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// Desk Notes: Enterprise Sales with Dave Kellogg, Global GTM Leader_
We had the pleasure of hosting a fireside conversation for EVP portfolio companies with go-to-market specialist Dave Kellogg.
Dave has served as CMO, CEO and Director across a range of software businesses and is recognised as a global leader in enterprise SaaS. In a wide ranging conversation led by EVP’s Mark Velik, Dave shared practical insights and tips for B2B software founders building global scale.
In this blog post, Mark provides excerpts from the conversation and summarises the key insights.
// EVP_Origins: James Taylor, Founder at Particular Audience_
James Taylor is the Founder & CEO at Particular Audience.
In episode #08 of EVP_Origins, he describes the latest technology and AI used to build the Particular Audience platform, which provides personalized recommendations to e-commerce users.
// Recent Investments_
Investor Hub Raises series A_
Investor Hub (formerly Fresh Equities), an investor marketing platform that simplifies the way public companies connect with their shareholders, raised $4 million to grow its customer base of ASX-listed companies, and move into its first international markets.
Servicely Raises $3 million_
Servicely, a platform using artificial intelligence (AI) to augment and enhance the capabilities of enterprise service teams, has secured $3 million to accelerate growth in international markets.
// Latest Insights_
The Talent Playbook: Head of Talent in VC Funds across the World_
EVP Head of Talent, Fred Callaghan, sat down with Daryl Lim to chat about the role of Head of Talent at a VC firm. In this blog, Fred shares his career in Talent, and tactics for hiring candidates into EVP portfolio companies.
EVP Talent Blog: Lyndsay Reyn_
Lyndsay Reyn is the Business Operations Lead at Explorate – a digital freight forwarder, giving businesses greater visibility and control over their freight. As part of our talent series focused on operators in our portfolio, we had the pleasure of sitting down with Lyndsay to learn more about her experience.
Inside Lane Tech Stories: Career in VC Community_
EVP Marketing & Community Associate, Elaha Gurgani, shares an overview of her startup career leading into VC. She shares her experience working at two early stage startups, landing a role at EVP and tips for moving into VC.
// B2B SaaS Tools & Content_
- What are the SaaS metrics that matter? David Sachs and Ethan Ruby discuss the key performance indicators (KPIs) that are important in measuring the success of SaaS businesses.
- Stay updated on the latest pricing trends in the B2B SaaS industry: This resource enables you to monitor and analyze B2B SaaS pricing pages, providing valuable competitive intelligence.
- The failure points from $5m to $100m in ARR: Former CEO and cofounder of PlanGrid, which was acquired by AutoDesk for nearly $1 billion in 2018, shares the learnings from building the startup.
- Founders’ Guide to B2B SaaS: Dave Kellogg joins The SaaS Revolution Podcast to offer advice on hiring your first sales person.
- How to use community to build a $10 billion company: Camille Rickets, the first marketing hire at Notion, joined Lenny's Podcast to provide insights on how the company used community building and content creation to drive growth.
// Portfolio Wins_
- CarClarity and Hnry were nominated as finalists for the Finnies 2023.
- ClearCalcs is hosting a fireside conversation on May 25th to celebrate their collaboration with Standards Australia.
- Coassemble announced its beta release of an AI Assistant to create training content.
- Fergus UK Country Manager gives his top business tips for excelling at work-life balance.
- Funding raised $37.5m—$35m debt and $2.5m to continue to scale operations & product.
- Fresh Equities has rebranded to InvestorHub.
- Insite AI welcomed former Coca-Cola executive Capri Brixey to its leadership.
- Mutinex announced a new deal with Dentsu Media.
- Shippit held their annual retail though leadership event #SCALE on 18th May.
- Veridooh partnered with IQOOH as demand for independant verification grows.
These updates are part of our Monthly Update Newsletter. To receive these updates directly in your inbox, please subscribe to our newsletter here.
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// Desk Notes: Enterprise Sales with Dave Kellogg, Global GTM Leader_
We had the pleasure of hosting a fireside conversation for EVP portfolio companies with go-to-market specialist Dave Kellogg.
Dave has served as CMO, CEO and Director across a range of software businesses and is recognised as a global leader in enterprise SaaS. In a wide ranging conversation led by EVP’s Mark Velik, Dave shared practical insights and tips for B2B software founders building global scale.
In this blog post, Mark provides excerpts from the conversation and summarises the key insights.
// EVP_Origins: James Taylor, Founder at Particular Audience_
James Taylor is the Founder & CEO at Particular Audience.
In episode #08 of EVP_Origins, he describes the latest technology and AI used to build the Particular Audience platform, which provides personalized recommendations to e-commerce users.
// Recent Investments_
Investor Hub Raises series A_
Investor Hub (formerly Fresh Equities), an investor marketing platform that simplifies the way public companies connect with their shareholders, raised $4 million to grow its customer base of ASX-listed companies, and move into its first international markets.
Servicely Raises $3 million_
Servicely, a platform using artificial intelligence (AI) to augment and enhance the capabilities of enterprise service teams, has secured $3 million to accelerate growth in international markets.
// Latest Insights_
The Talent Playbook: Head of Talent in VC Funds across the World_
EVP Head of Talent, Fred Callaghan, sat down with Daryl Lim to chat about the role of Head of Talent at a VC firm. In this blog, Fred shares his career in Talent, and tactics for hiring candidates into EVP portfolio companies.
EVP Talent Blog: Lyndsay Reyn_
Lyndsay Reyn is the Business Operations Lead at Explorate – a digital freight forwarder, giving businesses greater visibility and control over their freight. As part of our talent series focused on operators in our portfolio, we had the pleasure of sitting down with Lyndsay to learn more about her experience.
Inside Lane Tech Stories: Career in VC Community_
EVP Marketing & Community Associate, Elaha Gurgani, shares an overview of her startup career leading into VC. She shares her experience working at two early stage startups, landing a role at EVP and tips for moving into VC.
// B2B SaaS Tools & Content_
- What are the SaaS metrics that matter? David Sachs and Ethan Ruby discuss the key performance indicators (KPIs) that are important in measuring the success of SaaS businesses.
- Stay updated on the latest pricing trends in the B2B SaaS industry: This resource enables you to monitor and analyze B2B SaaS pricing pages, providing valuable competitive intelligence.
- The failure points from $5m to $100m in ARR: Former CEO and cofounder of PlanGrid, which was acquired by AutoDesk for nearly $1 billion in 2018, shares the learnings from building the startup.
- Founders’ Guide to B2B SaaS: Dave Kellogg joins The SaaS Revolution Podcast to offer advice on hiring your first sales person.
- How to use community to build a $10 billion company: Camille Rickets, the first marketing hire at Notion, joined Lenny's Podcast to provide insights on how the company used community building and content creation to drive growth.
// Portfolio Wins_
- CarClarity and Hnry were nominated as finalists for the Finnies 2023.
- ClearCalcs is hosting a fireside conversation on May 25th to celebrate their collaboration with Standards Australia.
- Coassemble announced its beta release of an AI Assistant to create training content.
- Fergus UK Country Manager gives his top business tips for excelling at work-life balance.
- Funding raised $37.5m—$35m debt and $2.5m to continue to scale operations & product.
- Fresh Equities has rebranded to InvestorHub.
- Insite AI welcomed former Coca-Cola executive Capri Brixey to its leadership.
- Mutinex announced a new deal with Dentsu Media.
- Shippit held their annual retail though leadership event #SCALE on 18th May.
- Veridooh partnered with IQOOH as demand for independant verification grows.