Tom Tunguz

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The US venture capital ecosystem has grown 40x in dollars from $8b to $320b invested in 10 years. Fueled by this capital, startup company formation rates touched fifteen-year highs in 2021. Web3 is just beginning to blossom, creating new distribution channels that will power another wave of innovation.

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SaaStr

JUNE 1, 2023

The company is trusted by more than 30,000 companies, over 5,000 investment funds, and half a million employees for cap table management, compensation management, liquidity venture capital solutions, and more. Our vision is a world where everyone has the power to innovate without limits.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

A Figma every few years, combined with a Datadog or two every year, will keep innovation (and venture capital) flowing. $10B+ acquisitions followed, and then … $20B for Figma. SaaS got hard again in 2022. It really did. But it’s still bigger than ever. It’s just it won’t likely be like 2021 ever again.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

The Most Surprising Thing About VC This Year Shen has been in venture capital for 12 years now, and it’s been a crazy ride to watch the whole bull market back in ‘10 and ‘11 when 10x revenue was insanely expensive for a SaaS company. She watched the SaaS and Cloud wave ride and thought there’d be a huge pullback in markets this year.

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 28, 2023

We expect them to come to market in addition to new seed and Series A companies fueled by the AI innovation wave. #5. Often, we ask ourselves: “If there was no venture capital available, would this person still want to build this business? What’s different about your fund / how you invest and support founders?

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The Bank also offers venture banking products including a comprehensive suite of financial services focused on entrepreneurial and venture-backed businesses and their venture capital and private equity investors, with offices located in key innovation hubs across the United States.

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Tom Tunguz

FEBRUARY 22, 2020

When I started in venture capital, one of the questions I learned to ask very early on was competition. A small number of innovators and early adopters might use a minimal feature set product. Founders would often reply that competition validates the opportunity. I’ve since realized I was wrong.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

With over 100 firms participating , here are just some of the leading investors participating in the “Meet A VC” program: 3one4 Capital. Active Capital. Advaita Capital . Alliance Venture. Altos Ventures. Arali Ventures. Austin Innovation Capital. B Capital Group. Blue 9 Capital.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MARCH 11, 2019

Editor’s Note: This testimony was delivered by managing partner (and former chairman of the board of the National Venture Capital Association) Scott Kupor to the FTC as part of their hearings — with various professors, policymakers, industry representatives, and other …

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SaaStr

JUNE 16, 2020

SaaStr Enterprise will take everything we’ve learned from our first two digital events into a one-day event that is structured to provide high-impact and measurable value by connecting top CEOs of B2B companies from $20M – $2B in ARR with the top CIOs, CDOs, CTOs, and CXOs driving innovation in the Cloud. Apply to Attend.

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SaaStock

MARCH 8, 2019

Today Carman is Founder and Managing Partner of Click Ventures, the globally renowned Hong Kong venture capital firm. She has been featured on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in Asia in Finance and Venture Capital for 2018. In 2016, she moved to Hong Kong to head Innovation at HSBC. The reason? Maxine Ryan.

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Tom Tunguz

APRIL 8, 2019

In a world where there are no secrets, where innovations are quickly imitated or become obsolete, the theory of competitive advantage may have had its day. As soon as one innovates, another copies - potentially with a year or two. In many SaaS categories as well as in venture capital, this idea is absolutely true.

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 31, 2022

We are delighted to share that we are officially launching our new program for fast-growing, venture-backed startups. We’re working with venture capital, accelerator, incubator, and technology partners to help founders bring the best communication experience to their customers. Apply here.

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SaaStr

APRIL 26, 2020

He believes things will be much worse next week for fundraising and venture capital. Innovation Is Dead in Enterprise. For the past 5-7 years, SaaS in the enterprise has been turbocharged by CIOs and buyers wanting to bring innovation into the enterprise. In Bear Markets, Folks Are Paid to Consolidate and Cut Costs.

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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. Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed. Kaszek Ventures. Kaszek Ventures is among the biggest venture capital firms in Latin America.

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The SaaS Garage

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

The funding was led by Hi inov, an international VC fund focused on digital innovation and supported by the existing investors BayBG Bayerische Beteiligungsgesellschaft, Senovo, UVC Partners and The SaaSgarage (Alexander Bruehl). The venture capital portfolio currently consists of 31 technology companies.

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IT World

MAY 4, 2022

“Over the past year we’ve aggressively rolled out innovative security and management features that used MDM as a medium to extend protection to other layers of the device," Mosyle founder and CEO Alcyr Araujo said in a statement. To read this article in full, please click here

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SaaStr

MAY 22, 2020

Green Visor Capital. World Innovation Lab. Hyde Park Venture Partners. SingTel Innov8 Ventures. World Innovation Lab – WiL. Riverwood Capital. Aristos Ventures. Structural Capital. Founders Circle Capital. Bullpen Capital. Anthos Capital. Cambridge Innovation Capital.

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SaaStr

JUNE 5, 2020

Carlota Perez argues in her book Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital that in the early days of a “golden age”, financial capital is necessary to fuel new technology innovation. . Once that technology is better understood, production capital moves in to drive mainstream adoption of the technology. .

