Since its founding a decade ago, Emergence Capital Partners has become among the startup industry’s most highly regarded investors in enterprise software-as-a-service companies. Fact is, few firms are as specialized. But the approach has paid big dividends. In fact, in 2013, Emergence saw one of the industry’s biggest returns with the IPO of Veeva Systems, […]
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Jeff Clavier on Dilution, Marketing, and Series A Stunts
Last week, for a conference in San Francisco, I was asked to interview Jeff Clavier, the straight-shooting founder of the early-stage investment firm SoftTech VC. We were tasked with addressing the so-called Series A crunch and its ripple effects. As part of that chat — edited here for length — Clavier volunteered some interesting tidbits, including […]
StrictlyVC: March 19, 2014
Good Wednesday morning! We know some of you didn’t receive yesterday’s email; we’re not sure why but here’s a link with our apologies in case you missed it. —– Top News in the A.M. The hedge fund Fortress Investment Group, along with venture firmsBenchmark and Ribbit Capital, are buying a stake in Pantera Bitcoin Partners, a hedge fund that buys and […]