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Playing the Long Game in Venture Capital

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This “overnight success” was first financed in 2004. Our goal is to produce a $10 billion+ winner and remain the market leader in this SaaS category of AI in Sales & Marketing. The CEO & founder, Ophir Tanz, has gone on to create his next big startup, Pearl , backed by David Sacks at Craft Ventures amongst others.

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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? What Does this Mean for a Venture Capital Firm?

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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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Is Going for Rapid Growth Always Good? Aren’t Startups So Much More?

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He also nails the reason why venture capital is still necessary to grow large businesses quickly in a world where the costs of running startups have fallen dramatically. After all, growth equals high valuations and loads of venture capital! It’s ok to raise venture capital and try to build a monster business.

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Venture capital probably isn’t dead

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Venture capitalists are chatting this week about a recent piece from The Information titled “ The End of Venture Capital as We Know It.” As SaaS took over, software revenues kept their lucrative gross margin profile but became both longer-lasting and more dependable. Its author, Sam Lessin , makes some pretty good points.

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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. And then of course you need to layer in marketing to understand the true SaaS customer acquisition costs.

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