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Playing the Long Game in Venture Capital

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This “overnight success” was first financed in 2004. The abundance of late-stage capital is good for us all. It’s amazing to me that a company that just a little over 5 years ago was struggling to attract capital at much more than $100 million valuation can now ACQUIRE companies for this amount.

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The Changing Venture Landscape

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And the loosening of federal monetary policies, particularly in the US, has pushed more dollars into the venture ecosystems at every stage of financing. how on Earth could the venture capital market stand still? What Has Changed in Financing? even before the pandemic itself has been fully tamed. Of course we can’t.

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Making Sense of the Stock Market Drops in Relation to Venture Financing

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For starters – we all know the argument that more enterprises are buying SaaS software because it works more easily than on-premise software and that expectations set by our consumer lives to have software as easy and convenient as Amazon, Google or Facebook drives our business lives. I have to assume other investors feel the way I do.

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Arc wants to build the de facto finance solution for SaaS startups

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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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How should SaaS companies deliver and price professional services?

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Roger Hurwitz is a founding partner at Volition Capital. Should SaaS founders be raising capital now? The global software as a service (SaaS) industry is sustaining its steep growth trajectory, but developing and pricing professional services is oftentimes a difficult proposition for SaaS companies.

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Why Misunderstanding Startup Metrics Can Cost You Your Business

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The key to being able to run a business that isn’t yet profitable (on operating margin) is availability of capital to finance losses and preferably at a cost that isn’t too punitive to the founders and employees. It’s funny how scarcity of capital can focus one’s mind. So if you’re able to raise easily no problem. End of story.

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Revenue-based financing: The next step for private equity and early-stage investment

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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. More recently, we have seen numerous new investment models and financing instruments, including shared earnings agreements and point-of-sale capital.

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