Shah: Full-time investors should deploy heavily into early-stage SaaS
Hiten Shah · 20VC FF: Hiten Shah on VC Funded vs Bootstrapped Businesses and How He Decides Which Startups To Advise · Mar 4, 2016 · at 20:18
Angel investor Hiten Shah explains why early-stage SaaS represents a strong investment opportunity due to depressed seed-stage valuations.
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“So honestly, if I were an investor right now, on the early stage, like a full-time investor, I'd be heavy into early stage SaaS right now. Just because I think the valuations are going to be much more reasonable than before.”
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