Series B

10 statements across 10 episodes · 3 bullish · 1 bearish · 10 people on the record · first statement Jul 24, 2019 by Raja Ganapathy · across every show →

Everything said about Series B, oldest first

Jul 24, 2019
Disclosure
Spring Marketing Capital targets Series A and B consumer brands.
“If you ask me for a sweet spot, for a desired sweet spot, I would say that one we would like to look at companies which are raising a series A or an early series B. We like a, we like an empty canvas. We like a space where the company has built a product. Ther…”
Raja Ganapathy Jul 24, 2019 ▶ 12:31 100xEntrepreneur | Episode 23 | Raja Ganapathy, Co-Founder Spring Marketing Capital
Jan 7, 2020
Insight
Kapoor: Storytelling only works through Series B before diligence takes over
“The storytelling is important in earlier, you know, when you're doing C, A, even B, but post that, you know, people start, especially the private equity firms, when they come in they start looking at numbers much, much deeper. They do far, far more diligence a…”
Tej Kapoor Jan 7, 2020 ▶ 16:11 100x Entrepreneur | Episode 46 | Tej Kapoor, Fosun RZ Capital
Mar 2, 2020 bullish
Prediction Held up
Time to Series B is shrinking due to better founder execution
“So I think my expectation is that the you know, the time, To a series B is, is shrinking you know, from what it used to be because the execution is superior because people are making fewer mistakes, and doing more right things you know, in shorter time frames.”
Rahul Chandra Mar 2, 2020 ▶ 50:54 Episode 54 | Rahul Chandra, Managing Director, Unitary Helion Fund
Aug 23, 2021
Disclosure
Hasura operated purely open source for two years before monetizing in mid-2020
“So we were open source for 2018 to 2019 to 2019 to 20 20 and 2020, mid 20 20 is when we started monetizing. Just before our CDZB is when we started monetizing.”
Tanmai Gopal Aug 23, 2021 ▶ 20:32 Hasura Founder on Building For Developers ft. Tanmai Gopal
Dec 6, 2021 neutral
Assertion Partly supported
CleverTap Raised Series B and C Rounds 4-5 Months Apart in 2019
“In 2019, there is two rounds of capital back to back of around B and C literally four or five months apart from each other.”
Anand Jain Dec 6, 2021 ▶ 29:48 SaaS from India to the US: Myths Debunked ft Anand Jain, Co-founder, CleverTap
May 17, 2024
Insight
Sethi: Startup attrition is 80-90% at seed and 60-70% at Series A
“And so the way to sort of think about it is at the early stage seed, it's about 80 to 90% attrition. At the series A, it might be 60 to 70, series B sort of comes down.”
Arjun Sethi May 17, 2024 ▶ 37:51 VC MASTERCLASS - B2B SAAS, Quick Commerce, Peter Thiel And India’s Decade I Arjun Sethi I Neon Show
Jun 12, 2024 bearish
Opinion
Raggl: European startups must tap US funds for large Series A rounds
“Also, like, it's basically starting at Series A, B, that you need to go to a US fund, basically, if you want to raise really large sums, because there's just not a lot of options in Europe”
Laura Raggl Jun 12, 2024 ▶ 19:24 B2B SAAS Investors Discuss European And Indian Startup Ecosystems | ROI Ventures | Neon Show
Aug 31, 2024 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Bijapur: 2021-2022 funding boom created startup oversupply and capital shortage
“In 21 and 22, the number of seed and series A companies that got funded. I think there's been that it sort of crowded the market, so there are a lot more companies who are still looking for those seed and series A or series B fundings. So that has led to an ov…”
Shashank Bijapur Aug 31, 2024 ▶ 19:42 Indian SaaS, AI Wave, IPO & Best Country For Co. Registration | 2024 Insights With SaaS Founder
Apr 28, 2025 positive
Insight
Rayapati: Target-to-reality variance must shrink to under 20% by Series C
“Seed to scale, you know, somebody told me, ah, ah, your goal versus whatever realistic thing, ah, you can have a hundred percent margin at seed. You know, you can have like, 75 at A, you know, 50 probably at B. By the time you get to C, it can't be like, you k…”
Vijay Rayapati Apr 28, 2025 ▶ 1:04:16 How To Hire, Train & Retain Talent To Build A Great Company | Vijay Rayapati | Khadim Batti
Jun 11, 2026 positive
Disclosure
Saxena: Pantomath scaled to Series B with half the headcount but 10x software tooling
“When we raised our series B for this company, revenue wise, we were almost the same, almost identically the same number as when we raised our series B for my last company. Yeah. At my last company, at that stage, we were 75, 80 employees. Let's call it 85, may…”
Shashank Saxena Jun 11, 2026 ▶ 20:33 Questions Every Founder Must Answer Before Taking an Acquisition Offer | Shashank, VNDLY & Pantomath
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