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The State Of Venture Debt Post-SVB Collaps with SVP of Pacific Western Bank, Mark diTargiani

SaaStr

Silicon Valley Bank specialized in venture capital-backed startups, primarily in tech. Understandably, the collapse of a venture bank where companies could lose billions of dollars was staggering. Other qualifiers diTargiani looks for in a startup are: Revenue, although pre-revenue deals are also accepted.

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Announcing Intercom’s new program for venture-backed startups

Intercom, Inc.

We are delighted to share that we are officially launching our new program for fast-growing, venture-backed startups. We’re working with venture capital, accelerator, incubator, and technology partners to help founders bring the best communication experience to their customers. Apply here.

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Build a Winning Deck and Make Investors Believe That You’re the Next Unicorn with Fin VC Founder and Managing GP Logan Allin (Video)

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Logan Allin, Managing Partner at Fin Venture Capital, has reviewed hundreds of deck submissions and shares the secrets to crafting the perfect presentation to win over investors. Ensure that your data represents a clear financial picture by including metrics like: Top Line (Net Revenue & ARR). Leave the jargon at the door.

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How Is AI Going To Impact The SaaS Landscape Over The Coming Years with a16z GP Kristina Shen

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The Most Surprising Thing About VC This Year Shen has been in venture capital for 12 years now, and it’s been a crazy ride to watch the whole bull market back in ‘10 and ‘11 when 10x revenue was insanely expensive for a SaaS company. On the consumer side, it’s about having fun and doing and creating something new.

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Fundraising In a Tighter VC Market, Advice for Hiring in 2024 and Much More with Jason Lemkin 

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How Do You Categorize Revenue for VCs? But, you have situations where you aren’t classifying revenue as revenue and could pull in an extra million ARR while dragging down gross margins. When Twilio started to scale, people said it was the Stripe of communication, but VCs were wary because it had 40-50% margins.

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From Uncertainty to +$400M: How Braze Found Opportunity in Headwinds with Braze’s Co-Founder & CEO Bill Magnuson (Podcast 671 + Video)

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When I look at the purpose of venture capital, it’s not to burn a dollar five in order to grow a dollar of revenue,” says Magnuson. During the pandemic, the way people transacted and communicated changed rapidly. Those companies will have a headstart on the competition when the market arrives. Blaze was founded in 2011.

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Getting conversational: HubSpot’s CEO on a new species of disruptor

Intercom, Inc.

Strong customer relationships are more important than ever for business success, but the old ways of communicating and building relationships with customers are broken. Old communication tools, like email and forms, simply don’t match the ways modern customers want to talk, connect, and receive help.