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Kayyal: Salesforce Ventures Prefers 70-80% Growth Over Low-Burn 20-30% Growth
“If a company had you know, a bit of a, sort of, was loss making, but was able to drive 70, 80% growth, then we could see a path to profitability. We would get more excited about that than a company that was growing kind of 20 or 30% you know, let's say it's su…”
Alex Kayyal Dec 2, 2022 ▶ 39:44 Accel, Iconiq & Salesforce Ventures: "Where Venture Is Right Now: Gritty & Much Harder" at G2 Reach
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D'Onofrio: Cloud 100 aggregate valuation dropped 11% year-over-year to $659 billion
“This year for the first year, The aggregate value of the Cloud 100 actually decreased year over year by 11%, still to a phenomenal 650, fifty nine billion dollars.”
Mary D'Onofrio Sep 20, 2023 ▶ 8:06 State of the Cloud 2023 with Bessemer Venture Partners
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Kayyal: Top SaaS Companies Raised Extra Rounds, Leaving Them Out of Market
“The best SaaS companies over the last couple of years have probably raised one extra round that they needed. And so in our portfolio, the best companies just aren't really in the market.”
Alex Kayyal Dec 2, 2022 ▶ 6:14 Accel, Iconiq & Salesforce Ventures: "Where Venture Is Right Now: Gritty & Much Harder" at G2 Reach
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Kayyal: Salesforce listed a $6B TAM in its 2004 IPO filing
“When Salesforce went public in our S-one, our TAM listed was six billion in 2004. That was what we said the TAM was for Salesforce. You know, Jason called it out. It's now a thirty billion revenue company. You look at the TAM, you know, over three hundred bill…”
Alex Kayyal Dec 2, 2022 ▶ 29:43 Accel, Iconiq & Salesforce Ventures: "Where Venture Is Right Now: Gritty & Much Harder" at G2 Reach
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