TechCrunch

DECEMBER 3, 2021

To get a fuller perspective, Ron interviewed four analysts : Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Let’s talk about the SaaS selloff. Let’s talk about the SaaS selloff. Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. Holger Mueller, analyst, Constellation Research.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2021

The financing included participation from existing backers Index Ventures, Sequoia Capital, S Capital, Spark Capital, SVB Capital, Citi, J.P. This article was updated post-publication with additional information from the company. Morgan and State Street and brings Capitolis’ total funding to date to $170 million.

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TechCrunch

MAY 29, 2022

Rather than rehash all that here, I’ll point you to some of our recent articles on the topic and just summarize: The two fintech startups have recently grown (much) more competitive. The SaaS startup — which started out in early 2020 by selling its payments tech to other businesses — raised a $35 million Series B led by Sequoia.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 19, 2017

If you assume 4–6 months to raise your next round then with a year of runway you really only have 6–8 months to show progress on your previous round of financing, which is why I prefer an 18-month runway. If you burn $200k / month you’ll be out of cash in a year. years of cash runway, which is too much for a startup. million for 18 months.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 18, 2009

Journalists have just written an article that wasn’t favorable. We got their commitment and our existing investors bridged us until the new financing round could close. In the grand scheme of things no matter how hard you work and despite your appearance on the TechCrunch50 stage no one seems to really care. But we did $2.1

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 23, 2022

For the last 24 months, Thomvest Ventures recorded headcount data for 150 Series A to C enterprise SaaS startups, and we have the numbers. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Ackerman says he expects to see another tranche of layoffs in several weeks, after startups hold their Q4 2022 board meetings.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 19, 2019

Does the traditional VC financing model make sense for all companies? 2018 also had the fewest number of angel-led financing rounds since before 2010. John Borchers, Co-founder and Managing Partner of Decathlon Capital, claims to be the largest revenue-based financing investor in the US. Absolutely not.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members. Why do SaaS companies with usage-based pricing grow faster? So, why do public SaaS firms with usage-based pricing see faster growth ? Why do SaaS companies with usage-based pricing grow faster? Image Credits: John Lund (opens in a new window) / Getty Images.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. 3 investors explain how finance-focused proptech startups can survive the downturn. How are finance-oriented property tech investors reacting to the ongoing downturn in public markets? 6 key metrics that can help SaaS startups outlast this downturn. yourprotagonist.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 25, 2022

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Cloud providers’ default retention policies are not enough: You better back your SaaS up. A lot of work today has moved to the cloud as SaaS tools replace traditional on-prem software in the enterprise. They also tend to go public faster.

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TechCrunch

MAY 28, 2021

This may seem like a great time to launch a SaaS startup, but the landscape is crowded with well-designed applications that promise “blazingly fast and delightfully simple” experiences, according to seed-stage investor John Chen of Fika Ventures. Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members. Walter Thompson.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. 5 must-have board slides for SaaS sales and revenue leaders. 5 must-have board slides for SaaS sales and revenue leaders. Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. “We Thanks very much for reading! Walter Thompson. yourprotagonist.

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2021

” Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members. It’s also a useful overview for early employees and co-founders who may be new to startup financing. Topics covered: How financing works: SAFEs versus equity rounds. Founders: How well do you really understand seed-stage financing? How much to raise.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2023

4 SaaS engagement metrics that attract investors Image Credits: Tetra mages (opens in a new window) / Getty Images Past performance doesn’t always predict future results, but it’s the best place to find customer retention stats that have investor appeal. Is robotics mainstream now? Cast your vote before Thursday, April 20!

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

The path I went down after a few years was to hire more process driven people and devolved more daily operational ownership to people running individual functions such as product management, sales management, finance, etc. Those were the early days of SaaS and you might remember that even Salesforce.com has major outage problems.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2022

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. ” After surveying 14 public B2B software companies, Townshend says firms that built for discoverability and deployed usage-based pricing had a median growth rate of 141%, compared to 21% for traditional SaaS. .” Have a great week, Walter Thompson. yourprotagonist.

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Dream It

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

AI has also begun to play a bigger role in the construction supply chain, production scheduling, labor management, insurance and financing, risk assessment etc. Nearly two years ago, we set up our first credit fund to provide products like asset and project finance and built out financial tools focused [on] asset-enabled businesses.

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TechCrunch

MAY 8, 2023

In this article, I will cover: How you can identify your strike zone (what you are actually looking for in an investor); and How to identify investors that invest in your space, stage, and geography. Are you in finance, healthcare, consumer hardware or climate tech? Which industry are you in?

