American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 11, 2025

This round includes both new backers like Khosla Ventures, Bicycle Capital, Geodesic Capital, and Archerman Capital, alongside continued support from existing top-tier investors including Sequoia Capital, Kleiner Perkins, General Catalyst, and Lightspeed Venture Partners. With $150 million in fresh capital, a $7.2

accelerator

The Zapier Blog

JUNE 17, 2025

The best way to translate all those different data streams coming at you from Sales, Customer Service, Marketing, and the intern's experimental TikTok strategy into something that resembles coherent business information is with CRM technology. If you're in SaaS, you might track technical requirements.

real estate

TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Software-as-a-service (SaaS) subscriptions have become a fixture of the modern enterprise; organizations with more than 1,000 employees use over 150 SaaS apps on average, according to BetterCloud. According to a recent survey from Workato, 57% of IT teams have received directives from the C-Suite to reduce their overall SaaS spend.

SaaS

American Entrepreneurship

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Founder and Managing Partner Constance Freedman and Partner, Liza Benson , oversee the generalist venture capital and growth equity firm. Focused on bringing customers to companies across multi-trillion-dollar industries ripe for innovation, the firm has built a platform around high-profile strategic partners truly unique to venture capital.

strategy

TechCrunch

JULY 29, 2022

How to grow a SaaS company efficiently in a recession. Blair Silverberg, CEO and co-founder of Hum Capital, says entrepreneurs need to resist the urge to become defensive in these sessions. “In Alda Leu Dennis, general partner, Initialized Capital. David Jegen, managing partner, F-Prime Capital. Walter Thompson.

SaaS

TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2022

How to evolve your DTC startup’s data strategy and identify critical metrics. ” How to evolve your DTC startup’s data strategy and identify critical metrics. Here come the single-digit SaaS multiples. SaaS startups have seen smooth sailing, but in this ongoing downturn, stormy weather is on the horizon.

strategy

TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

She is passionate about leading design, implementation and oversight of actionable strategies unlocking synergies, leveraging untapped efficiencies and fostering collaborations across functional areas. Orchestrating a “soft” landing was a “hopeful” strategy that is proving increasingly elusive.

venture capital

TechCrunch

JULY 1, 2022

According to a report by Capchase comparing more than 400 SaaS startups to unicorns that reached the public markets in the last two years, the top performers “are handily beating the ‘Rule of 40,'” reports Kyle Wiggers. According to its findings, SaaS founders should target at least 80% and aim to surpass 110%.

SaaS

TechCrunch

DECEMBER 23, 2021

New Zealand, a country of just under 5 million people, has historically flown under the radar of venture capitalism. Now, investors see New Zealand as a country with a track record of building companies with global exits in SaaS, health tech and deep tech. Technology startups are the pinnacle of that strategy.

startup ecosystem

TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

European firm Bregal Milestone is leading the round for Berlin-based Productsup, with previous backer Nordwind Capital also participating. “ Our strong numbers back us up in this case as they have proven the cadence is picking up, people are talking and customers are adopting our strategy – and we’ve had fantastic results.

strategy

TechCrunch

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Pipefy , a “low-code” workflow management SaaS startup, announced today that it has raised $75 million in Series C funding. Steadfast Capital Management, Insight Partners and Redpoint eventures also put money in the round. “Our The company plans to use its new capital to “significantly accelerate” its global expansion.

SaaS

TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2022

Kontent, a platform designed to help companies manage business-related content in the cloud, today announced that it raised $40 million from Expedition Growth Capital as part of a growth capital infusion. Kontent competes against Contentful , Contentstack , Strapi and Storyblok in a headless CMS software market that could be worth $1.6

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 27, 2023

After interviewing 200 such salespeople, Nelson had another interesting finding: the agents’ work required them to use up to 14 separate SaaS applications to complete their daily tasks and effectively earn their commissions. Register According to iLife * founder Nelson Lee, roughly $200 billion in premiums are signed annually in the U.S.

opportunity

Revolution

APRIL 6, 2021

Casted leverages audio and video podcasting as the core of an innovative Amplified Marketing Platform enabling B2B enterprises to drive brand awareness, thought-leadership, sales lead generation, and customer engagement strategies.

ventures

Innovation 2 Enterprise

JANUARY 30, 2024

Before this program, I had the desire to pursue venture capital funding but lacked the clarity on what steps to take. The knowledge and insights gained from these sessions felt like I was unlocking the cheat code to the entire venture capital ecosystem.” The Bridge2 Program has been fundamental to the next phase of my business.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 28, 2023

Indelible Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in B2B SaaS startups that can scale internationally. Currently our focus at Indelible Ventures is on B2B SAAS seed-stage startups that can scale internationally. I have got to say B2B SAAS just because we are focused on that! billion in 2022 to US$ 883.34

ventures

TechCrunch

MARCH 25, 2022

Her advice skips straight past basic best practices to explain alignment and partnership strategies, recommendations for nurturing community, and other PLG tactics. Cloud providers’ default retention policies are not enough: You better back your SaaS up. 3 factors to consider when building an early-stage cloud sales team.

