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"The other big thing that really helped me early on was simply trying multiple things that I wasn't sure were going to work out or not. And what I mean by that are I hired a few different contractors to do email outreach, I started posting on LinkedIn consistently, I reached out to various companies that I think could be a potential partner for and tried to build relationships there. Having that scrappy mentality gave me things to shine my flashlight at. And I ultimately was able to find multiple avenues that worked." 🔑 - Taylor Hersom, Founder & CEO at Eden Data, on this week's episode of the #SaaSRevolutionShow. Hear Taylor's full guest episode via the link in the comments! 🔥 #SaaS #podcast #founder #CEO #scale #globalscaling #internationalisation

As 2024 comes to a close, we’re taking a moment to reflect on the incredible year we've had at Sie Ventures—one defined by growth, impact, and a mission-driven approach. Our team expanded with the invaluable additions of Jordan Konda, Marta Valentini, Rita Cherradi, and Anu Panesar, and our partnerships with Marriott Harrison, HSBC Innovation Banking, British Business Bank, and Cooper Parry fuelled our ability to elevate and support more women-led businesses. This year we:  🚀 Hosted our second Sie Raise Summit (supporting 20 female-led companies)  ✨ Ran the Catalyst V Cohort (supporting 15 female-led companies): 15 hours of workshops + community socials 28 hours of one-on-one Office Hours 168 hours of mentorship Termsheets signed, cheques written, and countless moments of growth and inspiration  💸 Invested in six remarkable women-led companies  🏆 Won the UK Business Angels Association Angel Group of the Year Award  📊 Launched the European FemTech Report (~1,000 downloads)  🤝 Hosted 3 Angel Gatherings and Showcases  ☀️ Ran our first fundraising Impact Bootcamp in collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) (supporting 22 female-led companies) We are blown away with the success of Sie Founders this year - here are some highlights: 🔥 Fifth Dimension AI raised $7M to advance Real Estate workflows with AI 🔥 By Rotation partnered with Airbnb, launched “House of ByRo,” and earned a spot on TechCrunch’s most disruptive startups list 🔥 Oxford Dynamics secured a £1M contract with the UK Ministry of Defence 🔥 Compare Ethics won SaaStock’s Pitch competition and €500K 🔥 PHINXT Robotics raised £2M led by Sure Valley Ventures 🔥 MannyAI closed a £1.26M round led by Dreamcraft Ventures 🔥 luna soared to Top 5 at TechCrunch Disrupt 🔥 Inicio AI won a £1.25M prize at Birmingham Tech Week’s Tech Awards 🔥 Noggin HQ (Catalyst III Alumni) raised £710K pre-seed to launch a transparent credit platform 🔥 Automated Architecture (AUAR) (Catalyst IV Alumni) secured £2.6M to revolutionise sustainable, affordable housing through robotic micro-factories 🔥 Ovom Care (Catalyst IV Alumni) raised €4.8M for AI-driven fertility care We’re beyond proud of all our founders, partners, and community members. Your trust, passion, and relentless pursuit of progress made 2024 a year of extraordinary impact. ✨ Here’s to achieving even greater heights in 2025!

Did you know that 86% of CEOs expect AI to grow their revenue in 2025? With a four-times increase in AI workflows, Make shares the top 3 AI automation trends for next year to keep you ahead of the game—think: ✅ Enhanced customer engagement ✅ More focused and engaged employees ✅ Improved customer experience Read more via the link in the comments! #SaaS #AI #customerexperience #CEO #Make #customerengagement

Mom, I finally have a seat at the right table. It took “only” 17 years of hard work Thomas Smale - his team has completed over 1,500 transactions with a combined value of over $50 billion Alexander Theuma - his team created the best SaaS conference in the world Mads 🍎 Wedderkopp - the fastest growing company in 2023 from SFM, one of the smartest founder I ever meet. Nathan Latka - Founderpath Raises $145m to Provide Non-Dilutive Financing to Bootstrapped SaaS Founders Stefan Smulders - with Glenn Miseroy and their partner, they built the largest LI automation tool.

2024: Another pivotal year for SaaS 👀 Capital is (cautiously) returning to the market, AI continues to drive investment and transform the product landscape, and vertical SaaS is taking hold. Through it all, Founders and their teams have buckled in and worked harder than ever to keep up, stand out, and grow. And we’ve been lucky enough to be there every step of the way: 🔥 1 game-changing acquisition (we're lookin at you, SaaSOpen → May 12th, 2025 (Austin)) 🌎 2 global conferences, attended 6000+ founders, leaders, and investors 📍35 Local events, in 20+ cities 🎧 50 podcast episodes 🎤 244 stellar speakers 🐪 2370 miles travelled to our SaaStock Founder Membership (SFM) retreat in Morocco 🤝 Countless meaningful connections, solutions to problems, and new opportunities PLUS 🍗 [Undisclosed] dollars spent at Terry Black's Barbecue in Austin (worth every cent) 🍺 [Redacted] pints of Guinness in Dublin (but we split the G so it’s fine) 🛜 1000+ “What’s the Wifi?” requests (it’s probably less but it feels like more) 🧠 1,546,973 mentions of AI (predicted to double in 2025) Thank you so much to everyone who joined and supported us this year! We have SO much planned for 2025 and can’t wait to come back and share it all with you… watch this space! #SaaS #endof2024 #2024inreview #wrapup #founder #investor #events #membership #guinness #morocco #terryblacks

