Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Sure, we built SaaS products before the term even existed but at 31 it was hard to delineate reality from what all of the monied people around us were telling us what we were worth. It was a way to make it hard for your competition to compete. I see your $500 million fund and I raise you with a $1.5 billion fund.

Venture Capital 466

Venture Capital Startup Marketing Pricing 466

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 20, 2015

VC funding. We love capital efficiency until we love land grabs until we abhor over funding until we get huge payouts and ring the bell for more funding until we attract every non-VC on the planet to invest in startups until it crashes and we start the cycle all over again none the wiser. The industry did that in 2007.

Funding 150

Funding Venture Capital Startup Marketing 150

socalTECH

JANUARY 25, 2019

San Diego-based Trust & Will , a startup which operates an online software tool to help people create their own estate plans, has raised $2M in a funding round, the company disclosed this week. Thec ompany was also part of the Techstars Anywhere startup accelerator. READ MORE>>.

Tech Coast Angels 133

Tech Coast Angels San Diego Seed Funding Competition 133

TechEmpower

AUGUST 21, 2023

Keeping up with the competition: You’re a market leader in a fast-growing field. Due diligence prep: You’re coming up on a funding round or looking at a potential exit. cto , infotech , innovation , product , project , saas It’s important to ensure that they’re on a strong footing as significant changes occur. Are you ready?

Technical Review 260

Technical Review Development Team Review Software Review TechEmpower 260

socalTECH

JULY 9, 2019

in Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences from West Virginia University, and told us a bit about the fund, its investments, and his advice to entrepreneurs looking for investment from the company. Chris Bostick: We're a mid-Wilshire venture firm, with a $260M fund. Bostick obtained his Ph.D. What is OCV Partners?

Venture Capital 113

Venture Capital Invest SaaS Entrepreneur 113

socalTECH

JUNE 16, 2009

The firm, which is funded by Hummer Winblad Venture Partners and Palomar Ventures, said that the software-as-a-service product is aimed at advertisers and agencies looking to understand and compare the performance of competitive ads across their own market and other industries, and to gain feedback on their ads. READ MORE>>.

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Advertising Palomar SaaS Research 100

socalTECH

JANUARY 22, 2019

The companies we're generally looking for are software-as-a-service-based companies, and although we don't just invest in SaaS companies, it's our primary focus. Is this fund just your own investment fund, or do you have outside LPs? Kevin O'Connor: It's 100 percent our own funds. It's always hard with venture capital.

Venture Capital 145

Venture Capital Startup Invest Capital 145

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 16, 2018

Without taking a dime of outside capital, the company has achieved impressive success in a competitive, SaaS market segment, landing companies such as Nike, Intuit, NASA, AutoDesk and PBS. We build product roadmap software – it’s a SaaS company based here in Santa Barbara, California. Semick: They are. I’ve been there.

Venture Capital 115

Venture Capital Entrepreneur Santa Barbara SaaS 115

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 20, 2014

A decent showing, but well below a number of larger schools, as the ranking is based on the number of graduates who secured VC funding. The company quickly pivoted to create a SaaS solution and in less than two years later, it was acquired by Intuit for $30 million.

Santa Barbara 258

Santa Barbara Technical Review Startup Venture Capital 258

InfoChachkie

JULY 28, 2015

Do Nothing – Taking no action was the potent competition faced by Citrix. I am proud to say that Citrix lived up to all of its commitments and Expertcity, renamed Citrix Online, went on to become one of the largest employers in Santa Barbara county and one of the world’s largest SaaS businesses. VC Funding Alternative.

Company 100

Company Companies Santa Barbara Pricing 100

socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2016

It's a pretty diverse set of customers, who are all driven of our SaaS-based, contact engine we have created. It's a highly competitive market. Now that we've got our Series A funding, I think that will be easier, but as an unfunded company, it was a tough place to be in such a large market like this.

Mobile 100

Mobile Southern California Startup Marketing 100

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

I had an enjoyable conversation this morning with a young team straight out of college this morning and they were calling to ask advice on how to approach fund raising (angels vs. VCs, how to select a VC, etc.) Traditional software vs. SaaS. and I realized that without years of experience it is tough to answer this question.

