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18 investors fueling Latin America’s SaaS superstars

SaaStock

It is a venture capital firm based in Brazil and Silicon Valley. Its partners boast diverse venture experience and have previously invested in more than 70 companies. Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed. Kaszek Ventures. Kaszek Ventures is among the biggest venture capital firms in Latin America.

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SaaStr’s Podcast “Best Of Guide” Our Top 10 Podcasts of All Time

SaaStr

#4: Upfront Ventures Partner Mark Suster on The One Thing That Kills Sales. About the episode: Mark Suster is Managing Partner at Upfront Ventures which he joined in 2007, having previously worked with Upfront for nearly 8 years as a two-time entrepreneur. Prior to Brex, Sam was Chief Revenue Officer at Rainforest QA.

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Subscription Rockstars: How HubSpot Went From Zero to $500+ Million in Annual Revenue

Chargify

Today, HubSpot is not only a rapidly-growing enterprise that generates nine-figure annual revenue (more than $500 million in 2018), but they are also trusted thought leaders in the marketing industry with a cult-like following. 2007: 48 customers. 2007: 15 employees. Revenue growth: 2006: Unknown. 2007:$255,000.

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7 Lessons Helping Start Pardot, SalesLoft and Calendly (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

We started the business in 2007. We raised $0 of venture capital. We had 13 million of recurring revenue, 100% year over year growth. Today, six years later, Pardot as part of salesforce.com last calendar year did 250 million of recognized revenue, so think about that. We sold the business in 2012. We sold Pardot.

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PODCAST 98: The Importance of Product-Led Growth and Focus For A Startup w/ Blake Bartlett

Sales Hacker

Blake is a partner at one of the most well known SaaS venture capital firms in the world, OpenView Venture Partners, based in Boston. He’s been a VC since 2007, and prior to OpenView was at Battery Ventures, where he invested in companies like Glassdoor, Wayfair and Optimizely. Our sponsor is Outreach.

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Key Lessons from a $5B SaaS Category Leader (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

I’ve been in venture capital for about 20 years, made my first SaaS investment about 18 years ago and have really been focused on this space for a long time. I work at a firm called Shasta Ventures. There just aren’t enough marketers in a company to generate enough revenue selling seats.

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SaaStr Podcast 215: Ryan Smith, Qualtrics Co-Founder & CEO On The Things Nobody Tells You About an $8 Billion Acquisition

SaaStr

Ryan Smith: And so we had to switch and we chose Qualtrics, and it was the best thing we’ve ever done because everything we ever wanted to do, pivot the company or get away from surveys, which in 2007 were like, “Whoa, this is way bigger.” ” We could do it under the Qualtrics umbrella. And this is the power.