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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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

This collaborative program also includes prominent VC organizations like Kleiner Perkins, Salesforce Ventures and Initialized Capital to develop lasting mentorships with the TC Include founder cohort. We’re disrupting boring, inefficient and outdated diversity training through real talk and interactive gaming.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2023

No matter how you calculate it, time is running out for you to score an early-bird pass to TechCrunch Disrupt and save up to $800. Go to TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 for a lot less Early-bird pricing disappears this Friday, May 12 at 11:59 p.m. Hear them pitch live from the Showcase Stage. Limited event app features. Price now: $45.

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TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2023

You have four — count ’em, just four — more days to take advantage of early-bird pricing on passes to TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 , taking place on September 19–21 in San Francisco. Expand your knowledge in dozens of presentations — vote here for the Audience Choice breakout sessions and roundtable discussions you want to see at Disrupt!

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

Those workflows include creative, sales, client services or startups using DocSend to deliver proposals or pitch decks and track engagement. In fact, among the earliest use cases for the company was helping startups track engagement with their pitch decks at VC firms. DocSend raises $8M for smarter document sharing.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Heavily VC-backed salad chain Sweetgreen heads toward public markets. ” Heavily VC-backed salad chain Sweetgreen heads toward public markets. How to root out shadow IT and maximize SaaS investments. Just shine a light on your SaaS portfolio, according to CEO and co-founder of Zylo, Eric Christopher. Any advice?

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TechCrunch

MAY 5, 2021

In April we hosted the inaugural TC Early Stage Pitch-Off with 10 top companies from around the globe. TC is on the hunt to feature a new batch of 10 companies this summer to pitch in front of TC editors, global investors, press and hundreds of attendees. Nervous to pitch onstage in front of thousands? Apply here by June 7th.

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FundersClub

JUNE 1, 2017

Jerrod Engelberg of FundersClub will host a Q&A on FC Live with Adam Draper of Boost VC on June 13th. Submit questions and watch the full event here: Q&A with Adam Draper of Boost VC — FundersClub Live Series. FundersClub Portfolio News. in " Flexport to open global network of consolidation centers.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

and mentally preparing ourselves for TechCrunch Disrupt. Startups and VC. A strong sales organization is the tip of the spear for every SaaS startup, but because so few founders have meaningful experience in this arena, they don’t know how to set their teams up for success. PDT, subscribe here. An IPO at last!

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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. PDT, subscribe here. Happy Thursday, Crunchers! Get the revenue.

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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

MARCH 11, 2022

I haven’t launched a successful startup, but I have helped write several pitch decks. 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.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 6, 2023

Let’s kick this off by reminding you there’s only 5 days left to save $1,000 on Disrupt passes ! — Christine and Haje The TechCrunch Top 3 No one likes a cheater : Definitely not Russian game developer Battlestate Games, which banned and doxed 6,700 cheaters from its Escape from Tarkov game.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2015

Try to imagine if you *didn’t* already know Amazon and the company walking into VC meetings telling people they were going to disrupt the selling of all goods starting with books but then extending into electronics, apparel, toys and so forth. ” Let’s start with some basics. And here’s the thing.

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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

AUGUST 24, 2021

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. Among other topics, Lee will talk about how Guild Education met her criteria for investment before the duo offer feedback on startup pitches submitted by audience members.

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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

MAY 4, 2023

Over on TC+, Haje has been hard at work trying to create the Perfect Pitch Deck. Acquisition, retention, expansion: Why SaaS founders must understand GDR and NDR Image Credits: ConstantinosZ (opens in a new window) / Getty Images Investors have raised their expectations around SaaS profitability and growth since the downturn began.

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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. For starters: he’s never had an opportunity to pitch at a VC firm where there was another Black person in the room. API startups are so hot right now.

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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

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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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

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

The VC and founder winners of DoorDash’s IPO. SAN FRANCISCO, CA – SEPTEMBER 05: DoorDash CEO Tony Xu speaks onstage during Day 1 of TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2018 at Moscone Center on September 5, 2018 in San Francisco, California. ” The VC and founder winners of DoorDash’s IPO.

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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. Just a few months after winning our own startup pitch competition, Cellino has raised a massive Series A that should provide the startup with plenty of runway.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 1, 2022

It was a slow news day at TC Towers because we double-checked every PR pitch for April Fools’ Day silliness and every PR agency in the world advised their clients to set embargoes to literally any other day of the year. P.S. Before we forget – TechCrunch Disrupt is back with an in-person event in October. Startups and VC.

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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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OurCrowd

MAY 20, 2022

EVERY aims to disrupt the $200B egg market by producing egg protein for cooking without chickens. It will have a hackathon focusing on energy resources, autonomous capabilities, safety and reliability challenges, and a startup pitch track. “Animal agriculture emits more greenhouse gases than the entire transportation sector.

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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? 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. How do you leverage your VC expertise in politics?

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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? 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. How do you leverage your VC expertise in politics?

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