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What is the state of venture capital funding for female founders in Australia? Lighter Capital's CEO, Melissa Widner, recently presented her research at Innovation Bay's "Inspire" event and uncovered some compelling information. You can now view these exclusive insights by reading the article below 👇 #venturecapital #femalefounders #startups #LighterCapital

You know us—we’re committed to making it easy for founders to secure capital without selling equity, presenting pitch decks, or giving up board seats. We’re continually innovating to make the process easier. With that, we held a hackathon this week in Seattle to explore ways to make the funding application process even faster and easier for startup founders! David Dumler Kevin Fink Melissa Widner Ranit Jan Efron Patrick Philley Anne Gilbert Tanner Kovacevich Stephanie Pflaum

Every business needs cash — not only to keep the lights on, but to make strategic investments for growth. However, a SaaS startup that grows too quickly risks burning all of its cash. Read on to learn more on finding that perfect balance, as well as: • What cash flow is and what it isn’t • Types of cash flows • How to prepare a cash flow statement • Cash flow analysis. ⬇ ⬇ ⬇ https://lnkd.in/gfGVUt7T

If you had 50,000 customers would you sell your business? We always try to find inspiration from outside of the Lighter Capital network, and this time, Greg Head's podcast episode featuring Todd Watson really stuck out to us. Give it a listen ➡ https://lnkd.in/g4jwKXMu #bootstrapped #founder #startup

Are you a startup founder overwhelmed by HR tasks and looking for a simpler solution? Look no further! We are excited to announce that we just added Justworks to Lighter Capital's partner network! Thank you to Nick Contrino for making this happen 🎉 Justworks provides its customers with simple HR software, human support, help with payroll and employee benefits. Check them out below 👇 https://www.justworks.com/ #SaaS #Startups #LighterCapital

Throwback to SaaStr Annual 2023 with Tanner Kovacevich, Lighter Capital customer Kevin Brown, and Lighter Capital CEO Melissa Widner! We are excited to announce that we will be attending SaaStr Annual 2024 🎉 If you're interested in connecting or learning more about Lighter Capital's founder-friendly capital, shoot Tanner Kovacevich, Anne Gilbert, or Caitlin Goetze a message! #founders #startups #SaaStr

You don’t have to be cash flow positive, but you should have a clear path to get there... It takes the average SaaS company six years to reach a true cash flow positive status, here are 2 of the 5 strategies to help you get there sooner: 💪 Keep it lean: Build an MVP, get it to market, get feedback, and iterate until you find product-market fit. 📊 Adjust your pricing strategy: Getting revenue in larger chunks less often can significantly improve your cash flow. Click the link below to read more on finding your path to positive cash flow ⬇ https://lnkd.in/g7ZQmSpS #revenue #startups #founders #LighterCapital

If you had to do it over again, would you raise more or less venture capital? Check out the surprising answer to a recent poll in our newsletter below. Plus, explore our newest client spotlight featuring Tavis Schriefer ( CEO of teleCalm), as well as an updated SaaS index, founder resources, and upcoming events! #startups #venturecapital #bootstrapped #LighterCapital

Thanks to our partnership with Blossom Street Ventures, we just updated our quarterly Benchmarks Report, a list of metrics for 62 public SaaS companies. Here is what we found...👇 📉 YOY growth has slowed 💪 Quarterly revenue has stayed consistent with last quarter 📉 Operating income has decreased Take a look at the full report here ➡ https://lnkd.in/gCQUgJ6p

New Partner Announcement 🎉 ScalePoynt Solutions is a tight knit group of ex-Founders and ex-Executives with a portfolio of ventures that they help build through to exit with their multiple offerings: Cloud and DevOps, CISO & Security, and Executive CTO. We’re excited to collaborate with ScalePoynt Solutions and its founder, Steve Henry, to support the growth of more B2B SaaS companies through non-dilutive funding. Check them out here ➡ https://www.scalepoynt.io/ #SaaS #Startups #Exit #LighterCapital