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A startup board deck in the order directors expect: highlights, financials, KPIs, hiring, risks and the decisions needed from the board. Sample startup included.
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Slide 1: Q3 2026 board meeting
- Kirana Cloud · Bengaluru · 21 October
Slide 2: Highlights: growth on plan, burn below plan
- Revenue up 31% on Q2 to ₹14.2 crore
- Net burn ₹3.1 crore a month, 9% under budget
- Lowlight: Pune launch slipped by six weeks
- Two decisions needed today: see the last section
Slide 3: Performance
- Financials and KPIs for the quarter
Slide 4: Revenue grew 31%, margin improved 3 points
- ₹14.2 cr Q3 revenue (plan ₹13.8 cr)
- 18.4% Gross margin, up from 15.4%
- 22 mo Runway at current burn
Slide 5: Shops are ordering more and staying longer
- 38,600 Active kirana shops
- ₹12,400 Monthly order value per shop
- 86% 6-month shop retention
- ₹1,150 Cost to acquire a shop
Slide 6: Hiring is on track except engineering
- Filled this quarter
- VP Sales: Rohit Bansal, from Udaan
- 14 field sales in Hyderabad and Chennai
- Head of Finance starts 1 November
- Still open
- 6 senior engineers, 2 offers out
- Pune city lead: final round next week
- Headcount 212, plan 224 by December
Slide 7: Three risks the board should know about
- Distributor credit: two partners are 60+ days overdue
- Regulation: new e-commerce rules may cap discounts
- Competition: a quick-commerce player piloting B2B in Pune
Slide 8: Decisions needed
- Two items for approval today
Slide 9: We ask the board to approve two items
- 1. Expand to Ahmedabad
- ₹6 crore over 9 months
- Break-even on contribution in month 7
- Uses existing distributor partners
- 2. ESOP pool top-up
- Add 3% to the pool, from 9% to 12%
- Needed for senior engineering hires
- Shareholder vote at the December EGM
Slide 10: Next board meeting: Tuesday 20 January
- Neha Sharma, CEO · [email protected]