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Who are Asia’s SaaS VCs?

SaaStock

Arbor Ventures is a visionary VC focused on shaping the way the world transacts by investing in early stage companies at the intersection of financial services, data and digital commerce, through partnering with extraordinary founders and accelerating the growth of next-gen FinTech, facilitated by unparalleled strategic networks.

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Why We Created a Slack Community for SaaS and Software Professionals

FastSpring

Less focus on venture capital or funding rounds. It’s a valid concern: We help facilitate literal transactions for online businesses, so it’s easy for all of us to fall into the rut of having a — well, transactional relationship. That includes: A global focus. Professional moderation.

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The Latest in VC Funding + Scaling SaaS: An AMA with SaaStr CEO Jason Lemkin (Pod 581)

SaaStr

And the money is just to facilitate it. I believe you, it’s true, but venture capital is a weird niche thing that… Frankly, venture capital at any stage only wants to invest in folks that are already off to the races. They did it so that all of our payments could be managed out of Bill.com.

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The Startup Funding & Financing Guide

Baremetrics

million – about half of all the cash they had on hand – to buy out their main venture capital investors after eight years since founding. This capital can also greatly accelerate the progress and trajectory of the business with resources that others may not get for years down the road. Venture Capital.

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Funding in the Time of Coronavirus with Mark Suster (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

That happens in venture capital, and that’s happening right now. Every venture capitalist is stress testing his or her own portfolio. When uncertainty passes, VC funds have plenty of dry capital to put to work. This is the US Venture Capital Market. I think you could say we’re generally on pause.

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Iterative Approach to Localized Marketing for SaaS & Software

FastSpring

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. FastSpring automatically changes the language, currencies, and payment methods of the checkout experience based on where a customer is located.

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Flow’s Daniel Scrivner on the brave new world of asynchronous productivity tools

Intercom, Inc.

As a self-taught designer who began his career as a freelancer, he worked his way up first at the advertising firm DDB before joining Apple’s marketing communications team and eventually becoming the Director of Design for Square, the digital payments company that went public at a valuation of $3.6 They’re just meant to facilitate it.