
The post is a EUVC roundup that first features Matti Rönkkö of Kiilto Ventures arguing that family capital, deep industrial expertise and a sustainability focus can reshape the built world. It then shifts to Kristaps Ronis of ION Pacific, who explains how structured secondaries provide venture‑fund liquidity without selling shares, stressing the primacy of DPI and the importance of timing. The third segment follows Alper Oner and Enis Hulli, who detail Agave Games’ pivot from publishing to an in‑house studio, illustrating Turkey’s emergence as a mobile‑gaming powerhouse and the scaling lessons from their hit “Find the Cat.” Finally, Seb Agertoft and Mike Reiner discuss the “inner game” of venture building, contending that founder coaching, purpose and resilience are as vital as financial metrics.

The episode spotlights several deep‑tech and angel‑investment stories, beginning with Charlie of Temperate who converts heat to light and beams it into space, offering a refrigerant‑free cooling system up to 20× more efficient for data‑centers and HVAC markets. It then...
AI is a pretty big threat to CRM. Not the need for CRM, but to its value proposition. I didn’t totally get it until we deployed 11+ AI Agents. But what they do is push your CRM to the background....

In this episode, host Prashant Choubey talks with Ganesh Padmanabhan, founder of Autonomize AI, about the emerging role of AI agents in medical practices. They explore how autonomous AI assistants can handle patient triage, appointment scheduling, and routine follow‑ups, potentially...

On The Bear Roars podcast, Dan Caruso and guest explored how advances in AI, quantum computing and robotics are reshaping not just technology but learning, leadership and collaboration, with a central claim that equitable access — broadband, curiosity and freedom...
Congrats to @akeed23, @twopac, and @cerclihq on their $12M Series A! Cercli is the single platform for enterprises to hire, manage, and pay their global workforce in the AI era. They've grown 10x over the last 12 months, processed over...

A simple, reusable financial forecast model — with a free Google Sheets template — is presented as essential for startups to project cash flow, prioritize spending, and guide fundraising and hiring decisions. The model focuses on five core sections: customer...
"At Deel, we do two types of acquisitions. 1. Buy an asset in our core market. Buy the team, revenue, bring them in-house, rip and replace their infrastructure with ours pretty fast. 2. Buy smaller companies that are in adjacent...

I love simple tools like this on @acquiredotcom. Manage team emails directly inside Slack. > $22K TTM revenue > $20K profit > 200+ customers > Runs on autopilot > Lean, profitable, dead simple Full listing: https://t.co/b3BlAnxTAb https://t.co/1DDfmVFl2z
Every founder faces moments where they’re not sure what to do next — such as how to go to market with AI products, when to pivot, and who/when to hire. In this episode of Office Hours, YC partners @koomen, @bradflora, @dessaigne,...

In this episode, a16z host Martin Casado interviews Kong co‑founder and CEO Augusto "Aghi" Marietti about his journey from a Milan garage to building a leading API infrastructure firm, highlighting the relentless grind, near‑death moments, and the bootstrap funding that...
MarkIt is building AI agents for trade compliance—helping suppliers, importers, and customs brokers classify products, manage documents, and navigate government requirements. https://t.co/tTaCTxaPR9 Congrats on the launch, @ch6nkim and @supadupacoda! https://t.co/cxhpOAGgFV

Proud @saastrfund is joining the round for @Consio_AI and the team building the AI voice layer for ecommerce!! Here's why we invested: 1⃣The Obvious Problem: Phone Converts Better Every ecommerce brand knows phone calls convert 3-5x better than web. But staffing a phone...

Reid Hoffman, alongside Erik Torenberg and Alex Rampell, explores how AI will transform work, science, and humanity, emphasizing that the most impactful breakthroughs will arise beyond obvious productivity tools. They discuss current AI’s reasoning limits, debate whether consciousness is required...
Congrats to https://t.co/c9C4WZdYZj on their $10.6M Series A! Letter AI's enablement platform helps sales teams ramp up faster with AI-powered training and coaching, instantly find and personalize collateral for customers, and engage their buyers. https://t.co/mX4rRd1JVo https://t.co/mIGGfzxkUE
Early on traction is a story problem, not a metrics problem. The best founders know which narrative unlocks the next stage.

In this episode, Victor Riparbelli, co‑founder and CEO of Synthesia, explains how his AI‑driven platform lets anyone create video without cameras, cutting production time by up to 95% and opening new possibilities for content creators. He and Kleiner Perkins partner...

A deep dive into the playbook, lessons learned, and brutal truths about deploying 20+ AI agents into production — that actually work. During Dreamforce Jason (CEO) and Amelia (Chief AI Officer) at SaaStr dropped by Qualified’s office for a deep...

TechCrunch revealed the full Disrupt Stage lineup for Disrupt 2025, headlined by 200+ sessions across five stages and marquee appearances from Alphabet moonshot chief Astro Teller, Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott, Netflix CTO Elizabeth Stone, Vinod Khosla and Sequoia’s Roelof Botha....
The 20VC newsletter (Oct. 19, 2025) distills three podcast episodes featuring Atlassian CEO Mike Cannon‑Brookes, investors Rory O’Driscoll, Jason Lemkin and Roger Ehrenberg, and Warp CEO Zach Lloyd, highlighting how AI will expand software development, reshape pricing models, and leave...
How do you build AI systems that scale? On Nov 12 in SF, I’ll host Calvin French-Owen (Co-founder & former CTO @Segment, led @OpenAI's Codex launch) for a Theory Ventures Office Hours conversation on scaling intelligent systems. We’ll dig into: ⚙️ Building...

