TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Boston-based VC firm OpenView interviewed nearly 600 SaaS companies for its annual pricing survey and the results are in: Automation is taking usage-based pricing (USP) mainstream. Why more SaaS companies are shifting to usage-based pricing. The consequences of SaaS sprawl: A real-world study. Walter Thompson.

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TechCrunch

JULY 12, 2022

Lorena Suarez, one of the managing partners of Argentina-based Alaya Capital , a 10-year-old early-stage VC firm, invests in impact-driven startups from Spanish-speaking Latin America. 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

JANUARY 29, 2021

10 VCs say interactivity, regulation and independent creators will reshape digital media in 2021. Since the pandemic disrupted the social rhythms of work and school, many of us have compensated by changing our relationship to digital media. Check out the amazing speakers joining us on Extra Crunch Live in February.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 7, 2024

of all VC funds raised in 2022 to 17.2%—seen as part of a decade-long trend. Aspect Ventures : co-founded in 2014 by Theresia Gouw and Jennifer Fonstad, the early-stage venture firm uniquely focuses on bridging the funding gap between angels and the larger multi-stage VC platforms through collaboration and diversity.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 13, 2022

What has particularly surprised me is how many funds tell exactly the same story and invest in exactly the same areas: B2B SaaS, cybersecurity, cloud infrastructure tech, e-commerce brands and crypto/fintech. What is amazing is how many marketing SaaS companies still get funded: Image Credits: Scott Brinker of chiefmartec and MartechTribe.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 18, 2021

(co-written with Stephane Nasser , co-founder of OpenVC , an open-source initiative to collect and analyze all VC theses.). VCs love to talk investment theses: on Twitter, Medium, Clubhouse, at conferences. 36 theses pulled directly from US VC websites by David Teten and Sam Sabin , co-founder, Hireblue. . Technical founders .

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David Teten VC

MARCH 18, 2021

(co-written with Stephane Nasser , co-founder of OpenVC , an open-source initiative to collect and analyze all VC theses.). VCs love to talk investment theses: on Twitter, Medium, Clubhouse, at conferences. 36 theses pulled directly from US VC websites by David Teten and Sam Sabin , co-founder, Hireblue. . Technical founders .

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Here’s what I said: In your career in tech and VC, how has your focus on ESG responsibility changed over time? Numerous thoughtful people are worried about how technological disruption will destroy jobs. The classical economist response is that technological disruption also creates new jobs, e.g., “video game designer”.

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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. SaaS needs to take a page out of the crypto playbook. “It’s attention.”

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Here’s what I said: In your career in tech and VC, how has your focus on ESG responsibility changed over time? Numerous thoughtful people are worried about how technological disruption will destroy jobs. The classical economist response is that technological disruption also creates new jobs, e.g., “video game designer”.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JUNE 15, 2015

Open source is a disruptive distribution strategy. As a result of both the disruptive nature of open source distribution, and the changes in buyer preferences, the number of open source financings has increased nearly monotonically since the genesis of the movement, and it shows no signs of slowing. RedHat is worth 14.4

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 26, 2021

’s Q3 results last week sent its stock tumbling, but it wasn’t alone: Apple’s iOS 15 privacy implementation disrupted ad tracking and measurement for social media and advertising platforms across the board. Image Credits: Nigel Sussman (opens in a new window).

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog. This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. II: Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs? IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing?

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

His work on VC and small communities can be found at greatercolorado.vc/blog. This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. II: Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs? IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2023

If you’ve been to Disrupt before, you’ll remember we had a stage or two or three. New for Disrupt 2023: The Security Stage , for those of us who love us some hacking, security, and everything in between. Startups and VC Comixology was genuinely a game changer. Finance, meet regulation. PDT, subscribe here.

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Angel Capital Association

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

From an investor’s perspective, 2022 witnessed a sudden market reversal from an extreme equity seller’s market to an equity buyer’s market, causing dislocations throughout angel, VC, and startup ecosystems. It is unclear if VCs will agree to these terms, but LPs believe they now have more leverage. Smaller VC fundraises?

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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

AUGUST 7, 2022

has a legacy, centralized financial infrastructure that needs to be disrupted and re-imagined by fintechs with blockchain technology. On the bright side, the fact that VCs are more discriminating about where they put their dollars could actually lead to more M&A activity, according to Ruark. Today the U.S. Well, that was fast!

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Dream It

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Finishing is the ripest for disruption. AI has also begun to play a bigger role in the construction supply chain, production scheduling, labor management, insurance and financing, risk assessment etc. Zach Aarons, MetaProp VC Which trends are you most excited about in construction robotics from an investing perspective?

