The Angel VC

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

Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Introducing Jenny Buch, Talent Manager at Point Nine

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Once a startup has released the first version of its product, raised some funding, started to get the word out and is getting some traction,...
Monday, September 28, 2015

What animals are WE hunting?

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[This article first appeared as a guest post on VentureBeat . Thank you for publishing it, VentureBeat. I'm re-posting it here with a fe...
Thursday, August 27, 2015

6 reasons to be bullish on SaaS

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Yesterday I argued that SaaS founders and investors shouldn’t worry about short-term movements of SaaS stocks and said that there are a lot...
Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Is SaaS doomed?

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If one looks at the stock price development of public SaaS companies in the last few weeks, one could come to the conclusion that SaaS is ov...
Friday, July 17, 2015

The evolution of the SaaS landing page

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When you look at the landing pages (or homepages or marketing sites, however you want to call them) of today's SaaS companies, they usua...
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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