TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The language learning company launched nearly a decade ago on the Disrupt stage with no monetization plans. CEO and co-founder Luis von Ahn returned to TechCrunch Disrupt this year to explain how the sophistication of public markets impacts the company’s strategy.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 7, 2023

TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 , which runs September 19–21 in San Francisco, is the startup world’s big tent. Peruse the pivotal partners at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 We’re fortunate to partner with some of the startup world’s leading companies to help make magic at Disrupt. Who doesn’t like to save money? Courtesy of Lucid Software.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 26, 2024

SDAC engages angel investors and provides coaching, education, and connections to founders. – SaaS MarTech startup that drives sales of travel products by connecting brands, influencers, and travelers. The fund’s portfolio companies have raised about $191 million so far as they scale and disrupt industries.”

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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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Revolution

JANUARY 9, 2019

Senior Software Engineer at Zylo Location: Indianapolis, IN Zylo is the leading enterprise SaaS optimization platform that transforms how companies manage and optimize their SaaS applications. Its SaaS platform, SONAR, provides data and analytics to participants in the freight market. Looking for more opportunities?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

We partnered with various founder organizations — who in turn nominated promising early-stage startup founders — and collectively provide educational resources and mentorship to help these young founders develop and succeed over the course of the year. Founded by Denise Umubyeyi. Go Together, Inc. : Founded by Kimberly Moore.

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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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Tomasz Tunguz

MARCH 21, 2015

years, Adobe has transformed its business from a software license business into a SaaS business. It’s been a remarkable transition, and one not talked about very much in the SaaS world. Transitions from licensed software to SaaS are rare. And in 2012, the company decided to disrupt its own businesses. respectively.

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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

JULY 12, 2022

He did say that LPs wanted to know how the firm would navigate investment in that market, which required the firm to do a bit of educating on why Pakistan needed a focused fund. It focuses on early-stage B2B SaaS, so LP concerns were about how B2B software will perform in an inflationary environment, he wrote.

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TechCrunch

JULY 21, 2021

Laxman said that in the mid-2000s, inbound sales processes and tech began rapidly evolving as SaaS adoption increased, but outbound sales teams still relied on the same high-volume tactics they had been using for years. The previous outbound sales tech disruption happened in 2011 when Outreach and Salesloft were founded.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2020

“We’re disrupting the legacy LMS [learning management system] providers, the Cornerstones of the world, with our bite-size training platform,” said CEO and founder Ted Blosser in an interview. “I think it’s critical to be able to build your own customer education,” Blosser said.

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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. Cowboy Ventures led a $2 million seed round in 2015 while the founders were just starting their entrepreneurial journey.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Register CLASSUM , a South Korea-based B2B SaaS company that provides and interactive learning platform, has announced raising $11 million in its pre-Series B funding round. Provided as a SaaS model, CLASSUM enables active communication and engagement from participants.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Testimonial: “We went from running a ‘hobby’ SaaS offering to running a real company with goals, releases and a growing customer base. One of the greatest values is their focus on education. Danny walks through a recap of his panel at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021. ” Software Consulting. Growth Marketing.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The company, founded in 2016, provides 24/7 live chat and telehealth, ship-to-home prescriptions, vet-curated items in its e-commerce marketplace and educational content and programs. He called Bhettay “an energetic and smart entrepreneur” who is building a strong team to go after a space that is ripe for disruption.

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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. Open to anything “but especially B2B SaaS, future of work, consumer social, and developer tools.”. “If

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

JUNE 25, 2024

Boostpoint is a recruitment marketing B2B SaaS platform that helps companies source and engage with qualified candidates through targeted social media advertising and automated SMS campaigns. Their specialized software smooths the way for groundbreaking research and education. Learn more here. Boostpoint, Inc. Learn more here. .

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

In a panel discussion at TechCrunch Disrupt, Managing Editor Eric Eldon interviewed Jaime Bott, talent partner at Sequoia, Tawni Nazario-Cranz, operating partner at Signalfire, and Doris Tong, founder and CEO of EQ Talent Group, to learn more about recent shifts in recruiting. Image Credits: Bryce Durbin. Edtech startup Woolf landed a $7.5

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Tomasz Tunguz

DECEMBER 20, 2016

2016 was a year of change for SaaS, and most of the story was the public market. More than $70B of public SaaS market cap was taken private by both other publics and also by private equity firms. SaaS company formation seems to be slowing, but the companies that do raise, command larger Series As than ever.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

That sort of multiple wouldn’t be out of line with other major fundraises for star companies with SaaS-based business models. It’s become a darling in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has seen most business and educational conferences canceled in the midst of mass restrictions on domestic and international travel worldwide.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

” TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 is underway! After taking a hiatus from covering SaaS multiples, Alex Wilhelm took a closer look at software revenue and noted that “the upward charge has plateaued” in recent months. “So, what’s driving Klarna to be afraid of going public?”

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

The idea of getting on a Zoom or a call with a sales rep in order to try out a vendor’s product feels disruptive to a users’ needs and flow. ” Develop a buyer’s guide to educate your startup’s sales team and customers.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

JUNE 25, 2024

Boostpoint is a recruitment marketing B2B SaaS platform that helps companies source and engage with qualified candidates through targeted social media advertising and automated SMS campaigns. Their specialized software smooths the way for groundbreaking research and education. Learn more here. Boostpoint, Inc. Learn more here. .

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2022

Both anticipating this and responding to the growing consumer appetite for enhanced privacy protections, vendors such as Apple have released privacy-forward features like App Tracking Transparency that threaten to disrupt the behind-the-scenes mechanics of many trackers.

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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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TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2021

YouTube is the largest education platform in India — but it’s not built for teachers,” said Surender Singh, co-founder of Pensil, at the presentation on Tuesday. Three startups in the current batch are planning to disrupt this market, which is largely commanded by state and bank-backed insurers.

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FundersClub

JUNE 12, 2017

’ It’s that line of thinking that leads people to create disruptive companies, to solve problems that were thought to be intractable. So if you are a business that is, for example, in the enterprise SaaS space. There's education to be had if you do seek that out. But it really depends on the business, obviously.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

According to a recent interview with Founding Partner Andrew Oved, Reformation invests in SaaS (vertical and application software) and consumer product businesses that have achieved $1M-$5M in annualized revenue, while operating capital efficiently. 20% initial ownership. We have a total of 4 Partners and 6 other team members.”.

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Tomasz Tunguz

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

To despair that we aren’t building important or truly disruptive innovations is to have a very short term view of innovation. The most important thing is that the ecosystem (government, education, private enterprise, capital) continues to foster innovation. This cycle drives the valley and the economy forward.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

According to a recent interview with Founding Partner Andrew Oved, Reformation invests in SaaS (vertical and application software) and consumer product businesses that have achieved $1M-$5M in annualized revenue, while operating capital efficiently. 20% initial ownership. We have a total of 4 Partners and 6 other team members.”.

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TechCrunch

MAY 21, 2021

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. Emeritus, which is part of the Eruditus group, announced this week that it plans to acquire iD Tech, a STEM education service for children. Investors are. Let’s do just that.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Their discussion, which took place at TechCrunch Disrupt, also addressed the value of using test suites and selecting a reliable continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) framework. What are the things that can help our team move really fast and ship really fast?”

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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). End-to-end operators are the next generation of consumer business.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 16, 2021

At Qumra, we get excited about companies that disrupt traditional industries while doing good and improving quality of life. Our portfolio includes some great examples such as Fiverr that has disrupted the labor market by unlocking the global talent pool, or Talkspace, which is providing access to therapy to all. More than 50%?

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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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