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Doubling Down: Nina Achadijian, Partner at Index Ventures

SaaStr

The company is an AI platform that empowers teachers to give instant, personalized feedback to students, based in San Francisco. Often, we ask ourselves: “If there was no venture capital available, would this person still want to build this business?” Why did you do the deal?

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How Revenue-Based Financing and Venture Capital Funding Work Together

OPEXEngine

As alternative financing solutions attract more attention from entrepreneurs, some VC investors are noticing more startups are turning to these options for their growth and working capital needs, many times mixing and matching RBF with a term loan, line of credit with a forward commitment, or both. Funding options by stage of growth.

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Who are Asia’s SaaS VCs?

SaaStock

The areas of interest are IT, mobile, consumer products and services, healthcare, cleantech, and financial services, among others. Stage: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Private Equity, Seed. Stage: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Private Equity, Seed. Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed.

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A Step-by-Step Guide to Landing Your First Enterprise Client

SmartKarrot

It is a sign of development, showing that the business has effectively transitioned from an R&D organization dependent on venture capital to an autonomous, long-lasting enterprise. . Sales motion: A corporation’s method and strategies to market its goods. Lead: A potential client, either as an individual or company.

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Aileen Lee and Jason Lemkin

SaaStr

A venture capital investor, she is the founder of Cowboy Ventures. Are you more excited about eCommerce? So, it’s like in healthcare, one of my friends who’s a doctor says she feels like she fell asleep in 2020 and woke up in 2030 in terms of … Jason Lemkin: Yeah, I bet. 346: Aileen Lee is a U.S.

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The Alternative Funding Options For SaaS Start-ups Cheat Sheet

Outseta

By Geoff Roberts 12 min read When we first started building Outseta we stated outright that we weren’t interested in raising venture capital—instead, we planned on bootstrapping the business and remaining independent. Each time a payment is made, the fund’s ownership stake is reduced with the founders’ ownership shares increasing.

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The Road Now Taken: 4 SaaS Start-ups And Their Quest For Independent Growth

Outseta

By Geoff Roberts Last year Clement Vouillon of Point Nine Capital wrote an article entitled The Rise of the Non “VC compatible” SaaS Companies. It made the rounds in tech circles online. Venture capital is not inherently bad or the manifestation of greed and commitments to impossible-to-deliver growth.