The next $1B consumer startup will be a vertical social network — here’s why

F*CK TRUMP

Entrepreneurship begins and ends with a powerful immigrant spirit. It is about knocking down walls, moving people toward a common goal, and creating the unthinkable from scratch with small odds of winning. That is what makes the U.S. great and what drives meaningful innovation and change.

The Beauty of Vertical SaaS

By James Green

One of the first lessons I learned in investing was the beauty of vertical software-as-a-service, or SaaS. The notion that one player could dominate a market, own more than 50 percent of the potential revenue and produce almost endless free…

Moving FaaSt — The Finance-as-a-Service TechScape

Intro

Visa’s purchase of Plaid for $5.3B, Paypal’s purchase of Honey for $4B and Chime’s recent $500M round are all examples of “fintech’s” renaissance in the last 5 years. But behind all the shiny fintech value…

Considering the Telegram ICO? Proceed with Caution.

The JAMstack Startup Landscape

Below is an overview of the culmination of several trends that has given rise to a new frontend architecture and what we believe is a resulting fertile startup ecosystem.

How websites and applications are developed is undergoing a massive…

SaaS Waterfall Metrics 3–2–1

Investor: “How did Q1 go?” “Where are you now?”
SaaS Entrepreneur: “We booked/billed/collected…”
Investor…

Vertical SaaS Decoded: Five Takeaways Investors and Entrepreneurs Often Overlook

By Anna Khan

CRV: Chapter 18

CRV is pleased to announce the closing of CRV XVIII, a $600 million early-stage venture capital fund. We raised the fund entirely…