The Zapier Blog

JUNE 25, 2025

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Jason Malki

JUNE 25, 2025

I had the pleasure of interviewing Kris Mathis, founder of MediaStreet.ai. Prior to starting Media Street, Kris founded, grew and sold a SaaS platform for sports sponsorships, SponsorPitch.com, in 2022. If you had to share, “words of wisdom,” with a Founder who’s about to start their own startup, what would they be?

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TechCrunch

JUNE 6, 2022

In the latest development, AppOmni — which has built a platform not just to connect with and secure SaaS apps, but to seek out, highlight and help fix vulnerabilities that arise when different apps are used together or in tandem — has raised $70 million. “SaaS has become one of the most essential parts of the IT stack.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 3, 2011

And many of the best women founders. But this coming generation is much more likely to be inspired by The Social Network and want to be entrepreneurs. million to launch a SaaS software company and we took $2.5 She also does a WONDERFUL 9-minute collage of the best-and-brightest in our industry talking about the topic.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Varos founders, from left, Gil Shaked, Yarden Shaked and Lior Chen. He says this type of data collaboration is being done in other industries, including farming, travel and late-stage investing, where valuation is based on competitive data, but is relatively new for the e-commerce and SaaS spaces. Image Credits: Varos.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 25, 2022

Lahore-based coworking space startup, Colabs , is set to roll-out a SaaS product to enable businesses meet back-office needs including company registration, talent sourcing and management, payroll processing and legal and tax compliance. We were fortunate enough to have met some of the startups we invested in, in their spaces.”.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 26, 2024

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to join the Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO), the world’s largest membership network formed exclusively by entrepreneurs, for entrepreneurs everywhere? These interactions have underscored the importance of continuous learning and the power of a strong, supportive network.”

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TechCrunch

APRIL 23, 2021

With that in mind, we reached out to founders, investors and executives in the city to get an inside look at the state of the current tech startup ecosystem. According to the survey, the city is strong in sectors such as fintech, agritech, hospitality tech, emerging tech, cybersecurity, SaaS and medtech. Alan Carson , CEO, Cloudsmith.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 29, 2022

For founders without the right network, it’s hard to find investors. Vasa said he and Srivastava’s background as founders give them an advantage, because they understand the needs of other founders. Some also prefer not to sell control and dilute ownership in their companies.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

AUGUST 16, 2023

Most founders I speak to agree that the startup journey is generally discouraging, overrun with unsolvable challenges and many many mistakes. I posed a question to twenty-one other founders, across many different industries from media to finance, from SaaS to urban farming. And I do remember them. my friend asked.

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TechCrunch

JULY 29, 2021

Typically we focus on what we call “innovative companies” — whether that’s because they have a SaaS offering or they’re an innovator within a traditional industry doesn’t really matter. For instance, we recently helped a B2B SaaS platform increase demo requests by 350%. Results will automatically follow afterward.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 5, 2022

Coro — a startup building an all-in-one cybersecurity platform aimed at mid-market companies, with functions to monitor devices, users, email, networks, data and apps and remediate any malicious activity — has raised $60 million, funding it plans to use to continue doubling down on this particular gap in the market.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 28, 2023

Register Startup founders are often too focused on the amount of money they can get from an investor that they mostly fail to see the value that other investors have to offer to grow their businesses further. Sharon Lou, venture partner at Indelible Ventures , considers this as one of the top mistakes that founders commit when raising funds.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2022

Imagine a world where founders boasted about how much growth they’ve driven, as opposed to their fundraising prowess. The right coaching and a strong network can help many entrepreneurs land a sizable seed round, but that money reflects investor confidence, not market demand. .” Have a great week, Walter Thompson.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 26, 2024

SDAC engages angel investors and provides coaching, education, and connections to founders. Founder Brad Hel ler Ecodrive – B2B platform that makes sustainability accessible, transparent and ROI effective. Founder Brad Hel ler Ecodrive – B2B platform that makes sustainability accessible, transparent and ROI effective.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

To help our founders in transition , some of which are interested in becoming scouts. Our goal is to invest in, coinvest with, and/or recruit founders in transition. If you have access to post-revenue SAAS or ecommerce companies, you can easily make $1k to $10k per company within a few days.” . Monetizing our deal flow.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 13, 2021

StudyFree — which connects students with international educational opportunities via a community-driven B2C SaaS model — has raised a $3 million seed investment round led by I2BF Global Ventures, TMT Investments and Techstars. Kroshkina is the first female founder to win the Seedstars global competition in its seven-year history.

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Dream It

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

These changes will create opportunities for founders across the entire stack of computer-aided design tools for architects, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Building Information Modeling (BIM) tools, and finally integration with 3-D environmental models to understand and design the lifetime impact of the buildings.

