SaaS company

9 statements across 9 episodes · 2 bullish · 5 bearish · 8 people on the record · first statement Jun 16, 2017 by Nicolas Dessaigne · across every show →

Everything said about SaaS company, oldest first

Jun 16, 2017 positive
Insight
Pitching VCs doubles as business development for SaaS startups
“At least in the context of a SaaS company like ours that could work with any of these investors' portfolio companies, it's actually a very good business development approach as you are Working with these new, like, investors, winning this relationship, it's al…”
Nicolas Dessaigne Jun 16, 2017 ▶ 5:20 20VC: Is Series B Really The Hardest To Raise? Should The Only Limiting Factor Post Series B Be Cash & When Is The Right Time To Move To The US with Nicolas Dessaigne, Founder & CEO @ Algolia
Mar 25, 2019
Insight
Early-stage SaaS companies cannot hide fast growth from LinkedIn headcount tracking
“So if you're an early stage SaaS company, you can't really hide if you're growing fast. People can check your LinkedIn headcount, see how fast you're hiring on the website, what type of people.”
Alex Clayton Mar 25, 2019 ▶ 6:35 20VC: Spark Capital's Alex Clayton on How The Best Growth Investors Source, Evaluate and Win Deals, Why Market Depth Is Crucial When Analysing Markets & Why Capital Is Only A Temporary Competitive Advantage
Dec 17, 2020 positive
Opinion
Hsu argues SaaS companies are inherently stable and rarely face acute crises
“I think part of it also is a SaaS company is just fairly stable in the sense that nothing really goes that wrong, really, for us.”
David Hsu Dec 17, 2020 ▶ 30:08 20VC: Retool Founder, David Hsu on Why YC Is Helpful Pre Product-Market Fit but Not Post and Why VCs Are Not Helpful Pre-Product Market-Fit but are Post, Why it is Difficult to Become Unprofitable if You Set Yourself Up For Profitability Early & Why VC Th
Dec 6, 2023 negative
Opinion
Geoff Charles: American Express Does Not Know How to Build Software
“And like Amex is like, it does not know how to build software. It is an incredible company with an incredible brand and an incredible card and merchant product. But they're a far cry away from being a SaaS company.”
Geoff Charles Dec 6, 2023 ▶ 41:27 Geoff Charles: How To Hire Product Teams & Increase Product Velocity | E1091 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jun 19, 2024 bearish
Disclosure
Eisenberg: Only 1 of Aleph's last 17 deals was horizontal SaaS
“Of the last 17 investments we made at Aleph, one was a SaaS company.”
Michael Eisenberg Jun 19, 2024 ▶ 17:32 Michael Eisenberg: How China Could Overtake the US in the AI Race | E1167 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Sep 23, 2024 negative
Disclosure
Stebbings invested in a SaaS startup with $7M ARR valued at $1.3B
“You know, I, I'm sad to admit that I'm invested in a SaaS business that is at seven million in ARR. And valued at 1.3 billion.”
Harry Stebbings Sep 23, 2024 ▶ 52:24 Dmitry Gurski: From Potato Farm to $200M in Revenue: The Never-Before-Told Story of Flo Health|E1205 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 5, 2025 bearish
Prediction Open · timeframe Mar 2030
Osika: Per-seat SaaS companies will collapse as AI replaces human employees
“I'm not so read, well read on the public market. It would be a SaaS company. It would be like a SaaS company that has a per seat pricing where those, their ICP is going to be replaced by AI SaaS that just replaces the employees. So the seat, the number of seat…”
Anton Osika Mar 5, 2025 ▶ 47:51 Anton Osika, Co-Founder and CEO @ Lovable: Hitting 85% Day 30 Retention - Better than ChatGPT · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 12, 2026
Insight
O'Driscoll: AI Cross-Sell Failures Invalidate Legacy SaaS Acquisition Playbook
“If you can't cross sell the new AI product to existing customers who are trying to do the same thing just with an older technology, then the cross sell acquisition and cross sell story doesn't work. This is as good as it's going to get if you're an old school …”
Rory O'Driscoll Mar 12, 2026 ▶ 1:00:34 Anthropic vs The Pentagon: Who Wins? | The Data Center Arms Race | The Ultimate Stock Picks · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jun 4, 2026 negative
Insight
O'Driscoll: Overpaying for Decelerating SaaS Companies Leaves No Operational Escape
“In companies that are growing at 20% and then suddenly slow down to eight or nine percent growth rate, if you've overpaid, it's kind of like overpaying for a real estate transaction. There's nothing you can do. There's no accelerant. There's no magic that's go…”
Rory O'Driscoll Jun 4, 2026 ▶ 1:22:41 Anthropic Files to Go Public | Cognition Raises $1BN at $26BN Valuation | The 996 Work Ethic · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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