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Doubling Down: Satya Patel, Partner at Homebrew

SaaStr

What’s your most recent disclosed investment? Our most recent disclosed investment is in Pika.art, a company redesigning the entire video-making and editing experience utilizing AI. What’s your sweet spot for investing — check size, stage, type of deal? Why did you do the deal? And how big is your current fund?

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Instacart

Andreessen Horowitz

Investing in Instacart was perhaps the hardest decision I had to make as a venture capitalist. We pulled from my prior marketplaces experience and dove into their business quickly to develop a point-of-view on the opportunity. Focusing on the former was key to our investment decision. Instacart is a case study of this.

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ISVs vs SaaS: What’s the Difference?

Stax

Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and Software-as-a-Service Providers (SaaS) operate within the same market, thus creating a push-and-pull revenue dynamic. Some well-known examples are Adobe, a design and creator platform, Autodesk, a leading construction management system; and Meditech, a healthcare information systems solution.

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29 Latin American SaaS Superstars

SaaStock

Since its launch in 2015, it has attracted more than 4,500 retailers who use it as their central marketplace. from Astella Investimentos, Spectra Investments and others. Some of its top uses include financial services, e-commerce, marketing, education, and many more. . Funding to Date : $6.6M Funding to Date : $7.5M

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How to Grow Your SaaS Brand With Expert Help?

How To Buy Saas

For companies in the Software as a Service (SaaS) industry, this is particularly true. Do you want to increase website traffic and generate more leads, enhance your direct sales approach, or improve your customer service processes? They’ll offer professional advice, services, and guidance to help your business reach the next level.

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Uber's Wonderlamp

The Angel VC

In fact, according to this Bloomberg story , Uber's new valuation sets a record for investments into privately-held tech startups. Also, the expensive "private limo" service, which Uber started with in the beginning, didn't appeal to me. And it should be, since it doesn't happen very often that a four year old company raises $1.2B

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How Dopple Is Defining an Emerging Market

FastSpring

Dopple has been careful which customers they invest in, making sure that their product roadmap aligns with where they continue to see the “hockey puck” moving. You know, these are huge investments, hundreds of 1000s of dollars, think trailers and farm equipment that have a lot of base plus options. It starts with self service.