TechCrunch

JULY 6, 2021

Influential entrepreneurs like Paul Graham and Naval Ravikant always preach the need for startups to have founders-turned-investors on their cap table. As Ravikant puts it, “founders want to know that the people they are taking money from have first-hand experience.” . MAGIC Fund has 12 founders who act as general partners.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

I covered one demo day in person, spending most of my time backstage where founder teams practiced their pitches. 4 strategies for deep tech founders who are fundraising. Deep tech founders face special challenges when pitching investors: they usually don’t have a product, customers or revenue.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

Traditional software vs. SaaS. I’ve been involved with SaaS companies with VCs who don’t understand demand generation, lead qualification, sales coverage ratios, sales forecasting or frankly when deals should be inside sales vs. outside sales. Think of web vs. mobile. SEO marketing vs. social marketing.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 26, 2025

The Enterprise Browser upgrades web browsers from a dedicated consumer software package to an enterprise-ready solution, said Mike Fey, Islands CEO and Co-founder. Islands Enterprise Browser addresses these challenges head-on by embedding enterprise-grade security and IT controls directly into the browsing experience.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 26, 2024

With nearly 19,000 members in over 80 countries, EO offers local, regional, and global experiences that support entrepreneurs beyond just business. Here is a sampling of EO opportunities to maximize your first 12 months with the organization: Join a Forum for entrepreneurial growth and support. moments have you experienced? “EO

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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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TechCrunch

JULY 27, 2022

Paragon , a startup building a platform that integrates and aggregates various software-as-a-service (SaaS) apps for enterprise clients, has raised $13 million in a series A round led by Inspired Capital, alongside previous investors FundersClub and Garuda Ventures. Foo founded Paragon in 2019 with Ishmael Samuel, a former Uber engineer. .

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Suzanne Xie is the business lead for B2B payments at Stripe and a former SaaS founder. It’s an unprecedented time to be in SaaS. The SaaS market could grow almost 10% every year to 2027 — and I think that’s a conservative estimate. As a business model, SaaS is inherently global. Suzanne Xie. Contributor.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 25, 2022

Lahore-based coworking space startup, Colabs , is set to roll-out a SaaS product to enable businesses meet back-office needs including company registration, talent sourcing and management, payroll processing and legal and tax compliance. Colabs will support them in their journey. Our growth plan is very ambitious.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 26, 2022

SaaS tool usage is on the rise, with corporate teams now using 40 to 60 tools on average ; a 2019 report from Blissfully found companies were spending around $343,000 per year on SaaS. But while SaaS apps have become the lifeblood of organizations, they can often be unwieldy.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2022

SaaS startup Stimulus announced today the closing of an oversubscribed $2.5 You have exposure from household names to smaller businesses run by underrepresented founders,” Stanard told TechCrunch. Norman told TechCrunch that he immediately knew Stanard was the right founder to build Stimulus.

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Dream It

MAY 14, 2020

Silversmith invested additional equity to support the acquisition of Tissue Analytics. This acquisition enhances our ability to support wound care providers and strengthen their impact on patient outcomes," said Net Health CEO Josh Pickus. "By About Tissue Analytics Tissue Analytics, Inc.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2022

Max Parmentier, co-founder and CEO of Birdie, said the latest tranche of funding will go on scaling into continental Europe where it’s started to sign partnerships with local care providers, as well as wider business growth. In Birdie’s home market of the U.K., ” Elderly caretech platform Birdie gets $11.5M

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MAY 2, 2023

Partnering with the right co-founder is the biggest determinant of your future success. Having founded multiple startups across various industries, I firmly believe having the right co-founder(s) is the most significant determinant of startup success. timeframe for an exit, bootstrapped, etc.)

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 26, 2016

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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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2023

It offers information on loans and grants and is accompanied by a quiz that provides specialized answers for founders regarding their capital needs and wants for expanding their businesses. The Tory Burch Foundation, which was launched in 2009 by fashion designer Tory Burch, has a long history of supporting women entrepreneurs.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Leta , a Kenyan B2B supply chain and logistics SaaS provider launched last year to optimize fleet management, is looking for growth opportunities in West Africa, even as it scales operations in its existing five markets. Cellulant co-founder Ken Njoroge, and Google executive Charles Murito made investments too.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 28, 2025

Marc Andreessen, co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz, a leading venture capital firm, says, “The thing that gets me most excited is the founder whos obsessed with solving a problem that matters, and is determined to keep going no matter what.” Learn what investors want to hear that triggers their investment decisions.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 29, 2022

For founders without the right network, it’s hard to find investors. Vasa said he and Srivastava’s background as founders give them an advantage, because they understand the needs of other founders. Many online entrepreneurs are underserved, he added, because “the VC model is somewhat broken and really based on who you know.”

