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Litigation Hold

DE: Beweissicherungsanordnung

Instruction to preserve records due to anticipated litigation.

Legal & Regulation

Lock-up Period

DE: Sperrfrist

Time after IPO during which insiders cannot sell shares.

Financing & Investors

Logo Churn

DE: Kundenanzahl-Churn

Percentage of customers lost, irrespective of revenue.

Metrics

Logo Concentration

DE: Logo-Konzentration

Degree to which customer count is clustered among few accounts.

Metrics

Logo Mix

DE: Logo-Mix

Distribution of customers by size/segment.

Metrics

Logo Penetration

DE: Logo-Penetration

Share of ICP accounts captured within a market.

Metrics

Logo Retention

DE: Kundenbindungsrate

Percentage of customers retained over a period.

Metrics

Long-Term Support (LTS)

DE: Langzeitsupport

Version supported for an extended period with fixes only.

Product & Growth Synonyms: LTS

Longitudinal Retention

DE: Längsschnitt-Retention

Retention measured for the same cohorts over long horizons.

Metrics

LP

DE: Limited Partner

Investor in a VC fund (e.g., family office, pension fund) with limited liability.

Financing & Investors Source ↗

LTV (Customer Lifetime Value)

DE: Kundenlebenszeitwert

Total net value expected from a customer over the entire relationship.

Metrics Synonyms: CLV Source ↗

LTV Payback

DE: LTV-Amortisation

Time until cumulative gross margin exceeds CAC and retention risk.

Metrics

LTV:CAC Ratio

DE: LTV:CAC-Verhältnis

Ratio comparing lifetime value to acquisition cost.

Metrics

MAC Carve-out

DE: MAC-Ausnahme

Events excluded from material adverse change definition.

Financing & Investors

MAC Clause

DE: Wesentliche nachteilige Veränderung

Material adverse change clause allowing termination on major negative events.

Financing & Investors Synonyms: MAC Source ↗

Majority Investment

DE: Mehrheitsbeteiligung

Investment resulting in control (>50%) of voting power.

Financing & Investors

Maker Time

DE: Maker-Zeit

Long, uninterrupted blocks for deep work and creation.

Culture & Buzzwords

Management Company

DE: Managementgesellschaft

Entity through which GPs operate and receive fees.

Financing & Investors

Management Fee

DE: Managementgebühr

Annual fee paid by the fund to GPs to cover operating costs.

Financing & Investors Source ↗

Management Incentive Plan (MIP)

DE: Management-Incentive-Plan

Equity incentive plan used in buyouts or recaps.

Financing & Investors Synonyms: MIP

Management Presentation

DE: Managementpräsentation

Structured pitch session during diligence with the leadership team.

Financing & Investors

Management Presentation (M&A)

DE: Managementpräsentation (M&A)

Deep-dive session for bidders to assess the target.

Financing & Investors

Management Rollover

DE: Management-Rollover

Management reinvests proceeds into the new capitalization structure in an exit.

Financing & Investors

Manager Readme

DE: Manager-Readme

Written guide describing a manager’s style and expectations.

Organization & Leadership

Market Education

DE: Markterziehung

Content and programs that create informed demand.

Market & Strategy