Sun.Feb 09, 2020

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How much bigger is a series B investment compared to series A?

SaaStr

Q: How much bigger is a series B investment compared to series A? While the answer of course is “it depends”, generally speaking, a B round should be 2x-3x the size of an A round. Why? Well, generally speaking, the increase in the size of the next round roughly suggests an increase in valuation. And to raise the next raise, say a B from an A, you need to make progress.

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How Our Journey with Snowflake Began

Tom Tunguz

The debate about partnering with Snowflake went back and forth during the investment committee meeting. It was March 2014. My partners, Satish and John, had met the company and were proposing to lead the Series B. The company was about two years away from launch and heading straight into a dance with elephants. Google and Amazon both offered competing products and were already in market.