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. This year, that figure rose to 45%.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

The opportunity that the company sees has really forced us to reallocate resources and strategy,” said Brown. Battery Ventures has backed Databricks since 2017, so Alex Wilhelm interviewed General Partner Dharmesh Thakker to understand why he thinks the company may be undervalued. Image Credits: Nigel Sussman (opens in a new window).

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2021

On October 27, we’re taking on the ferociously competitive field of software as a service (SaaS), and we’re thrilled to announce our packed agenda, overflowing with some of the biggest names and most exciting startups in the industry. Databricks co-founder and CEO Ali Ghodsi is coming to TC Sessions: SaaS.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2022

It’s not a tech company this time — Awoyemi co-founded online jobs site Jobberman (which was acquired by ROAM Africa in 2016) and Whogohost, a bootstrapped hosting platform — but instead, a venture studio: Fast Forward Venture Studio. Here are some of the startups in the venture studio portfolio.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Stay tuned, and please feel free to share with anyone looking for a new opportunity! At NEA, a venture firm with over $25 billion in AUM, she focused on fintech and consumer products. Layoffs spell opportunity for some fintech startups by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch Super interesting read.

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TechCrunch

JULY 29, 2022

How to grow a SaaS company efficiently in a recession. Fundraising chats still start off with small talk, but startup teams are under more pressure than ever to make the best possible use of these rare opportunities. Justin Overdorff, partner, Lightspeed Venture Partners. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

In 2020, the venture industry continued to invest in startups, despite the COVID-19 crisis. Nick Kalliagkopoulos , partner, Prime Ventures. • Bas Godska , founder, Acrobator Ventures. Digital health, education, B2B SaaS. What are some overlooked opportunities right now? More overlooked founders than opportunities.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 20, 2021

While its transformative potential was quite clear before the pandemic, the sudden pivot to distributed workforces caused interest in SaaS products to skyrocket as medium and large enterprises embraced digital and remote sales processes, significantly expanding their utility. The rise of Indian SaaS unicorns.

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TechCrunch

JULY 27, 2021

In the coming months, it will make a move into a SaaS model — which Wiliot likes to say refers not to “software as a service,” but “sensing as a service,” using its AI to read and translate different signals on the object attached to the chip — to run and sell its software.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2021

The startup has just closed a $10 million Series A to continue building out its workplace management SaaS for landlords and office managers — which offers features like resource scheduling (booking meeting rooms etc.), employee/co-working space member engagement, and financial management tools through web and mobile applications.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Every blog post, Tweet and Instagram Story is an opportunity to explain to customers (and your board) how the company creates value or is a step ahead of the competition. Let’s talk about the SaaS selloff. Let’s talk about the SaaS selloff. @yourprotagonist. How to execute an amplified marketing strategy.

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2022

Today, London-based Legl — a 2019-founded SaaS startup that sells tools to law firms wanting to digitize processes and automate workflows in areas like client onboarding, payments and compliance to support a more modern customer experience — is announcing the close of an $18 million Series B round, just over a year after it raised a $7M Series A.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 6, 2021

Venture capitalists are chatting this week about a recent piece from The Information titled “ The End of Venture Capital as We Know It.” Lessin notes that venture capitalists once made risky wagers on companies that often withered away. Thus, venture capitalists sold their capital dearly to founders. A capital explosion.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 20, 2015

We’ve had just one market since then and it could confuse one into thinking: every deal finds downstream investors, every company good or bad finds a home, you know anything at all about brazil, india, china or even saas sales, ecommerce or analytics (you know all these in a bull market). What do I know about venture?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2023

4 SaaS engagement metrics that attract investors Image Credits: Tetra mages (opens in a new window) / Getty Images Past performance doesn’t always predict future results, but it’s the best place to find customer retention stats that have investor appeal. “We’re very small in a large opportunity.”

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 23, 2022

For the last 24 months, Thomvest Ventures recorded headcount data for 150 Series A to C enterprise SaaS startups, and we have the numbers. Market opportunity slide. Richard Kerby, general partner, Equal Ventures. “Be ruthless about how you spend your time,” she advises, “especially with your investors.”

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Leta , a Kenyan B2B supply chain and logistics SaaS provider launched last year to optimize fleet management, is looking for growth opportunities in West Africa, even as it scales operations in its existing five markets. A SaaS provider for businesses, logistics providers and marketplaces.

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TechCrunch

JULY 1, 2022

According to a report by Capchase comparing more than 400 SaaS startups to unicorns that reached the public markets in the last two years, the top performers “are handily beating the ‘Rule of 40,'” reports Kyle Wiggers. According to its findings, SaaS founders should target at least 80% and aim to surpass 110%.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 27, 2021

The flow of capital in SaaS is becoming increasingly bifurcated. Recent research shows that there are three key steps to becoming a “have”: Continued execution against large and growing market opportunities. Image Credits: OpenView Partners.

