What is the common growth factor in &frankly, Scrive, Kognity, Storykit and several other successful SaaS startups?
The answer is: Cloud Capital!
Founded in 2017 by Johan Crona, who previously led early-stage SaaS-investments at Almi Invest, Cloud Capital is on a mission to partner with strong entrepreneurs that are seeking a stable and knowledgeable co-shareholder to be an active partner during upcoming growth phase. It is a private investment company with a totally flexible mandate to engage in SaaS-companies depending on what's the best in each situation.In this fireside chat we discuss:
⭐️ What's the state of SaaS industry in the Nordics / Sweden?
⭐️ What are common challenges involved in scaling a SaaS startup?
⭐️ How should SaaS founders approach funding and startup valuation, especially with long-term in mind?
⭐️ Why did Johan start Cloud Capital - what's the mission, what gap it filles in the market?
⭐️ What type of startups Cloud Capital works with (stage, team, geography)?
⭐️ Why is it important to retain control of business as a startup?
⭐️ Why is hyper-growth not the only focus for Cloud Capital?
⭐️ What were the key learning points from Breakit Saas Summit 2022?
⭐️ Audience Q&A and open-mic!
The discussion will be moderated by Naimul Abd, Business Advisor & Partnerships Lead at Coompanion Stockholm, serial impact entrepreneur, Regional Director Nordics at the Founder Institute, and Director Startup Grind Stockholm.
Cloud Capital
Founder & Managing Partner
Entrepreneur and investor with 20+ years experience from starting and developing technology based startups. I'm in love with SaaS as a business model and working with early stage companies and their founders. After doing early stage SaaS-investments for more than 6 years at Almi Invest I founded Cloud Capital 2017. Our mission is to partner with strong entrepreneurs that are seeking a stable a…
Entrepreneur and investor with 20+ years experience from starting and developing technology based startups. I'm in love with SaaS as a business model and working with early stage companies and their founders. After doing early stage SaaS-investments for more than 6 years at Almi Invest I founded Cloud Capital 2017. Our mission is to partner with strong entrepreneurs that are seeking a stable and knowledgeble co-shareholder to be active during a coming growth phase. Cloud Capital is a private investment company with a totally flexible mandate to engage in SaaS-companies depending on what's the best in each situation.
Coompanion Stockholm
Business Advisor & Partnerships Lead
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Naimul is a business advisor at Coompanion Stockholm
- Coaches more than 500 startup founders every year
- Responsible for partnerships, events, and ecosystem development
- Speaks at startup events and mentors at workshops and hackathons
- Also an early-stage impact entrepreneur and investor in startups
Before coming to Sweden he has been a marketing director for a fast-paced retail chain and has also consulted more than 20 multinational companies on consumer insights and strategic brand building.
In his spare time he makes music, you can follow him on Spotify.
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