Project Europe has product market fit so much faster and so much stronger than even we hoped. In the first 6 months: - 10 cracked teams invested in So what… of those 10: - 1 acquired by category leader - 1...

Congrats to @alexchantavy, @kunaalsikka, and @SubImageSec on their $4.2M seed! From the creators of Cartography at @Lyft, SubImage is an open-core alternative to Wiz, using AI to show how vulnerabilities and access paths lead to compromise. https://t.co/HpMp0e8sfN https://t.co/KMyFtUYNkC
It's time. 🏃♀️It's time to get ahead of the pack in AI + B2B. At SaaStr AI London Dec 1-2 -> https://t.co/ufOgU4yrs6 The companies that figured out AI + GTM this year already are now scaling aggressively—closing bigger deals, reducing...

We’re launching something different at SaaStr AI. VC Matchmaking that actually works. Because most founders are pitching the wrong VCs. Or pitching before they’re ready. Join the waitlist → https://t.co/x5NqYcTMbt Here’s how it works: 1️⃣: You upload your pitch Real revenue. Real metrics. Real traction....
Prediction: LLMs in their current form may not be able to do everything, but AI now has enough momentum that this won't matter. Beam engines couldn't do everything either, but they were enough to set off the Industrial Revolution.

this time last year post-@stateofaireport we heard lots of “is ai a bubble” chatter, just like we do today we wrote a piece on @airstreetpress arguing that ai is not like the dot com thinking of writing up a v2...
"A lot of SaaS is not tailored enough to the needs of the company. Owning most of the software makes a significant difference in what you can do. It is the dumbest thing to do when you are small. It...
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got to chat about the @stateofaireport on @tbpn last fri w/@johncoogan @jordihays, incl. bits on financing dynamics, how today's ai is magical vs. 12 years ago when i started, ai bubble (yes, no?), nvidia's dominance, ai search/agent experience, industrial policy...
"I would have most liked to have @Alfred_Lin on my board. He is one of the best investors in the world. He understands the business he invests in a lot more deeply than other board members." @Bouazizalex What have been...
Very good cold emailing advice from @HeidiRoizen of @thresholdvc https://t.co/Ak8orSOI2F
Uplane (@uplane_com) is building software to replace marketing agencies. Their AI generates ads with matching landing pages and steers them across Meta, Google, TikTok, and others. https://t.co/WEay29YNYx Congrats on the launch, @juliuskoerfgen, @Marvin_A_M & @vollmer_lukas! https://t.co/CBq2rxJqTp
I’m hiring an Associate at SaaStr Fund ($200m AUM) The job: 1️⃣ Screen 50+ inbound deals/week, find the 2-3 worth the deep dive. 2️⃣ Help manage the new https://t.co/D1x4RaX5t7 which over 5,500 founders have used in 5 years anywhere else for...
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VC irony: We preach agility, yet often take forever to respond…

How long should a transaction process last? Though there can be significant variance, a well-structured transaction process typically takes 3-6 months. From when you officially start marketing the business to when you close the deal, 3-6 months should give you...
Congrats to @albacoreinc on their $6.5M seed! Albacore is building underwater drones for the military. Their first product, Ghostfin, is an 8ft modular autonomous submarine designed to patrol undetected for 1,000+ nautical miles & support special ops. https://t.co/j9Ud89JdDQ
I fricking hate podcasts where the guest does a podcast tour to promote something. @Bouazizalex just raised $300M+ at a $17BN+ valuation. He did one podcast to discuss the round and the crazy last 12 months. 20VC. - Raising $300M from Ribbit, a16z and...
Most founders waste time trying to look like they have traction. When traction’s real, you don’t need to choreograph it. It shows up when people return, pay again, and bring their friends. Customers end up doing the advertising for you.
1/ I want to state plainly: in all industries, especially in AI, it’s important to back the good guys. Anthropic is one of the good guys. More thoughts about why we need to fuel innovation and talk safety at the same...
Raising can be a grind, but it’s a good forcing function to reflect. Founders (and VCs) might benefit from doing biannual mock fundraising prep.
2025 USC Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy Founders Bootcamp 🚀 Friday we kicked off the annual Innovation Quest with our 2025 Founders Bootcamp. Standing-room only & filled with energy, insight, & community. Over 70 IYA undergraduate & graduate founders...

Here are two very important charts about the current AI boom. Chart 1: Distribution Matters Open AI is still the clear leader but, interestingly, they are loosing percentage share as the market grows. This is normal for a category leader but...
SaaStr.ai just launched four FREE AI tools that can save founders 100+ hours in fundraising prep. And maybe even get you funded: 1️⃣ AI Start-Up Valuation Calculator. Get VC-grade valuations using data from 5,000+ recent rounds, public comps, and AI...
You can tell a top 1% founder purely from how they structure the angel component of a fundraise. The blurb they suggest. The forwardable email they send for each. The specific angels they want in. All says so much about their...

Some mobile apps are crazy profitable. This one generates $1,800,000 per year!🤯 Now live on @acquiredotcom: Top rated iOS apps for screen mirroring and remote control. > 570K monthly users > $3.5M revenue > $1.8M profit > Bootstrapped Full listing: https://t.co/T7kDgxkfQp https://t.co/p6BkZYUyqN

Startups investing in other startups... is this peak bubble behavior? https://t.co/1paenKbhQh
Just sent a deal to a dear friend and mentor who is one of the greatest of our time. Sent at 8:12AM PST and response provided to me and founder by 8:18AM. Speed is a feature of the best.

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