VC Cafe

MARCH 1, 2024

Commercial open source companies – being open source is a powerful way to gain developer adoption and sell to enterprises a lot sooner. Digital Wallets – Digital wallets could grow select vertical software platforms’ revenues to $27-$50bn in 2030.

Artificial Inteligence 176

Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Software Review Generative AI 176

David Teten

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

I wrote recently about Should you raise venture capital from a traditional equity VC or a Revenue-Based Investing VC? Since then, I’ve talked with a number of other firms, and greatly expanded my database: Who are the major Revenue-Based (RBI) Investing VCs? Revenue-based investing VC. Venture debt.

SBIC 60

SBIC SBA Cap Table Database 60

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).

Software Review 109

Software Review B2C Open Source 109

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

I use another live Google doc to maintain my database of companies I’m marketing to other VCs. Many tools designed for B2B marketing in general are also relevant to investors. I previously posted a detailed presentation with sales technology tools useful for B2B sales. I’ve used Asana extensively to manage activities firm-wide.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

ConversionXL

MAY 13, 2020

Further, as you’re now using your own data, you can remove revenue from cancelled transactions or returns. You can also calculate more advanced and confidential metrics, such as margin instead of revenue. This is a challenge for most B2B sites. As long as you can export your CRM data with a unique lead ID (e.g., Data pipeline.

Analytics 85

Analytics Aggregator SQL Cloud 85

mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

endeve – Issue invoices, manage clients and check revenues all in one place. Crowdsourcing, Networking & Community Wild Apricot – Online tools for clubs, associations, and communities that include email newsletters, blogs, discussion forums, a member database and more. Invoice Journal – Free invoicing program.

Software Review 78

Software Review Social Media Social Network Software 78

David Teten

MARCH 18, 2021

(co-written with Stephane Nasser , co-founder of OpenVC , an open-source initiative to collect and analyze all VC theses.). OpenVC is a new, open-source initiative to collect and analyze all publicly available VC theses, to help founders more efficiently find the right investors, and vice-versa.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Cofounder Venture Capital Deal Flow 78