Company stage is a classification that helps in easily identifying the current stage of a company's lifecycle.
Example : Unfunded, Early stage, Late stage, or Exited
A company stage is assigned to a company based on the following parameters:
a. If the company is funded or not
b. If funded, at what funding stage it is at (Seed, Series A, Series B, etc)
c. If the company has exited or suspended its operation
Unfunded Companies:
Unfunded companies on Tracxn are divided in two categories
Unfunded - The companies that have not received any funding from investors
Bootstrapped - These are the startups that have started operating without the help of any external funding, instead, the founders of the company use their own personal resources and the revenue generated by the company for expansion.
Funded Companies:
These are the companies which have received funding and the investors of the company have not exited. The company stage is defined on the basis of the previous funding round raised.
For example: If the previous funding round were a Series B round, the company stage would be Series B.
The company stage for each type of funding round is mentioned below:
# | Latest Funding Round | Company Stage |
1 | Series A | Series A |
2 | Series B | Series B |
3 | Series C | Series C |
4 | Series D | Series D |
5 | Series E | Series E |
6 | Series F | Series F |
7 | Series G | Series G |
8 | Series H | Series H |
9 | Series I | Series I |
10 | Series J | Series J |
11 | Seed | Seed |
12 | Unattributed Early | Early Stage |
13 | Unattributed Late | Late Stage |
14 | Post IPO | Late Stage |
15 | Pre IPO | Late Stage |
16 | PE | Late Stage |
If funding round details are not known, company stage is derived from Total Funding
Total Funding | Company Stage |
More than USD 35M | Late Stage |
Less than USD 35M | Early Stage |
If a company is funded but no information about its funding rounds or funding amount is available, then the company stage is 'Funding Raised'
For cases such as an acquisition after an IPO:
a. Company stage is decided in this priority order : Acqui-Hired > Acquired > Public
Company Exits:
Exit State | Company Stage |
Deadpooled | Deadpooled |
Acquired | Acquired |
Acqui-hired | Acqui-hired |
Public | Public |
You can explore company stages by using the "Company Stage" filter on company views, such as on this view.
You can also see lists of companies by stage directly by clicking on the Companies Database in the sub-tabs on the Home Screen and then clicking on the “Company Stage” option available on the screen to view the different Company Current Stage