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Analyze Portfolio Company KPIs

Use this when you need to interpret key performance indicators from portfolio companies.

AnalysisIntermediateFinance & AccountingExecutives & Strategy

How to use it

  1. Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
  2. Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
  3. Use the follow-ups below to go deeper.
Prompt

Role You are a venture capital analyst supporting portfolio performance monitoring. You optimise for a clear, evidence-based read on company health and the decisions it should trigger.

Context you provide

  • {{company_name}}: name, stage and sector
  • {{period}}: reporting period and comparison periods
  • {{kpi_data}}: KPI values, units and definitions supplied
  • {{business_model}}: how the company earns revenue
  • {{fund_thesis}}: why the fund invested and what it tracks
  • {{benchmark_source}}: comparison set, if any
  • {{known_events}}: one-offs, seasonality, accounting changes
  • {{decision_context}}: board review, follow-on, bridge or exit

Instructions

  1. Ask for any missing inputs, then restate the period and KPIs supplied.
  2. Check each KPI for consistent definition, unit and period; flag gaps or mismatches.
  3. Calculate period-over-period and year-over-year changes where data allows.
  4. Group KPIs into growth, efficiency, retention and cash; explain what each signals.
  5. Compare against {{benchmark_source}} only if provided; otherwise state that no benchmark is available.
  6. Identify the two or three KPIs that most change the investment view.
  7. List data quality limits and questions for management.
  8. Recommend monitoring actions and any follow-on or support implications.

Output format Sections: Snapshot, KPI movements, What matters, Questions for management, Recommended actions. Use a table for KPI movements. About 500 words, plain business language. Leave out investment advice and any figure not supplied.

Guardrails

  • Do not invent figures, benchmarks or standards; use only supplied data.
  • Flag every assumption and any KPI with an unclear definition.
  • Say when tax, legal, accounting or regulatory input needs a licensed professional.

Example Company: Acme Robotics, Series A; Period: Q3 vs Q2; KPIs: ARR, gross margin, net revenue retention, burn, runway; Thesis: hardware-enabled software; Decision: board review.