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Cracking The Code: The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008.

Cracking the Code

Only after reaching $1M in CMRR should you consider hiring European sales and services execs behind customer demand. Be prepared to cross the desert - SaaS requires R&D and sales expense up front for a multi-year stream of revenue, so it demands enough investment capital to fund 4+ years of runway. Brian, Paglo www.paglo.com.

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The Pre-Seed FAQ

K9 Ventures

Typically, Pre-Seed rounds are less than $1M in aggregate capital raised. If the Micro-VCs are looking for Series A-like metrics, what does a company do when it’s just getting started? That’s squarely in Series A territory and you now need to have Series A metrics for that. Q: How are most Pre-Seed deals structured?