Interesting. $5 per month = $60 per year, so if they got 50,000 users it would still take almost 3 years to make the money back, excluding running costs.
I'm often a bit surprised at how such companies can prove to be a good investment - I feel like there is something I'm missing in the numbers.
50,000 paying users sounds awfully unambitious for a VC-backed web startup. A projection of a modest Pinboard-like future like that can't possibly be what these firms are basing their investment decisions on. They probably think IFTTT have a shot at getting millions of users.
I'm often a bit surprised at how such companies can prove to be a good investment - I feel like there is something I'm missing in the numbers.