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Andreessen Horowitz

JUNE 19, 2019

Editor’s Note: This testimony was delivered by a16z managing partner (and former chairman of the board of the National Venture Capital Association) Scott Kupor to the House Agriculture Committee as part of their public hearings on. Cryptocurrencies: Oversight of New …

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Andreessen Horowitz

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The last two decades have seen explosive advancement in biomedical and therapeutic innovations, like the Human Genome Project , the discovery of CRISPR , and the rapid development of Covid-19 mRNA vaccines, to name a few. This rapid innovation has been fueled by an unprecedented amount of investment.

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Andreessen Horowitz

JANUARY 23, 2024

I could not sleep and found their approach to solving the climate crisis as innovative, commercial, and most importantly, inevitable. There are many folks that I’m grateful to… Marc and Ben, true mavericks who rewrote the rules of what venture capital could look like. Kobold Metals – My first deal as a general partner.

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Andreessen Horowitz

DECEMBER 22, 2023

While the worlds of investing, venture capital, and technology may seem daunting, a running lesson that leaders shared was to dive in head first: meet new people, ask the questions, follow up, get as much information as possible. But making next-level moves requires discomfort and learning something new.

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SaaSHolic

MAY 5, 2023

The article highlights the potential for Latin American startups to utilize AI to improve efficiency, generate global innovation and economy, and expand internationally. Marketers must be customer champions, brand storytellers, revenue growth drivers, capability builders, technologists, innovators, and data-driven.

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Buffer Resources

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Dulma Altan Content pillars: Creator economy, tech, startups, and venture capital Dulma Altan 's venture into podcasting was a natural extension of her TikTok presence, where she explored topics revolving around the creator economy, tech, startups, and venture capital.

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The SaaS Garage

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

The funding was led by Hi inov, an international VC fund focused on digital innovation and supported by the existing investors BayBG Bayerische Beteiligungsgesellschaft, Senovo, UVC Partners and The SaaSgarage (Alexander Bruehl). The venture capital portfolio currently consists of 31 technology companies.

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Tom Tunguz

OCTOBER 21, 2017

I believe competition is a major driving force, especially since venture capital is conspicuously copious. As the number of new startups ebbs, and major forces in the industry reshape it, I suspect we’re going to see a massive amount of innovation in SaaS, a reinvention after the perfection of a 20 year old playbook.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MARCH 5, 2024

It’s an area where a lot of companies are trying to innovate. Sharon: Another thing you talked about is just this tremendous amount of private investment venture capital going into defense. So, we look at how to adopt innovations in a way that’s safe for our warfighters and, again, reflective of American values.

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Scytale

JANUARY 23, 2024

Moreso, it also speaks to your specific business goals as a startup, which could include scaling your business, finding a foothold into new markets, or securing venture capital funding, and the role that compliance plays in it all. Perhaps it’s solely for educational purposes to upskill your team. Or, it could be all of the above.

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Scytale

JANUARY 23, 2024

Moreso, it also speaks to your specific business goals as a startup, which could include scaling your business, finding a foothold into new markets, or securing venture capital funding, and the role that compliance plays in it all. Perhaps it’s solely for educational purposes to upskill your team. Or, it could be all of the above.

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Startup compliance Cybersecurity Healthcare 52

Andreessen Horowitz

MARCH 5, 2024

Jan: California Forever is an attempt to make sure that the Bay Area remains the center of innovation and prosperity that it’s been for the last 50 years. And so, we think that Solano County can become the foundry of American defense innovation for the next 50 years. We couldn’t innovate as quickly as we could otherwise.

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The SaaS Garage

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

The capital is mainly being invested in Loyalty Prime’s rapid international expansion, especially in the USA , as well as within product innovation and development. About Senovo Senovo is a Munich and Berlin based early stage venture capital fund with a focus on B2B SaaS Investments.

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ChurnZero

AUGUST 4, 2020

Now in it’s fifth year of celebrating software innovation, the Software-as-a-Service Awards program accepts entries worldwide including US, Canada, Australia, Asia, EMEA, and UK. . It recognizes the hard work and commitment of the ChurnZero team to continually innovate to drive our customers’ success.”

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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. We also see this with moonshot innovations, such as self-driving car companies, which require expensive, long-lasting development cycles.

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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. We also see this with moonshot innovations, such as self-driving car companies, which require expensive, long-lasting development cycles.

Technology 40

Technology Venture Capital Artificial Intelligence SaaS Payments 40

ChurnZero

JANUARY 18, 2024

A solid write-up by the venture capital firm a16z , on hiring a CCO, recommends candidates have core competencies in leadership, organization, process design, and a “tolerance for ambiguity.” How do CCOs influence product development and innovation?

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Tom Tunguz

JULY 13, 2015

But which lesser known startup sectors are starting to raise venture dollars? Where are founders finding unique opportunities to innovate? The rest of the list controverts the notion that startups and investors pursue only incremental innovations. Space travel startups look to conquer the final frontier.

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