[NEWS] Greylock GP Sarah Guo is as bullish on SaaS as ever – Loganspace

Hiya and welcome abet to Equity, TechCrunch’s project capital-centered podcast the place per week we focus on about other of us’s money and what sense their funding picks operate (or don’t).

This week modified into honestly a deal with. We hadKate Clarkwithin the studio in conjunction withAlex Wilhelmand a obvious guest,Sarah Guo from Greylock Companions, a project firm (obviously). Guo has the honor of having basically the most convenient-ever fun fact on the ticket.

We kicked off withGrammarly,a firm that latelyplace $90 million into its accounts. We chatted about for whom it modified into constructed, and if we expend it this day. One reveal that felt obvious modified into that shoppers are more prepared than prior to to pay for his or her tooling. And that means that companies like Grammarly may maybe well also tickettough funding candidates.

Subsequent, we hit on two more rounds, particularly Tiger Worldwide’s funding intoLatticeandClari’s $60 million Series D. Initiating with Lattice, a performance administration firm based by none other than Sam Altman’s brother, Jack. The startup raised $25 million from Tiger Worldwide, be taught more about thatright here.

Clari led us a to a dialogue of vertical SaaS, and Guo’s views on the future of SaaS merchandise (she’s bullish). Alex and Guo had lots to teach on this subject.

After talking over a few rounds the dialogue turned tothe Q3 project market. A few things stood out from the recordsdata and projections. First, that early-stage fundraising modified into somewhat gentle within the quarter. It assuredly is a single-quarter drag, however the recordsdata modified into price chewing on the total identical. And, 2nd, that Seed deal and buck volume had been sizzling all but again.

And we wrapped with a dialogue ofTempest, a new sobriety-centered startup that raised a $10 million spherical. Honestly, we aren’t tear how we feel regarding the enterprise mannequin. Please bid us within the event you may maybe maybe contain tips.

It modified into a correct time. A massive thanks to Guo for approaching the ticket, and a shoutout to the team that makes Equity happen: Chris Gates, and Henry Pickavet.

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