| 8× | “eight times” | Randle: Adobe trades at eight times LTM free cash flow | Everett Randle | Jun 18, 2026 | Supported |
| 8× | “eight X” | O'Driscoll: Hypergrowth software startups decelerate gradually, never stopping suddenly | Rory O'Driscoll | Jul 16, 2026 | — |
| 8× | “eight times” | Biggart: US corporate catering market is eight times larger than UK | Willie Biggart | Nov 6, 2015 | Supported |
| 8× | “eight times” | Reinhart: The Women's Apparel Resale Market Is 8x Larger Than Kids' | James Reinhart | Apr 27, 2018 | Partly supported |
| 8× | “eight times” | Romanow: Clearbanc Funded Eight Times More Female Founders Than VC Average | Michele Romanow | May 10, 2019 | — |
| 8× | “eight X” | Glyman: Credit card issuers are misaligned with business customer profitability | Eric Glyman | Jun 2, 2021 | — |
| 8× | “eight X” | Glyman: Effective leadership habits become liabilities as startups double every three months | Eric Glyman | Jun 2, 2021 | — |
| 7× | “seven X” | Lemkin: Anthropic revenue surged to 64% of OpenAI's in 14 months | Jason Lemkin | Feb 19, 2026 | Supported |
| 7× | “seven times” | O'Driscoll: ElevenLabs needs $5B in revenue for a 3x return | Rory O'Driscoll | Jan 15, 2026 | — |
| 7× | “seven times” | Chang: UK energy consumption dropped 25% while China's grew 7x | Alan Chang | Jan 5, 2026 | Partly supported |
| 7× | “seven X” | a16z's best fund ever saw Databricks return 7x and Coinbase 5x | David George | Dec 15, 2025 | — |
| 7× | “seven X” | Stebbings: LP Position in 150-Deal Seed Fund Returned 7x | Harry Stebbings | Nov 13, 2025 | — |
| 7× | “seven times” | O'Driscoll: Mature 30%-growth SaaS companies are valued at 6-7x NTM revenue | Rory O'Driscoll | Nov 6, 2025 | Partly supported |
| 7× | “seven X” | O'Driscoll: High variance makes venture capital forgiving of overpaying | Rory O'Driscoll | Oct 9, 2025 | — |
| 7× | “seven times” | O'Driscoll: Pre-2019 public 30%-growth SaaS companies traded at 6x-7x revenue | Rory O'Driscoll | Oct 2, 2025 | Supported |
| 7× | “seven X” | O'Driscoll: Sequoia achieved a 7x total return on Klarna | Rory O'Driscoll | Sep 25, 2025 | Open |
| 7× | “seven X” | Harry Stebbings: 20VC's $2M-$3M high-valuation 'Yolo' fund pool is up 7x | Harry Stebbings | Aug 14, 2025 | — |
| 7× | “seven X” | G Squared made 8-10x on Spotify and 6-7x on Bolt | Larry Aschebrook | Jun 16, 2025 | — |
| 7× | “7 X” | Green: Lead Edge would take 0.7x returns to exit slow-growth SaaS | Mitchell Green | Mar 26, 2025 | — |
| 7× | “seven times” | Morin: Being 7x better on cost won't get customers off Nvidia | Steeve Morin | Feb 24, 2025 | — |
| 7× | “seven times” | Hyatt: Spark Capital won Wordware deal despite higher competing term sheets | Nabeel Hyatt | Feb 3, 2025 | — |
| 7× | “seven times” | Kanji: Seed rounds of $5M+ now account for 20% of seed market | Hussein Kanji | Jan 20, 2025 | Supported |
| 7× | “seven times” | Malik: Users need three to seven product exposures before trying it | Raman Malik | Nov 15, 2024 | — |
| 7× | “seven times” | Khan: Public SaaS companies ultimately trade at 7x revenue multiples | Imran Khan | Aug 26, 2024 | Supported |
| 7× | “seven times” | Vasavada: Vise's Entire Executive Team Turned Over Within 12 Months | Samir Vasavada | Jun 28, 2024 | Supported |
