TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

What are some overlooked opportunities right now? How should investors in other cities think about the overall investment climate and opportunities in your city? What are the opportunities startups may be able to tap into during these unprecedented times? How has COVID-19 impacted your investment strategy? E-commerce.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 22, 2022

Worldfavor co-founder and CEO, Andreas Liljendahl, says he welcomes the thickening pack of sustainability reporting players — envisaging a future of rich collaboration and startup opportunity to cater to increasingly comprehensive and intertwined reporting requirements. Tanso nabs $1.9M

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

We have global opportunities from these trends but of course also big challenges. We have to have strong conviction in the quality of the team and the opportunity and commit more quickly. even before the pandemic itself has been fully tamed. So in our earliest stages we’re about 70% seed and 30% pre-seed. just to name a few!

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

“ Our strong numbers back us up in this case as they have proven the cadence is picking up, people are talking and customers are adopting our strategy – and we’ve had fantastic results. We’re the only provider who can enable companies to realise their global potential,” he told me in an email.

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Tomasz Tunguz

AUGUST 28, 2021

Should you price your SaaS per seat or per use? Many people think of pricing as monetization, but just as important to think through it as an acquisition strategy. There are many companies who employ a two-part tariff: a base platform fee and an ongoing usage fee to capture postive aspects of both types of pricing strategies.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

But co-founder and CEO David Cancel did say the SaaS company saw 70% growth in its annual recurring revenue (ARR) in 2020 compared to the year prior and is on target for a similar metric this year. But what did appeal to the pair was the opportunity to add to the too-short list of U.S.-based So far it has made three.).

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StartupNation

JANUARY 18, 2022

Eventually, all these efforts translate into better opportunities, more leads, and sales. For instance, some email marketing services focus on specific industries like bloggers or SaaS products. Encourage early excitement with unique strategies. Leverage new-age social media strategies.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JANUARY 30, 2024

The Bridge2 program is an 8-week pre-accelerator designed to prepare scalable, tech-enabled startup companies for Oklahoma-based accelerator programs and to pursue funding from private and public investment sources. i2E Vice President of Operations Darcy Wilborn reflected on the outcomes of the program and its initial cohort of companies.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2023

The initiatives were painful for both the engineering and finance departments, they say — which is when the pair realized that they wanted more flexibility over how software-as-a-service (SaaS) products were billed and monetized. “They should, instead, enable the flexibility to meet customers where they are.”

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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. Headless commerce must have had a great PR person.

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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. The firm targets seed-stage, tech-enabled B2B startups and uses its global experience to help founders expand their businesses across different geographies. I have got to say B2B SAAS just because we are focused on that!

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Though chatbots are largely meant to handle simple customer service tasks, there is an opportunity to scale both customer service and sales messaging. This means we’re more connected than ever, with endless opportunities for companies to engage with their customers.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 16, 2021

What are some overlooked opportunities right now? SaaS models and cloud technologies have eliminated some of the barriers for Israeli companies and enable companies to quickly set up and set up a proof of concept. Riskified makes e-ommerce easier and safer and enables a thriving e-commerce environment.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2021

. “We can improve both outcomes and costs by moving care from the hospital back to the place it started — at home,” they write in a post that explores five innovations enabling at-home care and identifies investment opportunities like acute care and infrastructure development.

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Jason Malki

APRIL 11, 2024

I had the pleasure of interviewing Justin Dorfman, the Co-Founder and CEO of AssetMule , a SaaS product that product marketing and sales teams use to create personalized interactive sales assets. So we felt there was an opportunity to bring sales assets into the 21st century by making them web-based and more interactive.

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Jason Malki

DECEMBER 5, 2023

From leading teams to architecting growth strategies, Malik’s career is marked by significant achievements, including generating substantial revenues and onboarding thousands of clients. Embrace challenges as opportunities for growth, remain adaptable, and always prioritise customer needs. What motivated you to launch your startup?

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Drawing on their experiences in cybersecurity — Liran was the chief technology officer at Microsoft’s R&D center in Israel — they created software that lets companies analyze business data to test and adjust their go-to-market strategies. .

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TechCrunch

MARCH 4, 2021

“This will accelerate our roadmap enabling more swim lanes of product work to be on the go concurrently,” he says. Countingup’s business model combines both SaaS and fintech. On the SaaS side, the company earns monthly subscription fees. That roadmap includes tax filing, new financial services (e.g.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

” Nearly 70% responded yes, which means Twitter developers are “likely now asking themselves if they should try to revive the old codebase or start from scratch ,” writes Marcus Merrell, vice president of technology strategy at Sauce Labs. Image Credits: Bryce Durbin/TechCrunch Dear Sophie, I help several startups with HR.

