Tom Tunguz

MARCH 26, 2016

Sales velocity is the equation that governs the effectiveness of your SaaS startup’s sales team. Sales velocity originates from operations research , field of study pioneered by Charles Babbage , one of the fathers of computing, and Georges Doriot , the patriarch of the venture capital industry.

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SaaStock

MARCH 1, 2019

It is owned by the Hong Kong SAR Government and provides seed investments through its Cyberport Creative Micro Fund and Incubation Programme. Temasek Holdings is an investment company founded by the Singapore government in 1974. Stage: Venture Capital, Angel. Stage: Corporate Venture Capital. Founded: 2011.

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IT World

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

And while cryptocurrencies like those traded on FTX are different from others backed by fiat money or other assets, the meltdown of the exchange looks likely to cool a burgeoning number of efforts to adopt digital currencies by industries and governments. The exchange was founded in 2019 by MIT graduates Sam Bankman-Fried and Gary Wang.

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SaaStock

JANUARY 30, 2019

It is a venture capital firm based in Brazil and Silicon Valley. Its partners boast diverse venture experience and have previously invested in more than 70 companies. The DGF team provides valuable support to businesses in crafting their strategy, operations, governance, and finance. Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed.

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Tom Tunguz

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Chinese startups raise nearly half of all venture capital dollars and nearly 100 are valued at $1B. One has a government that has embraced - until recently - laissez faire policies toward technology, while the other has a government investing enormous sums to accelerate technology and entrepreneurialism.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 1, 2020

Many folks began hiring again, and venture capital came back with a roar. The airplanes, that without massive government support, will soon cease flying. And our reforecasts “held” so we knew pretty much what the rest of the year was going to look like from a budget perspective. So where are we now?

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SaaStr

APRIL 7, 2022

I am a partner at Accel, the Global Venture Capital Fund, and I’m very happy to be here with one of these mythical creatures that people were talking about earlier. It’s no different than in federal government. Transcript: Luciana Lixandru: My name is Luciana Lixandru.

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OPEXEngine

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Technology is reshaping the economy, and it starts with venture capital. Technology was a driving force behind the boom in venture investments over the past decade. Where are venture investors focusing their technology bets? The post Why Venture Capitalists Are Doubling Down on Technology appeared first on OPEXEngine.

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OPEXEngine

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Technology is reshaping the economy, and it starts with venture capital. Technology was a driving force behind the boom in venture investments over the past decade. Where are venture investors focusing their technology bets? The post Why Venture Capitalists Are Doubling Down on Technology appeared first on OPEXEngine.

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SaaStr

MAY 27, 2020

On March 27th, so about a month later, the US government passed the CARES Act, which probably you know, stands for the Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security Act, which is now at three trillion dollars. I thought it’s also worth giving you some sense of scale for how much the US government takes in in revenue every year.

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Kellblog

OCTOBER 13, 2019

However, as soon as a founder/CEO raises venture capital (VC) they have decided to take investing partners along on the journey. However, VC investors are material shareholders, typically negotiate the contractual right to sit on the board of directors, and have certain governance and fiduciary duties as a part of sitting on the board.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MARCH 5, 2024

But there are, just frankly, limits to not having the government functioning as it should, and we need that 2024 budget. Sharon: Another thing you talked about is just this tremendous amount of private investment venture capital going into defense. There are great limitations on what we can do under a continuing resolution.

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Neil Patel

MARCH 1, 2021

Equity crowdfunding is a relatively new market, and although it’s valued at over $10 billion , that’s a tiny drop in the ocean compared with the $282 billion raised through venture capital in just a year. It has the biggest market share in terms of capital raised and can give your business excellent exposure.

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Kellblog

DECEMBER 27, 2021

I think DAOs are an interesting concept (great primer here ), but the blockchain linkage seems contrived [13] — I could make a Dunbar-number-sized group with organic governance rules and run it via in-person meetings, Zoom, Slack, or of course, Discord. Flood of venture capital (VC). Venture capital continues to flow.

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SaaStr

JULY 17, 2020

Then on the other hand or on top of that, the government’s obviously subsidizing a lot of people who are suffering and so they don’t feel-. Then also, there’s industries where it’s just hard to fathom them how they deal, from an economic standpoint, with either consumer or government mandated density caps.

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SaaSHolic

MAY 12, 2023

Opportunities in Venture Capital Nigel Morris, Managing Partner (QED Investors); Marcos Toledo, Founding Partner (Canary) Nigel Morris, Managing Partner of QED Investors is bullish on the opportunities for fintech in the financial services industry, particularly in Latin America and other developing regions.

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SaaSHolic

MAY 15, 2023

For startups, the speaker suggests focusing on how AI can drive customer acquisition and go-to-market strategy, while for large companies, creating a vision for AI is important, as well as focusing on infrastructure and skillsets and reshaping governance to deal with security and compliance issues.

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ChurnZero

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

As the largest technology council in the nation, NVTC is the regional voice of technology, serving about 1,000 companies and organizations, including businesses from all sectors of the technology industry, service providers, universities, foreign embassies, non-profit organizations and government agencies. For more information, visit [link].