| 7× | “seven X” | Akkina: Peak valuation of failed oil investment exceeded $1 billion at 5-7x | Ryan Akkina | Jan 29, 2024 | — |
| 7× | “seven times” | Fisher: I have achieved surprisingly high exits on sub-$2M revenue startups | Adam Fisher | Jan 22, 2024 | — |
| 7× | “seven times” | Lacaillade: Lower middle market buyouts offer a repeatable 3x-5x return model | Peter Lacaillade | Dec 18, 2023 | — |
| 7× | “seven times” | Matteo Franceschetti's rule of seven touch points for converting buyers | Matteo Franceschetti | Nov 20, 2023 | — |
| 7× | “seven X” | Lanng: Startup revenue multiples dropped from 40-60x down to 7x | Christian Lanng | Sep 27, 2023 | Supported |
| 7× | “seven X” | Adamic: SAP Concur Operated With Under 1x Pipeline Coverage | Doug Adamic | Sep 8, 2023 | — |
| 7× | “seven X” | Basu Trivedi: Exercising pro-rata in rapid markup rounds was my biggest mistake | Nikhil Basu Trivedi | Sep 6, 2023 | — |
| 7× | “seven X” | Zullo: Secondary offers will reduce peer fund returns from 7x to 1x | Rick Zullo | Aug 23, 2023 | — |
| 7× | “7 x” | Stebbings: Active reserve management separates 0.7x funds from 2x funds | Harry Stebbings | Feb 27, 2023 | — |
| 7× | “seven times” | Loverro: Valuation corrections take 1.5 to 2 years to reach seed investors | Tom Loverro | Feb 13, 2023 | — |
| 7× | “seven times” | Green: Lead Edge Was Wrong Refusing 10X Revenue Software Multiples | Mitchell Green | Mar 7, 2026 | — |
| 7× | “seven X” | Stebbings: Investing in every met founder would yield 17x greater success | Harry Stebbings | May 9, 2026 | — |
| 7× | “seven times” | Ljungman: European VC is 6-7x smaller than US, 12x at later stages | Mattias Ljungman | Aug 31, 2015 | Supported |
| 7× | “seven times” | De Masi: Activision paid seven times EBITDA to acquire King for $5.9B | Niccolo De Masi | Feb 19, 2016 | Supported |
| 7× | “seven times” | Nicole Quinn: Estee Lauder and L'Oreal acquire startups at 7x forward revenue | Nicole Quinn | Oct 25, 2017 | Partly supported |
| 7× | “seven X” | Eurie Kim: Consumer E-Commerce Acquisitions Fetch 4x to 7x Revenue Multiples | Eurie Kim | Jan 22, 2018 | Supported |
| 7× | “seven times” | Ribbit Capital re-underwrote its Robinhood investment seven times from Series A | Nick Shalek | Jul 26, 2021 | — |
| 7× | “seven times” | Grinda: Fed Avoided Recession in Only 3 of 7 Past Rate Hiking Cycles | Fabrice Grinda | May 9, 2022 | Partly supported |
| 6× | “six times” | O'Driscoll: 20% growth tech companies historically trade at 6x revenue | Rory O'Driscoll | Jan 15, 2026 | Supported |
| 6× | “six times” | Top high-growth tech companies will trade above 6x public revenue multiples | David George | Dec 15, 2025 | — |
| 6× | “six times” | O'Driscoll: Legacy SaaS giants have lost high-valuation growth premium | Rory O'Driscoll | Nov 6, 2025 | — |
| 6× | “six X” | O'Driscoll: Y Combinator has a 2x return advantage over seed funds | Rory O'Driscoll | May 29, 2025 | — |
| 6× | “six times” | O'Driscoll: Companies growing at 20% trade at 5x to 6x revenue multiples | Rory O'Driscoll | Apr 24, 2025 | Supported |
| 6× | “six X” | Frankel: Public SaaS multiples dropped from 20x in 2021 to 5-6x | David Frankel | Oct 14, 2024 | Supported |
