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Sapphire Ventures Raises More than $1.4B to Support Entrepreneurs in Building Category Leaders
By Nino Marakovic December 18th, 2019 I’m proud to announce that Sapphire Ventures has raised more than $1.4 billion in new capital commitments, bringing our total assets under management (AUM) to almost $4 billion. You can read the full announcement here. This larger capital commitment gives us the flexibility to support more entrepreneurs who are building what we call Companies of Consequence: visionary companies that seek to change the way we work and live.
Empowering Enterprise IT To Manage Digital Transformation
By Nino Marakovic, CEO and managing director, Sapphire Ventures and Jai Das, managing director, Sapphire Ventures It’s no secret that digital technologies?—?and the ways we use them in our personal lives, work and society?—?are changing the way enterprises do business. To keep pace, these companies are transforming into digital businesses.
Making Sense Of The Valuation Disequilibrium
As we enter the second month of 2016, the Nasdaq is down more than 10 percent already this year and high-growth stocks are down even more. There hasn’t been a tech IPO yet this year, and the press is declaring the end of the unicorn era. Public market investors are “selling growth” and searching for value. From our vantage point in Silicon Valley, it has also become clear that the private markets for tech companies are in the early stages of a major correction.
Making Sense Of The Valuation Disequilibrium
Posted on 14 febbraio 2016
Bridging The Valuation Disequilibrium
By Nino Marakovic, CEO and managing director, Sapphire Ventures, and Steve Abbott, managing director, Sapphire Ventures As we enter the second month of 2016, the Nasdaq is down more than 10 percent already this year and high-growth stocks are down even more. There hasn’t been a tech IPO yet this year, and the press is declaring the end of the unicorn era. Public market investors are “selling growth” and searching for value.
Following On In The Land Of Plenty
Editor’s note: Nino Marakovic is CEO and managing director at Sapphire Ventures. Charlie O’Donnell recently wrote a good post in which he questioned how easy it was for seed-stage investors to abide by the old adage: “follow on in your winners.” I agree with O’Donnell’s conclusion to call traditional thinking into question and believe it has applicability beyond the seed stage of investing.
Back To The Future In Enterprise SaaS Selling – TechCrunch
Nino Marakovic Contributor More posts by this contributor Rajeev Dham Contributor Editor’s note: Nino Marakovic is the CEO and managing director of Sapphire Ventures. Rajeev Dham is a vice president at Sapphire Ventures. Given the success of Box, it’s hard to imagine that founder Aaron Levie believes he should have done something differently in the company’s early years.
Getting More Cash Out Of SaaS: Timing Is Everything
Editor’s note: Nino Marakovic is the CEO and managing director of Sapphire Ventures. Much has been learned and written about the significant cash consumption associated with high-growth SaaS companies. But just how does one achieve rapid growth in a SaaS business while maintaining capital efficiency? By focusing on the timing of cash collection, not just cash spend.
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