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Angel Capital Association

AUGUST 13, 2021

Our Leadership Team started noticing something interesting around 2010: many of our customers were VC-backed startups. I serve as a formal advisor to a small number of companies that have potential to disrupt their industries. A lot of new things. I mentor tech companies through MESA , MN Cup , and Techstars programs.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2021

Mambu raises $135M at a $2B+ valuation for a SaaS platform that powers banking services. It takes a different approach to doing this, not using low-code but smart contracts, which could be one reason why the VC doesn’t see the investments as conflict of interest.

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OurCrowd

MARCH 25, 2022

The EVERY Company is the first to produce real egg proteins without chickens, disrupting the $200B egg market. Australia’s Seed Partnerships offers VC with OurCrowd. Rogynskyy, a Ukrainian native residing in Silicon Valley for over a decade, had his company finance and help with the logistics of his workers’ escape.

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OurCrowd

MARCH 25, 2022

The EVERY Company is the first to produce real egg proteins without chickens, disrupting the $200B egg market. Australia’s Seed Partnerships offers VC with OurCrowd. Rogynskyy, a Ukrainian native residing in Silicon Valley for over a decade, had his company finance and help with the logistics of his workers’ escape.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Mauricio and I had this bold vision of backing as many disruptive entrepreneurs as we could, and leveraging our previous backgrounds and experiences.”. “The market wasn’t so established and meal companies, such as Rappi, were just getting started and reaching their growth phase,” Lloreda added.

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Tomasz Tunguz

DECEMBER 4, 2014

2014 will be the third largest year in VC fundraising since 2000. The financing markets are a train and the IPO market and M&A markets are the locomotive, setting pricing multiples and valuations. For example, in January 2014, the public markets priced SaaS companies at 8x forward revenue.

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OurCrowd

MAY 20, 2022

EVERY aims to disrupt the $200B egg market by producing egg protein for cooking without chickens. Classiq adds HSBC, NTT Finance to $36M Series B. Animal agriculture emits more greenhouse gases than the entire transportation sector. I felt deep down that there had to be a better way to do it. Learn More. Application deadline: May 26.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Forgive the incoherence, we are entering TechCrunch Disrupt silly season over here. Also, there’s just a few hours left to apply to volunteer at TechCrunch Disrupt and attend for free , if you want to get your application in for next week! Startups and VC. We are psyyyyched. Christine and Haje. The TechCrunch Top 3.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 11, 2022

For most products and services, TAM is presented in nine figures or more, but when you’re sitting around a kitchen table eating cold pizza while planning to disrupt a billion-dollar market, these numbers can create a lot of cognitive dissonance. It was always the last slide we worked on. Image Credits: Bryce Durbin/TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2023

Apply to Startup Battlefield 200 anyway — and announce your public debut at TechCrunch Disrupt! Startups and VC Many apps today assume that data lives in only one location, typically a single cloud database. Cultivating capable coffee currency : Becca reports that Blank Street cracked the code on making coffee shops attractive to VC.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2022

Weaver , a London-based marketplace and SaaS contract negotiation platform for matching homeowners/architects planning major home renovation projects with vetted contractors, has closed a $4 million seed round to expand nationally. in pre-seed financing from a number of angels — bringing its total raised to date to $5.5M.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 31, 2020

Notable is that it was just in September that VCs seemed resigned to having startup valuations pulled higher by public markets’ endless optimism for related companies. If so, startup valuations could decline en masse, along with the more exotic areas of startup-related finance. A16z’s David Ulevitch concurred. Various and Sundry.

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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. Animo Ventures and Las Olas Venture Capital are two other VC firms located in South Florida from pre-COVID days.

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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

JANUARY 25, 2022

Startups/VC. TechCrunch Disrupt Startup Battlefield startup Cellino Bio raises $80M : This is the leading story from startup-land today, I reckon. And VCs are stepping up to finance it. Enter Scratchpad, which just raised a $33 million Series B.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 22, 2021

Well, it has now structured more than $400 million across its platform, an eye-popping performance that has attracted new VC interest, this time from Sep Alavi at White Star Capital and Karen Page at B Capital. SaaS securitization will disrupt VC’s biggest returns this coming decade. The two firms are investing $12.5

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The move comes seven years after D’Souza and Romanow launched the capital lender that aimed to disrupt VC with non-dilutive capital. In April 2020, Clearco launched ClearRunway to help SaaS founders secure non-dilutive capital repaid through revenue-share agreements. Clearco is now valued at $2 billion.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

Novel disruption has fallen out of favor, with many preferring more time-tested models like enterprise SaaS and biotech. Peloton is a high-end hardware and SaaS business that produces original media content, sells apparel, and runs its own delivery logistics. Peloton yesterday raised over $1.1 And now we are seeing that.

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