| 6× | “six X” | Carter: Ladder Grew Subscribers 6x in 2023, Surpassing 100,000 Total Subscribers | Phil Carter | Sep 20, 2024 | Supported |
| 6× | “six X” | Lemkin: Public SaaS revenue valuation multiples currently average around 6x | Jason Lemkin | Jun 3, 2024 | Supported |
| 6× | “six X” | Ehrenberg: IA Ventures Turned $5.2M in The Trade Desk into $300M DPI | Roger Ehrenberg | Feb 19, 2024 | — |
| 6× | “six times” | Lemkin: Founders should accept preemptive inside rounds most of the time | Jason Lemkin | Jan 4, 2024 | — |
| 6× | “six X” | Lemkin: Public SaaS companies trade at an average multiple of 6x ARR | Jason Lemkin | Aug 9, 2023 | Supported |
| 6× | “six times” | Kurgan: King sold to Activision at a 5-6x EBITDA multiple | Stephane Kurgan | Jul 28, 2023 | Supported |
| 6× | “six times” | Carney: Banking system has six times the loss absorbency of 2008 | Mark Carney | May 1, 2023 | Supported |
| 6× | “six times” | O'Driscoll: Levered PE-backed SaaS firms will face severe headcount cuts | Rory O'Driscoll | Feb 26, 2026 | — |
| 6× | “six times” | O'Driscoll: Software valuations averaged 6x revenue historically versus 20x during COVID | Rory O'Driscoll | Mar 5, 2026 | Supported |
| 6× | “six times” | Clements: Accel lost ServiceTitan over rigid valuation caps before $9B valuation | Miles Clements | Mar 9, 2026 | — |
| 6× | “six X” | O'Driscoll: Hypergrowth software startups decelerate gradually, never stopping suddenly | Rory O'Driscoll | Jul 16, 2026 | — |
| 6× | “six X” | O'Driscoll: Top decile seed valuations surged 6x from new AI categories | Rory O'Driscoll | Jul 16, 2026 | Supported |
| 6× | “six X” | Rachleff: Board work can double outcomes but doesn't drive VC fund economics | Andy Rachleff | Jun 20, 2016 | — |
| 6× | “six X” | Console game companies trade at 12-14x EBITDA; mobile trades at 5-6x | Kevin Chou | Mar 17, 2017 | Supported |
| 6× | “six times” | Calacanis: Roughly 20% of founders say they start companies just for money | Jason Calacanis | Aug 14, 2017 | — |
| 6× | “six times” | Hartz: SPACs target merger partners four to six times their capital size | Kevin Hartz | Aug 31, 2020 | — |
| 6× | “six X” | Weinberg: Venture fund returns are dropping to 1.5x to 2x | Zach Weinberg | Nov 6, 2020 | Supported |
| 6× | “six times” | Stitch Fix Turns Inventory Six Times Yearly Versus Retail Average of Four | Katrina Lake | Dec 3, 2020 | Supported |
| 6× | “six X” | Curative's Anthropic API Spend Grew 6x Monthly Into Millions | Fred Turner | Jul 18, 2026 | — |
| 6× | “six X” | Stebbings: Many PE-owned software assets are levered at 4x to 6x | Harry Stebbings | Aug 22, 2026 | — |
| 5.7× | “5.7 times” | O'Driscoll: Private equity will not rescue subscale SaaS companies | Rory O'Driscoll | Jul 3, 2025 | Held up |
| 5.1× | “5.1 X” | Jason Lemkin: Public software multiples jump sharply above 20% and 30% growth | Jason Lemkin | Nov 27, 2025 | Supported |
| 5× | “five times” | Lemkin: Monday.com trades at 5x revenue despite growing over 30% annually | Jason Lemkin | Feb 5, 2026 | Partly supported |
| 5× | “five X” | Stebbings: Series A is the worst venture stage to invest in right now | Harry Stebbings | Jan 12, 2026 | — |
| 5× | “five X” | O'Driscoll: Anthropic's per-share growth is under 5x despite 15x valuation jump | Rory O'Driscoll | Jan 8, 2026 | Supported |