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2022

Today, London-based Legl — a 2019-founded SaaS startup that sells tools to law firms wanting to digitize processes and automate workflows in areas like client onboarding, payments and compliance to support a more modern customer experience — is announcing the close of an $18 million Series B round, just over a year after it raised a $7M Series A.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

by Michael Woolf that is worth any startup founder reading to get a sense of perspective on the reality warp that is startup world during a frothy market such as 1997-1999, 2005-2007 or 2012-2014. Burn rate in case you don’t know is the amount of money a company is either spending (gross) or losing (net) per month. (it

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AsiaTechDaily

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Moreover, crafting […] The post Starseed’s Pulitzer AI, An Innovative Global PR SaaS Service based on Generative AI, Redefines Publicity Dynamics first appeared on AsiaTechDaily - Asia's Leading Tech and Startup Media Platform. However, for many early-stage ventures, hiring dedicated PR resources can take time and effort.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Dakotah Rice, founder of Poolit, tells Mary Ann , “2023 will be a fantastic year in all likelihood for venture and private equity. A SaaSy hotel lobby : Ingrid covers Mews’ $185 million fundraise for its SaaS-based hotel management platform. Coinbase supports hundreds of cryptocurrencies, but there are thousands that it doesn’t.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

In the market we’ve seen the massive uptick of SaaS valuations in the public markets and commensurate attention on private market fundings and valuations. I’m thankful to the founders of the companies that I invested in where the business has been on a crazy growth trajectory over the past year or two.

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Jason Malki

OCTOBER 31, 2024

I had the pleasure of interviewing Zach Wright, the founder and CEO of Grapevine Software , a cutting-edge Virtual Office platform designed to centralize communication, knowledge sharing, and team alignment for distributed workforces. As a founder, what keeps me motivated is the process of constant learning.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

A lot of SaaS products are sold on flat-rate subscriptions. ” Their conclusion: SaaS services were booming, and all those businesses deserved the same measure of tooling as what Amazon was building for itself. “We are focused on being able to support high levels of complexity and scale.

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Jason Malki

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

How Ravi Srivatsav, Founder of DataKrypto, Is Revolutionizing Data Security with Breakthrough Encryption Technology I had the pleasure of interviewing Ravi Srivatsav, Co-founder and CEO of DataKrypto. He was also the Founder of ElasticBox and led it to a successful acquisition by CenturyLink. The latest breach against major U.S.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 12, 2023

In 2011, Irish SaaS firm Intercom had a churn problem and found the solution by understanding the customer’s job. Give me rich feedback from the right people Help me support. Fix my customer’s problems Operationally, Intercom then built four distinct services to support those “customer jobs”. It gives your offerings pull.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 16, 2021

Michael Cortez, vice president at YL Ventures, focuses on business development initiatives to grow the market leadership of the firm and its portfolio companies, with an emphasis on strategic and tactical support for early-stage go-to-market activities. Such metrics have been previously established for wider areas of technology, such as SaaS.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2022

million in seed funding in a round led by Crew Capital , an under-the-radar venture firm co-founded by UiPath co-founder and co-CEO Daniel Dines and UiPath chief strategy officer Brandon Deer. Other co-founders include Chris Martin and Lukasz Niepolski. We’re hands-on to the extent our founders want us to be.”.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 16, 2021

Some people are more excited by emerging areas like artificial intelligence, which has been a focus of the country’s military for years, and like cybersecurity is now producing many fresh teams of founders. What are companies you are excited about (your portfolio or not), which founders? Yes in many areas.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 8, 2022

Today, Truora describes itself as a SaaS startup that builds authentication and communication tools for Latin American startups, marketplaces, fintechs and banks. Co-founder and CTO David Cuadrado spent nearly five years as an engineer at Twilio, while co-founder Cesar Pino worked as an engineer at the company for nearly three years.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 26, 2024

SDAC engages angel investors and provides coaching, education, and connections to founders. Founder Brad Hel ler Ecodrive – B2B platform that makes sustainability accessible, transparent and ROI effective. Founder Brad Hel ler Ecodrive – B2B platform that makes sustainability accessible, transparent and ROI effective.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

When you first start your company and raise initial venture capital your board probably consists of 1-3 founders and 1-2 VCs. Most experienced VCs won’t push you to give up founder control at this stage of the business nor should they. Founder’s perspective. You’ll get empathy. Experience. Relationships.

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Y Combinator

APRIL 3, 2024

Hundreds of YC founders are coming through these doors each and every day for office hours, meetups, and just to be among their fellow builders. Many of the founders who came to SF for the batch have decided to make SF home — for themselves, and for their companies. Why so much AI for YC?

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Jason Malki

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Kashyap Kompella I had the pleasure of interviewing Kashyap Kompella is the founder of Talentmapp , an AI-driven people search engine designed to facilitate purposeful, noiseless networking for professionals, startups, and venture studios. He is also launching TPH Venture Studio , a pre-seed venture fund backing AI startups.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Behind the scenes Greg knew many tech entrepreneurs who were wanting to start software or SAAS companies. Back then, local tech leaders and founders thought that “Phoenix isn’t a a software tech town.” It is used by thousands of founders, tech execs, investors, job seekers, and community leaders each month.

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