The Great Exit Database: Venture Deals and Dollars in 2020
Will 2021 see significant changes in venture-backed exit activity? Let's look at 2020 and 2011-2020 exits in Scale's GED dataset.
Category: Trends
Analysis, forecasting, and thoughts on all things venture
Creator-User-Buyer Is a Mouthful. It’s Also a Major Trend in Enterprise Software.
If you want to see the future of software, watch what product teams are buying or building.
2021 Whisper Numbers: Startups Plan for Significant Enterprise Software Re-Acceleration
A look ahead at 2021 based on initial FY21 plan data from a significant cross-section of Scale's portfolio.
Cognitive Applications with Intelligence Inside
We believe that the next decade will result in the emergence of a new class of application software which we term “Cognitive Apps”. These new applications will seek to make predictions about the world using machine learning algorithms applied to information they gather themselves.
The Big Budget Question for 2021: How Much Re-acceleration Is Realistic?
With 2021 annual planning underway, we look at how to determine whether it is again time to step on the gas -- and if so, when and how much?
The User x Use Case Framework for No-Code and Low-Code
Scale’s Chris Yin shares a framework for organizing the low/no-code market by users and use cases.
Admitting Ignorance: Planning in the Time of COVID
A framework for scenario planning right now and a way to think about “inside” rounds.
CCPA for B2B Software Startups
Download for a B2B startup-focused guide to California’s new privacy law
Is AWS Coming for Your Startup? Notes from re:Invent 2019
In a closed-door VC briefing, AWS provided a surprisingly direct description of how it decides whether to enter a new market.