| 5× | “five X” | a16z's best fund ever saw Databricks return 7x and Coinbase 5x | David George | Dec 15, 2025 | — |
| 5× | “five X” | Jason Lemkin: Low-growth software companies are worth only 3x to 5x ARR | Jason Lemkin | Nov 27, 2025 | — |
| 5× | “five X” | O'Driscoll: VC Funds Must Choose Between Max Multiple or High Ownership | Rory O'Driscoll | Nov 13, 2025 | — |
| 5× | “five X” | Randle: Mega-fund leaders like Andreessen and Horowitz cannot promise 5x returns | Everett Randle | Nov 10, 2025 | — |
| 5× | “five X” | Randle: AI apps achieve 5x higher gross profit per customer than SaaS | Everett Randle | Nov 10, 2025 | — |
| 5× | “five X” | Randle: Benchmark targets over 5x net returns for LPs | Everett Randle | Nov 10, 2025 | — |
| 5× | “five X” | O'Driscoll: Carta data shows 18% of 2018 Series Bs returned over 5x | Rory O'Driscoll | Oct 30, 2025 | Open |
| 5× | “five X” | O'Driscoll: Hitting 2-Year Revenue Targets Boosts >5x VC Return Odds to ~75% | Rory O'Driscoll | Oct 16, 2025 | — |
| 5× | “five x” | Ross: Norway could match total US energy output via wind and hydro | Jonathan Ross | Sep 29, 2025 | Contradicted |
| 5× | “five times” | Ross: A customer recently requested 5x Groq's total chip capacity | Jonathan Ross | Sep 29, 2025 | — |
| 5× | “five X” | General Catalyst will cap venture fund sizes to preserve elite performance | Hemant Taneja | Sep 22, 2025 | Open |
| 5× | “five X” | Staniszewski: Founders Should Value Investor Partnership Over a 20% Valuation Bump | Mati Staniszewski | Sep 8, 2025 | — |
| 5× | “five X” | Stebbings: Series A is currently the worst venture stage to invest in | Harry Stebbings | Aug 11, 2025 | — |
| 5× | “five X” | O'Driscoll: OpenAI will not surpass an $800B valuation by late 2026 | Rory O'Driscoll | Jul 31, 2025 | Open |
| 5× | “five times” | O'Driscoll: Team-licensing acqui-hires will make future M&A more complex | Rory O'Driscoll | Jul 17, 2025 | — |
| 5× | “five X” | O'Driscoll: Hitting 2-year plans raises 5x return probability from 30% to 70% | Rory O'Driscoll | Jul 3, 2025 | — |
| 5× | “five times” | Reck: GetYourGuide Is Profitable and 5x Pre-Pandemic Size | Johannes Reck | Jun 23, 2025 | Supported |
| 5× | “five X” | Growth VCs miss 2.5x net targets if entry valuation is off | Larry Aschebrook | Jun 16, 2025 | — |
| 5× | “five X” | Secondary shares and aggressive cost cuts can yield 5x in 3 years | Larry Aschebrook | Jun 16, 2025 | — |
| 5× | “five X” | O'Driscoll: Only 20% of Series A/B deals justify late-stage follow-ons | Rory O'Driscoll | Jun 12, 2025 | — |
| 5× | “five X” | O'Driscoll: Series A/B success probability jumps to 60-70% if targets met | Rory O'Driscoll | Jun 12, 2025 | — |
| 5× | “five X” | O'Driscoll: ScaleVP targets four 10x winners per 20 deals | Rory O'Driscoll | May 29, 2025 | — |
| 5× | “five times” | Airwallex revenue grew from $2M in 2018 to $20M in 2020 | Jack Zhang | May 26, 2025 | — |
| 5× | “five times” | Lemkin: ChatGPT reached 800M users in 17 months | Jason Lemkin | Jun 5, 2025 | Contradicted |
| 5× | “five times” | Lemkin: Marc Benioff has hired three co-CEOs attempting to exit Salesforce | Jason Lemkin | Jun 5, 2025 | Partly supported |
| 5× | “five times” | Green: Lead Edge bought ByteDance at 5x earnings | Mitchell Green | Mar 26, 2025 | — |