Sneak peek of tomorrow's #SaaSRevolutionShow episode with Taylor Hersom, Founder & CEO at Eden Data! As well as shedding some light on the reality of being a CEO after four years (and the #impostersyndrome that can still raise it's head from time to time!), Taylor shares: 🔥 His approach to growing the business; from focusing on partnerships and referrals to differentiating through branding and content marketing 🔥 Key security concerns for founders, including reputational damage and the need for certifications like SOC 2 to close deals 🔥 How he capitalised on the increased focus on cybersecurity during the pandemic as more businesses moved operations online 🔥 How they identified an underserved niche and tailored their offerings and messaging to serve them effectively 🔥 The one thing their team does to drive inbound leads and more. Stay tuned! #SaaS #startupsuccess #inboundleads #cybersecurity #founders #reputation #referrals #partnerships #businessgrowth

In 2024, our #SaaStockLocal meet-ups brought together thousands of entrepreneurs from around the world to foster connections and insights that help drive the next generation of SaaS. Over the last 12 months, we've had: 🌎 35 city meet ups, including the inaugural editions of Dallas, Hyderabad, Chennai, Montréal and more. 🔥 2,300+ attendees across all Locals (shoutout to our Dublin, Bucharest, Houston, Paris, and Istanbul city leaders for hosting the top five most-attended Locals of the year! Sukanya Mandal Louisamay Hanrahan, Alexandru Stan, Oleg Lysiak, Emeric Ernoult Sebastien Daune Vincent Gouedard, and Bugrahan Saka). 🎙️ 90+ exceptional speakers, including Thibault Renouf (Partoo), Cristobal Alonso (Startup Wise Guys), Ferdinand Goetzen (REVEALL, The Growth Syndicate), James Henderson (Zephr), Shea S. (Rippling), Shane Evans (Zyte), Sanj Bhayro (Asana), Wade Myers (Eagle Venture Fund), Philippe Gelis (Kantox) and more. 🤝 10+ NEW cities and leaders launched! 🇺🇸 Matt Cretzman, Oleg Lysiak 🇬🇧 Tom Sandford 🇨🇦 Rami Karam, Alysson Smith 🇮🇳 Harshvardhan Mishra, Sameel Shariff, Nihal Ahamed M 🇮🇹 Vincenzo Belpiede, Roberto Magnifico 🇹🇷 Bugrahan Saka 🇮🇪 Sukanya Mandal 🇪🇸 Vincent Jong We can't wait to see where next year takes us! If you're passionate about SaaS and want to bring a #SaaStockLocal chapter to your city, reach out to a member of our team to explore launch options for 2025. #SaaS #localmeetup #events #founders #entrepreneurs #startups #bootstrapped #VCbacked #AI

Earlier this month we were joined by Paris' buzzing community of SaaS founders and operators for an evening on all things SaaS growth at #SaaStockLocal 🚀 Sebastien Daune, CRO at Flatchr, spoke to Gaëtan G., ex-CSO at Algolia (and their 2nd ever employee!), who shared the behind-the-scenes of Algolia's growth journey that took the company from €0 to €100 million in ARR in eight years, starting from the early days pre-Y Combinator, with our attendees. A huge thanks to those who joined us and to our sponsors Fincome and GoCardless 🤝 À la prochaine, Paris! 🇫🇷 #SaaS #ARR #growthjourney #successstory #founder #entrepreneur #paris

“Over time, we had reps using very different messaging because our core messaging—which was on marketing collateral and on our website—didn’t work.” Sound relatable? Postal CRO Patricia DuChene joined James Ski on stage at SaaStock Europe to discuss how Postal overcame challenges like this to improve its customer acquisition and retention… which has contributed to 5,000%+ revenue growth in the past three years 💸 They discuss:  ✍️  How to develop messaging that resonates with your ICP 👩💻  How AI is changing B2B SaaS sales 🤝  What the sales org will look like in 2025 🔃  And how to approach retention Watch the full conversation and get the key takeaways at the link below! #SaaS #ICP #AI #messaging #salesteams #SaaStock2024 #B2Bsales #retention #CRO

B2B SaaS Founders 🤝 Spotify Wrapped In a year marked by techy turbulence (economic headwinds, venture capital constraints, AI-driven disruption...), B2B SaaS founders prove that hustle, heart, and a killer playlist can turn startup challenges into a journey of grit and growth. Cheers to all the founders who have continued to push themselves and their teams this year. May you continue to 'move the needle' in 2025 (however tired that needle might be 😅). #SaaS #SpotifyWrapped #SaaSWrapped #founder #founderjourney #SaaSstartups #yearinreview #wrapped