board investing SaaS 
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 6, 2014
I’ve written a few posts about boards recently as part of a series on the subject. I admit that I haven’t yet read it but I’ve had numerous discussions with Brad over the years about board structure & conduct and consider him a mentor on the topic. Offering a sparring-partner function on strategic decisions.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 10, 2021
On the one hand, you’re over paying for every investment and valuations aren’t rational. Pre-seed is just a narrower segment where you might raise $1–3 million on a SAFE note and not give out any board seats. That used to be called A-round investing. A seed round these days is $3–5 million or more! of the fund.
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Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 23, 2015
We also spoke about what it takes to be an effective board member. On the one hand I often find that some board members are seemingly reading the board materials on the fly and don’t have a firm grasp of the business fundamentals while on the other hand some board members like to tinker in the running of the business.
TechCrunch
OCTOBER 28, 2020
Caryn Marooney is general partner at Coatue Management and sits on the boards of Zendesk and Elastic. David Cahn is an investor at Coatue, where he focuses on software investments. David is passionate about open-source and infrastructure software and previously worked in the Technology Investment Banking Group at Morgan Stanley.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 24, 2019
When you set up a board it is often initially a combination of the founders and the early investors. This post sets out how I believe founders (and investors) should think about independent board members having worked with many of them for the past 20 years. The board is where large equity investors get their representation.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 22, 2014
Traditional software vs. SaaS. I’ve sat on ad tech boards with board members who clearly knew little about impressions, fill rates, CTRs, RTB, eCPMs or the difficulties & opportunities of embedded mobile SDKs vs. HTML5. Fred Wilson wrote perfectly about sticking with struggling investments. It’s not you.
TechCrunch
OCTOBER 14, 2020
Frontegg , a Tel Aviv-based startup that helps SaaS companies build their products faster by giving them access to a set of enterprise-ready building blocks for often-used features like authentication and notifications, today announced that it has raised a $5 million seed round. 3 VCs discuss the state of SaaS investing in 2020.
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