| 5× | “five times” | Green: Lead Edge recoups 90% of WorkHuman investment through dividends | Mitchell Green | Mar 26, 2025 | — |
| 5× | “five X” | O'Driscoll: Founders Fund scored 5x on Stemcentrx before program was canceled | Rory O'Driscoll | Apr 17, 2025 | Supported |
| 5× | “five times” | Singlehurst: Baillie Gifford models a 5x base upside for every investment | Peter Singlehurst | Mar 19, 2025 | — |
| 5× | “five times” | Singlehurst: Expecting an 80% probability of a 5x return is delusion | Peter Singlehurst | Mar 19, 2025 | — |
| 5× | “five times” | Singlehurst: Random stock selection yields a 5% probability of 5x returns | Peter Singlehurst | Mar 19, 2025 | Supported |
| 5× | “five times” | Singlehurst: Baillie Gifford expects 5x ByteDance return despite US TikTok ban | Peter Singlehurst | Mar 19, 2025 | — |
| 5× | “five X” | Singlehurst: Baillie Gifford requires 5x upside to double down on follow-ons | Peter Singlehurst | Mar 19, 2025 | — |
| 5× | “five X” | Saper: Private equity typically pays 3x to 5x ARR for acquisitions | Jake Saper | Mar 10, 2025 | Supported |
| 5× | “five times” | Morin: Nvidia H100 costs 5x A100 price for 2x inference speed | Steeve Morin | Feb 24, 2025 | Partly supported |
| 5× | “five x” | Ross: Groq LPUs Cost 5x Less Than Latest GPUs for Inference | Jonathan Ross | Feb 17, 2025 | — |
| 5× | “five X” | Khachab: Eliminating food waste has 5x the CO2 impact of eliminating cars | Daniel Khachab | Oct 28, 2024 | Contradicted |
| 5× | “five X” | Shah: Index Growth Fund returns followed power law over mid-tier multiples | Shardul Shah | Sep 16, 2024 | — |
| 5× | “five X” | Shah: Index Ventures targets 5x upside on late-stage growth investments | Shardul Shah | Sep 16, 2024 | Not publicly verifiable |
| 5× | “five X” | Stebbings: Multi-stage entry prices will cut seed fund returns in half | Harry Stebbings | Sep 6, 2024 | Open |
| 5× | “five X” | CapitalG Targets 3-5x Returns in Growth Deals and 10x Early Stage | Laela Sturdy | Aug 16, 2024 | — |
| 5× | “five X” | Rabois: I don't build underwriting spreadsheets or target 3x-5x multiples | Keith Rabois | May 3, 2024 | — |
| 5× | “five X” | Mark Suster: Upfront's 2012 fund will return over 5x cash-on-cash | Mark Suster | May 1, 2024 | — |
| 5× | “five times” | Ryan: AlleyCorp invests $1M–$1.5M in incubations; 80% raise follow-on rounds | Kevin Ryan | Apr 10, 2024 | — |
| 5× | “five times” | Andreessen Horowitz passed on Postmates four or five times | Bastian Lehmann | Apr 8, 2024 | Supported |
| 5× | “five X” | PitchBook data: Only 2.6% of VC funds reach 5x DPI | David Clark | Mar 25, 2024 | Supported |
| 5× | “five times” | Ishbia: Microcap PE returns cap at 5x, meaning you cannot afford zeroes | Justin Ishbia | Feb 26, 2024 | — |
| 5× | “five X” | Brenner: Trade Republic's 2023 revenue hit 5x Creandum's Series A plan | Johan Brenner | Feb 16, 2024 | Not publicly verifiable |
| 5× | “five times” | Plantenga: Vinted required five or six attempts before succeeding in the UK | Thomas Plantenga | Feb 12, 2024 | — |
| 5× | “five X” | Allebest: COVID and The Queen's Gambit 5xed Chess.com overnight | Erik Allebest | Feb 7, 2024 | Supported |
| 5× | “five X” | Fisher: High cost basis forces VCs into risk-averse board mindsets | Adam Fisher | Jan 22, 2024 | — |
