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Can someone please create Series as a Service (SaaS) to facilitate connecting startups with funding? InVision is cool and everything, but these funding rounds
by zackmorris 8y ago
Can someone please create Series as a Service (SaaS) to facilitate connecting startups with funding?
InVision is cool and everything, but these funding rounds are on the order of 1000 times larger than what a couple of indie devs need to create similar functionality. I would like to live on a beach, or in a cabin in the woods (preferably both, seasonally) and create software remotely. I also need to be left alone for a year so I can create the next-gen tools in the spirit of Firebase, Elixir etc so I can focus on the work instead of the minutia/infrastructure surrounding it.
Unfortunately after writing this, I realized it's all about the customer base so never mind. Actually, can someone create Customer Base as a Service (CBaaS) to facilitate connecting startups with customers?
- tschwimmer 8y agoIt's not just about the product, it's about tons of other things. Especially for a design centric company like InVision, the money is used to hire brand marketers, salespeople, staff out support functions, and build a global distribution engine. For these late rounds, it's not just about building out the product like Seed/A. These are "win the market" investments that give companies a war chest to go compete or carve out a market niche.
- avinium 8y ago> Unfortunately after writing this, I realized it's all about the customer base so never mind. Actually, can someone create Customer Base as a Service (CBaaS) to facilitate connecting startups with customers? Someone did. It's called Google, and businesses pay through the nose for a chance to reach customers through it :)
- cercatrova 8y agoThere are a few VCs that handle indie businesses, such as www.indie.vc, www.earnestcapital.com, etc.