TechCrunch LA

MAY 29, 2019

Los Angeles-based PlayVS (pronounced “play versus”) wants to become the dominant platform for amateur esports, starting at the high school level. What esports means is playing video games competitively bound to governance and a competitive ruleset. Eric P: What then drove you to found PlayVS?

Startup 204

Startup Coach Competition Los Angeles 204

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 6, 2015

Assume competition and assume within the buying organization you have enemies. You see – running a SaaS platform for customers like you is the ONLY thing our team does. When we went to raise funds we faced lots of competition as there are of course many other VC funds in the country. Take nothing for granted.

Sales 315

Sales SaaS Startup Venture Capital 315

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

We try to cap our A-funds at around $300 million so we retain the discipline to invest early and small while building our Growth Platform separately to do late stage deals (we now have > $300 million in Growth AUM). In fact, we just announced that we hired a new head of our Growth Platform, (follow him on Twitter here ?

Venture Capital 472

Venture Capital Writing Invest Pricing 472