| 5× | “five X” | Lacaillade: Seed fund baskets deliver 5x net vs 2.5-3.5x for franchise funds | Peter Lacaillade | Dec 18, 2023 | — |
| 5× | “five X” | Lacaillade: Multiple billion-dollar-plus venture funds have achieved 5x-plus returns | Peter Lacaillade | Dec 18, 2023 | Supported |
| 5× | “five times” | Lacaillade: Lower middle market buyouts offer a repeatable 3x-5x return model | Peter Lacaillade | Dec 18, 2023 | — |
| 5× | “five times” | Corcos: VCs Have Far Greater Market Exposure Than Founders | Sam Corcos | Dec 11, 2023 | — |
| 5× | “five X” | Gorgias' automated outbound campaign achieved a 10-12% response rate | Guillaume Cabane | Nov 29, 2023 | — |
| 5× | “five X” | Quinn: Startups growing 2x to 5x year-over-year will continue getting funded | Nicole Quinn | Nov 17, 2023 | — |
| 5× | “five X” | Hoffman: Founder CEOs are paid 5x less than external CEO hires | Auren Hoffman | Nov 3, 2023 | Contradicted |
| 5× | “5 X” | Hoffman: Board Oversight Matters Little Compared to Securing 10x VC Winners | Auren Hoffman | Nov 3, 2023 | — |
| 5× | “five X” | Clarkson: Sapphire underwrites Series A funds to 3x and Seed to 5x | Beezer Clarkson | Oct 18, 2023 | — |
| 5× | “five x” | Velez: Latin America's GDP per capita is three to five times India's | David Vélez | Sep 11, 2023 | Partly supported |
| 5× | “five X” | Adamic: SAP Concur Operated With Under 1x Pipeline Coverage | Doug Adamic | Sep 8, 2023 | — |
| 5× | “five times” | Adamic: B2B Buyer Conversion Now Requires 16 to 20 Touchpoints | Doug Adamic | Sep 8, 2023 | — |
| 5× | “five X” | Basu Trivedi: 5x net returns on $1B+ funds are historically rare | Nikhil Basu Trivedi | Sep 6, 2023 | Supported |
| 5× | “five X” | Batchu: VC strategy changes fundamentally with every 5x increase in check size | Sri Batchu | Jul 26, 2023 | — |
| 5× | “five X” | Tunguz: Software forward revenue multiples dropped from 40x during QE to ~6x | Tomasz Tunguz | Apr 21, 2023 | Supported |
| 5× | “five X” | Somerville: Sell Secondary Stakes in 1.5-2x Assets, Hold 3-5x Growth Assets | Hunter Somerville | Mar 4, 2023 | — |
| 5× | “five times” | Rajaram: PayPal raised prices five times in three years early on | Gokul Rajaram | Mar 16, 2026 | Partly supported |
| 5× | “five times” | Clements: Accel's initial Cursor investment was priced at 4-5x year-end ARR | Miles Clements | Mar 9, 2026 | — |
| 5× | “five X” | Gerstner: VCs must distribute shares unless projecting 3x-5x returns over 3-5 years | Brad Gerstner | Oct 10, 2022 | — |
| 5× | “five X” | Redpoint's growth framework targets 3x-5x returns with 10x upside | Logan Bartlett | Aug 30, 2022 | — |
| 5× | “five X” | One 500 Fintech Portfolio Company Returned the Entire Fund Five Times Over | Sheel Mohnot | Aug 15, 2022 | Not publicly verifiable |
| 5× | “five X” | Mohnot: 3x–5x exits do not move the needle against 100x fund winners | Sheel Mohnot | Aug 15, 2022 | — |
| 5× | “five X” | Harlem Capital aims for consistent 3x-5x net returns over single outlier wins | Henri Pierre-Jacques | Jun 24, 2022 | — |
| 5× | “five X” | Institutional LPs prefer consistent 2x fund returns over volatile high peaks | Henri Pierre-Jacques | Jun 24, 2022 | — |
