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. …

By Kristin Baker Spohn and Vivian Cheng We find ourselves in the eye of a perfect caregiving storm: the ‘silver tsunami’ of baby boomers is gaining force just as healthcare worker burnout is cresting, forcing an entire generation to fill the void and provide unpaid care to family members. This…

By James Green Having just returned from a fabulous event we co-hosted in Mexico along with one of CRV’s portfolio companies, Jeeves, I’m even further energized about the growth of the startup scene in the Latin American (LatAm). While I was there I couldn’t stop thinking about why there’s so…