Jason Malki

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

I had the pleasure of interviewing Gururaj Pandurangi, a three-time entrepreneur and now the CEO of ThriveStack.ai , a product designed to help B2B SaaS companies grow rapidly and efficiently. We tried to compete, investing a million dollars in enabling self-serve products and revamping our GTM playbook. But it wasn’t enough.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Caroline Hogan Contributor Share on Twitter Caroline Hogan is senior director of vendor marketing at Gartner Digital Markets , where she helps software providers accelerate growth. But businesses are changing where, how and why they invest in technology.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 29, 2021

TechCrunch has covered Acceleprise several times over the years, including a look at its mid-2020 accelerator startup batch from its three accelerators. The firm has long focused on business-to-business SaaS startups, helping them get their start in a competitive global software market. The new seed vehicle totals $13.2

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TechCrunch

JUNE 6, 2022

In the latest development, AppOmni — which has built a platform not just to connect with and secure SaaS apps, but to seek out, highlight and help fix vulnerabilities that arise when different apps are used together or in tandem — has raised $70 million. “SaaS has become one of the most essential parts of the IT stack.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 26, 2025

Organizations are leveraging Islands Enterprise Browser to securely access SaaS and web apps, implement zero-trust network access policies, onboard third-party contractors in minutes, support merger and acquisition integrations, and reduce or even replace their reliance on expensive virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI).

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Cledara , the SaaS purchase and management platform that helps bring greater viability and control over a company’s sprawling software subscriptions, has raised $3.4 Another Cledara feature is unlimited virtual debit cards to empower employees and outside teams to purchase appropriate SaaS offerings independently.

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Revolution

APRIL 6, 2021

By Revolution Ventures Managing Partner David Golden and VP Alex Shtarkman As voracious consumers of podcasting content, we could not be more excited to announce our investment in Indianapolis-based Casted , a company reinventing the traditional digital content marketing playbook. Stay tuned! [1]

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Software-as-a-service (SaaS) subscriptions have become a fixture of the modern enterprise; organizations with more than 1,000 employees use over 150 SaaS apps on average, according to BetterCloud. According to a recent survey from Workato, 57% of IT teams have received directives from the C-Suite to reduce their overall SaaS spend.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 27, 2021

With so much startup activity in the software-as-a-service (SaaS) space it can be a challenge for businesses to figure out which of these SaaS (SaaSes?) Vendr raises huge $60M Series A as its SaaS-purchasing service scales. are actually useful and worth continuing to shell out for. what are similar companies using?).

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Adaptive Shield, a Tel Aviv-based startup that automates the security of software-as-a-service ( SaaS ) applications, has secured $30 million in Series A funding led by Insight Partners. 3 keys to pricing early-stage SaaS products.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

I know that some of the best businesses have seen this rapid acceleration quickly: Google, Facebook, Instagram, AirBnB and the like. LPs (the people who invest in VC funds) want to know what “hot” deals you’re in. In a pool of 25-30 investments in a VC fund the goal is to have 2-3 huge outliers. Not Google.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Demo days at startup accelerators are a pretty big deal around here. The valuations of these companies aren’t rising at the same rate as SaaS or fintech startups, but “where edtech lacks in impressive valuations, investors see it gaining in exit opportunities,” writes Natasha Mascarenhas.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

London-based PassFort , a SaaS provider that helps business meet compliance requirements such as KYC (Know Your Customer) and AML (Anti-Money Laundering) reporting, has closed a $16.2 It’s also selling its SaaS to customers in foreign exchange, banking and (ofc) crypto. million Series A led by US growth equity fund, Level Equity.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Whether you’re going through an accelerator or you’re at some kind of speed dating event, short “office hours” meetings present both an opportunity and a problem for investors. There’s just not enough time to convince someone to invest and have a productive back and forth. However, it’s a terrible way to get your whole pitch in.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2022

A new company recently emerged that is targeting a popular startup niche, wanting to exclusively help early-stage SaaS (software-as-a-service) companies with their financial needs. And it’s doing it as part of a partnership with Stripe, one of the world’s largest, and most valuable private fintechs.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 6, 2021

Thomas Rush is founder of Bootstrapp and Head of Investment Platform at ConsenSys Mesh. Revenue-based investing ( RBI), also known as revenue-based financing, or revenue-share investing, 1 is a natural next step for the private equity and early-stage venture investment industry. Share on Twitter.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 21, 2023

Asking people for money is a key aspect of every founder’s journey, but Techstars Managing Director Collin Wallace says it can also “accelerate your demise.” A SaaS mindset just isn’t relevant for deep tech investment, which means traditional VCs must recalibrate their behavior (and expectations) before diving in.

