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Three Mega IPOs That Took A Long, Long Time To Get Big: Squarespace, Procore and UiPath

SaaStr

Procore was founded way back in 2002 to automate construction project management. But took a full decade for mobile to get mature enough to make construction software really work, because it had to work in the field.

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5 Interesting Learnings from Procore at $500,000,000 in ARR

SaaStr

You may not have heard of Procore if you aren’t in construction, but it’s a quiet SaaS leader we can all learn from if we think about it as a break-out Vertical SaaS leader. But they hit their stride in 2012 as mobile took off, enable construction project management software to finally really work in the field.

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Ideas we'd like to invest in: Mobile-first SaaS

The Angel VC

Following my posts about electronic signing and vertical SaaS , here's another area that we're very interested in: SaaS solutions with a mobile-first approach While my first two posts of this series were fairly specific, this one is pretty fuzzy as I don't have a good sense for what I'm looking for.

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5 Key Data Points about the Early Venture Market in Q1 2022

Tom Tunguz

Web3 is a term that will disappear like web2 and mobile investing before it. SAFEs should persist as a dominant form of financing early-stage startups, and consequently inform board construction. This data point confirms founders have maintained leverage in fundraising conversations. Web3 will remain a top area of interest.

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The First Mobile-Only SaaS Company

Tom Tunguz

Mobile visits account for more than 50% of all e-commerce. In India, mobile usage dominates traffic to such an extent that Myntra, the largest retailer, is shutting down their web application to focus exclusively on their mobile apps. Instagram launched a website only after the mobile app reached more than 100M users.

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Nobody Knows : Steel & Blockchains

Tom Tunguz

Blockchain networks are a new construction material for building a better internet. Very few people know whether today’s apps are built with, just as they don’t consider the construction materials of their office building. 1 Venmo surged with social & mobile payments in the 2010s. Nobody knows. Nobody knows.

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The most exciting Latin American SaaS Startups

SaaStock

Elevator pitch : Construct develops a field communication platform for construction projects. Its platform enables engineers, architects, and project managers to communicate and collaborate in the construction supply chain network. Don’t hold back, this is a rare opportunity. Founders : Drew Beaurline and Patrick Albert.

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