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SaaS Funding Napkin

What does it take to raise capital in SaaS in 2018?

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What does it take to raise capital in SaaS in 2018?

4.8
•5 reviews•

558 followers

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A (literal) back-of-a-napkin answer to the question of what it takes to raise capital in SaaS, based on feedback from more than 60 SaaS VCs.
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Launched in 2018View 4 launches
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SaaS Funding Napkin was ranked #3 of the day for February 18th, 2018
SaaS Funding Napkin 2022 was ranked #1 of the day for July 30th, 2022
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SaaS Funding Napkin 2023

What it takes to raise capital, in SaaS, in 2023
SaaS Funding Napkin 2023 was ranked #4 of the day for September 30th, 2023
Based on Carta data from 3,000+ financing rounds & feedback from dozens of investors, the napkin aims to shed light on one simple question: What does it take to raise capital, in SaaS, in 2023? Spoiler alert: Expect AI to come up in every VC meeting. ;-)
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Christoph Janz
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Seven years ago we tried to answer the question of what it takes to raise capital in SaaS in 2016. We took the idea of back-of-a-napkin answers a little too literally, and the rest is (SaaS) history. ;-) Excited to launch the 2023 version!
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ILYA GALUSHIN
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@chrija wow! that's a great launch. Big thanks!
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@chrija Thanks! this is great. bookmarked
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@chrija Thanks for the update! Was actually talking to a friend this week when there will be the next update :D
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Insightful as always, nice drop!
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SaaS Funding Napkin Launches

SaaS Funding Napkin 2023 What it takes to raise capital, in SaaS, in 2023

Launched on September 30th, 2023

SaaS Funding Napkin 2023 was ranked #4 of the day for September 30th, 2023
SaaS Funding Napkin 2023 was ranked #4 of the day for September 30th, 2023
SaaS Funding Napkin 2022 What it takes to raise capital, in SaaS, in 2022

Launched on July 30th, 2022

SaaS Funding Napkin 2022 was ranked #1 of the day for July 30th, 2022
SaaS Funding Napkin 2022 was ranked #1 of the day for July 30th, 2022
SaaS Funding Napkin 2019 What does it take to raise capital, in SaaS, in 2019?

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Love it! I think this is the best noise-to-value ratio I've seen in a while with funding content. Thank you sooo much for this Christoph, it's going to be super helpful for us.
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