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Investing in Startups – The End of the Unicorn Concept, the Rise of the Centaur Concept.

Investing in Startups – The End of the Unicorn Concept, the Rise of the Centaur Concept.

Centaurs are startups generating at least $100M in ARR.

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Jun 02, 2022
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Bessemer Venture Partners has just published a report entitled “State of the Cloud 2022” which proposes to stop focusing on the valuation of software startups (SaaS). The authors of the study call for a change in mindset:

“Historically, valuations have been the primary measure of success in private cloud markets. But the unicorn rush is getting out of ha…

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