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Investment perspectives, market analysis, and growth playbooks from 30 years of backing Founders. What we've learned, what we're seeing, and what actually works.
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Scale Studio
From $0 to $1M: Extending Your Hyper-Growth Period
Growth rates decline as your startup scales. Here are some thoughts on extending your hyper-growth period for as long as possible.
Article
Dale Chang
Security
Trends
Here’s What CISOs are Building (Because No One’s Making Software for Them to Buy)
A founder-focused look at security market opportunities using data from Scale’s Cybersecurity Perspectives 2021 report.
Article
Ariel Tseitlin
Go To Market
Scale Studio
From $0 to $1M: Compounding Growth
A look at how top-tier early growth rates determine a startup's future.
Article
Dale Chang
Trends
From Seed to Series A: Hiring Options in the Era of Global Teams
Overview of the hiring options available to fast-growing early-stage companies. Guest post from Eynat Guez, CEO of Papaya Global.
Article
Trends
Guest Author
Infrastructure
Portfolio
DevOps for Connected Devices: Scale Leads Esper's Series B
Scale is leading Esper's Series B funding round. Andy Vitus on why we invested in the leader in DevOps for edge devices.
Article
Andy Vitus
Security
Trends
Cybersecurity Perspectives 2021
Scale's sixth annual survey of enterprise CISOs provides new data on how security execs responded to SolarWinds and COVID, and their expectations for 2021.
Article
Ariel Tseitlin
Portfolio
Trends
Scale 2Q21 Newsletter: Re-Acceleration Is Real
#ICYMI Scale's 2Q21 newsletter: These two numbers predict future growth. Plus early-stage SaaS metrics, Comet (Series A), Flatfile (Series A), and more.
Article
Dale Chang
Go To Market
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
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