As a startup founder, your to-do list is never ending: hiring, culture, sales, marketing, product development, fundraising — it goes on...

Last October, Visible.vc came to Lighter Capital looking for an injection of capital to scale their business. The Chicago-based company...

This is it! The moment you’ve been waiting for through those long hours of working to translate a fledgling idea into a real business....

It’s tempting to think that our customers are rational – that they make logical decisions about what to buy and why. But since when have...

We’re thrilled to share our latest milestone — on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018, we reached $100M in investments. That’s $100 million we’ve...

Lighter Capital was a Gold Sponsor of the event again this year – here are some of the key takeaways from our team.

We’re thrilled to share that our first Lighter Capital client, Jive Communications, has been acquired by LogMeIn for up to $375M....

Last month, InTouch Health announced it is buying Lighter Capital client TruClinic, which specializes in providing consumer online...

How do you make sure you get real ROI from a big conference such as SaaStr Annual? Our experts gave 11 tips during a recent webinar.

A recent webinar co-hosted by Lighter Capital and Founders First Capital Partners offered insight into how revenue-based financing (RBF)...

SaaS entrepreneurs have no problem finding advice online. Blogging about how to succeed in this corner of the tech industry is...

Startups tend to have “DIY” in their DNA. Founders are likely to find themselves changing the copier toner or fixing a leaky faucet in...

Today we’re thrilled to announce a new $15 million fund to support Intuit developers and the QuickBooks platform. Working with Intuit, we...

Whether you’re looking for angel investors or considering debt financing, understanding your funding options and the capital stack is key...

Yesterday we closed our 300th deal: a follow-on round for Mailprotector. We’re aiming for 500 deals by July 2018, so hitting 300 is a big...

Subscription models bring a new level of complexity — deferred revenue, monthly recurring revenue churn, customer churn — but it also...

While seed funding is more abundant than ever (the number of seed-funded companies has quadrupled in the last four years), Series A...

We’re happy to announce that Inc. has ranked Lighter Capital #634 on the Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in the...

On Tuesday, we hosted a webinar about important metrics to track when fundraising. Lighter Capital CEO BJ Lackland offered an investor’s...

As reported by their press release, Signal Vine, provider of a text messaging platform used by higher education institutions to improve...

Pitching investors and knocking on doors for growth capital is an all-consuming process. Not only does it require countless coffee...

Ah, the old “ what is product marketing ” debate. And then there’s the product management versus product marketing dilemma, with the all...

If there is a single, essential factor for predicting the long-term survival rate of a SaaS company, it’s the churn rate. Even companies...

Our webinar with inDinero covered 6 SaaS accounting issues that challenge startups. Read answers from our experts during the Q&A at the end.