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Craft leads the $12 million Series A in Knock, the notification infrastructure platform for engineering and product team
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A framework for how companies are starting to build their AI stacks to supercharge their employees and their products.
With our fourth early-stage fund & second growth fund, we continue to focus on B2B software in the era of generative AI
Craft invests $20M in Replit and lends PLG expertise to help unlock growth and empower the next billion software creator
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Craft is excited to co-lead Pickle’s $8 million seed round. Pickle is a peer-to-peer rental marketplace that makes it
We’re pleased to announce EchoMark’s $10M seed round, led by Craft Ventures. EchoMark is an information protection
We’re excited to announce that Craft Ventures led the $14M Series A for Secoda, the first AI-powered data discovery and
Craft is thrilled to participate in Upwind Security’s $50M funding round. Upwind has now raised $80M in less than a year
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Why we built the first dashboarding product specifically for SaaS companies to get perfect, real-time charts displaying
Craft Ventures led the $40M Series C in cybersecurity company Horizon3.ai, maker of NodeZero.
Craft co-led a $13M investment in GenHealth.ai to drive better health outcomes for everyone.
A $3.5M investment in the collaborative revenue enablement platform changing the game for customer-facing teams.
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David Sacks on how startups in today's economy should think about operating efficiently & raising their next round.
Sean Whitney & Kyle Parrish, Figma’s first sales leader, on building and scaling a sales team.
Bottom-up SaaS (Software as a Service) is a go-to-market strategy in which a SaaS company targets individual users
A fundamental principle in SaaS sales is that the size of a deal must be large enough to justify the effort required to
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Eight initiatives for SaaS companies to increase efficiency in an economic downturn
A conversation with Growth Marketer Toni Gemayel on how he scaled growth marketing at Figma.
Craft has lead meez's $11.5 million Series A, just months after investing in their seed round.
Craft led a $12 million Series A2 round in Candex, the “tail spend” payments platform for enterprise companies.
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Conversation Series with Figma’s early leaders, hosted by Sean Whitney, begins on November 16th
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Discussion with David Sacks & Jeff Fluhr on public markets, venture capital and historic outcomes of economic downturns.
Craft Ventures is leading a $110 million Series B for Vanta, the leading automated security and compliance platform.
Insights into how difficult SaaS selling conditions will prompt adaptation & evolution.
Craft Ventures is co-leading the $150 million Series B for Vendr, the world’s first SaaS buying platform.
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How to apply the Burn Multiple formula to marketplaces to measure capital efficiency.
We’re pleased to announce that Craft Ventures is leading the $25 million Series A round for Grata.
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Craft hosted a GTM Roundtable discussion last week with sales leaders & founders from eight SaaS companies.
If you’ve read Moneyball, you’re already familiar with Billy Beane’s story. He is the long time manager.
First off, the stats were fire. Top-line, cmgr, ndr, burn multiple. All A+. Then we get to know Melanie and Zari.
A virtual trucking carrier that empowers independent truck drivers raises its $115 million growth round.
Craft Ventures is excited to announce that we are leading the $24M Series A in Fellow, a meeting productivity tool.
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One of the best features of SaaS businesses is how easy they are to measure. Only a handful of metrics really matter.
It is rare to find investors and operators who have unique insight into SaaS and/or marketplace businesses.
Today we’re pleased to announce that Craft Ventures is leading the $20 million Series A round of Roboflow.
We’re pleased to share that Craft Ventures is leading the $12 million Series A for Moesif.
Today Craft Ventures is thrilled to announce we are leading the $70M Series B in SentiLink through our new Growth Fund.
Today we are announcing the closing of our two latest funds — Craft Ventures III ($612 million) and Craft Ventures...
Today, Craft Ventures is excited to announce that we are leading the $25 million Series A in Orum.
You’re the founder of a nicely growing SaaS startup which has just raised a Series A, Series B, or Series C funding...
We are delighted to lead the $60 million Series C round for Instawork, the leading marketplace that connects...
We are delighted to lead the $70 million Series B for Snackpass, the order-ahead app that’s going viral on college...
Agents have long spent the lion’s share of their time out in the world — showing homes, meeting with clients, and...
Today, Craft Ventures is excited to announce that we are leading the $15 million Series A in SnackMagic.
We started StubHub less than five years after eBay invented the low-touch marketplace but we diverged from eBay in...
Ops teams are the boiler room mechanics of tech. They’re the backstop for all your GTM systems that make you look good.
TryNow brings the “fitting room” to the living room — transforming the checkout experience for Shopify brands.
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Soon after a startup raises its Series A round, it begins to have board meetings for the first time, and I’m often...
I am excited to announce that Craft led the $35 million Series A round for Route earlier this year.
Once again, the CEOs of Twitter, Facebook, and Google found themselves in the hot seat on Capitol Hill last week...
The internet freedom we have long enjoyed owes a tremendous debt to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.
Over the last several months, we've seen dramatic swings in the demand for healthcare across the country.
Today Craft Ventures is excited to announce that we are leading the $15 million Series A in Klue.
Craft recently led the $7.5mm Series A for Northspyre, a cloud-based intelligence platform for real estate owners.
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Perhaps the most pervasive problem afflicting venture-backed startups, once they achieve a basic level of...
The SaaS focused board deck template for you to use to help prepare for upcoming meetings.
Today Craft Ventures is excited to announce that we are leading the $35 million Series A in ClickUp.
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Harry Stebbings was kind enough to have me on his podcast The Twenty Minute VC.
ESPN's new series The Last Dance is an extraordinary behind-the-scenes look at Michael Jordan's sixth and final...
A once-in-a-generation stock market crash ushers in a period of economic turbulence and angst for founders.
As the economic crisis deepens, capital efficiency becomes a more pressing issue for startups.
On Friday President Trump declared a national emergency. The market shot up 10% in a relief rally.
Today Craft Ventures is excited to announce that we are leading the $23 million Series B in Sourcegraph.
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Every year, the tech ecosystem witnesses once-promising startups go off the rails. The speed with which a unicorn...
Craft’s support of Lightning Labs is an expression of three things: our belief in bitcoin, the Lightning Network, and...
One of the first decisions that a B2B startup has to make is who its initial customer is going to be.
Between the time a seed-stage SaaS startup ships its MVP and closes its first few paying customers is the Wilderness...
No objective is more important for SaaS founders than early category leadership.
“Free” strategies have become an essential part of the winning formula for SaaS startups. But which model is better ?
Twenty years ago this month, PayPal found product-market fit. I remember the moment vividly.
The topic du jour in tech right now is the sudden reappraisal of some high-flying startups based on unit economics...
We’re excited to announce the closing of Craft Ventures’ $500 million second fund.
Almost two years ago, Bird launched the first e-scooter service in Santa Monica, California, and Craft Ventures led...
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Many people have written about the slew of unicorns created over the past decade by savvy entrepreneurs who picked...
Viral loops have long been one of the most explosive ways for online products to grow. Now a new generation of...
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