Byron Deeter

16 statements across 5 episodes · 10 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement May 13, 2017 by Byron Deeter · said 14 times in 10 episodes since 2020 · across every show →

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May 13, 2017 neutral
Assertion Supported
Deeter: Over 40% of Public Cloud Value Has Been Acquired
“Over 40% of the value of the public cloud companies has been acquired away, strip out Salesforce at the top there, and well over 50% has been acquired.”
Byron Deeter May 13, 2017 ▶ 5:02 Bessemer Venture Partners: The State of the Cloud, 2017-2018 Edition
May 20, 2019 bullish
Prediction Held up
Deeter: Public cloud industry will cross $1T market cap in a few years
“And if you extrapolate this, take 10, take a third off the growth rate, 10 full points of CAGR, we still have a line of sight to crossing that trillion dollar milestone in the next few years as an industry.”
Byron Deeter May 20, 2019 ▶ 9:43 State of the Cloud 2019 from Bessemer Venture Partners
May 20, 2019 neutral
Assertion Supported
Deeter: There were zero private cloud unicorns in 2008
“Which probably shouldn't be a surprise, because in the entire cloud industry, there were exactly zero private cloud unicorns. In fact, in the history of the entire cloud industry, there had been exactly zero. Just 10 years ago.”
Byron Deeter May 20, 2019 ▶ 1:31 State of the Cloud 2019 from Bessemer Venture Partners
May 20, 2019 positive
Assertion Supported
Deeter: 44 public cloud companies reach $690B total market cap
“In fact, we sit here today at six hundred and ninety billion dollars among these 44 pure play public cloud companies.”
Byron Deeter May 20, 2019 ▶ 9:33 State of the Cloud 2019 from Bessemer Venture Partners
May 20, 2019 bullish
Assertion Supported
Deeter: A record 55 private cloud unicorns exist as of 2019
“In total, in fact, 55 private cloud unicorns exist today. The highest in history.”
Byron Deeter May 20, 2019 ▶ 4:17 State of the Cloud 2019 from Bessemer Venture Partners
May 20, 2019 positive
Assertion Supported
Deeter: Top 100 private cloud companies represent $175B in aggregate value
“And among just the top 100 private cloud companies, there's a hundred and seventy five billion dollars of market cap among the names that you know well.”
Byron Deeter May 20, 2019 ▶ 10:18 State of the Cloud 2019 from Bessemer Venture Partners
May 20, 2019 neutral
Assertion Supported
Deeter: Private cloud unicorns outnumber public ones 55 to 44
“Again, for the first time ever, there's more private cloud unicorns at 55 than public cloud unicorns on our index at 44.”
Byron Deeter May 20, 2019 ▶ 10:30 State of the Cloud 2019 from Bessemer Venture Partners
Mar 27, 2020 neutral
Insight
Deeter: Startups with fundraising momentum should prioritize speed over greed
“If you've got discussions underway and enough momentum to complete it, hit it hard and try to like finish immediately. And don't worry about optimizing price or valuation or terms bluntly, just get it done and think of that as speed over greed.”
Byron Deeter Mar 27, 2020 ▶ 13:54 The Current State of Venture Capital and Cloud | SaaStr Software Community
Mar 27, 2020
Disclosure
Deeter: VC time has shifted overwhelmingly to internal portfolio triage
“Overwhelmingly the focus has gone to internal things. You know, I've had direct conversations, texts, emails, we've had, you know, quick board meetings. A lot of these discussions are scenario planning.”
Byron Deeter Mar 27, 2020 ▶ 8:15 The Current State of Venture Capital and Cloud | SaaStr Software Community
Mar 27, 2020 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Deeter: Investors will treat downturn quarters as a wash for funded startups
“The other thing though, for those of you operating businesses that are already funded and are thinking through plans is that you're going to get a hall pass on the next few quarters in, in terms of the numbers. Now that doesn't help you if you're in a fundrais…”
Byron Deeter Mar 27, 2020 ▶ 15:59 The Current State of Venture Capital and Cloud | SaaStr Software Community
Oct 14, 2021 bullish
Prediction Held up
Deeter: Canva and other private cloud companies will cross $1B ARR
“There are private cloud companies that now have line of sight, or in Canva's case and a few others, will be crossing the billion dollar ARR mark while still private.”
Byron Deeter Oct 14, 2021 ▶ 11:27 State of the Cloud 2021 with Bessemer Venture Partners | SaaStr Software Community
Oct 14, 2021 bullish
Assertion Supported
Deeter: 2021 Forbes Cloud 100 comprised entirely of unicorns for first time
“That group, for the first time in history, was comprised of only unicorns this year.”
Byron Deeter Oct 14, 2021 ▶ 7:02 State of the Cloud 2021 with Bessemer Venture Partners | SaaStr Software Community
Oct 14, 2021 bullish
Prediction Held up
Deeter: 2021 will break all records for venture dollars invested in cloud
“We will break all records this year in terms of dollars in.”
Byron Deeter Oct 14, 2021 ▶ 9:36 State of the Cloud 2021 with Bessemer Venture Partners | SaaStr Software Community
Oct 14, 2021 bullish
Assertion Supported
Deeter: Cloud unicorns grew 74% year-over-year at over one per week
“And so, in just a one year time period, there was a 74% increase in cloud unicorns, and almost, ah, a new unicorn in the industry is being created per day right now, and in the cloud industry, it was at a rate of more than one per week.”
Byron Deeter Oct 14, 2021 ▶ 7:16 State of the Cloud 2021 with Bessemer Venture Partners | SaaStr Software Community
Oct 14, 2021 bullish
Assertion Supported
Deeter: 2021 Forbes Cloud 100 accounts for over $500B in aggregate value
“In the cloud 100 alone, that group comprised on their own, not included in that public market cap graph, almost another, or over another half trillion in market cap.”
Byron Deeter Oct 14, 2021 ▶ 7:46 State of the Cloud 2021 with Bessemer Venture Partners | SaaStr Software Community
Nov 30, 2021
Insight
Lemkin: An active VC can lead at most five investments simultaneously
“How many active investments can you be number one in? And it might be five. Like the traditional, the old school metric for board seats was, it was supposed to be 10, ok, but when you started to run the place, it would be 20. Ok, if you go back and talk, when …”
Jason Lemkin Nov 30, 2021 ▶ 39:43 Scaling a Successful SaaS Sales Team w/ 20VC Founder Harry Stebbings and SaaStr Founder Jason Lemkin
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