| 5× | “five times” | Hiring overseas regional heads is five times as critical as HQ hires | Zhenya Loginov | Jun 22, 2022 | — |
| 5× | “five X” | Fadell matches book proceeds 5x to fund climate startups | Tony Fadell | Jun 6, 2022 | Held up |
| 5× | “five times” | Degnan: Snowflake invoked windfall clauses five times to limit commissions | Chris Degnan | May 23, 2026 | — |
| 5× | “five times” | O'Driscoll: Software valuations will never reach 20x revenue multiples again | Rory O'Driscoll | May 14, 2026 | Didn’t hold up |
| 5× | “five X” | O'Driscoll: Atlassian will never be a 5x or 10x AI growth company | Rory O'Driscoll | May 7, 2026 | Open |
| 5× | “five times” | Startupbootcamp FinTech replaced main-stage Demo Day pitches with rotation mini-stages | Nektarios Liolios | Mar 5, 2015 | Not publicly verifiable |
| 5× | “five X” | Cohen: Techstars returns would be 5x lower if using uncapped notes | David Cohen | Jun 27, 2016 | — |
| 5× | “five X” | Baseline venture capital return expectations have dropped from 3-5x to 2x net | Alex Bangash | Jul 20, 2016 | — |
| 5× | “five times” | Skok: Underscore VC founders committed 5x traditional GP capital | Michael Skok | Sep 21, 2016 | Not publicly verifiable |
| 5× | “five times” | Structuring information into a narrative increases memory retention fivefold | Ed Cooke | Nov 18, 2016 | Partly supported |
| 5× | “five X” | NatureBox targets an LTV to CAC ratio above 4x for B2B | Gautam Gupta | Feb 10, 2017 | — |
| 5× | “five X” | Ehrenberg: Concentrated seed portfolios best deliver 3x to 5x net returns | Roger Ehrenberg | Mar 1, 2017 | — |
| 5× | “five X” | Console game companies trade at 12-14x EBITDA; mobile trades at 5-6x | Kevin Chou | Mar 17, 2017 | Supported |
| 5× | “five X” | Lemkin's first startup raised $9M on $2M pre-money with 5x liquidation preference | Jason Lemkin | Mar 20, 2017 | — |
| 5× | “five X” | LIDAR sensor prices will drop fivefold between 2017 and 2020 | Jeremy Conrad | Sep 20, 2017 | Partly held up |
| 5× | “five X” | Kaji: Emerging VCs underestimate math needed to return 3x to 5x capital | Samir Kaji | Oct 11, 2017 | — |
| 5× | “five X” | Eurie Kim: Consumer E-Commerce Acquisitions Fetch 4x to 7x Revenue Multiples | Eurie Kim | Jan 22, 2018 | Supported |
| 5× | “five X” | Eurie Kim: A $100M venture fund needs a 3x-5x return to be top-tier | Eurie Kim | Jan 22, 2018 | — |
| 5× | “five times” | Unicorn-stage venture investments require a 3x to 5x minimum upside | Dayna Grayson | Apr 8, 2019 | — |
| 5× | “five X” | Taggar: Zeus Living software gives property managers 3x to 5x leverage | Kulveer Taggar | May 31, 2019 | — |
| 5× | “five times” | Montreal's cost of living was 4-5x lower than San Francisco in 2016 | Josh Buckley | Nov 25, 2019 | Contradicted |
| 5× | “five X” | Viswanathan: NewView Capital requires potential for 10x returns on every growth deal | Ravi Viswanathan | Apr 6, 2020 | — |
| 5× | “five X” | Weinberg: Venture fund returns are dropping to 1.5x to 2x | Zach Weinberg | Nov 6, 2020 | Supported |
| 5× | “five X” | Fishner-Wolfson: Entry price only matters in VC if overpriced by 5x | Justin Fishner-Wolfson | Feb 4, 2021 | — |
| 5× | “five times” | Sandell: Software development productivity has increased fivefold due to open source | Scott Sandell | Mar 11, 2021 | — |
