About Wildcat

In our decades of venture experience, we have seen thousands of successful startups go from an idea to product (the go-to-product phase), from product to traction (the go-to-market phase), and from traction to scale (the go-to-scale phase). Additionally, we have seen ample capital availability for companies in the early, go-to-product phase and the later, go-to-scale phase, yet time and time again, too many companies falter in the middle, go-to-market phase, exposing themselves to lower valuations, significant financing risks, and suboptimal outcomes. We are therefore introducing a framework, the Traction Gap, to better equip entrepreneurs in the critical go-to-market phase. The Traction Gap spans from a startup’s Initial Product Release (IPR) to Minimum Viable Traction (MVT), which we define as a point in a company’s maturity—whether it be a certain level of revenue growth, engagement, downloads, usage or the like—that demonstrates market validation and signals positive growth trajectory.

Download a complete overview of the Traction Gap Framework and how Wildcat Venture Partners works with entrepreneurs to traverse it to build significant market momentum and value.

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