Snowflake, UiPath, and CrowdStrike exceeded $500M revenue during hyper-growth
Laela Sturdy · 20VC: CapitalG's Laela Sturdy on The Current State of Growth with Crossover, PE and Hedge Funds All Entering, How To Think Through Upside and Downside Scenario Planning at Growth & The Biggest Challenges Startups Face Post Product-Market-Fit but Pre-Scale · Jul 8, 2021 · at 6:01
Laela Sturdy, General Partner at CapitalG, discusses the unprecedented scale and growth rates of late-stage software and cloud companies.
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“When you look at companies like, you know, Snowflake, UiPath, CrowdStrike, these companies that are north of five hundred million in revenue growing still at incredibly hyper growth rates.”
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