TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2022

A gaggle of companies, including Meta, Microsoft, AWS and TomTom, have partnered with the Linux Foundation to form the Overture Maps Foundation to do a few things: develop interoperable open map data and knock Google’s map dominance down a few pegs. Does anyone else miss paper maps? : Paul has more. Is it a plane?

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Before that, he led the firm’s Proactive Portfolio Management function and acted as director of corporate development, supporting the portfolio on inorganic and balance sheet related initiatives. The flow of capital in SaaS is becoming increasingly bifurcated. Sean Fanning is a vice president on OpenView ’s Investment team.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JANUARY 30, 2024

Each founder showcased the innovative business ideas they developed and refined throughout the Bridge2 program. Before this program, I had the desire to pursue venture capital funding but lacked the clarity on what steps to take. The Bridge2 Program has been fundamental to the next phase of my business.

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Tomasz Tunguz

OCTOBER 21, 2017

Last week, I participated in two discussions about the changes in the SaaS world. The level of competition in many core SaaS segments is intense. The SaaS era is about 20 years old. Venture capitalists have financed many of those businesses. Those venture dollars have financed a panoply of competition.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 22, 2021

At this phase of development, you need a committed partner who has both the time and the experience to guide you,” says Stinnes. “Google search is not what it used to be,” Ryan Sammy, the director of strategy at growth-marketing agency Fractl, writes in a guest post. How much to pay yourself as a SaaS founder.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

At our mid-year offsite our partnership at Upfront Ventures was discussing what the future of venture capital and the startup ecosystem looked like. Should SaaS companies trade at a 24x Enterprise Value (EV) to Next Twelve Month (NTM) Revenue multiple as they did in November 2021? discipline & focus.

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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. I have also been involved in developing the startup ecosystem in Malaysia at the Malaysian Global Innovation & Creativity Center (MaGIC). I have got to say B2B SAAS just because we are focused on that!

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2023

The relatively recent shift to cloud computing promised to lower costs and boost productivity, but “ cloud-first strategies may be hitting the limits of their efficacy , and in many cases, ROIs are diminishing,” writes Thomas Robinson, COO of Domino Data Lab. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members.

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Some of the noteworthy participants include Cloudike, led by CEO Sun Ung Lee , offering a cutting-edge SaaS-type corporate cloud storage service. ’ Hills Robotics, headed by CEO Myeong-soo Park, specializes in advanced robot development. Also contributing their expertise are Jeremy A. Sim of Mistletoe, Inc.,

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Founders Coop

JANUARY 11, 2023

By contrast, venture capital is a craft that defies both speed and scale. By the same token, adding more capital to a fund strategy doesn’t scale the strategy, it shifts it, often into a segment of the market very different from the one the GPs know best.

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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. AngelList Venture’s Avlok Kohli on rolling funds and the busy state of VC. Image Credits: MKT1.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The Graph offers an API for developers to query blockchain data. The latest to get VC recognition is KNN3, a Singapore-based startup working to help developers make sense of relational data across blockchains. Nansen and web3 development platform Alchemy come in the form of centralized SaaS products.

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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.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2021

Wing Venture Capital led the round and was joined by General Catalyst, Global Silicon Valley, Outsiders Fund and Red Sea Ventures. Zach DeWitt, partner at Wing Venture Capital, said he met the company three years ago through a mutual friend. million seed round for its workflow intelligence platform.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The company, with bases in both Austin and Australia, was started in 2009 and facilitates exits for millions of online business owners, some that operate on e-commerce marketplaces, blogs, SaaS and apps, the newest data integration being for Shopify, Blake Hutchison, CEO of Flippa, told TechCrunch. in 2020, up from 15.8%

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 8, 2022

Brrr, it’s cold in here : Manish writes that a “venture capital winter” will last a little longer, according to SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son. 3 ways to optimize SaaS sales in a downturn. ” 3 ways to optimize SaaS sales in a downturn. . ” 3 ways to optimize SaaS sales in a downturn. The TechCrunch Top 3.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 3, 2022

In retrospect, the rise of software as a service (SaaS) is obvious. SaaS has cemented its place in the epicenter of startup and Big Tech life, but it’s already being disrupted by the usage-based pricing movement. So, what’s the next thesis that we will look back on? This brings us almost to the modern moment, but not quite.

