SaaStr
JANUARY 25, 2024
It’s not the biggest one but we’re very proud of our investment in BuildingConnected, a SaaS plus marketplace company that sold to Autodesk. We were very early in developing a thesis around SaaS-enabled marketplaces and BC was a construction tech investment that came in via cold inbound and was started by first time founders.
Sales Hacker
OCTOBER 13, 2020
Why it’s hard to build a two-sided marketplace [13:38]. And the ones that aren’t are generally, kind of related industries, IT services and those sorts of things. And the other thing I learned is it’s very, very hard to build a two-sided marketplace, Sam. Show Introduction [00:10].
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SaaStock
FEBRUARY 13, 2019
The platform integrates with 100+ shipping services and ensures discounts for many of them. was created by a team with 25+ years of experience in location-based tech, spanning various services and real-time asset tracking systems. from MDI Ventures, Innosight Ventures, and others. Funding to Date : $1.3M Southern China.
FastSpring
APRIL 7, 2022
Founded in 2013, Messente developed a messaging platform that originally served businesses in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. The solution Lauri and his partners developed became Messente — a messaging platform that allows companies to send SMS messages to their customers with full delivery reports, usage statistics, and historical data.
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. Aaron Ross is a name many would be familiar with. He has given his memorable presentations around the world.
Neil Patel
NOVEMBER 9, 2020
Yes, the tech giants could develop the software these micro startups are making, but by the time it’s ready for market, a competitor might have rolled a similar product out and taken all the glory. It’s usually much cheaper to acquire a startup that has done the legwork than get an idea internally developed. Micro Acquire.
ChurnZero
DECEMBER 14, 2023
In a sense, it was originally more like a lead generation service, or marketplace for barbershops. On the other hand, owning a barbershop would serve as a customer research and development (R&D) laboratory. On the one hand, the investment tied up Squire’s cash and put the company at risk of failing.
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