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Baremetrics

MAY 7, 2019

million – about half of all the cash they had on hand – to buy out their main venture capital investors after eight years since founding. This capital can also greatly accelerate the progress and trajectory of the business with resources that others may not get for years down the road. Venture Capital.

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OPEXEngine

JUNE 16, 2020

However, as soon as a founder/CEO raises venture capital (VC) they have decided to take investing partners along on the journey. However, VC investors are material shareholders, typically negotiate the contractual right to sit on the board of directors, and have certain governance and fiduciary duties as a part of sitting on the board.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

We raised $0 of venture capital. ” Now, seven years later, SalesLoft has over 400 employees, has raised over $75 million of venture capital, and in the next two years, if not sooner, my prediction is that they will be a unicorn that you’ll be able to read about on Tech Crunch. We started the business in 2007.

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The SaaS Garage

APRIL 26, 2017

Senovo is an independent venture capital company based in Munich. Bayern Kapital GmbH, based in Landshut, was initiated by the Bavarian State Government in 1995 as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the LfA Förderbank Bayern. www.eqtventures.com. About Senovo. The investment focus is on B2B business models in the DACH region.

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Kellblog

MAY 29, 2021

I should add that ensuring proper corporate governance is an important duty for for the board, but while critical, I view it as table stakes and have thus excluded governance-related items from the list of differentiating attributes above. The Board Member Perspective: What I Think Makes a Good Independent Director.

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Kellblog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

For example, see this model indemnification agreement from The National Venture Capital Association ( NVCA ) [5], which provides a detailed introduction in its preface as well as detailed in-line comments. An indemnification agreement is a contract that specifies that, provided the director meets a minimum standard of conduct (e.g.,

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SaaStr

AUGUST 26, 2020

And given the number of investors and the amount of capital that’s in the market, remember that it only takes one yes, that’s all you’re trying to get to, and that one yes will automatically create scarcity for you and get others to say yes, so put your best foot forward and try to get to that one yes.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MARCH 5, 2024

And I think our project has an opportunity to be a nightmare for our enemies where, it is an opportunity for the leading venture capital investment funds and individuals in the valley to come together with the military in a location that can accommodate growth for the next 30 years.

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 5, 2019

And the very first thing that I did, like any neurotic person is I Googled corporate venture capital. Again, one of the things we learned and we heard when we were doing the initial research when we didn’t know anything about corporate venture capitalists, how slow big companies are. That’s how much I knew about it.

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SaaStock

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

The service is currently targeted at new employee enrollment, which traditionally requires a hefty stack of paperwork carted back and forth between government offices. from CKD Venture Capital Corporation, and others. Most companies are accustomed to doing it in spreadsheets and paperwork. Founders : Shoji Miyata.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

For Collibra, a cross-organizational data governance platform, the company went from slow growth to hypergrowth. Felix will share insights on how he founded Collibra in Belgium, successfully relocated the company headquarters to New York City, and raised $233 million total in venture capital to become a unicorn company.

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Kellblog

JANUARY 5, 2020

I’d argue it’s not – the markets have changed structurally such that companies are staying private far longer and thus living off venture capital (and/or growth-stage private equity) in ways not previously seen. The interesting question here is whether mean reversion is relevant. Autonomy’s former CEO gets extradited.

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OPEXEngine

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

These factors resonated well with the investment theses of venture capital firms. Many functions are subject to government regulations such as the healthcare privacy law, HIPAA. Existing functions are customized to specific industry needs, are not well understood externally, and legacy systems tend to be older and more unique.

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SaaStr

JULY 24, 2020

And given the number of investors and the amount of capital that’s in the market, remember that it only takes one yes, that’s all you’re trying to get to, and that one yes will automatically create scarcity for you and get others to say yes, so put your best foot forward and try to get to that one yes.

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Kellblog

JUNE 27, 2022

Bob Seiner and Non-Invasive Data Governance ). While European buyers seem somewhat more independent in their decision-making, US buyers – particularly Fortune 1000 IT departments – routinely rely on advice from an ecosystem of thought leaders and influencers, ranging from major industry analyst firms (e.g., Lack of home field advantage.

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SaaStr

JULY 15, 2020

Then on the other hand or on top of that, the government’s obviously subsidizing a lot of people who are suffering and so they don’t feel-. Then also, there’s industries where it’s just hard to follow them how they deal, from an economic standpoint, with either consumer or government mandated density caps.

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ProfitWell

DECEMBER 4, 2019

There are a number of funding types that serve the SaaS business model, including: Venture Capital: The glamour means of procuring funds for your startup, venture capital is provided by firms or funds that see high growth potential or a strong track record of recent growth in a SaaS company, enough to merit substantial financial assistance.

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Point Nine Land

JANUARY 17, 2019

The tokenization of traditional financial instruments such as stock, bonds, loans, private equity and venture capital investments will become increasingly common. 2018 already paved the way for a number of tokenized fund launches such as Blockchain Capital and SPiCE VC. Although there won’t be any filings on the U.S.

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

I started my career actually in venture capital, specifically in SAS venture capital. And of course, government policy can play a huge role in creating that profitability through government incentives, tax breaks, things of that nature, which I’m a huge proponent of.

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