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Scale Studio
Future Growth in One Number: Scale Acceleration Factor
The Scale Acceleration Factor measures a startup’s future growth potential in one simple metric. Details from Operating Partner Dale Chang.
Article
Dale Chang
Scale Studio
Trends
The Re-Acceleration Is Real
Preliminary Q1 portfolio data shows strong and widespread re-acceleration of NNARR growth rates. Commentary on Q1 and 2021 by Rory O’Driscoll.
Article
Rory O'Driscoll
Portfolio
Security
SaaS Application Security: Our Investment in AppOmni’s Series B
Scale partner Ariel Tseitlin on today’s investment in the Series B for AppOmni, the SaaS application security leader.
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Portfolio
Verticals
Announcing Archipelago Analytics: Bringing Together the Commercial Property Insurance Market
Scale partner Alex Niehenke on why we are leading today's Series B for Archipelago, the AI-driven commercial real estate analytics company.
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Productivity
Trends
Enterprise Automation’s Second Wave: End-to-End Automation
Scale’s Chris Yin on the past, present, and future of enterprise automation technologies including a market map of startups developing next-gen end-to-end and predictive solutions.
Article
Chris Yin
AI Apps
Portfolio
Comet’s Series A: Investing in the MLOps Tool Stack
Scale's Andy Vitus on why we invested in the Series A for Comet, the MLOps platform that lets data scientists manage, debug, monitor, and share ML models.
Article
Andy Vitus
Infrastructure
Portfolio
The Future of Data Lake Analytics: Our Investment in Upsolver
Scale's Ariel Tseitlin on why we invested in the Series B for Upsolver, the no-code future of data lake analytics.
Article
Ariel Tseitlin
Trends
From Lab to Value: Observations on Robotics Startups
There is no single path from the robotics lab to adding value in real-world environments. Scale's Sam Baker looks at some of the common ground among robotics startups that achieve product-market fit.
Article
Trends
Sam Baker
Go To Market
Scale Studio
Scale Studio Flash Update: Optimism for 2021
Enterprise software startups are optimistic for growth re-acceleration in 2021. New data from Scale Studio and thoughts on the outlook for SaaS in 2021.
Article
Dale Chang
AI Apps
Portfolio
Viz.ai: The System of Action for Diagnostic Decision Making
We are excited to announce our investment in Viz.ai, a company that is using intelligent software to reduce the time to treatment for complex time critical medical conditions.
Article
Rory O'Driscoll
Infrastructure
Portfolio
Flatfile's Series A: Streamlining Data Movement from App to App
Today we’re announcing Scale’s investment in Flatfile’s Series A funding round. Here are some thoughts on the universal need for better data onboarding.
Article
Rory O'Driscoll
Scale Studio
Trends
Optimism for Continued Strength: Scale Studio Q4 Data and 2021 Outlook
The latest data from Scale Studio covering Q4 and full-year 2020 with a look at the outlook for enterprise SaaS startups in 2021.
Article
Dale Chang
Scale Studio
SaaS Metrics: Focus on the Growth of Your Growth
The growth rate of your growth rate a great predictor for your company's future performance. A look at NNARR benchmarks from Scale Studio.
Article
Scale Studio
Dale Chang
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