David Dowhan, CEO of True Signal, discusses financing strategy and burn rate management with Nathan Latka.
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“Nope, have not. And you know, don't intend to, knock on wood, right?”
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True Signal averages a $25,000 monthly minimum per customer.
“The average kind of minimums that we see across the board, about 25,000 dollars per month.”
David DowhanJun 21, 2018▶ 2:241062 I raised $5m to spin the company out of corporate
Disclosure
True Signal raised $5M to spin out from eBureau in 2017.
“So we raised a five million round and spun it off as a separate independent company back in October of 2017.”
David DowhanJun 21, 2018▶ 5:101062 I raised $5m to spin the company out of corporate
Disclosure
True Signal spends approximately $2M annually on data licensing.
“So we're licensing, you know, on, on the order of, you know, a couple million dollars worth of data every single year. That's just kind of a fixed cost of operating, right?”
David DowhanJun 21, 2018▶ 8:041062 I raised $5m to spin the company out of corporate
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True Signal's average customer acquisition cost is $40,000 to $50,000.
“No, if I had to average it out, I would say probably closer to kind of the 40 to 50,000 dollars is kind of what it would be.”
David DowhanJun 21, 2018▶ 12:431062 I raised $5m to spin the company out of corporate
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True Signal has approximately 16 active enterprise customers.
“So we have 16 or so active customers.”
David DowhanJun 21, 2018▶ 2:371062 I raised $5m to spin the company out of corporate
Disclosure
Pre-spinout, True Signal's equity was split 80% board and 20% employees.
“It was roughly kind of an eighty-twenty split, right? So 80% was kind of owned by kind of the board, really as well as the 20% was employees.”
David DowhanJun 21, 2018▶ 6:571062 I raised $5m to spin the company out of corporate
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