What an amazing year for @ValiMail! Having tripled its customer base in 2020, they're now managing DMARC for more organizations than any other service provider. Congrats on your continued growth! valimail.com/press/valimail-…

While #SaaS and #cloud companies have seen strong growth during a largely remote 2020, what impact could a vaccine have? Shasta's @Jacob Mullins offers thoughts via @TechCrunch techcrunch.com/2020/11/10/5-…

“Control burn until income streams are more predictable.” My colleague Issac Roth discusses how traditional factors used for budgeting have changed and what it takes to develop a planning framework to navigate today's uncertainty via @TechCrunch techcrunch.com/2020/10/12/ho…

T2D3 has often been used by investors to predict the success of startups, but COVID economics has changed what they're looking for. Based on our observations throughout the pandemic, here’s why C170R (COVID 170% Remote) offers a more accurate assessment: medium.com/@shastaVC/move-ov…

Huge congrats to @DataBrett & the team at @DatadotWorld on their latest and largest funding round! It’s been exciting to be part of this journey from the beginning & seeing their relentless focus on data democratization. Here’s to your continued growth! data.world/blog/investment-d…

What can you learn from the CFO who led the fastest transition to a cloud-based subscription in the software industry? Zuora’s Tien Tzuo sits down with Ex-Adobe CFO and EVP, Mark Garrett, for a first-hand look at how it happened: bit.ly/309XNqH

Congrats @mgorniak on your new role as CEO of @Threekit, what a great fit! Excited to see the continued growth as you further build Threekit’s global go-to-market teams and expand product integrations: bit.ly/2zcT51V

With skyrocketing valuations, megafunds, & unicorns, was the late 2010’s the peak of venture capital as we know it? As the reality of the economic downturn sets in, I write in @venturebeat about why it’s likely to force a healthy reset of the VC industry: venturebeat.com/2020/04/30/t…

During economic downturns, reducing churn should be a top priority and company-wide effort. In their latest webinar, my colleagues @ijroth, @RaviShasta, & @MichaelHLock give actionable and specific advice to help minimize it. Full recap and replay: bit.ly/2KGxe5h

Kudos to the many companies going above and beyond to put customers first during these turbulent times! Need some inspiration? Check out this list of @Zuora customers taking action to support their customers when they need it most: bit.ly/2Y1FAfE

Amazing to see @Scalyr become the first cloud-based log analytics platform capable of ingesting over 200 TB/day of data in real time – but it took 1,000 little breakthroughs to get there. Founder Steve Newman highlights the journey: bit.ly/2VNbXfp

While there seems to be optimism in public markets, it doesn’t reflect the reality for private companies. From raising capital to a steep drop in renewals, I recently spoke to @TechCrunch about the challenges startups will face in the coming months: tcrn.ch/2xxu8xx

I’m looking forward to joining a panel of seasoned Shasta Partners and CEOs next week as we discuss how lessons learned from previous challenging times (think ‘01 and ‘08) can be applied to startups today. Join my colleagues and I in this virtual town hall event:

Thrilled to announce the launch of Shasta Ignite! After a year in pilot and working closely with our enterprise portfolio companies, we’ve developed a comprehensive platform that helps startups accelerate growth. Full details in my latest post: bit.ly/3apqweI

No surprise to see @leanplum rate so high on @G2dotcom. Audience segmentation and targeting capabilities are driving engagement and wins for Leanplum customers: prn.to/2tn7ANO

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) took effect on January 1st. @datadotworld’s @TimGasper shares a great resource for companies trying to figure out how CCPA will impact their use of data. Check it out: bit.ly/3aezQCZ