What Does it Take to Get to the Next Level of Funding After Series B with Scale Ventures’ Stacey Bishop
How do you raise funds beyond Series B? Stacey Bishop with Scale Ventures shares what it takes to get to that next level of funding.
Fundraising In a Tighter VC Market, Advice for Hiring in 2024 and Much More with Jason Lemkin
To close out SaaStr Europa 2024, Jason Lemkin took the stage to answer the audience’s most burning questions. Let’s find out what people are asking.
VCs Need You To Be a “Potential Fund Returner” When They Invest. But After? Expectations There Are More Nuanced
So venture capital turns out to be a pretty tough business. Imagine a $150m seed VC fund that buys 15% stakes in each startup. They write some follow-on checks, but ultimately, typically get dilutive to about 10% ownership. Then one start-up in the fund is sold for...
How to Build a GenAI Company for the Enterprise with Synthesia’s CEO
Synthesia Co-Founder and CEO Victor Riparbelli deep dive into the lessons learned about building an Enterprise-focused Generative AI company and scaling it.
What’s Really Happening in Venture Capital Today with Redpoint Ventures Managing Director Logan Bartlett
Redpoint Ventures’ Logan Bartlett shares their yearly State of the Market report to understand what is and isn’t happening in venture capital today.
Dear SaaStr: If You Want to Buy Shares from a Founder That Has Left the Company, What Price Do You Use?
Dear SaaStr: If you have old founders who left the company and kept their shares, on what valuation you buy their shares? Generally speaking, there are two paradigms: Buy them out at Common Stock price (which is what they in fact own), based on the lastest option...
It’s Now Year 3 of the Venture Downturn. But In Some Ways, Investing is Back to Normal.
Here's the thing about venture right now Seed stage remains vibrant, similar to any of past 5-6 years Series A and later has gotten over 2021, and is back in market … but … Has moved back to Default No Pacing is far slower because of it — Jason...
Dear SaaStr: How Can I Make Sure My Board Doesn’t Fire Me?
Dear SaaStr: How Can I Make Sure My Board Doesn’t Fire Me? Founders are often guarded toward most VCs. Perhaps they should be. That’s a different, and longer conversation. And one thing founders tend to worry about is — can I be fired by my...
Forgot the SaaS Gloom and Doom on Social. ‘Just Build’ with SaaStr CEO and Founder Jason Lemkin
SaaStr Founder and CEO Jason Lemkin shares hot takes on 2024 and discusses what the theme for many SaaS companies this year is – just build.
Ops Folks Build Smart Financial Models. But They Are Often Dangerous.
So I’ve seen a trend among many startups these days which is to sort of have a VP or Director of Business Ops instead of a VP / Director of Finance. They handle the cash too, but also go deep on the business in a way a “finance person” usually simply can’t. These...
Where SaaS Really is Today with Founder & General Partner of Craft Ventures David Sacks and SaaStr Founder Jason Lemkin (Video + Podcast)
Jason Lemkin, SaaStr CEO and Founder, and David Sacks, Founder and General Partner of Craft Ventures, share their predictions on SaaS in 2024.
Dear SaaStr: Do Shares Get “Forward Vested in an Acquisition?
Dear SaaStr: Do Shares Get “Forward Vested in an Acquisition? Stock vesting is accelerated very rarely in an acquistion. In 95%+ of cases, the acquirer wants folks to keep vesting just as before — or more so. Even where the option agreements or bylaws or...
The First VC I Ever Pitched Gave Me a Term Sheet. And I Blew It.
Dear SaaStr: Could you tell about the very first time you approached investors and how you proceeded in detail? The first time I approached investors it went well — until I blew it. I did start off with some privilege. While I hadn’t raise money before myself, my past...
Dear SaaStr: What is a “Good” Exit Strategy for a SaaS Company Raising a Seed Round?
Dear SaaStr: From An Investor’s Perspective, What is a “Good” Exit Strategy/Plan for a SaaS Company That’s Raising a Seed Round? Ok, people are going to tell you not to have a slide or discussion on an “exit strategy” and they are...
38.4% Of Pre-Seed Rounds Are to California Startups per Carta
So I firmly believe you can build an incredible SaaS startup from anywhere now, or at least, any major-ish tech center. See, e.g., Atlassian, Canva, Cloudflare (CEO now in Park City), Adyen, etc. Heck, Oracle apparently is moving to Nashville! And yet … gravity is...
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