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[Live Podcast] Scale In B2B SaaS
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Nov 07 (Thu) @ 06:00 PM
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Scale in B2B SaaS: A Live Podcast & Fireside Chat with Primary & LOVC
Join us for an engaging & informative evening curated for NYC investors, founders, & ecosystem partners. This event is a collaboration between LOVC & Primary Venture Partners, sponsored by Stifel.
The evening will feature a fireside chat & live podcast with Mark Volchek (Founding Partner, LOVC) & Cassie Young (General Partner, Primary), followed by a networking cocktail & light bites reception.
Agenda:
6:00 - 6:45 PM: Networking & Opening Cocktail Reception
6:45 - 7:30 PM: Live Podcast & Fireside Chat with GPs Mark Volchek & Cassie Young
7:30 - 9:00 PM: Cocktail & light bites Reception
Event Schedule
6:00 - 6:45 PM: Networking & Opening Cocktail Reception
Doors open at 6:00 PM.
Guests are encouraged to network as they arrive.
6:45 - 7:30 PM: Live Podcast & Fireside Chat with Open Q&A
Live Podcast & Fireside Chat:
Panelists: Mark Volchek (Founding Partner, LOVC) & Cassie Young (General Partner, Primary Venture Partners)
The session will be recorded live as a podcast & will be available on Primary & LOVC's website & media channels.
Open Q&A for founders & investors to ask Cassie & Mark questions.
7:30 - 9:00 PM: Cocktail & Light Bites Reception
A cocktail reception will follow the fireside chat & pitches.
Light bites & drinks will be provided
Benefits to Participants
Founders: Gain firsthand insights from seasoned investors & successful entrepreneurs on navigating growth & funding challenges. Learn how to scale in B2B SaaS & hear real experiences from GPs in the boardroom.
Investors: Access a curated group of high-potential B2B SaaS startups, connect with other SaaS investors, understand emerging trends, & identify new investment opportunities.
Ecosystem Partners: Build relationships with leading startups & VCs while reinforcing their commitment to supporting innovation & entrepreneurship.
Secure your spot for an evening of networking & learning from real lessons in the boardroom.
For more information or if you have any questions, please contact Zach:
Contact Zach
We look forward to hosting you & engaging with the best & brightest NYC SaaS founders & investors.
LOVC is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on B2B software investments across the Eastern US. Founded in 2016, the firm typically leads Seed through early Series A rounds in businesses at the inflection point between early product-market fit & go-to-market scale. Their concentrated portfolio approach, coupled with first-hand experience building & scaling companies, enables a deeply collaborative & hands-on approach to portfolio support. Additionally, LOVC leverages their platform resources to facilitate capital, talent, & customer introductions.
Primary is the largest early-stage venture capital firm in the world, with $1 billion in assets under management & a staff of 50 working alongside founders to build unicorns like Alloy, Chief, Electric, K Health, Slice, Vestwell, & many more. The firm takes a low-volume, high-conviction approach-and devotes unreasonable resources toward making sure founders can succeed. With an Impact team that outnumbers investors 2:1, operational experts spend 100% of their time making hires, signing customers, & enabling future fundraising to supercharge growth. This partnership with top-tier founders makes companies in Primary's portfolio 2x more likely to raise a Series A & 19x more likely to reach a billion-dollar-plus valuation-a third of Fund I companies are unicorns, less than a decade out.
Stifel is a comprehensive financial services firm with a deep industry presence & a commitment to fostering growth & innovation. Their venture banking services support companies at all stages, from early-stage startups to late-stage enterprises, offering tailored solutions to fuel growth across various industries. Stifel provides direct banking & lending for portfolio companies, including venture lending, cash flow lending, & specialized credit structures. Additionally, they offer a range of investment banking services, including M&A, capital markets, & advisory services, leveraging the expertise of over 700 bankers worldwide.
Thank you to John Meyer & Mosaic, a LOVC Portfolio company, for hosting the event with us.
About Mark
Mark is a Founding & Co-Managing Partner at Las Olas Venture Capital.
Mark serves as a Board Director at BusRight, Tristar AI, & Protiv, a Board Member at Mosaic, Bainbridge, Leverage, & OpenReel, & as a Board Observer at Leasecake, Rotabull, & UserInterviews.
Prior to founding LOVC, Mark spent 15 years as CFO, Chairman, & then CEO of Higher One, a company he co-founded in 2000 while a senior at college. He successfully steered the company through multiple rounds of venture funding & a successful IPO in 2010. While at Higher One, Mark won EY Entrepreneur of the Year in 2010 & was a national finalist for the award in 2011. When Mark left Higher One in 2014, their products & services supported more than 1,900 schools & approximately 13 million enrolled students.
Mark currently serves on the executive committee of Florida Venture Forum as Vice Chair & is also Chairman of the Fort Lauderdale Aviation Advisory Board. He previously served as Director of the Founder Institute in South Florida, helping budding entrepreneurs start their companies. He has also personally angel-invested in over thirty companies since 2008. Mark enjoys flying airplanes, scuba diving, & traveling the world in his free time. Mark received a B.A. & M.A. in Economics from Yale University, where he founded the Yale Entrepreneurial Society.
About Cassie
Cassie Young, General Partner, Primary Venture Partners
As a General Partner & the leader of Primary's Impact program, Cassie invests in B2B software companies & helps portfolio companies accelerate their paths to Series A & well beyond.
After graduating from Duke (making her a life-long Blue Devils fan), Cassie began her career as an analyst at Citigroup & entered the NYC tech scene in 2006 when she joined TheLadders as an early employee. Cassie took a quick break from NY to earn an MBA at the Tuck School at Dartmouth, but quickly returned & has since worked as VP Marketing & Analytics at GLG & as VP Marketing & Partnerships for Savored (acquired by Groupon in 2012).
Before joining Primary, she spent nearly seven years as a key business partner to the CEO & Board of Directors at Sailthru (marketing tech), hired by Sailthru's cofounders to launch a new function focused on customer strategy & analytics during a period of rapid growth, ultimately resulting in a specialized global client services team & a $20 million Series C from Scale Venture Partners in December 2013. In 2015 she onboarded a new CEO & collaborated closely with both the CEO/CFO to execute a turnaround strategy from 2015-2018, which grew ARR by 187%, reduced gross churn by 57%, & led the company to cash flow & EBITDA profitability in 2018. Sailthru was acquired by Marigold (fka CM Group, wholly owned by Insight Partners) in December 2018 as part of a martech roll-up play. Following the Sailthru acquisition, she joined the executive leadership team of Marigold & managed a $200+ million P&L with a globally distributed team of 200+ people in the U.S., Europe & ANZ.
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