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So this is great news for B2B and great news for Insight. But there have only been 4 B2B / SaaS IPOs since 2021, and M&A is way down. Billion To Invest in More B2B Companies appeared first on SaaStr. But that liquidity mainly came from pre-2021 deals. Funding is back, fast and furious, fueled by AI.
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And 2024 was really good in B2B AI. This includes even the fastest growing start-ups I’ve invested in , not just ones that are trying to manage the burn or manage slower growth. 2025 is already even much better. Google buying Wiz for $32 Billion is the icing on the cake.
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As a reminder, the SaaStr Fund is investing $170,000,000 in seed and late-seed investments. 750k-$4m checks for SaaS, Cloud and B2B startups at from $10k-$200k MRR. Algolia and Legacy Investment Talkdesk in BVP Cloud 100! A big week at SaaStr Fund! Some great news this week: #1. Great to see for these pre-IPO leaders!
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“Doubling Down” is a new series where we hear from top B2B SaaS investors on their most recent activities and takes on the current market. What’s your most recent disclosed investment? What’s your sweet spot for investing — check size, stage, type of deal? Check that out here. Why did you do the deal?
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The platform you want to invest in is the one where pricing is incentivized to have fewer humans, not more. At a certain volume, usually greater than 50k emails per month, it makes sense to invest a lot more and be able to control the different components. In this week’s Workshop Wednesday , held every Wednesday at 10 a.m.
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