Perspectives

The Biggest Vertical AI Markets Are Hiding in Plain Sight

Powering Europe’s Future of AI-Driven Investing: Leveling Up with Upvest

Surviving the SaaS-Pocalypse

2026 Software x AI: Software’s AI Inflection Point

2026 Software x AI Report: Software’s AI Inflection Point

The Backbone of AI Agents: Why We’re Excited to Back Temporal

The AI Workforce for Financial Crime Operations: Why We’re Excited to Lead Bretton AI’s Series B

Taking Stock of Markets

Sapphire Ventures: 2025 Year in Review

The Ultimate Command Operating System for Global Defense: Why We’re Excited to Co-Lead Onebrief’s $200M Series D

2026 – The Year Ahead

Our 2026 Outlook: 10 AI Predictions Shaping Enterprise, Infrastructure & the Next Wave of Innovation

AI Bubble Dynamics – How the Massive CapEx Boom Benefits Expansion-Stage Enterprise AI Companies

KeyBanc Capital Markets and Sapphire Ventures Private SaaS Company Survey Reveals AI-Driven Transformation and Sustained Operational Excellence

2025 KeyBanc Capital Markets & Sapphire Ventures SaaS Survey

The Momentum Builds, The Bubble Debate Intensifies

Building the Platform for Agent Engineering: Why We’re Thrilled to Back LangChain

Navigating the Transition to AI-Native

Transforming Multi-Day Travel with AI: Why We’re Excited to Lead WeTravel’s Series C

Congratulations to Netskope on the IPO! Taking Security & Networking Beyond Cloud Nine

2024 Sapphire ESG Framework & Report

GPT-5 Reactions – Putting the Release in Context

Stablecoins as Money: Why We’re Thrilled to Lead Rain’s Series B

The DNA of AI-Forward Organizations: How Leading Companies are Staying Ahead

Building the Future of Housing and Healthcare with AI: Why We’re All-In on EliseAI

2025 Hypergrowth Engineering Summit: Engineering the AI Frontier

Unleashing GTM Creativity: Why We’re Excited to Back Clay

The AI Operating System for Tax Cognition: Why We’re Co-Leading Blue J’s $122M
Series D

Q2 in Review: Don’t Call It a Comeback

State of Play: A Mid-Year Review of the AI Competitive Landscape

Cybersecurity – Resilience Amid Uncertainty

Tariff Tantrums, AI Resilience, and the (Brief) Return of M&A

The Ultimate Customer Data & AI Decisioning Platform for Marketers: Why We’re Excited to Back Hightouch

Political Corrections: Geopolitics and Tech

Bridging Perspectives: Investment Process Lessons for Both Managers and LPs

The State of the SaaS Capital Markets: 2024 in Review, 2025 in Focus

Deepseek and AI Narrative Shifts

Sapphire Ventures: 2024 Year in Review

The Year in Enterprise Software – Reflecting on 2024 and Beyond

Top 10 AI Trends & Predictions for 2025: A Platform Shift in the Making

Building Europe’s Financial Future: Why We’re Betting on Upvest’s Bold Vision

Why We’re Excited About Cohesity: Ushering in a New Era in Data Security & AI-Driven Insights

Bringing GenAI to the Federal Government & DoD: Why We’re Excited to Lead Ask Sage’s Series A

Revolutionizing Manufacturing with AI: Why We’re Thrilled to Lead Tractian’s Series C

Backing the Future of Data Security: Why We’re Thrilled to Co-Lead Cyera’s Series D Financing Round

KeyBanc Capital Markets and Sapphire Ventures Private SaaS Company Survey Reveals a Continued Focus on Operational Efficiency and Profitability

How LPs, GPs and Founders can Leverage QSBS to Make More Money

Redefining the Customer Experience with GenAI: Why We’re Excited to Once Again Back UJET

The Ultimate Work AI Platform: Why We’re Excited to Back Glean

Revolutionizing Personal Injury and Mass Tort with AI: The Supio Advantage

Renting Reimagined with the Power of GenAI: Why We’re Excited to Lead EliseAI’s Series D

Hatching the Next Frontier of MSP Automation with Rewst

2023 Sapphire ESG Framework and Report

Assessing the State of the SaaS Capital Markets and Our Predictions for 2024

No-Code Automation for the Front Office: Why We’re Proud to Back Creatio

Supercharging Ecommerce Search and Discovery: Why We’re Proud to Back Constructor

“La French Tech” – A Tour de Force of Innovation and Growth

A Modern Approach to National Security Software: Why We’re Excited to Back Defense Unicorns

A Guide to Building an Effective Partner Strategy Framework

Introducing A Guide to Building an Effective Partner Strategy Framework

Observability in 2024: Understanding the State of Play and Future Trends

The GTM Perspective: Navigating Product-Led Growth vs. Sales-Led Growth Models

Silicon Valley Meets The Department of Defense: Top Observations & Opportunities in Defense Tech

