Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 9, 2014

If I had to put a number on it I’d say 1 in 20 pitches – maybe 1 in 30 – are by an entrepreneur who comes across as truly passionate about her project. I follow Jason Lemkin closely (he’s a long-time friend) and he speaks frequently and passionately about SaaS businesses having built a successful one himself.

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TechCrunch

JULY 29, 2022

How to grow a SaaS company efficiently in a recession. Pitch Deck Teardown: Alto Pharmacy’s $200M Series E deck. Pitch Deck Teardown: Alto Pharmacy’s $200M Series E deck. 8 fintech VCs discuss the shifting investing landscape and how to pitch them in Q3 2022. Justin Overdorff, partner, Lightspeed Venture Partners.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

In the startup world, it’s pitch decks, not business plans that get companies funded. Making a pitch deck is an art, a science, but most importantly, a story. Angel investors and venture capitalists have also learned to expect a standard pitch deck as the first filter when evaluating a company to invest in.

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Gust

OCTOBER 8, 2014

A founder with a startup focused on selling groceries online should begin their pitch by describing the total money projected to be spent on groceries online over the coming years. The latter requires that you articulate an amazing opportunity, largely defined by the projected size of the market you are pursuing. Predict The Trajectory.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 21, 2014

Venture capitalists have raised increasing amounts of money from their investors (LPs) every year. Every consultant was pitching a process for reinventing your organization through BI. If your investor worked inside of a SaaS company for years and disagrees with me then listen to them. Surely there must be some benefit here??

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TechCrunch

APRIL 21, 2021

Today, a startup called AppOmni — which has built a platform to help monitor SaaS apps and their activity, provide guidance to warn or block when things might go wrong and fix problems when they do occur — is announcing some funding to fuel its growth. The funding is coming on the back of a huge year for AppOmni.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2023

SaaS customers that reduced headcount are buying fewer seat licenses and sales cycles are taking a little longer than they used to, says Ryan Neu, CEO and co-founder of SaaS-buying platform Vendr. Over the last three years, our data has shown a steady decline in multiyear deals,” he writes in TC+.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2023

It’s too early to determine whether SVB’s downfall heralds a new era for venture capital, but based on anecdotal evidence, off-the-record discussions and chats with co-workers, it seems like we’re back to business as usual as far as pre-revenue startup fundraising is concerned. There’s plenty of tactical advice here, and much more to come.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 6, 2015

I built my first software company in the early days of SaaS and there were few models to go by. It is the opposite of what SaaS is supposed to be. We said to customers, “We only sell SaaS and we think that’s the right solution for you. So our pitch went. So we took a stand. “Listen.

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TechCrunch

JULY 1, 2022

According to a report by Capchase comparing more than 400 SaaS startups to unicorns that reached the public markets in the last two years, the top performers “are handily beating the ‘Rule of 40,'” reports Kyle Wiggers. According to its findings, SaaS founders should target at least 80% and aim to surpass 110%.

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This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 12, 2018

Part of my criteria at Brooklyn Bridge Ventures is trying to figure out whether the person sitting across the table from me has taken the right path to knowing enough about what they're trying to tackle and is eyes wide open about the challenges ahead.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Shawn Carolan, partner, Menlo Ventures. Abhijit Ganguly, senior manager, Goodyear Ventures. Sebastian Peck, managing director, InMotion Ventures. Why do SaaS companies with usage-based pricing grow faster? So, why do public SaaS firms with usage-based pricing see faster growth ? and Khosla Ventures Acquisition Co.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 20, 2021

In the latter half of the episode, those same guests give live feedback to folks in the audience who come on our virtual stage and pitch their products. Truth be told, everyone loves a good pitch-off. So in these upcoming Startup Alley Edition episodes of Extra Crunch Live, we’re turning the entire episode into a pitch-off.

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2022

Last quarter, UiPath grew its revenue by 39%, so “the company fits neatly into the high-growth SaaS bucket,” wrote Ron and Alex Wilhelm. Pitch deck pro tips from a leading Silicon Valley venture capitalist. ” Pitch deck pro tips from a leading Silicon Valley venture capitalist.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Grip Security , a Tel Aviv-based startup that helps enterprises protect their data in SaaS applications, today announced that it has raised a $19 million Series A funding round led by Intel Capital. “A user of a SaaS application today can theoretically go back home, open his private laptop and access the application itself.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 19, 2010

I’m writing this post as part of my series with Advice on Raising Venture Capital but will file it under Sales Tips as well since it applies equally to both scenarios. Vice versa is it’s a SaaS platform company where I spent nearly 10 years running companies. Congratulations. Sometimes that works.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The company agreed to share the pitch deck it used to raise a $10 million Series A so I can take a closer look. (It We’re looking for more unique pitch decks to tear down, so if you want to submit your own, here’s how you can do that. . As a startup founder, you really need to understand how venture capital works.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 21, 2021

In the latter half of the episode, those same guests give live feedback to folks in the audience who come on our virtual stage and pitch their products. Truth be told, everyone loves a good pitch-off. So in these upcoming Startup Alley Edition episodes of Extra Crunch Live, we’re turning the entire episode into a pitch-off.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

David Smith is VP of data and analytics at TheVentureCity , a global early-stage venture fund investing in product-centric startups across the U.S., Visualizing and communicating this data can definitively power up a pitch deck. If you haven’t been thinking about product-market fit, you don’t have a pitch. David K Smith.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 27, 2021

Latin America’s increasingly dynamic venture capital scene has been making headlines of late. Julie Ruvolo, director of venture capital, LAVCA. Ross Darwin, principal, Owl Ventures. “I Corporate venture capital follows the same trend as other VC markets: Up. Are B2B SaaS marketers getting it wrong?

