Cracking the Code

JANUARY 25, 2021

The first time I met Matan, the founder of Melio, he told me that his mission was simple: he wanted to “help small businesses stay in business” by making B2B payments fast, simple and flexible. More than 40% of B2B transactions in the US, which is roughly a $25 trillion market , are still made with paper checks compared to 5-7% for consumers.

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VC Cafe

JULY 26, 2020

“After the crash, venture capital was scarce to non-existent. With the risk of sounding too conservative, what matters for startups now, as venture capital becomes less available and consumer spending tightens, is adaptation and survival. In fact, they were screaming at them to dramatically reduce their burn rates.

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Lean Seed Capital Startup Burn Rate 214

This is going to be BIG.

JUNE 19, 2014

Those were basically the makers of the time--only big Fortune 500 companies had the resources to create at scale, so if you were building tools for makers, it was a B2B sale involving a lot of big iron. It''s also the same bet that Brooklyn Bridge Ventures made with Makr --that enabling more people to be more creative could be revolutionary.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 27, 2015

But recent innovations in SaaS-driven business models have come of age on the backs of B2B solutions, and providers are finally learning how to cater to the underserved VSB market. Low initial start-up costs and easy setup make SaaS based solutions an attractive proposition, both for VSB owners and as venture investments.

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Utah Cofounder Small Business B2B 100

Cracking the Code

JANUARY 28, 2008

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. Eloqua is bringing this revolution to the B2B marketers by providing on-demand applications and best-practice expertise for B2B marketers to execute, automate and measure effective marketing programs that drive revenue.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

“The Centaur is a business that reaches $100 million of annual recurring revenue (ARR)—a rare breed of cloud business, part of an elite subset of the growing unicorn herd.” The term ‘Centaur’, coined by venture capital firm Bessemer, indicates companies that achieved $100M in annual recurring revenue (ARR).

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Software Review B2C Open Source 109

VC Cafe

JANUARY 22, 2021

After covering Google startup outreach and support (from first hand experience), today I’m happy to add Amazon and AWS, by looking into the variety of ways startups can engage with the commerce and cloud giant. The Alexa Fund also provides up to $200 million in venture capital funding to fuel voice technology innovation.

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Technical Review Startup Venture Capital Incubator 174

Steve Blank

APRIL 1, 2020

B2B – cloud services, online meetings, virtual workforce management, collaboration tools. Are there parts of your supply chain that can be repurposed? What about parts of your manufacturing lines? Online/Virtual learning – schools will need to embrace virtual learning in a way they haven’t before.

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South Korea Salary Business Model China 333

Pascal's View

AUGUST 21, 2011

question in venture capital. This time, the debate centers on the “favored few” Social Media venture backed companies that have brought tremendous windfalls to a select group of venture funds and management teams, both pre- and post-IPO. We should not let the greed emotions cloud our judgement.

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Cracking the Code

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

For most B2B SaaS companies, category leadership often means US leadership. You’ll need an exit of $500 million-$1 billion to have the same proportional return for a roughly $500 million fund (like Accel in Europe). Another very important consideration is the geographic footprint of the fund.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Thoughts from a Venture Capitalist on Software, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Internet and more. As a private company, you have a VERY high cost of capital (well above 10%), whether you raise venture capital, angel money, friends and family investments, bank financing, or all of the above.

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Qualcomm Ventures is invested in a number of startups including Livescribe, Obopay , Arieso and Zeebo. Brad Feld: Feld is co-founder and managing director of Foundry Group, a Boulder, Colorado venture capital firm that focuses on early stage investments ranging from $250,000 to $500,000. What to Consider When Building an In-.

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Angel Investor Startup San Francisco Social Media 80

Cracking the Code

MARCH 28, 2022

The first time I met Matan, Melio's co-founder and CEO, he told me that his mission was simple: he wanted to “help small business stay in business” by making B2B payments fast, simple and flexible. And then you realised that there was a gap for B2B. Tell me a bit more about the things you did to understand how small businesses work.

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B2B Cofounder Small Business 62

Up and Running

MARCH 29, 2017

See Also: What Do Venture Capital Firms Want? My partner and I sold the company in 2012, right when mainstream companies at both the SMB and enterprise level were starting to adopt cloud-based SaaS solutions. My biggest takeaway from that process was that you have to have some kind of “magic” in order to raise venture capital.

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Term Sheet Venture Capital Liquidation Preference Valuation 60

SoCal CTO

AUGUST 3, 2010

So, I’ve had about 4 years on the “inside” of a fast-growing, venture-backed B2B SaaS startup. The collapse of the IPO market and dysfunctional math in the venture capital community has stacked the odds against you. VC asked me to have lunch with the CEO of a startup building cloud-based enterprise software.

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Software Review Startup Venture Capital Technical Review 217

steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

interactions, widgets, effects Django – high-level Python framework Cappuccino – open source framework for app development Kodingen – cloud development environment, code editor, hosting service, collaboration platform.

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Cracking the Code

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

The first is the B2B global platform play, such as Algolia, the search-as-a-service API Nicolas Dessaigne and Julien Lemoine have built out of Paris. That said, with 28% having raised more than $30M and a handful more than $100M, the funding they have received is enough to help them reach significant scale.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Venture Capital Cafe > Startup Resources (Updated Mar 2013). Startups for startups – the top B2B tools used by Startups – Includes the list of top 50 startup vendors in 2012 by Vendorstack , a reviews and Q&A platform on enterprise vendors for startups and mid-market companies. Cloud Infrastructure.

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