TechCrunch

JULY 21, 2021

Outplay helps them scale more easily with tools that automate campaigns, identifies the likeliest prospects and uses data to decide the right time to send pitches. The previous outbound sales tech disruption happened in 2011 when Outreach and Salesloft were founded. The company announced today it has raised $7.3

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 29, 2021

Jomayra Herrera , principal, Cowboy Ventures (a generalist fund with portfolio companies Hone and Guild Education). Jan Lynn-Matern , founder and partner, Emerge Education (a leading edtech seed fund in Europe with portfolio companies like Aula, Unibuddy and BibliU).

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Aileen Lee and Rachel Carlson walk through Guild Education’s early pitch deck. Image Credits: Guild Education. Aileen Lee and Rachel Carlson walk through Guild Education’s early pitch deck. I was a little less authentic.”. How to take advantage of distributed work. “We’re not remote, we’re distributed.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Its big pitch is that it has built the tools to make it easy for companies to build their own training and learning materials, incorporating tests, videos, slide shows and more, and by making it easier for companies to build these themselves, the materials themselves become more engaging and less stiff.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 2, 2021

E-commerce roll-ups are the next wave of disruption in consumer packaged goods. E-commerce roll-ups are the next wave of disruption in consumer packaged goods. There’s certainly no shortage of SaaS performance metrics leaders focus on, but NRR (net revenue retention) is without question the most underrated metric out there.

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StartupNation

MARCH 10, 2021

The year 2020 threw online education into the spotlight, but this Ann Arbor tech company has known the value of it since it was founded in 2017. Amesite , founded by top Midwest female founder Ann Marie Sastry, uses AI to improve the online education experience. Just last month they raised $11.8 In 2020, they raised $5.5 Groundspeed.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2021

Image Credits: Cowboy Ventures / Guild Education. Tomorrow’s episode of Extra Crunch Live will feature guests VC Aileen Lee of Cowboy Ventures and Rachel Carlson, CEO and co-founder of Guild Education. India’s path to SaaS leadership is clear, but challenges remain. Image Credits: Bryce Durbin. Ritu Narayan founded Z?m

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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2022

In the world of work (or any place that is dependent on IT, like education), it’s often a frustrating experience for users when those who hold the IT purse strings decide that they will opt for a larger, multi-functional platform over individual point solutions to serve the needs of its users. .

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 31, 2020

For me, this was particularly interesting because it helped me better understand that an optimal pricing structure can be key to a SaaS company’s initial success. Jan Lynn-Matern, Emerge Education. Education = knowledge transfer + social + signaling. API startups are so hot right now. ” Ian Chiu, Owl Ventures.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Disrupting the traditional MBA may be the most tried, tested and tweaked edtech startup pitch out there. And rightfully so: Business school is damn expensive and largely reserved for a select group of people who have the time and money to invest in elite education. The startup’s initial raise, a $1.5

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TechCrunch

JUNE 18, 2021

“While all startups are certainly not focused on being disruptive, they often rely on cutting-edge technology and processes to give their customers something truly new,” Zeile writes. Edtech investors are flocking to SaaS guidance counselors. Edtech investors are flocking to SaaS guidance counselors.

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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

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Traditionally, it’s been known for travel/hospitality, healthcare tech and real estate tech, but I’m already seeing emerging trends around blockchain/crypto, fintech, remote work and even some traditional enterprise SaaS. We have also invested in marketplace business models in products disrupting travel, pets, solutions for SMBs.

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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

MAY 21, 2021

Meanwhile, read on for highlights from our chat with Olson, Grooms Lee and Adler, and then stay tuned at the end for a recording of the full session, including our live pitch-off. At a high level, WalkMe is a SaaS business, which means that when we digest its results we are digging into a modern software company. Investors are.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

We organized a series of HBS Angels pitch nights, joint with a range of affinity groups for HBS Alumni: HBS African-American, HBS Healthcare, HBS LBGT, and HBS Latino. Numerous thoughtful people are worried about how technological disruption will destroy jobs. In its first full year of operation, VCAP attracted 159 applicants.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

We organized a series of HBS Angels pitch nights, joint with a range of affinity groups for HBS Alumni: HBS African-American, HBS Healthcare, HBS LBGT, and HBS Latino. Numerous thoughtful people are worried about how technological disruption will destroy jobs. In its first full year of operation, VCAP attracted 159 applicants.

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