Remove 2012 Remove AWS Remove Venture Capital
article thumbnail

Going Big in Venture Capital

SaaStr

years ago in the first few months of SaaStr.com, in November 2012. Some may even be more than just 1%-3% of the committed capital pic.twitter.com/hqca4dfVxY. And let’s assume Leone and Sequoia put in 70% of the capital. Now, to a small fund, or a new VC, I’d think a $14m loss would just be awful.

article thumbnail

SaaStr Podcast #394 with Sunil Dhaliwal and Jason Lemkin

SaaStr

394: Where is Venture Capital today? Sunil Dhaliwal: I was at one of the biggest firms around and I think we had a $200 million fund and people were like, I can’t believe we’re running $200 million in venture capital. The first is: It’s the best proxy for AWS growth in the private markets.

article thumbnail

Key Lessons from a $5B SaaS Category Leader (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

I’ve been in venture capital for about 20 years, made my first SaaS investment about 18 years ago and have really been focused on this space for a long time. I work at a firm called Shasta Ventures. Responses was acquired by Oracle, Neolane was acquired by Adobe all in 2012 and 2013. My name’s Doug Pepper.

SaaS 183