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Tomasz Tunguz

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Microsoft has amassed the most extensive channel for SaaS companies, and each of these vendors pushes teams to current customers, many of whom are moving to the cloud and relying on Microsoft for guidance. Sales acceleration, marketing, finance tools all built on Salesforce data with Slack delivering the user interface.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Business Canvas , the South Korean document management SaaS company behind Typed, announced today it has raised a $2.5 million seed round led by Mirae Asset Venture Investment , with participation from Kakao Ventures and Nextrans Inc. The global market size for social software and collaboration SaaS is estimated at $4.5

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Founded in Estonia and now headquartered in New York, the company has taken a majority investment from U.S. Cue statement from current CEO Raj Sabhlok: “Reaching ‘unicorn’ status and partnering with Vista will enable us to accelerate our mission to support SMBs as they continue to digitize their businesses in order to grow.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Collective (the French ‘teams’ edition) is co-founded by Jean de Rauglaudre and Vianney de Drouas, and is backed by the SaaS-focused startup studio/venture builder, eFounders , which covers expenses during the first 18 months (so how much it ends up investing depends but typically runs to at least a few thousand euros.).

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TechCrunch

JULY 29, 2022

How to grow a SaaS company efficiently in a recession. In fact, the more a founder can push the questions back to the investor in a way that gives a better understanding of their business and investment strategy, the easier the rest of the conversation will be.”. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Walter Thompson.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 14, 2020

On the one hand, the company has been making ongoing investments in its delivery platform technology, which has helped to drive the success this year already. 5 VCs discuss the future of SaaS and software after Pfizer’s vaccine breakthrough (EC). Will this be bad for DoorDash’s business? Image Credits: John Artman.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 26, 2022

. “In recent years, malicious actors have placed their focus on the interconnectivity between software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications, leveraging its potential for their attack campaigns, as we saw in the SolarWinds breach,” Matichin told TechCrunch in an email interview. This opens firms to attack.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 26, 2024

Participating in the EO Accelerator program provided the methodology, peer support, accountability, and structure to push myself to attain organizational and personal growth. Azalea Garcia, EO Puerto Rico “Joining the MyEO Forum for SaaS Founders has provided a unique blend of learning, accountability, and community.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Register Bynder, a global player in Digital Asset Management (DAM), received the much-needed boost for its operations with new investments coming from Thomas H. The company recently announced that it received a majority investment from (THL), a premier private equity firm investing in growth companies. Lee Partners, L.P.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2022

Y Combinator’s newly announced plan to invest more capital into startups that take part in its accelerator program is more controversial than many first assumed. program and investing group with hundreds of companies in each of its accelerator classes may have materially changed the earliest stage of investing.

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Dream It

MAY 14, 2020

The acquisition of Tissue Analytics expands Net Health's leadership position within the wound care market, and for all customers, will accelerate the delivery of next-generation wound care technology solutions, including predictive analytics. Silversmith invested additional equity to support the acquisition of Tissue Analytics. "We

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 25, 2022

In late 2020, a group of Stanford students banded together to create Stanford 2020, a venture fund solely to invest in their fellow classmates’ ventures. million for the debut investment vehicle — waitlist not included. million seed funding round led by Initialized Capital, with investments from GSR, NEA and Canaan.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 11, 2023

In fact, Graneet tells me that this is Point Nine’s first lead investment in a Series A round. This is an interesting data point as Point Nine has a good track record when it comes to B2B SaaS investments. million for its vertical SaaS for construction companies by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Private equity firm Vista Equity Partners announced today that it is taking a majority stake in Drift , a company which aims to be the Amazon of businesses, with a “growth investment” that propels the venture-backed startup to unicorn status. Today 75% of Drift’s customers are mid-market enterprise, according to Cancel. .

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

otherwise I prefer to invest less and risk less). This is why investors really like SaaS software companies where you have recurring revenue and your largest customer accounts for < 5% of your revenue and your renewals rates are > 90%. We want a strong balance sheet (um, ok. Think DropBox, Airbnb, Uber, Maker Studios.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2021

Some of its well-known investments include South African car subscription company, FlexClub; Kenyan on-demand logistics company, Sendy; and Nigerian fintech company, Lidya. Before becoming a VC firm, Savannah Fund started as an accelerator program in Kenya. Mbwana Ally (Managing Partner, Savannah Fund).

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Tomasz Tunguz

JULY 30, 2023

First, it accelerates the momentum within the technology buyout space. In buyouts, the acquirers invest some cash, but borrow 50-75% of the transaction value. Earlier today, New Relic announced its sale to Francisco Partners & TPG for $6.5b. The acquisition is notable for two reasons.

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2023

Capchase Pay enables SaaS companies to collect the full contract value for their software while also providing their customers with flexible payment terms. We thought it was a perfect time to bring a product to market and accelerate conversion,” he said.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 11, 2020

And they bode well for startups working on SaaS and API-delivered software, which are keeping the climate for cloud venture investment warm and valuations stretched by historical norms. This was visible in SaaS company Smartsheet’s earnings this quarter. Public acceleration. These events are connected.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2021

WebOps SaaS platform Pantheon , which started out as a Drupal and WordPress hosting service many years ago, today announced that it has raised a $100 million Series E round solely funded by the Softbank Vision Fund. “It really just helps us accelerate everything that we’re doing,” he said.

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