Venture Capital 364

Venture Capital Coach Writing SaaS 364

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

in a funding led by Orange County's Okapi Venture Capitalis looking to help direct to consumer brands use better data to direct their marketing and other efforts. Talk about this recent funding round, how did that come about? Dan LeBlanc: Initially, the hardest part was making the decision on the right level of funding.

Startup 113

Startup Platform Commerce San Diego 113

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 21, 2014

An impressive number of new VCs have been created – most of them with new seed funds. If your investor worked inside of a SaaS company for years and disagrees with me then listen to them. Venture capitalists have raised increasing amounts of money from their investors (LPs) every year. And importantly we’ve had revenue.

Marketing 354

Marketing Case Study Metrics Sales 354

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2018

The benefits you will receive from doing even some basic planning before you hit the fund raising trail are enormous. Many points will seem obvious but since I observe many fund-raising processes as a VC I can tell you that most people get even the basics wrong. The next pass is the “competitive pass”?—?have

Funding 215

Funding Startup Venture Capital News 215

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Atlas Powered has raised $700k from Tech Coast Angels, Maverick Angels, Pasadena Angels, Angel Capital Entrepreneur Fund, LaunchpadLA, and Clark Landry. The product integrates with Salesforce, Twitter, Zendesk and many other popular SaaS products. . · YieldMetrics has already raised $1.7

GRP Partners 96

GRP Partners Startup Tech Coast Angels Bertelsmann 96

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2016

It seems to me that we obsess too much with product features, sales pipelines, competitive pressures, fund raising and such. .” It seems strange to me that we don’t take team dynamics more seriously at startups. I often find myself having the opposite reaction.

Coach 150

Coach Technical Review Framework Google 150

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

It’s what signals to existing investors how quickly their teams need to be fund raising and the level of risk the company is facing and also it signals to potentially new investors both how quickly you need to raise (ie you have less leverage if you’re in a rush) as well as how much cash you’ll need if they fund you.

Startup 383

Startup Company Companies .Net 383

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Their first fund was a $75 million fund raised in 2006 and they very recently announced a brand new $130 million fund. Closing a VC fund in 2009/10 is a major achievement in and of itself. In the intro section of the show we talked a lot about why VC funds are becoming smaller again and where Greycroft fits.

Venture Capital 240

Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

socalTECH

JUNE 30, 2009

What really differentiates us from our competition is the data set we have. Our competition doesn't have that data. You did find some angel funding, didn't you? Kurt Daradics: Yes, we have some funding from Dale Okuno, who is the CEO of EzData. We're excited to have his experience, since he's got a savvy SaaS background.

Startup 100

Startup Writing Southern California Email 100

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2015

There are too many deals to look at, too many seed funds or angels asking you to look at deals and weekly “demo days” with manicured and monocultural presentations crafted by experienced story tellers to help even the mundane idea sound like it will. They’re doing how much in SaaS revenue? You own how much?”

Software Review 150

Software Review Startup Venture Capital Invest 150

socalTECH

JULY 13, 2009

GRP has just recently closed on a new $200M fund, and Mark has been one of the more active venture capitalists in the Los Angeles area in recent months. In 2000, we set up our second fund--worth almost $400M--and for that vintage year, that fund is one of the top tier performing funds in the entire country.

GRP Partners 157

GRP Partners Southern California Santa Barbara Rustic Canyon 157

Tech.Co

MARCH 8, 2018

Fortunately, for those headed to SXSW, Startup Night SXSW 2018 , presented by the Kauffman Foundation and TechCo, will be filled with investors from a multitude of industries who are looking to discover and fund startups building the latest solutions and tech innovations. Lisha Bell, Deal Flow Lead for Pipeline Angels.

Technical Review 70

Technical Review Startup Software Review Entrepreneur 70

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 28, 2009

As the economy soured and people grew wary of buying Internet software (we were SaaS as early as 1999 – our buyers were certainly “early adopters&# ) and life grew more difficult. We’re all scared that the next round of funding won’t come. I acknowledge it was a mistake. We were hot. Until we weren’t.

Startup 331

Startup Press Customer Custom 331

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2013

They said, “we’ve seen you in action across 2 companies and could really use somebody with your skills at our fund.” I was a guy who had built 2 SaaS companies and had sold to and worked for Salesforce.com. I could become the SaaS guy. Luckily I had worked with Yves & Steven for 8 years. Not kidding.