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2021

In the latter half of the episode, those same guests give live feedback to folks in the audience who come on our virtual stage and pitch their products. Truth be told, everyone loves a good pitch-off. So in these upcoming Startup Alley Edition episodes of Extra Crunch Live, we’re turning the entire episode into a pitch-off.

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Tomasz Tunguz

AUGUST 22, 2017

A founder asked me if we had reached the point that SaaS is commodified. “Can you build a venture scale SaaS company anymore?” First, the technology barriers to starting a SaaS company continue to fall. The surge of venture capital in the last five years worsens this predicament. I will add another.

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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. It also was impressed with the level of due diligence that the venture firm’s team conducted. “We The company has just raised $3.7

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TechCrunch

JUNE 24, 2022

According to Kyle Poyar, a partner at OpenView, the current downturn is creating similar opportunities for SaaS startups. Pitch Deck Teardown: WayRay’s $80M Series C deck. Many founders start by building a 10-slide pitch deck, but AR car hardware company WayRay’s Series C presentation contained 75 slides.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 23, 2022

For the last 24 months, Thomvest Ventures recorded headcount data for 150 Series A to C enterprise SaaS startups, and we have the numbers. Pitch Deck Teardown: Card Blanch’s $460K deck for its angel round. Pitch Deck Teardown: Card Blanch’s $460K deck for its angel round. Revenue model slide.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 23, 2022

It’s basically SaaS for forest management, something the company calls an “operating system for forest restoration.” ” Valia Ventures, Earthshot Ventures — backed by Laurene Powell Jobs and Tom Steyer — Cisco, and Halogen Ventures also participated in the round. What does the future look like?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2015

I feel more comfortable in my skin and accept that I can’t return every email, I can’t take every startup pitch, I can’t attend ANY demo days ( did I mention I don’t like demo days ?), They’re doing how much in SaaS revenue? Markups do not equal success and sometimes equal zeroes for early investors.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2022

million at a $12 million valuation , and I managed to talk it into letting me share its pitch deck with you to see how the company wove its story to its investors. We’re looking for more unique pitch decks to tear down, so if you want to submit your own, here’s how you can do that. . The company recently raised $2.5

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

One of the first decisions we had to make in setting up our new VC fund, Versatile Venture Capital , was our CRM and marketing technology infrastructure. . HubSpot makes it easy to sync data as needed, or set up certain triggers for action, with other SAAS tools. Linkedin : Versatile Venture Capital / David Teten personal.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2023

I find this fascinating and was excited to go through the company’s pitch deck to learn more. We’re looking for more unique pitch decks to tear down, so if you want to submit your own, here’s how you can do that. The Team Slide is the most important slide in a startup pitch deck So, who needs this anyway?

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 31, 2021

In the latter half of the episode, those same guests give live feedback to folks in the audience who come on our virtual stage and pitch their products. Truth be told, everyone loves a good pitch-off. So in these upcoming Startup Alley Edition episodes of Extra Crunch Live, we’re turning the entire episode into a pitch-off.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

In the latter half of the episode, those same guests give live feedback to folks in the audience who come on our virtual stage and pitch their products. Truth be told, everyone loves a good pitch-off. So in these upcoming Startup Alley Edition episodes of Extra Crunch Live, we’re turning the entire episode into a pitch-off.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2022

We’re looking for more unique pitch decks to tear down, so if you want to submit your own, here’s how you can do that. . Most of the decks I’m seeing these days, both through my consulting practice and through the pitches submitted to TechCrunch, are a lot longer than the 11 slides Hour One used here. If so, how?

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Dream It

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

For example, Mitre Att&ck framework for classifying threats and alerts (If it’s a SaaS offering) SOC2 certification There are many other certifications such as Common Criteria that provide assurance your product meets minimum requirements. Remember, most CISOs detest typical sales-oriented pitches. This will not work for the CISO.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 19, 2017

As a VC, burn rate is one of the most discussed topics I have with teams who are pitching me for raising capital and it is one of the most common discussions points I have with founders in companies that I’ve backed. So let me walk you through the discussion points I have with founders.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2022

computer vision startup that’s sharpened its business pitch to sell an AI service for quickly anonymizing video — automating the blurring of faces or licence plates, along with a suite of other visual search services — has grabbed another chunk of seed funding: announcing a raise of $7.5 Pimloc , a U.K.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JANUARY 30, 2024

During Demo Day, attendees heard pitch presentations from five founders who participated in the initial Bridge2 cohort. Before this program, I had the desire to pursue venture capital funding but lacked the clarity on what steps to take. “The The Bridge2 Program has been fundamental to the next phase of my business.

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