| 5× | “five X” | Morris: 4x return with founder respect beats 5x while despised | Nigel Morris | May 24, 2021 | — |
| 5× | “five X” | Morris: Growing a 4x return to 5x is easier than saving a 0x | Nigel Morris | May 24, 2021 | — |
| 5× | “five X” | Glyman: Credit card issuers are misaligned with business customer profitability | Eric Glyman | Jun 2, 2021 | — |
| 5× | “five X” | a16z Growth targets 3x to 5x returns with a 10% loss rate | David George | Jul 19, 2021 | Didn’t hold up |
| 5× | “five times” | Quarles: Board Members Lack Operational Context and Retain Very Little Data | Krista Quarles | Jul 29, 2021 | — |
| 5× | “five X” | Kaszek sets a 5x minimum return threshold for its Opportunity Fund | Nicolas Szekasy | Aug 16, 2021 | — |
| 5× | “five X” | Gandhi: Accel invested in CrowdStrike at a $150M post-money valuation | Sameer Gandhi | Sep 2, 2021 | Supported |
| 5× | “five X” | Hans Tung: Growth-stage financial models rarely predict returns beyond 5x | Hans Tung | Sep 20, 2021 | — |
| 5× | “five X” | Casey Winters scaled Pinterest signup conversion 5x via SEO | Harry Stebbings | Sep 22, 2021 | Supported |
| 5× | “five X” | Swartz: Tech revenue multiples in 2021 are 3x to 5x historical peaks | Jim Swartz | Nov 8, 2021 | Contradicted |
| 5× | “five times” | Levie: Success depends on team, market, and timing over serial experience | Aaron Levie | Feb 11, 2022 | — |
| 5× | “five times” | Levie: Venture market will see gradual correction, not a bubble burst | Aaron Levie | Feb 11, 2022 | Partly held up |
| 5× | “five X” | Left Lane Capital aims for 4x to 5x net MOIC across funds | Harley Miller | May 2, 2022 | — |
| 5× | “five X” | Lemkin: At scale, SaaS quotas should be 3x to 5x OTE | Jason Lemkin | May 6, 2022 | — |
| 5× | “five X” | Swartz: Revenue Multiples Are 3x to 5x Above Historical Peaks | Jim Swartz | Jun 29, 2022 | Contradicted |
| 5× | “five X” | Fishner-Wolfson: Valuation price only matters in VC when off by 5x | Justin Fishner-Wolfson | Feb 9, 2024 | — |
| 5× | “five X” | Mukherjee: I should have placed 5x more priority on early hiring | Ishan Mukherjee | Apr 4, 2025 | — |
| 5× | “five X” | Flanagan: HubSpot achieved 5x email conversion uplift using AI | Kieran Flanagan | Jul 11, 2025 | — |
| 5× | “five X” | Flanagan: HubSpot LLM traffic grew 5x but remains under 1% | Kieran Flanagan | Jul 11, 2025 | — |
| 5× | “five X” | Zhang: Valuation gap between OpenAI and Anthropic will shrink over time | Jesse Zhang | Sep 19, 2025 | Held up |
| 5× | “five X” | Shopify's design depth increased 5x with AI, while pace remained flat | Carl Rivera | Nov 14, 2025 | — |
| 5× | “five X” | CapitalG targets a minimum 3x to 5x return on growth investments | Laela Sturdy | Jul 8, 2021 | — |
| 5× | “five X” | A single feature flip made Snowflake 10x cheaper than competitor Qubole | Chris Degnan | Oct 10, 2025 | — |
| 5× | “five X” | Corporate Anthropic Spend Will Reach 2x To 5x Engineer Salaries | Fred Turner | Jul 18, 2026 | Open |
| 5× | “five times” | Lin Qiao: Fireworks has achieved 5x to 10x inference cost reductions | Lin Qiao | Jul 20, 2026 | — |
| 5× | “five X” | Atallah: A 10x price drop grew GPT Luna usage 13x on OpenRouter | Alex Atallah | Aug 9, 2026 | — |
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