TechCrunch

AUGUST 19, 2021

Steven Kramer, board member and former EVP of Hybris, said via email that over the past two decades, the e-commerce industry went through several waves of innovation. Now, maturing consumer behaviors and expectations are accelerating the current phase.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 9, 2022

Register South Korea’s largest accelerator program for foreign startups, K-Startup Grand Challenge (KSGC) , is accepting applications for its 2022 edition. The accelerator program’s positive support system helped the startup expand its business in Asia. One of the most important benefits was our accelerator, CNT Tech.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

How to win consulting, board, operating, and investment roles with private equity and venture capital funds (video). For emerging VC and private equity investors: accelerators, platforms, communities, and incubators. You’re involved in other aspects of the firm’s activities: due diligence, portfolio acceleration, board service, etc.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

In an interview with Natasha Mascarenhas, B2B stealth startup founder Akshaya Dinesh recounted the time her team was rejected by an accelerator because they hadn’t yet picked a CEO. 5 must-have board slides for SaaS sales and revenue leaders. 5 must-have board slides for SaaS sales and revenue leaders.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2021

In the latest development, private equity giant Thoma Bravo is buying Proofpoint , the SaaS security vendor, for $12.3 The deal has been endorsed by Proofpoint’s board. billion in cash. Proofpoint is traded publicly on the Nasdaq exchange and as of its closing price on Friday, it had a market cap of $7.5

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American Entrepreneurship

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Its embedded infrastructure powers financial services for marketplaces, vertical SaaS, and payment platforms. The recent closing of a $100 million Series C financing at a $750 million valuation positions the company for accelerated growth. and Canada. This is more flexible than fixed payment periods.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

“With a step-function increase in folks working/studying from home and relying on cloud-based SaaS/PaaS applications, the deployment of scalable hardware infrastructure has accelerated,” Gajendra said in an email to TechCrunch. He claims that solutions could provide up to double the bandwidth on the same infrastructure.

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2021

Twitter Spaces: SaaS marketing with MKT1 founders Emily Kramer and Kathleen Estreich. London for a Twitter Spaces conversation with Emily Kramer and Kathleen Estreich , founders of MKT1, a partnership that advises SaaS startups. ServiceMax promises accelerating growth as key to $1.4B Image Credits: MKT1. Join us today at 2 p.m.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2022

Benioff challenged SOA founder Daniela Fernandez to find and accelerate 100 ocean-focused startups and projects back in 2019, and the organization more than doubled that goal. “We see startups leapfrogging across multiple accelerator programs to try and access new networks and funding. .

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 10, 2023

Their two plus year old startup just raised $20 million in funding and set up an advisory board comprised of eight unicorn founders and executives. Next, they focused on finding the best resources to start Taktile which led to their acceptance into the Y Combinator accelerator program.

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TechCrunch

MAY 25, 2021

Demand has accelerated exponentially, and the San Francisco-based startup saw its revenue grow “3x” in 2020 compared to 2019, although execs declined to provide hard figures. Canvas describes its SaaS offering as a “fully virtual” recruiting platform that is based on self-reported data. Jumpstart nabs $8.5M

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TechCrunch

MARCH 6, 2021

I published a scoop earlier this week that Coursera is filing to go public soon, which would be one of the first debuts that will let us see how an education company’s finances changed, and accelerated, amid the pandemic’s impact on remote learning. Square buys majority of Tidal, adds Jay-Z to its board in bid to shake up the artist economy.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

Alternative financing options such as revenue financing or expense financing are often overshadowed by the VC model, but they can be just as, and sometimes more, useful for SaaS startups, writes Miguel Fernandez, CEO and co-founder of Capchase. Startup accelerators’ definition of ‘value add’ is due for a refresh.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Apollo.io , which is developing sales intelligence and engagement software for business-to-business companies, brought in $32 million in Series B funding to continue with its go-to-market acceleration approach. As part of the investment, Sri Pangulur, partner at Tribe Capital, joined Apollo.io’s board.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Kenya-based Chandaria Capital, Nigeria-based LoftyInc Afropreneurs Fund, and an array of other angel investors including founders and top executives of Africa’s leading SaaS, e-commerce and education startups joined, as well. Craydel was launched earlier this year by co-founders Manish Sardana , John Nguru and Shayne Aman Premji. ”

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2021

Its customers hail from a variety of industries, including banking, SaaS, manufacturing, healthcare, insurance and higher education. Vena CEO Hunter Madeley told TechCrunch the latest raise is “mostly an acceleration story for Vena, rather than charting new paths.”.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Also of note is that Buk was bootstrapped for the first five years of its SaaS operations. Buk is building an HRIS suite made in and for Latin America, enabling more efficient workflows throughout the full employee lifecycle, from recruiting to off-boarding. Today, the tool is used by 4,000 SMEs.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

” We have collected a wide range of resources for founders who may be considering launching a new company; angel investing/becoming a VC; buying a company; joining boards; consulting; serving as an interim executive; or just getting a job. Versatile VC runs a no-cost community for founders in transition, “ Founders’ Next Move.”

