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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?” What’s your most recent disclosed investment?

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How Revenue-Based Financing and Venture Capital Funding Work Together

OPEXEngine

As Chief Credit Officer at Lighter Capital, I work behind the scenes grappling with the data that informs all of our decision-making regarding financing deals, from revenue-based financing (RBF) to term loans and lines of credit. What should VCs make of revenue-based financing? Funding options by stage of growth.

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Why Venture Capitalists Are Doubling Down on Technology

OPEXEngine

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? But we expect this preference for later-stage rounds to continue after the pandemic.

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Why Venture Capitalists Are Doubling Down on Technology

OPEXEngine

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? But we expect this preference for later-stage rounds to continue after the pandemic.

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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. It focuses on disruptive tech businesses. Stage: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Private Equity, Seed.

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

Outseta

Venture capital is not inherently bad or the manifestation of greed and commitments to impossible-to-deliver growth. And the companies choosing the independent path are not all hipster led lifestyle businesses choosing nobility over bankroll and operating with a chip on their shoulders. They were doing $4.6M

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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. 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. seed investor.