Technical Advisors 385

Technical Advisors Marketing Startup Venture Capital 385

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 30, 2013

Building a standout destination site for video gamers takes moxie in the highly competitive and lucrative on-line game industry. Consequently, Jeff is a big believer in B to B opportunities or SaaS platforms, like Jeff’s own Leads 360. Jeff looks for these same qualities in the companies he backs. Unwinding at an Amplify party.

Web Design 103

Web Design Social Media Seed Funding Design 103

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 26, 2010

Most often at the earliest point in the life of a startup, the dominant need is certainly to produce product to get something in the market, get funding, etc. How do we need to structure the systems to get ahead and stay ahead of the competition? What’s our purchase, licensing, SaaS strategy? How can we address this risk?

Fractional CTO 225

Fractional CTO CTO CTO Hire CTO Coach 225

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 6, 2015

Assume competition and assume within the buying organization you have enemies. 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.

Sales 150

Sales SaaS Startup Venture Capital 150

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 30, 2013

Building a standout destination site for video gamers takes moxie in the highly competitive and lucrative on-line game industry. Consequently, Jeff is a big believer in B to B opportunities or SaaS platforms, like Jeff’s own Leads 360. Jeff looks for these same qualities in the companies he backs. Unwinding at an Amplify party.

Web Design 40

Web Design Social Media Seed Funding Design 40

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 23, 2016

To do that you need to have the most talented partners and operating staff because entrepreneurs (and venture capital funds) have choices about whom they will work with and the best deals go to the best firms. Kobie then headed to Los Angeles to join LA-based startup REVOLVE as its CMO where he got his direct operating experience.

Venture Capital 260

Venture Capital Startup SaaS Social Media 260

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2010

Bootstrapping boostrapping, Funding, lean startup. . Entrepreneurism / Monetization Cloud Computing, Entrepreneurism, SaaS. . Entrepreneurism / Monetization Funding, psychology , vc. . Collaboration Over Competition: Competitors as Business Partners. Bootstrapping a Lean Startup. Ash Maurya, WiredReach. Less talked.

Guide 69

Guide Startup Venture Capital Entrepreneur 69

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

Valuing any company can be difficult because it requires a degree of forecasting future growth & competition and ultimately the profits of the organization. I’ll spare you the math and point out that this means we funded 0.104% of the market. I better roll up my sleeves and help my companies get funded.”

Startup 150

Startup Company Companies Venture Capital 150

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2012

In reality, some risks are good and should be embraced for growth and a competitive edge, while others are bad and should be avoided completely. But if you want growth and sustainability, you need to create smart risks, which means intentionally taking a risk to grow your business or gain competitive advantage. Take the strategic risk.

Pricing 103

Pricing SaaS Competition Social Network 103

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 29, 2011

In reality, some risks are good and should be embraced for growth and a competitive edge, while others are bad and should be avoided completely. But if you want growth and sustainability, you need to create good risks, which means intentionally taking a risk to grow your business or gain competitive advantage. Take the strategic risk.

Startup 98

Startup Pricing SaaS Competition 98

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 29, 2010

In reality, some risks are good and should be embraced for growth and a competitive edge, while others are bad and should be avoided completely. But if you want growth and sustainability, you need to embrace strategic risk, which means intentionally taking a risk to grow your business or gain competitive advantage.

Entrepreneur 97

Entrepreneur Pricing SaaS Competition 97

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 18, 2009

You’ve got to put the competition into perspective. The agreement was that both sets of investors would fund the combined entity, we would reduce overlapped costs and become a healthier company. So Apax went ahead and funded iScraper without us. Not lose your cool. I was incensed since we had brought ETF to the table.

Entrepreneur 298

Entrepreneur Startup GRP Partners Venture Capital 298

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 19, 2010

30% of our last fund went into deals in this sector. Vice versa is it’s a SaaS platform company where I spent nearly 10 years running companies. I’m no dummy on businesses that are in the financial services sector, but my 3 partners have been investing in the space for 20 years so I’m clearly on a different level.

Venture Capital 318

Venture Capital Startup Sales Writing 318