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TechCrunch

JULY 8, 2022

He focuses primarily on investments in software and technology-enabled business services. 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.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2022

We’ve seen companies across the e-commerce infrastructure and enablement ecosystem pick up larger and larger rounds, and CommerceIQ is the latest to secure late-stage financing. Traditional brick-and-mortar strategy doesn’t transfer over to e-commerce, but the old way with spreadsheets and human-driven operations don’t scale.

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Andreessen Horowitz

DECEMBER 13, 2023

There is a unique window of opportunity today for a new 3D Creation Engine (aka game engine) to revolutionize the way we create games, film, virtual worlds, and simulations. Cloud native engines maximize customization Today’s engines are monolithic desktop applications originally designed before modern cloud architecture and the SaaS age.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2021

This window of opportunity was driven by the pandemic as we saw a lot of companies become distributed and go remote,” CEO Babcock told TechCrunch. There was no longer the opportunity to tap on people’s shoulders in the office, so much of the training was left to people’s own devices.”. The team now has 13 employees.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2023

At the time, custom-built solutions were the trend, and — according to Romero — he and his friend had the opportunity to build an asset allocation software for a mutual fund company. “Our reasoning back then was we wanted to invest in our core SaaS solutions and the specialized services surrounding them,” Romero said.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2022

These plans also include enabling the digitization of traditional insurers as innovation continues to shape the industry. Speaking about its growth strategies, Ms. Stanbic Bank uses Lami’s SaaS platform to power its bancassurance products. This is where we see a lot of opportunity as we expand into other markets.”.

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 9, 2024

The number one input to whether or not someone buys that next incremental piece of software or potentially engages that service provider is actually how well it interacts and interoperates with the other technology decisions they’ve already made to drive it some kind of bigger strategy. This showed up in the SaaS-pocalypse.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

She is passionate about leading design, implementation and oversight of actionable strategies unlocking synergies, leveraging untapped efficiencies and fostering collaborations across functional areas. Orchestrating a “soft” landing was a “hopeful” strategy that is proving increasingly elusive. Shachi Shah.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Costanoa Ventures is seeing some of its best returns yet as it closed on two new funds, Costanoa Fund IV, a $225 million early-stage fund, and Opportunity Fund II, a $115 million funding investing in later rounds of portfolio companies. Indeed, women now make up 60% of Costanoa’s team and almost 50% of its partners.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Request situations where they had an opportunity to observe your actions. Seek out industry associations, taking advantage of community events such as conferences, workshops, training opportunities, and more. Knowing the Value Proposition is key to establishing a marketing strategy that distinguishes a company from its competition.

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Tomasz Tunguz

AUGUST 2, 2016

Channel distribution represents one of the biggest and most important changes in customers acquisition for SMB SaaS startups in quite a while. It’s the most successful SMB SaaS acquisition channel ever built. After all, he’s built the most success SMB SaaS channel ever. The Channel Distribution Opportunity.

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Startup Blogpost

MARCH 22, 2024

We gathered 30 invaluable strategies from SEO Analysts, Founders, and other experts, ranging from optimizing content with targeted keywords to crafting blog posts that answer key questions. Among all the strategies we employed, the most effective one for ‘CupsnChai’ was undoubtedly keyword research and optimization.

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Dream It

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Some of the opportunities involve machines, while an equal amount of opportunity lies in the software behind the machines. Travis Connors, Building Ventures At Building Ventures, we see enormous opportunities developing for the use of robotics in construction over the next 20 years. I’m excited to watch this space evolve.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2022

That’s according to Reveal CEO Simon Bouchez, who alongside Gautier Machelon, Perrine El Khoury, and Alex Sadones aims to build a platform that allows B2B companies to more easily identify sales opportunities with their partners. With customers including Qualtrics, Tealium, Contentsquare, and Vonage.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2022

With their new capital, the duo hopes to advance on their mission “to enable a seamless, transparent experience for financial institutions and their customers through an intelligent, opinionated and intuitive workflow platform.” Once focused on mortgage banking, Blend is now going after the broader fintech market.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Too many well-funded teams are lighting VC dollars on fire with strategies that neither reach their target audience nor deliver cost effective acquisition?—?funding Here are two Web3 user acquisition strategies that, if done properly, can be a great area of focus on when the market is down. In my experience, this is a mistake.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 7, 2022

Last week, Paystand — a blockchain-enabled B2B payments startup — announced it had acquired Mexican fintech Yaydoo — creating a new unicorn in the resulting new entity. The company has raised over $86 million over its lifetime and counts NewView Capital and SoftBank’s SB Opportunity Fund among its backers. and Mexico. and Mexico.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

It helps private equity firms deal with the back office, logistical work of handling smaller investors, while giving those same investors access to opportunities with minimums of $10,000 — instead of a traditionally higher range between $250,000 and $25 million. The strategy has convinced a slew of early backers and partners.

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