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).
David Teten
MARCH 18, 2021
“Tech” means B2B Saas/Fintech or Consumer apps. Thirty-four VC firms in OpenVC call themselves “early-stage” Yet, 30% of those don’t actually invest in pre-revenue startups. For example, Point Nine Capital focuses on B2B SaaS and marketplaces at the seed stage, across many industries.
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David Teten
DECEMBER 3, 2019
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. Data companies focused on early-stage startups include Aingel , fundsUP , Preseries , PredictLeads , and Sploda.
David Teten
SEPTEMBER 23, 2017
Even for later-stage companies with predictable financials, the lack of liquidity, audited financials, and standardized metrics creates real challenges to scaling quantitative investing. Many tools designed for B2B marketing in general are also relevant to investors. ExitRound helps early stage companies identify buyers.
David Teten
SEPTEMBER 5, 2014
I’ve written on the expert network industry a fair amount in the past: see How to Earn More Consulting Revenue from Expert Networks and How Executives Can Work with Private Equity and Venture Capital Portfolio Companies. We’re not mainly for B2B companies or later stage companies or anything like that.
Austin Startup
JUNE 26, 2019
You might notice what’s not on that list above: revenue, investors. No revenue isn’t always a problem for venture-style businesses; no investors + no revenue = challenges for most founders without tremendous self-funding. However, we also discovered key challenges we could not overcome with the capital and window of our team.
The Startup Magazine
OCTOBER 24, 2018
With more and more businesses realizing videos for marketing and brand education, 73% of B2B organizations say they have received a positive ROI after using video marketing. You can go with the base plan for starters and choose to upgrade in the later stages for additional features such as full API access and multiple monetization options.
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