By James Green The team at CRV just attended the RSA conference in downtown San Francisco, a premier information security conference, and came away with several key takeaways we want to share with the community. While we met several new faces it’s always nice to see old friends across the…

By Team CRV In continuation of our #CRVPluggedIn Speaker Series, general partner Max Gazor hosted a Q&A session for nearly 60 attendees across the CRV family with Colin Anderson, the former CFO of Palantir and founding partner of Friends & Family Capital. Max and Colin’s discussion on cash management was…

By Anna Khan Vertical SaaS has long been the black sheep of software investing. There aren’t that many investment opportunities that arise — and even the ones that break through the noise must execute to perfection to hit venture scale. But vertical SaaS has changed substantially over the last decade…

By James Green From our first meeting with the Finley team at San Francisco’s Sightglass Coffee shop in March 2021, to discuss their plans coming out of Y Combinator, we were immediately impressed by their vision to reimagine and tackle one of the biggest problems in debt financing. …

By Team CRV CRV, our Seed and Series A focused firm, has been around for 52 years. Markets ebb and flow, but one thing has always been a constant for us… We don’t just partner with early stage technology companies, we invest in people. Not only do we back entrepreneurs…

By Veronica Orellana, Brittany Walker and Vivian Cheng “Suppose you just had a nasty fight with your boyfriend. The algorithm in charge of your sound system will immediately discern your inner emotional turmoil, and based on what it knows about you personally and about human psychology in general, it will…

By Anna Khan and Veronica Orellana If you ask any sales representative what is critical to their success, they’ll most likely reply with two things — 1) finding the best leads and 2) reaching out to them at the right time. To do this successfully, reps must rely on accurate…

By Team CRV CRV will celebrate its 52nd anniversary on November 15th and we’re still investing in early-stage software companies, the same thing we’ve successfully been doing since 1970. We do not chase the latest shiny object because our history has proven over and over that focus at the earliest…

By James Green Comprised of a fragmented ecosystem of legacy businesses where none of the top players truly dominates, insurance for small and medium size businesses in LatAm is hard to get and even harder to understand. …