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Thanks to Carta, Make, Outreach, SAP, and Worldline for Sponsoring SaaStr Europa 2023!

SaaStr

Carta is a platform that helps people manage equity, build businesses, and invest in the companies of tomorrow. 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.

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Doubling Down: Nina Achadijian, Partner at Index Ventures

SaaStr

We had a great one last week with Rebecca Lynn, Co-Founder & General Partner at Canvas Ventures. This week we’re focusing on Nina Achadijian, Partner at Index Ventures! #1. What’s your most recent disclosed investment? What’s your sweet spot for investing — check size, stage, type of deal?

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The State of SaaS – Global Data Trends from 1000+ Companies with Capchase Co-Founder/CEO Miguel Fernandez and 01 Advisors VP Kristen Clifford (Video)

SaaStr

Most of the app sales and net retention comes from deploying software and tech-driven features that have 100% gross margin. They invest in the right tools, and in the right team, to understand the impact. Then they really invest in recovering the CAC as soon as possible. So how do they get there? Diversity yields results.

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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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Why We Created a Slack Community for SaaS and Software Professionals

FastSpring

In our first post about our online community , we mentioned launching the Global SaaS Leaders Slack group because we saw a need for the kind of software-and-SaaS-focused community we’d want to be a part of. Less focus on venture capital or funding rounds. That includes: A global focus. Professional moderation.

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What Bootstrapped Companies Do Better than VC-Backed Ones with Paddle Chief Strategy Officer Patrick Campbell and Senior Product Manager Allissa Chan (Video)

SaaStr

Startups often begin with a bootstrapping phase with little to no outside investment. Users cancel SaaS products for different reasons: not seeing ROI on their investment, poor customer service, not seeing the value proposition, availability of a cheaper alternative in the market, lack of features, and a buggy product.

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Iterative Approach to Localized Marketing for SaaS & Software

FastSpring

As a former agency owner, now the Chief Marketing Officer at FastSpring, David Vogelpohl has helped many software companies scale around the world. How FastSpring Simplifies Selling Around the World Automated Localized Checkout Consumers often prefer to pay in their local currency or using payment methods that are popular in their region.