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SaaS Funding Napkin, the 2017 edition

The Angel VC

Today is January 10, 2017. In less earth shattering news, the fact that it's 2017 also means that my "SaaS Funding in 2016" napkin needs an update. Today I'd like to take a stab at the (early) 2017 answer to that question. So, what does it take to raise capital, in SaaS, in early 2017? It still feels surreal to me.

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SaaS Fundraising in 2017

Tom Tunguz

Comparing 2017 averages to seven year highs, we observe Series A, Series B, and Series Seed round sizes are effectively at their all-time highs, ignoring some minor differences. Should the current trend continue, 2017 would see the fewest number of rounds since 2012, and a 45% reduction from 2014 high. billion from $4.2

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The Software Startup Sectors Raising the Most Capital in 2017

Tom Tunguz

Machine learning startups continue to raise ever more capital, as do big data companies. And this data implies that fewer earlier stage companies raised, which means there will be fewer Series Bs in 2017 and fewer Series Cs in 2018. Cybersecurity investments are classic hockey stick.

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Approaching Half a Million Customers: How to Win in SMB with BILL CEO and Founder René Lacerte

SaaStr

The mobile phone user has the highest NPS as a BILL user because it’s super simple and easy, and the clerk does all the data entry, pulling everything in and managing it. Then, in 2017, with around $50M in revenue, BILL added payment capabilities. Then, you get to the people who need to approve a transaction. That was probably 2012.

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Monetizing Analytics Features: Why Data Visualizations Will Never Be Enough

Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Five years ago they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your embedded analytics. Brought to you by Logi Analytics.

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What we're looking for in SaaS in 2017

The Angel VC

As the year is coming to an end I’d like to share a few thoughts on what we’ll be looking for in the SaaS world in 2017. It will be extremely interesting to see which companies can accomplish a similar quantum leap in 2017 and how it will look like. Will it be a SaaS solution with voice as the primary form of input?

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Just Being Pretty Good at Venture Capital Isn’t Good Enough

SaaStr

So Carta has some of its latest data on VC performance and it’s pretty interesting: There’s a lot going on this chart but let me break it down from a founder perspective: The median 2017 fund is 7 years into a 10-14 lifetime — and is sitting at 1.8x “TVPI” But it’s not quite that good.