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Passive Investing in Venture Capital and the Parallels to Public Equities

Tom Tunguz

Passive venture capital investing is a relatively new idea. As later stage investors permeate venture capital, they are amassing index funds of startups. If the public equities market is any indication, passive investing is here to stay. Classically, venture capital has been an active asset class.

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“Is the Seed VC Model Broken?” New!! 20VC With Floodgate, Founder Collective, Harry and Jason

SaaStr

So Harry Stebbings was kind enough to have us back in the new group format on 20VC with 2 of the legends in seed investing, Eric Paley of Founder Collective and Mike Maples of Floodgate: While both aren’t pure SaaS investors, they’re both in the top 1% (!), with investments in The Trade Desk, Okta, Airtable, Slack and much more!

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Why The Era of Efficient Growth is Now: The 2023 VC State of the Market with SaaStr CEO and Founder Jason Lemkin (Podcast +Video)

SaaStr

In the ever-evolving landscape of SaaS, Venture Capital, Bootstrapping, and Valuations – understanding market trends and investment patterns is critical. We’ll also examine how public markets currently influence the SaaS industry and unpack the elevated CIOs’ role in budgeting for SaaS products.

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Doubling Down: Rebecca Lynn, Co-Founder & General Partner at Canvas Ventures

SaaStr

What’s your most recent disclosed investment? Their product increases enrollment and utilization while reducing employee costs and providing a substantially better experience. #2. What’s your sweet spot for investing — check size, stage, type of deal? What’s your pulse check on the venture markets right now, today?

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Top SaaStr Content for the Week: Drift’s Co-founders, Checkout.com’s CMO and CPO, ActiveCampaign’s CEO and Dir of Customer Success and lots more!

SaaStr

SaaStr 627: Move Over, Sales: Why Product & Marketing are the C-Suite’s New Power Partnership with Checkout.com CMO Leela Srinivasan and CPO Meron Colbeci    4. SaaStr 624: Investing and Venture Capital in 2023 with SaaStr Founder and CEO Jason Lemkin and Atrium Founder and CRO Pete Kazanjy  5.

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VC State of the Market with SaaStr CEO Jason Lemkin and Cowboy Ventures Founder & MP Aileen Lee (Pod 597 + Video)

SaaStr

The number of global venture capital (VC) investments dipped in 2022, thanks to ongoing geopolitical tensions, turbulence in global capital markets, supply chain issues, and increasing interest rates. The rise and fall of these investments have resulted in negativity in the global VC space in 2022.

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The Inflationary Forces in Startupland

Tom Tunguz

The market feels different. Investment processes last a few days. Pricing rounds on multiples like public market investing. Vibrant secondary markets. Index investing and the entrance of hedge funds. A few years ago, raising a large venture round anointed a winner.