Tom Tunguz

JUNE 20, 2016

In 2011-2013, about 1450 software companies were founded each year on average. This is counterintuitive considering the broader venture capital backdrop of near record venture investment in software. The rate of new software company formation seems to have declined materially in the past few years.

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Hitenism

OCTOBER 17, 2016

You can even find articles from venture capital firms with pitch deck templates and fundraising advice. Hiten Shah (@hnshah) August 5, 2011. But that was back in 2011. Do a quick search for “pitch deck templates” and you’ll see tons of decks from famous companies who successfully raised money years ago. Solution 3.

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The Angel VC

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

It’s said that a decade ago, you needed millions of venture capital in order to launch an Internet startup whereas today, thanks to open-source software, cheap hardware and new ways to acquire users for free (in particular virally via Facebook/Twitter and with SEO via Google), you can do the same with a small fraction of that.

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Tom Tunguz

OCTOBER 12, 2014

In 2011, the year of the IPO, services still accounted for 33% of revenues. The chart above shows these trends and compares it to the Subscription gross margin which has increased by 50%, reaching 75% in 2011, in the same time period. In 2009 and 2010, the company recognized more revenue from services than subscription.

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SaaStock

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Founded : 2011. Founded : 2011. from MDI Ventures, Innosight Ventures, and others. Founded : 2011. from Saison Ventures, and others. Founded : 2011. from CKD Venture Capital Corporation, and others. Founders : William Tien. Based in: Hong Kong. Based in: Singapore. Funding to Date : $11.1M

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Tom Tunguz

JANUARY 5, 2015

In about two thirds of SaaS IPOs from 2011-2014, the founding CEO is the current CEO. The original equity allocation among founders, ongoing employment at the company and the dilutive impact of venture capital are far bigger determinants of equity at IPO than current role. percentage points. Founder/CEOs retain 15.5%

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ChurnZero

AUGUST 4, 2020

and is backed by leading angles and venture capital firms such as Baird Capital, Grotech Ventures and Middleland Capital. . The SaaS Awards is a sister program to the Cloud Awards, which was founded in 2011. ChurnZero is headquartered in Washington, D.C. About the SaaS Awards.

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Mucker Capital

OCTOBER 24, 2019

We started Mucker in 2011 with unbridled optimism and a firm belief that THIS future was certain. . We took everything we learned in the preceding decades spent inside and outside the Valley and applied it to venture in L.A. 2015: Getting Past the Catch-22 of Venture Capital. 2011: Why Now? consultant.

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Tom Tunguz

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

According to analysis by my partner Jamie Davidson on typical periods between financings peaks around 9 months so the follow on rates for Series Bs should be accurate up until the 2011 class, which gives these startups more than 2 years to raise their B.

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Chart Mogul

JUNE 9, 2023

If you’re mostly selling to venture capital-funded startups a lot of them are probably trying to reduce their burn rate, so they will look at SaaS spend. (…) There are also aspects of SaaS as a business model or industry that make it really strong in tough times. It’s tied to a global macroeconomic downturn.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 12, 2022

I believe you, it’s true, but venture capital is a weird niche thing that… Frankly, venture capital at any stage only wants to invest in folks that are already off to the races. And then I would say going into 2011, it became quite uncommon. It’s frustrating, but it’s true.

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ChurnZero

AUGUST 25, 2020

Godard was named to the Tech 50 list by Crain’s Business Chicago in September 2014 and to the Chicago Entrepreneur Hall of Fame in 2011. The company has since raised $206 million in venture capital, landed more than 1,400 customers, and now employs more than 400 people across six offices around the globe.

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SaaStock

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

With an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, Rodrigo Baer launched a successful career in consultancy and entrepreneurship, and today is among the top figures in venture capital for early-stage tech companies in Brazil. In 2011, he co-founded Rock Content, the top provider of content marketing solutions in Latin America.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Imagine having the opportunity to sell into a company like Lyft in 2011. Back then, in 2011, Lyft was a small Series-A startup called Zimride with under 50 employees. Founded in 2011. Imagine growing with them on their journey to becoming a publicly-traded company with an $11+ billion market cap. Founded in 2010.

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Point Nine Land

MAY 28, 2020

9 Founder Summits We’ve been using Zendesk as our deal-tracking system since early 2011, which gives us the benefit (and often the embarrassment) of being able to go back in time and take a look at our notes on every company we’ve looked at in the last nine years. Have a look at this Forbes story covering the news.

