The Angel VC

Thoughts on Internet startups, SaaS and early-stage investing from Christoph Janz @ Point Nine Capital.

Thursday, June 25, 2015

By the time you're at $2-3M in ARR, you need a VP of Sales who's done it before

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For most SaaS startups, the VP of Sales (along with the VP of Marketing) is one of the most crucial hires they need to make. Unless you have...
Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Why we politely ask for a deck first

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When founders reach out to us to pitch us for an investment, they usually have a fundraising deck which they’re happy to send over. But ever...
Wednesday, June 03, 2015

Announcing Point Nine Capital III

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Today we’ve announced Point Nine Capital III, our new €55M fund. Investors in PNC III include institutional investors like Horsley Bridge ...
Friday, May 08, 2015

A closer look at the 6 things to pre-empt 90% of Due Diligence

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Since last week's post about 6-7 things to pre-empt 90% of Due Diligence was liked/shared/retweeted quite a bit, I'd like to foll...
Friday, May 01, 2015

6 things to pre-empt 90% of Due Diligence

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The founder of a portfolio company recently asked me what kind of numbers and other material he'll need when he goes into his next round...
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Friday, April 24, 2015

Key Revenue Metrics for SaaS companies

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Thanks to  Nick Franklin  for reviewing a draft of this post! When I talk to SaaS startups and take a look at their metrics, it still hap...
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Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Hyper-growth in SaaS

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Following his well-received guest post about cohort analysis , here comes another guest post from my colleague Nicolas . Enjoy! Status Qu...
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Sunday, March 15, 2015

In God we trust, all others bring references

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In the last few weeks I talked to two entrepreneurs who both recently made a hire that didn't work out. In both cases I asked how t...
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Wednesday, March 04, 2015

How fast is fast enough?

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Growth is the single biggest determinant of startup valuations at IPO , as my fellow SaaS investor Tomasz Tunguz concluded based on an analy...
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Sunday, February 22, 2015

Why (most) SaaS startups should aim for negative MRR churn

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If you've followed my blog for a while, you know that I have a bit of an obsession with churn. Having significant account churn doesn...
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Thursday, January 15, 2015

Announcing our investment in ChartMogul

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The big guy who's lifting Nick is Michael Hansen, Zendesk's first employee and a co-investor in ChartMogul As reported by TechC...
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What's table stakes in SaaS, anno 2015

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Yesterday I shot off a Tweetstorm about some important developments that I'm observing in the SaaS world as we're entering 2015. Wh...
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Monday, January 05, 2015

The #P9Family is hiring

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At the beginning of December we had the idea that it would be cool to put together a "recruiting advent calendar" with job opening...
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