SaaS

David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

This is part of a series on building your career in venture capital: Reading list for working in private equity/venture capital , including all of the major online communities, programs, and educational options for people studying VC. How to get a job in venture capital. Accel, Sequoia) give the Scout a small pool of capital.

VC

TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2021

Savannah Fund , a pan-African venture capital firm, today announced a $25 million fund as it looks to back more early-stage startups on the continent. However , in 2016, Savannah transitioned into venture capital investing, focusing on seed and Series A stages within $25,000 to $500,000 checks.

investment

TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Awoyemi choosing this route is quite interesting, especially as many African founders either launch syndicates or venture capital funds post- or during their entrepreneurial journies. But if anything, he and his co-founder, Omolara Awoyemi , bring much-needed operational expertise to scale a venture studio, a rare feat in these parts.

ventures

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

In an interview, he broke down his fundraising strategy and shared several tactics for connecting with investors. SaaS founders are under pressure to maintain growth and reach profitability while preserving runway, but these goals aren’t diametrically opposed, according to Ophelia Brown and Imran Ghory of Blossom Capital.

advice

TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Fidelity Management and Research is leading the round with Atreides Management and Valor Equity Partners — two other new backers — also participating, and previous investors Avigdor Willenz Group, GlobalLink1 Capital, Intel Capital, Sutter Hill Ventures and VentureTech Alliance also participating. ” .

startup

TechCrunch

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Roger Hurwitz is a founding partner at Volition Capital. Should SaaS founders be raising capital now? The global software as a service (SaaS) industry is sustaining its steep growth trajectory, but developing and pricing professional services is oftentimes a difficult proposition for SaaS companies.

SaaS

TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Part of Mendel’s strategy is to attract customers with high payment volume and low credit risk, while at the same time charging a SaaS fee for the usage of their platform. Its roadmap will go beyond expense management to include accounts payable automation, employee cash advance and factoring. Image Credits: Mendel.

incumbents

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. Brian Heater: Hardware startups should reconsider their media strategies.

culture

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

We are slowly building a more durable capital base for African tech. The investment landscape remains unchanged even if things are a little slower; startups with strong fundamentals and good traction will attract capital and do well. For global venture capital, 2021 was an outlier. I stayed away from such deals.”

startup ecosystem

TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2022

Jonathan Whittle, co-founder and partner, Quona Capital. Jason Brown, partner, Victory Park Capital. According to Melissa Guzy, co-founder and managing partner at Arbor Ventures, “a new entrant will need a significant amount of capital from the start for marketing and winning a position on the checkout page.”

pitching

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. For good entrepreneurs, there’s always a path, right? It’s just different in different economic environments, it’s never shut, so to speak.

startup

Dream It

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Via TechCrunch by Arman Tabatabai: Venture capital has been flooding the various subverticals under the robotics umbrella in recent years, and the construction space is one of the largest beneficiaries. Few AEC firms are actually re-thinking their innovation strategies to gain competitive edge, or even simply survive.

construction

American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Financial Readiness: Many startups fail because the founder has underestimated the amount of capital needed to reach sufficient revenue and/or profitability. Most startups will require ongoing capital investment for years, while generating little to no income.

innovation

TechCrunch

AUGUST 13, 2023

Insurance technology startups have a new place to pitch: American Family Ventures announced its AFV Fund IV with $444 million in capital commitments to invest in early-stage startups innovating insurance as well as risk management in the areas of proptech, artificial intelligence and enterprise software. Former Snap Inc. stake in Dave Inc.

disruption

TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2022

Ye says the company has learned a lot from Babytuto and its dozens of other early customers so far, including Yummy, Facility, Airlift and Chiper, and wants to accelerate growth and scale its go-to-market strategy. The company raised $8 million in seed funding that values the company at a whopping $110 million.

startup

TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2022

Vallelunga’s strategy is to invest heavily — and simultaneously — in engineering and product development. million in capital to date, One source, Ekran systems, a threat monitoring software vendor, estimates that only 10% of organizations were using secrets management solutions as of 2019. The startup has raised $28.8

incubation

TechCrunch

JULY 21, 2022

The company raised $26 million in Series B funding, Zededa today announced, contributed by a range of investors including Coast Range Capital, Lux Capital, Energize Ventures, Almaz Capital, Porsche Ventures, Chevron Technology Ventures, Juniper Networks, Rockwell Automation, Samsung Next and EDF North America Ventures.

networking

TechCrunch

MAY 21, 2021

billion blank-check deal with DPCM Capital. Perhaps that will unlock more late-stage capital for hardware-focused upstarts. According to data gathered by Rob Olson, partner and head of data strategy at venture engine M13, startups that have two or more experienced founders tend to exit 33% faster and raise 34% less capital.

startup

TechCrunch

APRIL 8, 2022

With VCs pulling back on the reins, valuations slipping, and 2021’s hype fading, founders are finding themselves working harder to raise capital than they were in 2021, Alex Wilhelm found in his analysis of early data from DocSend. venture capital activity,” he writes.

transportation

TechCrunch

AUGUST 3, 2022

capital in recent months. Janet Coyle, managing director of business growth at London’s official publicity arm London & Partners, told TechCrunch that there are various financial perks that might appeal to overseas companies looking to establish a base in the capital. Cross-border investments. Indeed, despite its U.K.-domiciled

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