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SaaStr

JUNE 19, 2020

Christoph co-founded Point Nine Capital in 2011. We’re an early stage venture capital firm focused primarily on B2B SaaS and B2B marketplaces. Christoph has invested in more than 20 SaaS startups and lives and breathes SaaS, everything from “A as in AI-enhanced B2B software” to “Z as in Zendesk”.

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OPEXEngine

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

said venture capitalist Vinod Khosla in 2011. “People over 45 basically die in terms of new ideas.” People under 35 are the people who make change happen,” he further asserted.

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Kellblog

JANUARY 5, 2020

I’d argue it’s not – the markets have changed structurally such that companies are staying private far longer and thus living off venture capital (and/or growth-stage private equity) in ways not previously seen. The interesting question here is whether mean reversion is relevant.

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 5, 2022

Drata recently raised $100 million in venture capital funding, which I believe makes it San Diego’s latest startup unicorn with an evaluation of $1 billion. Liam Geraghty: Adam, thank you so much for joining us. You’re very welcome to the show. Adam Markowitz: Thanks for having me. How does that feel?

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Chargify

AUGUST 6, 2019

Most notably, $5 million in VC funding from General Catalyst in 2007, $12 million in VC funding from Matrix Partners in 2008 and $16 million in VC funding from Scale Venture Partners in 2009. Venture capital allowed HubSpot to prioritize expansion over profitability, helping them achieve explosive growth. .

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Before I joined the venture capital industry many years ago, I was a software developer, and I worked for a startup around the 2000 time period. Now, I’m a venture capital investor. All right, so the answer is there are actually 61 a cloud unicorns, and we’ll flash them up. How long can this last?

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 29, 2020

I think there’s this dichotomy that people swing between bootstrapping versus venture capital. The state of tooling in 2010 or 2011 was that there was no Stripe, there was no subscription management and the idea of a SaaS economy was just nonsense. We incorporated in San Francisco on August 15th, 2011, I think.

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Outseta

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Venture capital is not inherently bad or the manifestation of greed and commitments to impossible-to-deliver growth. Buffer Funding History $120,000 through AngelPad start-up accelerator in August 2011 $330,000 seed round in December 2011 $3.5M worth - their story is uniquely turbulent in a number of ways.

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SaaStr

JULY 1, 2021

Since 2011, over 500,000 projects have been built with PlanGrid. You’re in the valley, you raise venture capital. Tracy Young : Hi, my name is Tracy Young. I’m one of the co founders and CEO of PlanGrid. PlanGrid builds beautiful, simple software for the construction industry. Part of it is this is why.

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ChurnZero

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

The SaaS Awards is a sister program to the Cloud Awards, which was founded in 2011. The Cloud Awards is an international program which has been recognizing and honoring industry leaders, innovators and organizational transformation in cloud computing since 2011. About the Cloud Awards. For more information, visit churnzero.net.

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ProfitWell

JULY 15, 2019

Acquired by Microsoft in 2011, Skype basically still operates on the same freemium model. When it launched as the first cloud-based notes app during the recession in 2008, its founders didn't raise much venture capital. You can make Skype-to-Skype calls for free, but have to pay to call regular phones.

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ChurnZero

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

ChurnZero is headquartered in Arlington, VA and is backed by leading angles and venture capital firms such as Baird Capital, Grotech Ventures and Middleland Capital. Tech in Motion is an international events series that brings local tech community professionals together to connect, learn, and innovate.

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Chart Mogul

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

How to Raise Venture Capital with Poor Customer Retention by Mark Roberge, Stage 2 Capital However, if a startup’s customer retention is off the mark, even significantly, they can still position the company as an attractive investment. But many employees are afraid to ask for a simple explanation.

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

To date Gainsight have raised over $156m from some of the world’s best VCs in the form of Lightspeed, Bessemer, Insight Venture Partners, Battery Ventures and Salesforce Ventures. We actually almost went public.

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SaaStr

JULY 12, 2022

I just raised that venture capital. When we were acquired in July 15th, 2011 at 3:01 PM, Adobe was doing $4 billion, 75 percent perpetual. We’re getting to traction, we’ve got a million?and?a?half, half, two million in revenue. It’s just like me after I raise that series B, series A, whatever it was.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Venture capital always finds you, even when you’re in Phoenix. We actually got to know Battery in around 2011 or so. Heidi Jannenga : Our metrics were off the charts. As you can imagine, I don’t know how they do it. They came and started knocking on our door, and taking a lot of interest in what we were doing.

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