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David Teten VC

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Identify relevant industry associations to ensure product is aligned and see if there are any relationship-building opportunities. Tim Friedman, CEO, PEStack , and a Venture Partner with Versatile VC , suggests, “E.g., See if they have opportunities, e.g., they have a member-only technology vendor database for LP-focused tech.”.

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TechCrunch

JULY 18, 2022

Fundrise , a company that allows anyone to invest in real estate with a minimum investment of just $10, is making a splashy entry into the venture capital market with the goal of raising a new $1 billion growth equity fund to invest in late-stage tech startups, it announced today.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

COVID-19 has spotlighted many of the weakest points in our transportation system, but some of the rapid shifts in consumer behavior are creating opportunities for tech once considered fanciful, like sidewalk delivery robots and eVTOLs (electric vertical and takeoff vehicles). Shawn Carolan, partner, Menlo Ventures. I, II and III.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Greater Colorado Venture Fund raises $25 million dollar fund, in partnership with Colorado Venture Capital Authority; Funds will be used to galvanize, support and expand rural Colorado founders and entrepreneurs in their business building efforts. GCVF will deploy the initial investments from Fund II over the next five years.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Greater Colorado Venture Fund raises $25 million dollar fund, in partnership with Colorado Venture Capital Authority; Funds will be used to galvanize, support and expand rural Colorado founders and entrepreneurs in their business building efforts. GCVF will deploy the initial investments from Fund II over the next five years.

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TechCrunch

JULY 12, 2022

As the market swoons, venture capital firms continue to announce new funds. Haris Khurshid, general partner at Chalo Ventures , launched a $50 million second fund focused on investing in Pakistani startups and a smaller percentage in Latin American startups. As the global venture capital market slows, is the US dodging the downturn?

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 29, 2022

Register GetVantage , a revenue-based finance platform (RBF), has raised $36 million in funding, backed by returning investors Chiratae Ventures and Dream Incubator Japan as well as Varanium Nexgen Fintech Fund and DMI Sparkle Fund. Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

A lot of SaaS products are sold on flat-rate subscriptions. million in funding from Kindred Capital, Union Square Ventures and Insight Partners, money that it will be using to continue building out its product and picking up more customers. ” How to be one of the ‘haves’ of SaaS.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Yes, the high-flying SaaS and cloud stocks that have been such a key narrative in 2020 thanks to the pandemic and low interest rates, fell sharply while other sectors rallied off the vaccine tidings. SaaS and cloud stocks are off more this morning, though their declines are shallower than Monday’s losses. Let’s find out.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Seedstars Africa Ventures , the pan-African early-stage fund for startups, has appointed Bruce Nsereko-Lule as its new general partner, to help it deploy more capital and provide the much-needed technical support for founders across the continent. Image Credits : Seedstars Africa Ventures. Venture capital in Africa is doing very well.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2023

He focuses on the firm’s growth fund portfolio as well as new investment opportunities. When engaging with our portfolio companies as well as with new investment opportunities, we’ve noticed that “profitability” and “efficiency” are two words that are often grouped with “growth” in every sentence.

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TechCrunch

JULY 7, 2021

Y-Combinator- backed Localyze has nabbed $12 million in Series A funding led by Blossom Capital for a SaaS that supports staff relocations and hiring across borders. It offers tiered pricing for the SaaS, based on usage.). nationality, family status or education). .

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

It is almost guaranteed you’re going to be wrong,” said Aydin Senkut, the founder and managing partner of Felicis Ventures. Kara Nortman, a managing partner at Upfront Ventures, said the TAM numbers given in a pitch do not control whether she’s likely to invest. “I Nima Wedlake, principal, Thomvest Ventures.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 7, 2022

A Kenya-based venture studio with a focus on tourism, Purple Elephant Ventures (PEV), has raised $1 million pre-seed funding to build the next generation of startups that use technology to modernize the tourism sector. The venture studio is currently looking for co-founders and CEOs for the two startups.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Private equity firm Vista Equity Partners announced today that it is taking a majority stake in Drift , a company which aims to be the Amazon of businesses, with a “growth investment” that propels the venture-backed startup to unicorn status. But what did appeal to the pair was the opportunity to add to the too-short list of U.S.-based

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 7, 2021

A startup that has built payroll automation software to make the process less painful, Pento, has raised $35 million in a Series B round of funding co-led by Tiger Global Management and Avid Ventures. With its SaaS model, the company makes money by charging customers a set monthly fee. . million since its inception. In the U.K.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2022

It was an expensive mistake, and one he wants to help Latin American entrepreneurs avoid with his new venture, Latitud. “I According to PitchBook, venture-backed companies raised $14.8 are starting a venture-backed company, the friction is not there like in LatAm,” Requarth said. “If even though we had zero activity there.” .

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TechCrunch

MAY 25, 2021

Bpifrance, Burda Principal Investments as well as existing investors Index Ventures and Samaipata are also participating. The company is building a vertical SaaS for residential property management. French startup Matera has announced that is has raised a new $43 million (€35 million) Series B funding round led by Mubadala Capital.

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