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TechCrunch

JUNE 29, 2022

Varanium Capital partner Aparajit Bhandarkar will join GetVantage’s board. Its clients have come from sectors as diverse as SaaS, direct-to-consumer e-commerce, edtech, health tech, cloud kitchens and nutrition. Other participants included Sony Innovation Fund, InCred Capital and Haldiram’s Family Office.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Kenya-based Chandaria Capital, Nigeria-based LoftyInc Afropreneurs Fund, and an array of other angel investors including founders and top executives of Africa’s leading SaaS, e-commerce and education startups joined, as well. Craydel was launched earlier this year by co-founders Manish Sardana , John Nguru and Shayne Aman Premji. ”

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

JUNE 25, 2024

At the recent June board meeting, Ben Franklin CNP approved investments in the following companies: Atlas Biotech (Atlas Biologies, LLC) – Penn State Affiliated : Atlas Biotech is a research tool company specializing in the development and deployment of in vitro assays for the evaluation of targeted anticancer therapies.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 12, 2021

Last week, Natasha Mascarenhas interviewed experts who had some strategic advice for finding the right time to bring a product manager on board. ” We’ve also received great feedback on a recent guest post about bootstrapping options for SaaS founders written by a founder who’s actually done it.

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Startup Catalyst

AUGUST 15, 2018

They’re also really exciting to work with because maybe they’re getting into their first big commercial contracts, they’ve maybe got their first few employees on board, and they’re starting to get a bit more serious. An example is a SaaS based business that I’ve been looking after for a couple of years. Get on a board.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Healthcare is one of the areas Daily, which is HIPAA-compliant, is seeing accelerated growth in as startups introduce new apps and tools so that patients can more easily access things like primary care, mental health services and standard prescriptions. The global video conferencing market was valued at $5.8

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TechCrunch

MAY 19, 2022

The last several months, however, have seen the IPO market virtually shut down alongside a massive drop in technology stocks across the board and a wider downturn in tech investing overall, even in much smaller, earlier-stage startups. At the time Near was reportedly aiming at a valuation of between $1 billion and $1.2

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

With that in mind, SaaS startup Wingback made a fractional head of remote its first hire, “and it was the best decision we made,” said Yann Leretaille, co-founder and CTO. “A Zendesk’s board of directors is a confident, secure group of individuals. Accelerating profitable non-core operations.

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Tomasz Tunguz

MARCH 1, 2021

The idea is that in the future SaaS applications would be built on a single database, instead of each SaaS application writing to its own proprietary database. I thought it would be cloud-prem and customers driving SaaS products to use a single database. SaaS applications also write back to the CDW directly.

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TechCrunch

JULY 26, 2021

“Places like India, Africa and Latin America could accelerate at the same time because they are mainly starting from zero. As part of the investment, Clara Sieg, partner at Revolution Ventures, is joining the company’s board. She told TechCrunch she met the company’s co-founders through the Portland ecosystem.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 31, 2020

If you have grown sick (as I have) of the latest apps and SaaS products du jour, this decade is going to be an amazing one to experience and build. How to execute a bottom-up SaaS growth plan. The combination of consumer tech product skills and enterprise revenue models fueled this decade’s explosion of SaaS success stories.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2022

“We saw how CEOs and boards of directors struggled with even approaching discussions around cyber risk. Spurred by these pressures, Gartner predicts that 40% of all public boards will have dedicated cybersecurity committees by 2025. Department of Energy. “We have an aggressive product roadmap into 2023,” he said.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2022

The pipeline and market were accelerating beyond what we initially thought,” he added. At the same time, BigPanda was at the beginning of a relationship with Advent, and it made sense to take on the $190 million, which Resnick said “lets us hit the gas on our go-to-market acceleration.”.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

JUNE 25, 2024

At the recent June board meeting, Ben Franklin CNP approved investments in the following companies: Atlas Biotech (Atlas Biologics, LLC) – Penn State Affiliated : Atlas Biotech is a research tool company specializing in the development and deployment of in vitro assays for the evaluation of targeted anticancer therapies.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 17, 2021

As part of the investment, Jay Crone, investment director at Telus, joined Full Harvest’s board of directors. Apeel bites into another $250M funding round, at a $2B valuation, to accelerate fresh food supply chains. It’s been a while since we checked in with Full Harvest.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2022

Many called us worried and scared that funding was drying up while some had boards telling them to fire people,” Requarth recalls. “I She was drawn to Latitud’s ability to build “a valuable community of builders in Latin America” and its “unique and meaningful product offering that will accelerate time to market.”.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

With Colorado as an ideal pilot community, the GCVF team has helped grow multiple staple initiatives in the rural Colorado startup ecosystem, including West Slope Startup Week , Telluride Venture Accelerator , Startup Colorado , Energize Colorado Gap Fund , and the Greater Colorado Pitch Series. 20% initial ownership.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

As valuations soar and IPOs accelerate, the public is taking on more startup risk. ” As valuations soar and IPOs accelerate, the public is taking on more startup risk. It was four days of long board meetings and discussions and debates and fights and getting to the decision. “The public is now at risk.”

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Clarifai wants to bring artificial intelligence into the lives of developers, business operators and data scientists so they can automate and accelerate their model development. As part of the investment, Andrew Schoen, partner at NEA, joins Clarifai’s board of directors.

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