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Who are Asia’s SaaS VCs?

SaaStock

The areas of interest are IT, mobile, consumer products and services, healthcare, cleantech, and financial services, among others. Stage: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Private Equity, Seed. Stage: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Private Equity, Seed. Stage: Venture Capital, Angel.

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Understanding the SaaS business model

ProfitWell

Ever since John Koenig first coined the term “SaaS” back in 2005, the software-as-a-service industry has been one of the fastest-moving and creative in the world. SaaS, or software as a service, is a delivery model in which a centrally hosted software is licensed to customers via a subscription plan. Recurring payments.

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Reflecting on the Intercom journey – Karen Peacock and Des Traynor in conversation

Intercom, Inc.

And so I worked with a whole bunch of companies in technology and financial services, consumer goods, helping them on things like growth strategy, developing new products, M&A. I think there’s this dichotomy that people swing between bootstrapping versus venture capital. Des: Totally, and I think Yammer was the same.