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Dear SaaStr: Is Late-Stage Venture Capital More Stressful than Early-Stage Venture Capital?

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Dear SaaStr: Is Late-Stage Venture Capital More Stressful than Early-Stage Venture Capital? You’re often betting on a $10B+ IPO, and that’s just pretty darn rare these days in SaaS and Cloud. It’s more lamentful , I think. And probably even most of the companies you meet with are, too.

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The 10x Rule: What Raising $1 of Venture Capital Really Means

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Especially now in 2022, when venture capital again is scarcer, and more expensive, and far harder to close than it was during the go-go times for SaaS of 2021 and late 2020. Does this make venture evil or something because these deals probably didn’t make all the founders multi-millionaires? Both were sold for about 1.5x

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How Venture Capital Has Changed Since Covid-19

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Q: How is Venture Capital difference since Covid-19? hit hard, and VCs distracted with working out the issues in their portfolios: But the slow down lasted, at best, 60 days: First, Cloud stocks went on an unprecedented tear. As did Cloud revenues. SaaStr New New Venture 2020. That was easy.

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The Current State of Venture Capital and Cloud with Byron Deeter, Bessemer Venture Partners

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Over 1,500 of you registered for an incredible deep-dive we did yesterday with Byron Deeter, Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners. Byron has invested in over a dozen Cloud unicorns and even more importantly, has been investing in SaaS and Cloud since the very earliest days. The agenda: What’s happening in venture today.

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Where Venture Capital Really is Right Now, With Accel, Iconiq Growth, and Salesforce Ventures at G2 Reach

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G2 put on its big annual digital event, G2 Reach , this week and we were lucky enough to host what ended up being a simply amazing session on the real state of venture capital right now. The best in Cloud and SaaS are still growing at epic rates, but growth is coming down which is pressuring everyone.

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What’s Really Happening in Venture Capital, Right Now

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First, come here from 20+ of the top VCs in SaaS and Cloud for FREE at our next big digital event, the next SaaStr Summit: The New New in Venture on May 27th. Yes, the stock market is still strong and Cloud stocks are close to all-time highs. I’m glad you asked! Sign up here and early session registration is already open!

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Do You Really Need Venture Capital To Build A Top SaaS Company?

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Q: How many companies in the Fortune 500 raised venture capital? Why are so many people obsessed with venture capital when many successful businesses didn’t raise it? There are many successful companies that did not raise venture capital, and VC does seem to get a bit too much media attention. 7 out of 100.