Michael Treskow's guest appearances

Michael Treskow

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch

The SaaS Revolution Show

Joel Gascoigne

Hiten Shah

Elena Verna

Avi Meir

Christian Reber

Frederic Kerrest

Jason Lemkin

Eoghan McCabe

Rahul Vohra

Matt Lerner

Tak Lo

Byron Deeter

Peter Reinhardt

Olivier Pomel

Des Traynor

OwlTail

Michael Treskow, Partner at Eight Roads Ventures, joins Alex Theuma on this episode of The SaaS Revolution Show to talk about what VCs look for when investing in SaaS Startups. Great insights into the mind of a VC, the key pillars for investment decisions, the metrics they look for and more.

Michael Treskow, Partner at Eight Roads Ventures, joins Alex Theuma on this episode of The SaaS Revolution Show to talk about what VCs look for when investing in SaaS Startups. Great insights into the mind of a VC, the key pillars for investment decisions, the metrics they look for and more.

What a VC looks for when investing in SaaS Startups: Michael Treskow, Partner Eight Roads Ventures

Accel

Michael Treskow is a VC @ Accel Partners, one of the world's most successful venture firms having funded the likes of Facebook, Dropbox, Spotify, Etsy and many more.  At Accel, Michael is responsible for the firm’s investments in SpaceApe, a mobile games developer, and GoCardless, an online direct debt provider. Michael was also instrumental in Accel's investments and ongoing work with Funding Circle, Packlink, Qubit, Semmle, Trufa and WorldRemit. Prior to Accel, Michael focused on early-stage investments in technology companies at Warburg Pincus in San Francisco, invested in publicly traded technology companies at Highside Capital, and helped advise technology companies as part of Morgan Stanley's investment banking team in New York. In Today's Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How Michael made his way into the VC industry? Do you think it is very important for VCs to have entrepreneurial experience? 2.) How does Michael compare the investing environments between London and SF? What was his biggest takeaway from Warburg Pincus in SF? 3.) Accel is stage agnostic, why is that? What size market attracts Michael? How can Michael tell whether founders have the ability to exploit the market? 4.) What Michael believes are his key value adds? Have these changed over time? 5.) We often hear startups being described as ‘uber for’, ‘tinder for’. Do VCs like this simplification of business? How else would Michael suggest a complex concept can be broken down into something easily digestible? 6.) Does Michael still believe there is room for improvement in the consumerisation of enterprise software? Does Emergence Capital's pivot signal a turning tide? Items Mentioned In Todays Episode:  Michael's Fave Book: The Innovator's Dilemma, Crossing The Chasm Michael Productivity Tools: Wunderlist Michael's Fave Blog or Newsletter: Dan Primack, Term Sheet Michael' Most Recent Investment: CartoDB As always you can follow Harry, The Twenty Minute VC and Michael on Twitter here! If you would like to see a more colourful side to Harry with many a mojito night, you can follow him on Instagram here!

<a href="https://angel.co/michael-treskow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Michael Treskow</a> is a VC @ <a href="https://angel.co/accel-partners" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Accel Partners</a>, one of the world's most successful venture firms having funded the likes of Facebook, Dropbox, Spotify, Etsy and many more.  At Accel, Michael is responsible for the firm’s investments in <a href="https://angel.co/space-ape-games" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SpaceApe</a>, a mobile games developer, and <a href="https://angel.co/gocardless" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GoCardless</a>, an online direct debt provider. Michael was also instrumental in Accel's investments and ongoing work with <a href="https://angel.co/funding-circle" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Funding Circle</a>, <a href="https://angel.co/packlink" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Packlink</a>, <a href="https://angel.co/qubit" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Qubit</a>, Semmle, Trufa and WorldRemit. Prior to Accel, Michael focused on early-stage investments in technology companies at <a href="https://angel.co/warburg-pincus" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Warburg Pincus</a> in San Francisco, invested in publicly traded technology companies at Highside Capital, and helped advise technology companies as part of Morgan Stanley's investment banking team in New York. In Today's Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How Michael made his way into the VC industry? Do you think it is very important for VCs to have entrepreneurial experience? 2.) How does Michael compare the investing environments between London and SF? What was his biggest takeaway from Warburg Pincus in SF? 3.) Accel is stage agnostic, why is that? What size market attracts Michael? How can Michael tell whether founders have the ability to exploit the market? 4.) What Michael believes are his key value adds? Have these changed over time? 5.) We often hear startups being described as ‘uber for’, ‘tinder for’. Do VCs like this simplification of business? How else would Michael suggest a complex concept can be broken down into something easily digestible? 6.) Does Michael still believe there is room for improvement in the consumerisation of enterprise software? Does Emergence Capital's pivot signal a turning tide? Items Mentioned In Todays Episode:  Michael's Fave Book: <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/142219602X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=19450&amp;creativeASIN=142219602X&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=thtwmivc03-21" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Innovator's Dilemma</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0062292986/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=19450&amp;creativeASIN=0062292986&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=thtwmivc03-21" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Crossing The Chasm</a> Michael Productivity Tools: <a href="https://angel.co/6wunderkinder" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wunderlist</a> Michael's Fave Blog or Newsletter: <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;sqi=2&amp;ved=0CCEQFjAAahUKEwjguYnqifLHAhWiDdsKHRKwBfY&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Ffortune.com%2Ftag%2Fterm-sheet%2F&amp;usg=AFQjCNGPJqo5peMnMk8531x1L8C6htArtA&amp;sig2=5Djkm5kl8JisocXpMUvSbw&amp;bvm=bv.102537793,d.d2s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dan Primack, Term Sheet</a> Michael' Most Recent Investment: <a href="https://cartodb.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CartoDB</a> As always you can follow <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;ved=0CCIQFjAAahUKEwini6S9h_LHAhWnFtsKHS4kC0s&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fharrystebbings%3Flang%3Den-gb&amp;usg=AFQjCNH6KlmFwsIYJkOKRioQuLqGOR0U0w&amp;sig2=MfF8DhGuwXkU4490WsJUkA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Harry</a>, <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=2&amp;ved=0CCcQFjABahUKEwjr4ObGh_LHAhWyBtsKHRIVDfA&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Ftwentyminutevc%3Flang%3Den-gb&amp;usg=AFQjCNHcygppyqTNaiuOUOohQIk-Qg-1jQ&amp;sig2=A8_nwl99LLAI7b9L-qp9UQ&amp;bvm=bv.102537793,d.ZGU" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Twenty Minute VC</a> and <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;ved=0CCEQFjAAahUKEwjpzIvRh_LHAhVFBNsKHZlnAEw&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fmtreskow%3Flang%3Den-gb&amp;usg=AFQjCNF67gZD2L4I4gcQqkTYlLFYySLv3w&amp;sig2=RwzJ3w16kYJ8cuhMFYGI1Q&amp;bvm=bv.102537793,d.ZGU" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Michael</a> on Twitter here! If you would like to see a more colourful side to Harry with many a mojito night, you can <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;ved=0CCMQFjAAahUKEwj49-jfivLHAhUCvBoKHd1wAu0&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Finstagram.com%2Fhstebbings1996%2F&amp;usg=AFQjCNHtFYDxBhu0dYWDcFHs06UosnBKzQ&amp;sig2=qRKGIyBriFaZrjm-pHGpBQ&amp;bvm=bv.102537793,d.d2s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">follow him on Instagram here</a>!

20 VC 073: Life Inside Accel Partners with Michael Treskow @ Accel