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Flexible VCs With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing

David Teten

They have spent multiple summers putting on the “Tech Tour”– traveling around North America investing and speaking in tier II and III cities (excluding 2020). V2 structure. . Purpose Ventures’ deal structures are bespoke to each company. Compensation-Based Flexible VCs. redemption, revenue share, etc.)

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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. Posted by Philippe Botteri.