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Beezer’s Breakdown Take II
Beezer’s Breakdown Take II
Last month Harry Stebbings invited me back on The Twenty Minute VC to talk about venture fundraising activity for Q1 2017. We had a great…
Elizabeth“Beezer”Clarkson
May 31
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Parsing The Maddening Venture Capital Market
Parsing The Maddening Venture Capital Market
This is the third part in a series of articles on venture capital investments in enterprise and consumer companies. You can read part one…
Winter Mead
May 25
In The Eyes Of The CIO
In The Eyes Of The CIO
Co-Authored with Jai Das, managing director, Sapphire Ventures
Shruti Tournatory
May 24
Wandera — How We Fell In Love With MI:RIAM
Wandera — How We Fell In Love With MI:RIAM
Today, we are excited to announce our investment in Wandera. We are particularly excited to be finally partnering with Roy and Eldar Tuvey.
Andreas Weiskam
May 18
Reltio: Making Data Management Cool Again
Reltio: Making Data Management Cool Again
By Rajeev Dham, principal, Sapphire Ventures, and Nino Marakovic, CEO and managing director, Sapphire Ventures
Rajeev Dham
Apr 18
Portworx — Enabling DevOps To Build And Manage Stateful Container-based Applications
Portworx — Enabling DevOps To Build And Manage Stateful Container-b...
We’re thrilled to announce our investment in Portworx, a company bringing a novel way of managing stateful container-based applications…
Jai Das
Apr 5
Chatting With TechCrunch On The M&A And IPO Market In 2017
Chatting With TechCrunch On The M&A And IPO Market In 2017
Last week I had the pleasure of sitting down with TechCrunch for their new Equity podcast to discuss a variety of topics including rising…
Elizabeth“Beezer”Clarkson
Mar 27
The Anatomy Of A Successful IPO
The Anatomy Of A Successful IPO
I have been fortunate that three of the investments I led for Sapphire Ventures (Nutanix, MuleSoft and Alteryx) have had an IPO in the last…
Jai Das
Mar 27
VC Interest Piqued In Healthcare
VC Interest Piqued In Healthcare
At Sapphire Ventures, we aim to proactively research spaces as we search for new investments. Most recently, we have been taking a closer…
Winter Mead
Mar 21
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Exiting The Exit
Exiting The Exit
Below please find a guest column that Nino Marakovic and I contributed to Fortune Term Sheet, in which we debate what makes for a better…
Elizabeth“Beezer”Clarkson
Mar 1
Exiting The Exit
Exiting The Exit
Below please find a guest column that Elizabeth“Beezer”Clarkson and I contributed to Fortune Term Sheet, in which we debate what makes for…
Nino Marakovic
Mar 1
Sun Basket: From Farm To Table
Sun Basket: From Farm To Table
For those familiar with Sapphire Ventures, “consumer” probably isn’t the first thing that comes to mind. More likely, you think “enterprise…
Kevin Diestel
Feb 17
The Fast No Paradox
The Fast No Paradox
Even experienced startup CEOs will tell you that raising funds is an important and challenging part of building a company, yet often their…
Nino Marakovic
Jan 31
Venture Capital In 2017 Is When The Rubber Hits The Road For Returns
Venture Capital In 2017 Is When The Rubber Hits The Road For Returns
This story was originally featured on TechCrunch on January 18, 2017
Elizabeth“Beezer”Clarkson
Jan 19
Why You Probably Won’t Invest In The Next Unicorn Exit
Why You Probably Won’t Invest In The Next Unicorn Exit
Originally published in TechCrunch here on December 30, 2016. This is the second part in a series of articles on venture capital…
Winter Mead
Jan 10
NoEnterprise
NoEnterprise
We certainly get that when people think of Sapphire Ventures they think enterprise software. And rightly so. Our team has significant…
Nino Marakovic
Jan 5
LeanData For ABM And Sales Ops…Everyone’s Doing It
LeanData For ABM And Sales Ops…Everyone’s Doing It
LeanData provides SaaS solutions targeted at the intersection of sales and marketing operations. To date, the company has played in the…
Dave Hartwig
Dec 20, 2016
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