify specific proxies for revenue and go from there

1 year ago | like reply | 0 likes

intermediary from University of Washington

PPP data can be an effective proxy for certain industries: https://www.federalpay.org/paycheck-protection-program#ppp-search

1 year ago | like reply | 1 like

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