SaaStr

APRIL 4, 2020

Start raising own fund in 2002. But … from a fund you started raising in 2002. The post Why Do Some People Consider Venture Capital a “Young Person’s Game”? Let’s take a fun example of a simply awesome SaaS company that will IPO soon, doing hundreds of millions in ARR — Procore. Say 5% of $3,000,000,000.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

2002-2019: Founders jealous of VCs, with their easy life, diversified. The Rise of 1000 Unicorns and 100 Decacorns, combined with the overnight changes to fundraising processes from Covid, have radically changed venture capital: Tiger alone is deploying $100 billion , mostly into Cloud startups, and very quickly.

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Kellblog

MAY 8, 2019

Every so often I post highlights from the quarterly Fenwick & West Venture Capital Survey , as much to share knowledge about the existence of the survey [1] as to share its current-quarter data. As an example, there were two kinds of startups in 2002: those that raised large amounts of money at crazy valuations in 2001 and dead.

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Tom Tunguz

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

Founded in 2002, the Australian software maker Atlassian is an exceptional company in many regards. This cash, in addition to a small amount of venture capital, has provided the wherewithal to fuel the business’s growth. But foremost, Atlassian is one of the best examples of flywheel SaaS companies yet.

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SaaStr

MAY 23, 2019

Well in 2002, I know it was a long time ago. But in 2002 there were only two types of startups in existence. There was no other type of startup in 2002 when the internet bubble burst. .” And the reason that’s only kind of glib is, let’s look point by point. So these decisions can have a big impact.

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SaaStr

MARCH 11, 2019

Jason Lemkin: But looking back, you started in 2002, and it was a terrible time to start, but also good because there weren’t 10,000 companies each year out of Y Combinator and EF and others. I was on a board with John Doerr a while ago, you know, the legend of venture capital, he modeled 6% dilution a year.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

394: Where is Venture Capital today? Sunil Dhaliwal: I was at one of the biggest firms around and I think we had a $200 million fund and people were like, I can’t believe we’re running $200 million in venture capital. And how do you hack it? This episode is sponsored by Outgrow. Jason Lemkin: Crazy.

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