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SaaStr
MARCH 22, 2024
And what it says is that even though Seed stage investing remains arguably as strong as ever … Series A hasn’t bounced back. Not at all: Per there data, there is some modest pick-up at Series B and C , but that’s less relevant to most founders. Raising a Series A is as hard as it’s been since 2018 is the answer.
SaaStr
FEBRUARY 25, 2024
Dear SaaStr: What does “old-school” series A funding mean? The endless seed, YC, AngelList, the explosion of non-professional angels, ramen efficiency, the dramatic increase in valuations, and so many other newer factors have lessened the number of “old-school” Series A deals. appeared first on SaaStr.
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Tom Tunguz
JULY 8, 2023
In There’s No Such Thing as Series A Metrics , Charles Hudson explains that there is no magic milestone to raise a Series A. Series A round size standard deviation has grown by between 4-5x in 4 years. A Series A used to mean a single flavor. A Series A used to mean a single flavor. Today, is it 2x or 3x?
Tom Tunguz
DECEMBER 13, 2023
The typical software startup raised their Series A 15 months after raising their seed at 2x their seed valuation. A year ago, that Series A would have been raised three months earlier at 3.5x the valuation. Here’s another way of visualizing the data. The red dot is 2023 - the other years are in grey.
Speaker: Joe Heather, Deliverect GM (UK&I) & Noah Hayes, Deliverect GM (US&CA)
Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) and Quick Commerce (Q-commerce) are two vibrant sectors that have undergone significant transformations with the advancements in digital technology. With growing internet penetration and the proliferation of smartphones, consumers' purchasing habits have unsurprisingly evolved.
SaaStr
DECEMBER 13, 2022
You can see the simply massive decline in the total amounts of VC capital raised this year here: A few specific learnings: The median pre-money valuation for Series D or later deals dropped from a record high of $3.5 For Series C deals, median pre-money valuations dropped from $502 million in June 2022 to $130 million in September 2022.
SaaStr
APRIL 25, 2022
But the momentum game into a quick 3x-5x Series A (and beyond) is. But, everything from Series A on has slowed down. If nothing else, if you’ve recently raised a seed round, assume it’s much harder than people thought last year to get that Series A. Series A+ investors have tapped the brakes, as VCs like to say.
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In a rapidly evolving industry, the shift from traditional on-premise systems to cloud-based solutions has become crucial for retail success. While many businesses still rely on store-level infrastructure, it's time to embrace the unlimited potential of the cloud!
Speaker: Andrew Regan, Managing Partner at BlueSeed Retail Ltd.
Did you know that 70% of new retail technology fails to deliver expected benefits and can often decrease customer value, service, and experience? With that in mind, how can we empower our store associates to leverage new technology to optimize the customer experience and boost productivity?
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The past three years have forever changed the retail landscape. Companies of all sizes were forced to welcome change with open arms and surrender to total flexibility in order to be agile in the ever-evolving economic environment.
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Join Squark’s co-CEO & co-Founder, Judah Phillips, for a three-part NLP webinar series to gain a better understanding of NLP, what it is, how the analysis is created, and how to read and action the results. In the 3-Part Series, you’ll learn: What Natural Language Processing is, how it’s being applied today and what the future may hold.
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Instead of wading through a series of vague “how-to kick-start your ABM strategy!” On the surface, this is an accurate statement. However, ABM practitioners have evolved the strategy from development to implementation. So, what does ABM look like in 2022?
Speaker: Rebecca Notté, Product Operations Manager and Hannah Chaplin, Director of Product Marketing at Pendo
Throughout this series, we have been discussing ways to innovate your feedback loops, and strategies for incorporating your customers into the heart of your product development systems. It is very common for your product operation team to feel overwhelmed with the amount of customer data that is available to them.
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