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David Teten VC

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

For example, Maestro ’s founders partnered with PEVCtech to organize a dinner strictly for Partner/Principals of PE/VC firms. Jordan Hauer, Co-founder and CEO, Amass Insights , suggested, “Act as an external company scout for free and feed some dealflow to funds. Disclosure: David Teten is an Advisor to Bullet Point Network.

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TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2023

For founders and investors, there’s no platform like TechCrunch Disrupt. Just as the industry is always evolving and innovating — especially in recent months — we’re doing the same to keep Disrupt on the cutting edge for first-time founders, seasoned investors, visionaries and everybody in between.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 14, 2024

Investment Accelerates the Development of SaaS Solutions Suite Featuring API-based Pharmacy and Telehealth Products SAN FRANCISCO, CA – March 11, 2024 – Foundation Health, a pioneering healthcare technology company, today announced the closure of a $6 million seed funding round.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2021

Investors who participated in the round include Johnson & Johnson Foundation , Newton Partners (via the Imperial Venture Fund), and Founders Factory Africa. Rather than employing a SaaS model that Beattie says is not well appreciated by its customers, Redbird’s revenue model is based on the supply of disposable test strips.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2022

Now empowered by $15 million in new funding , the nonprofit hopes to expand its scope and more tangibly support the class of climate-motivated founders they call “ecopreneurs.” “We see startups leapfrogging across multiple accelerator programs to try and access new networks and funding.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 27, 2023

At these shows-within-our-show, you’ll engage with smart, driven founders, and investors and members of your community, and have the opportunity to cross-collaborate with leaders from other industries. In addition to topic-specific sessions, you can expect several fireside chats with today’s biggest founders and investors.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Sopoong , a social impact-focused VC, intends to support environmentally minded tech founders in South Korea and Southeast Asia, while building a bridge between Korean conglomerates and startups in the sector. Sopoong has closed on around $8 million (10.3

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American Entrepreneurship

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

The Moderne Ventures team of founder Constance Freedman and partner Liza Benson built a track record of top-tier returns with its novel approach to venture investing. Founder and Managing Partner Constance Freedman and Partner, Liza Benson , oversee the generalist venture capital and growth equity firm.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 15, 2022

The phrase may be meant to make people with imposter syndrome remember the importance of a simple cold emails, but it often comes off as a rebranded way to remind people that exclusive networks rule the world. In Equity, we discussed both sides and why it may be harder for international founders to take the new deal. . The new, new: .

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 22, 2022

Sequoia said its cohort includes some startups with whom it partnered when they had no product as well as those being run by repeat founders and entrepreneurs with extensive experience in their respective sectors. Attentive , a vertical SaaS company, is building a sales automation platform for America’s outdoor services contractors.

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Startup Blogpost

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The 15 Best Strategies for Developing New Business in a Crowded Market In the quest to uncover effective strategies for developing new businesses in a crowded market, we turned to fifteen Founders and CEOs for their tried-and-true tactics. Geoff Newman , Founder, Starget.co.uk Any new local business could try this.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

StartupOS today launched a platform to bring some sanity to it all in a bid to help founders stay on track. It includes access to business tools, guidance, mentors and investors, with the hope that the founders can learn how to best shepherd their startups through the process of validating ideas, building MVPs and finding product-market fit.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Andrius Milinavicius , founder, Baltic Sandbox. The Vilnius startup ecosystem is mainly dominated by startups developing business management systems (B2B, SaaS) and financial technologies. investors, founders, lawyers, designers, etc.)? Founders: Justas Janauskas, Milda Mitkut ? Deep tech, SaaS, sustainability.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

David Teten is founder of Versatile VC and writes periodically at teten.com and @dteten. To help our founders in transition. Versatile VC runs a no-cost community for founders in transition, “ Founders’ Next Move.” Our goal is to invest in, co-invest with and/or recruit founders in transition.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 14, 2020

5 VCs discuss the future of SaaS and software after Pfizer’s vaccine breakthrough (EC). How one founder combined edtech and gaming. Serial founder Darshan Somashekar writes that if you want to build a great edtech product, then perhaps it should be a game. What I wish I’d known about venture capital when I was a founder.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2023

throws keys* : Mary Ann reports that Opendoor alums raise $15 million for Kindred, a home-swapping network. A SaaS mindset just isn’t relevant for deep tech investment, which means traditional VCs must recalibrate their behavior (and expectations) before diving in. Here, catch! You can sign up here. Big Tech Inc.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 22, 2024

This infusion of capital is being used to meet demand by payers and providers across the US for the company’s real-time care coordination Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform as well as to grow the engineering, development, customer success and sales teams.

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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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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

counterpart in those that were synergistic to the ones in Europe — for example, tech, healthcare and enterprise SaaS. We’re keeping an incredibly open mind for the next generation of founders to define totally new categories as well,” she added. For years, Northzone looked at sectors for its U.S.

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