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Improving Corporate Planning through Insight Generation

Improving Corporate Planning through Insight Generation

By Evangelos Simoudis on December 4, 2014

I want to take a quick breather from writing about corporate innovation and return to another topic of this blog: big data and insight as a service. Host Analytics, one of my portfolio companies, recently completed a $25M financing round. Host Analytics offers a cloud-based Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) Suite that streamlines a corporation’s planning, […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged analytic application, Anaplan, Big Data, enterprise applications, enterprise performance management, EPM, Host Analytics, Insight as a Service, SaaS, SaaS applications, SaaS/Cloud Computing, Trident Capital

Analyzing Pacific Crest’s SaaS Survey Results

Analyzing Pacific Crest’s SaaS Survey Results

By Evangelos Simoudis on June 25, 2012

A few weeks ago I delivered a webinar on SaaS metrics, paying particular attention on the metrics that characterize breakout SaaS companies, and have continued to comment on the quarterly performance of Trident Capital’s SaaS portfolio, most recently here.  In the webinar I had stated that breakout SaaS companies: Focus on the right prospects and […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Cash Flow, Customer Lifetime Value, SaaS, software as a service, Trident Capital | 1 Response

When 100% Growth Is Not Enough for Startups

When 100% Growth Is Not Enough for Startups

By Evangelos Simoudis on April 10, 2012

A couple of weeks ago I passed on the opportunity to invest in a SaaS application company that has been growing around 100% YoY for the past couple of years and can now be considered a solid expansion story. While the company’s overall story was good, it was not great.  As I have been talking […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged breakout growth, growth, SaaS, startups, Trident Capital, Venture Capital | 1 Response

Areas of Investment Interest for 2012

Areas of Investment Interest for 2012

By Evangelos Simoudis on January 10, 2012

Happy New Year!  After a nice break, as I head back to the office I thought I’d provide you with my views regarding the overall environment we expect to face in 2012, as well as the areas we will be looking to invest within a two of our focus sectors: adtech/Internet and SaaS.  Data (big […]

Posted in Business | Tagged Online advertising, SaaS, Trident Capital, Venture Capital

Commentary on Pacific Crest’s SaaS Surveys and other Relevant Thoughts

Commentary on Pacific Crest’s SaaS Surveys and other Relevant Thoughts

By Evangelos Simoudis on August 15, 2011

A few days ago I participated in Pacific Crest’s workshop for private SaaS companies.  This workshop is being held every year as part of Pacific Crest’s technology conference.  In addition to the spirited discussion among SaaS company executives and investors, during the workshop Pacific Crest’s Brendan Barnicle and David Spitz presented the results of two […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged Cloud Computing, conferences, Pacific Crest, SaaS, software as a service, Trident Capital | 4 Responses

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