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Revolution

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Apple’s “Do Not Track” policy threw a major wrench into traditional digital advertising strategies on which almost every e-commerce company relied and, in turn, strengthened marketplaces (aka Amazon) that offered a one-stop-shop for purchases. Advertising changes. Inventory missteps.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2022

4 key strategies for succeeding at international expansion. When presenting to angels, it’s critical to show proof of concept, traction with regards product/service development, and revenues. More posts by this contributor. Lastly, SOM would be the share of the market that a company could capture over time. Present solid financials.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 17, 2023

South African startup Flow wants to change how real estate agencies, developers and agents interact with their end customers. With its APIs, Flow connects to the websites of estate agencies and property developers and automates advertising for them on social media channels like Instagram and Facebook. million in pre-Series A funding.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Italy’s ecosystem for tech venture capital and startups has been in development for years and has made decent strides in the last decade. However, in June 2020, the Italian government sponsored a €1 billion investment program aimed at the native startup ecosystem, creating a new venture arm: CDP Venture Capital.

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TechCrunch

JULY 8, 2022

Roger Hurwitz is a founding partner at Volition Capital. How should SaaS companies deliver and price professional services? Should SaaS founders be raising capital now? This is the foundation the code is built on, and it needs to be aligned with the company’s go-to-market strategy. More posts by this contributor.

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TechCrunch

JULY 12, 2022

Since founding the company in 2014, Collin has raised more than $138 million in venture capital funding, including a $65 million Series D round last month. Deidre Paknad is the CEO and co-founder of WorkBoard, a strategy execution platform that ranked No.162

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 13, 2022

It also plans to build out its marketplace, where users and developers can exchange apps they create using Redbird. Redbird monetizes through an enterprise SaaS model, with usage-based license fees. ” Tracking venture capital data to pinpoint the next US startup hot spots.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

The team had worked hard to develop a solid product, close deals with top notch customers, and implement the software. And that, they realized, could be leveraged for more capital without diluting themselves. RBF is compared to debt instead of equity, and is therefore seen as an expensive loan instead of cheap capital,” says Gijs.

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TechCrunch

MAY 12, 2021

“We are changing the way entrepreneurs scale their online businesses by providing quick and affordable capital to startups and SMEs in Latin America,” said co-founder and CEO Jaime Taboada. In particular, Divibank is targeting e-commerce and SaaS companies although it also counts edtechs, fintechs and marketplaces among its clients.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JANUARY 26, 2020

Nathan Heller published an article called Is Venture Capital Worth the Risk? It’s a well-researched critique of the venture industry. If you have ideas for how to improve venture capital for founders, please tweet me or send me an email with the link above. First, venture capital has become much bigger.

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TechCrunch

JULY 11, 2021

People can think of us as the technical co-founder, responsible for driving and executing product strategy, design and the development of scalable products,” Dovetail co-founder Nick Frandsen told TechCrunch. Dovetail is currently raising a $10 million AUD (about $7.5

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2022

When much of the shopping shifted online during the global pandemic, startups developing software and other products to aid the transition began to garner attention from venture capital firms. reported this month that $51 billion of venture capital was invested into U.S. London & Partners and Dealroom.co

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Few startups launch with a coherent content strategy. ” Creating a consistent brand strategy isn’t a major investment and creating a shared style guide for marketing, design and sales generates positive ROI. “Don’t confuse fluffy numbers and vanity metrics with your go-to-market strategy.”

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Freightify wants to make the process as simple as comparing airfare with its vertical SaaS platform. The Singapore-based startup announced today it has raised a $12 million Series A led by Sequoia Capital India, with participation from Trail Mix Ventures and Alteria Capital. million in seed funding.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Cloud is the big buzzword these days, with people talking about why it’s a smart move for companies , and lots of venture-backed startups developing easy ways for companies to make the shift. Rather than compete with the VC ecosystem, Price’s strategy is to complement the biggest VC firms by building companies with them, he said.

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2022

Now, the company aims to help companies with recurring revenue access upfront capital they need without having to dilute their equity by taking venture dollars or take on loans. Specifically, its latest offering is designed to serve subscription, membership and SaaS (software-as-a-service) service companies.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Led by MK Capital, New Funding Will Accelerate Further Research and Development of Optilogic’s Cloud-Native SaaS Solution [ANN ARBOR, January 31, 2023] Supply chain design software innovator Optilogic has secured $13 million in financing, led by MK Capital, a venture capital firm focused on supporting innovative B2B software companies.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

billion valuation — revealed that the company’s new strategy will impact 15% of its roles. Pleo is a developer of expense management tools aimed at SMBs to let them issue company cards and better manage how employees spend money. Capchase expands to Germany, to close the funding gap for German SaaS companies. And other news.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 25, 2021

Aimed at managers, this post offers several testable strategies that will help you boost productivity and say goodbye to poorly run, lazily planned meetings. It’s hard to pin down where Shein is from,” answered Richard Xu from Grand View Capital, a Chinese venture capital firm. Image Credits: Chevrolet.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JUNE 21, 2021

You are ready to launch and thinking about the right go-to-market strategies that will lead to quick and scalable growth ? —?a a critical juncture of your venture’s life cycle, as a majority of startups have only one chance to make a strong first impression. Winning big often means starting small.

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