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Töpper: Facelift operates at approximately a 30% profit margin

Teo Töpper · 1 Customer Pays $600k/yr, How Social Marketing Company Facelift Broke $25m ARR · Mar 13, 2021 · at 9:51

Facelift co-founder Teo Töpper discusses the enterprise social media software company's profitability and bottom-line margins with Nathan Latka.

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“I mean, we have around, let's say, 3030 30% margin, so you can calculate it.”

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The claim, plainly

Facelift operates at approximately a 30% profit margin.

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Assessment

In official corporate filings published in the German commercial register (Bundesanzeiger) for Facelift brand building technologies GmbH, the company reported substantial net annual losses rather than a positive profit margin around 30%. For fiscal year 2020, the company recorded a net loss (Jahresfehlbetrag) of approximately €3.83 million. For fiscal year 2021, on revenues of €17.72 million, the company reported a net loss of approximately €3.66 million (a negative net margin of roughly -20.7%). Neither standalone filings nor parent group accounts support an operating or net profit margin near 30%.

Bundesanzeiger Jahresabschluss zum 31.12.2020 shows an annual net loss (Jahresfehlbetrag) of €3,833,784.44 for Facelift brand building technologies GmbH.
Bundesanzeiger Jahresabschluss zum 31.12.2021 reports revenues of €17,723,413.32 and an annual net loss of €3,662,771.83 (net margin of approximately -20.7%).
Accumulated loss carryforwards (Verlustvortrag) stood at €16.8 million as of the 2021 balance sheet.

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[1] handelsregister.ai [2] northdata.de [3] handelsregister.ai [4] handelsregister.ai [5] handelsregister.ai [6] handelsregister.ai [7] handelsregister.ai [8] fusionbase.com

"Facelift brand building technologies GmbH" "Umsatzerlöse" "Jahresfehlbetrag" OR "Jahresüberschuss" "Facelift brand building technologies GmbH" "Jahresfehlbetrag" "2020" "2021" "Facelift brand building technologies GmbH" "Jahresfehlbetrag" "3.662.771" "HRB 117436" "Gewinn" OR "Umsatz" OR "Jahresüberschuss" "Facelift brand building technologies" "North Data" Gewinn 2020 2021 "17.723.413,32" "31.646.608,72" "Facelift brand building technologies GmbH" "Jahresfehlbetrag" "2020" OR "2021" "handelsregister.ai" "Facelift brand building technologies GmbH" "Jahresabschluss" "2020" "Gewinn- und Verlustrechnung" OR "Jahresüberschuss"

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