Jason M. LemkinCEO, SaaStr · Co-Founder of SaaStr AI, SaaStr Fund, Adobe Sign

10 Game Changing VC Deals That Made Me a Millionaire

20 Jun 2024 · 0 min

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Transcript excerpt of Jason M. Lemkin describing several of his successful early VC investments. He summarizes pitching 150 VCs and then lists notable deals (Pipedrive, Algolia, Talkdesk, Greenhouse, Salesloft), citing exits, valuations, and his seed/early positions.

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150 VCs

"1.5 billion cash" (as stated in transcript)

First seed investor

Bought for "almost a billion" (as stated in transcript)

Rate. I pitched 150 VCs. I wasn't even particularly interested. Passionate about VC, but, you know, in the early days, the deal flow was really good, right? So my first deal was Pipedrive, which sold for 1.5 billion cash. The next one's Algolia, which hopefully will IPO next year. I was first seed investor there. Third one is Talk Desk, which is doing hundreds and hundreds of millions. It'll ipo. The fourth one was Greenhouse, which was bought for almost a billion, and will ipo. The next one was Salesloft, which was acquired for two and I was five for five.