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Tomasz Tunguz

JANUARY 26, 2020

Nathan Heller published an article called Is Venture Capital Worth the Risk? There are SaaS focused funds, crypto funds, bio funds, double bottom line funds, middle-of-the-country funds, diversity focused funds, university seed programs, and many other flavors. in the New Yorker. PE firms have similar operating platforms.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2023

In this TC+ article, he shares an extensive list of questions he asks first-time founders to gauge their relative strengths and weaknesses across several vectors. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Do you have control over your finances, both personal and business?” “How Chip on the shoulder?

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2022

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Here come the single-digit SaaS multiples. SaaS startups have seen smooth sailing, but in this ongoing downturn, stormy weather is on the horizon. ” Here come the single-digit SaaS multiples. ” Here come the single-digit SaaS multiples.

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2022

” Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Last quarter, UiPath grew its revenue by 39%, so “the company fits neatly into the high-growth SaaS bucket,” wrote Ron and Alex Wilhelm. Felicis Ventures partners share the four pillars of scaling a SaaS startup. opens in a new window) license.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 12, 2021

Extra Crunch publishes a variety of article types, but how-tos are my favorite category. ” 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. Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members.

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TechCrunch

MAY 4, 2021

Tiger Global Management, Battery Ventures, Zeev Ventures, 01 Advisors as well as existing backers Norwest Venture Partners and Citi Ventures also participated in the financing, which brings the New York-based company’s valuation to over $1 billion. With the latest round, HoneyBook has now raised $215 million since its 2013 inception.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2023

The only unicorn born in Q1 was Egypt-based MNT-Halan, which in early February raised $260 million in equity financing at a $1billion valuation, Mary Ann and Christine report in their look back at the first quarter of the year. This is the first time that has happened since the end of 2016.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

These articles are only available to members, but you can use discount code ECFriday to save 20% off a one or two-year subscription. The COVID-19 pandemic is helping startups that innovate in areas like payments, financing, insurance and compliance. 3 tips for SaaS founders hoping to join the $1 million ARR club. Details here.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 19, 2019

Since 2017 we’ve managed $3 million in revenue-based financing, which helps cash-strapped technology companies grow. According to Brian Parks, “Bigfoot provides RBI, term loans, and lines of credit to SaaS businesses with $500k+ ARR. Our wheelhouse is bootstrapped (or lightly capitalized) SMB SaaS. Bigfoot Capital.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 10, 2022

Now, there’s some extremely capital-intensive businesses where you need buckets of money before that traction is generated, and that becomes harder to finance in downturns. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Arvind Gupta. For good entrepreneurs, there’s always a path, right?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 28, 2021

million, so the latest financing brings its total raised to $95.5 They also said Alchemy had over $300 million of investor demand wanting to enter the round and is being inbounded to do another financing at “many times” the current valuation. The company previously raised a total of $15.5 million since it launched in 2017.

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Feedough

JANUARY 6, 2021

The most significant advantage of joining an entrepreneurship course in a formal university setting is that it helps you learn from the professionals who can teach you various aspects of entrepreneurship – including but not limited to marketing, finance, psychology and leadership.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2023

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. billion in common stock to shore up its finances after the bank acknowledged that a reduced pace of deal-making and “elevated client cash burn pressuring balance of fund flows” were impacting its performance. Will those customers ever be made whole?

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TechCrunch

JULY 19, 2022

If your company is too nascent to be valued, convertible notes might be a viable way to secure early financing. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Basically short-term debt that converts into equity, these notes can be a boon for companies nearing their tipping point. Thanks very much for reading TC+ this week!

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. In his latest guest post for TechCrunch+, OpenView partner Kyle Poyar explains why usage-based pricing “is a company-wide effort” that “requires ditching the old SaaS metrics playbook.”. seed- and early-stage venture dollars.

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Tomasz Tunguz

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

But what if instead of pointing to SaaS companies as the vanguards of this movement, I lauded The Atlantic, The New York Times and the Financial Times? In fact, SaaS companies can learn quite a lot from the marketing efforts of content companies. Freemium SaaS companies are no different.

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2023

In the past six months alone, TechCrunch has written nearly 600 articles focused on the impact of AI technology in our lives across industries as varied as film , healthcare , marketing and supply chains to name but a few. The SaaS Stage Fireside with Thomas Dohmke, CEO at GitHub.

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StartupNation

JULY 5, 2025

This article presents key strategies, backed by expert insights, to help you showcase your startup’s value and growth potential. When presenting to investors who are more interested in finances, on the other hand, the conversation tends to center more around KPIs like revenue growth, cost per new customer, and other financial metrics.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

You’ll find dozens of articles on keeping your deck to 10 slides or how you must have a board of advisers slide, but we base our thesis on some more tangible examples. Using a SaaS (Software as a Service) example, your market is not THE SaaS Market. However, that’s an article for another day.

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