Alibaba.com revenue

Filed in archive Venture Capital on March 28, 2005

Alibaba.com has impressed us all with their huge investment round last year. Now billsdue leads to me a presentation from Alibaba how they pitched investors.

You may download it here (PPT, 1MB).

Some highlights:

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2004 Cash Revenue = $68.3m/ GAAP Revenue = $46.3m

- Market Leadership -- largest ecommerce company in China; #1 for SMEs

- Favorable Macro Trends -- Chinese economy; global trade; SMEs and private sector

- Quality Earnings -- recurring customer/revenue base; visibility; predictability

- Revenue Scalability -- revenue a function of web traffic and gross merchandise volume

- Shareholder Value -- strong free cash flow; low capex; high ROIC