Navigating the Future of Healthcare: 4 Major Trends & Pivotal Questions to Explore in 2024

The State of the SaaS Capital Markets: A Look Back at 2023 and Look Forward to 2024

The State of the SaaS Capital Markets: A Look Back at 2023 and Look Forward to 2024

Sapphire Ventures:
2023 Year in Review

The Year GenAI Comes to Fruition: 10 Enterprise Tech Trends Set to Define 2024

2023 KeyBanc Capital Markets & Sapphire Ventures SaaS Survey

KeyBanc Capital Markets and Sapphire Ventures Private SaaS Company Survey Reveals Pivot to Efficient Growth and Profitability

Navigating a New Normal: GTM Learnings From Our Inaugural Sapphire Ascend Summit

Germany’s Booming Startup Scene, in Berlin and Beyond…

CalSTRS and Sapphire Partners Join Forces to Invest in New and Next Generation VC Managers

Celebrating What’s New and Next

Streaming Wars: Video Security & Video Intelligence Edition

2022 Sapphire ESG Framework and Report

Introducing Sapphire’s ESG Framework & Inaugural Report

How to Adopt Consumption-Based Pricing — and Avoid Common Pitfalls

How to Balance AI Innovation and Efficiency: Lessons from our 2nd Annual Hypergrowth Engineering Summit

From Purchase Orders to Boardrooms: Procurement’s Tech Renaissance and Evolution

Transitioning from Growth at All Costs to Revenue Efficiency: How to Right-Size Inflated Marketing and Sales Spending

2023 Creating a Data-Driven Culture Playbook

Taking the Pain out of Patient Payments: Why We’re Excited to Lead Collectly’s Series A

Vertical(ai) is the New Horizontal

The 5 Eras of AI: The Vast Possibilities of GenAI Will Be Here Before We Know It

Sapphire Ventures Commits $1B+ to Invest in the Next Generation of AI-Powered Enterprise Technology Startups

2023 SaaS Buyers Outlook

Unifying IT Operations with the Power of AI: Congratulations to OpsRamp on Joining the Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Family

How Gross Margin and Gross Retention Drive Efficient ARR Growth

Managing Security for the 99%: Why We’re Excited to Lead Huntress’ Series C

The European Expansion Playbook Volume 2: A Startup’s Guide to Expanding within the Region

Transforming Employee Experience with the Power of AI: Why We’re Excited to Lead Simpplr’s Series D

The Nordic Flywheel Effect: Building the Next Startup Trailblazers

Keep It Clean: Advice for Raising Growth Capital in 2023

Introducing Sapphire Communities – A Robust Knowledge Network for Startup CEOs and Industry Leaders

Securing the Future: Cybersecurity’s Evolution & What’s On the Horizon

Doing More With Less: Is Making the Move Upmarket Right For You?

What SaaS Profitability Looks Like in 2023

The 2023 European CIO Outlook: 4 Pressing Challenges Impacting Enterprises

AI: Paving the Future of Digital Healthcare

Sapphire Roundtable Recap: How Startups Plan to Tackle Revenue Growth in 2023

SaaS Stocks: In It to Win It, Why We Remain Long-Term Bullish on Next-Gen SaaS

Will Current Market Conditions Cause Unicorn Status to Lose its Lustre?

The Future of DevOps: A Spotlight on European Players in the DevOps Ecosystem

Jamming Out Some Thoughts on Jamstack: The Trends and Companies Advancing the Growing Ecosystem

Back in Stock! Emerging Supply Chain & Logistics Trends and Technology Landscape

What’s Up With WebAssembly: Compute’s Next Paradigm Shift

Outperformance: The Power of Power Laws – Which Investments Generate the Greatest Venture Returns: Enterprise or Consumer?

Outperformance: The Power of Power Laws – Which Investments Generate the Greatest Venture Returns: Enterprise or Consumer?

The #OpenLP Podcast Miniseries: Beezer Clarkson, Sapphire Partners

Explosion of the European Web3 Landscape: Enabling the Next Frontier of Crypto

Rise of the Digital Health Enablement Tech Stack: How Technology is Accelerating Innovation for Modern Care Delivery

How Brands and the Metaverse Blend in Today’s Internet Age

Revenue Planning for High Growth Startups

Building Web3 Block by Block: A Look at the Growing Developer Tool Landscape

Transforming Data Infrastructure with Real-Time Analytics: Why We’re Excited to Back StarTree

Welcoming Mahau Ma to Sapphire as an Operating Partner!

If It Don’t Make Dollars, It Don’t Make Sense: Demystifying Interest Rates vs. Valuation for High-Growth SaaS

Recapping the Hypergrowth Engineering Summit: A window into the engineering playbooks of tomorrow

Peeking Behind the Curtain of Europe’s Enterprise Transformation

The Modern B2B Go-To-Market Tech Stack: A Spotlight on European Players

Rise of The Connected Spreadsheet – The “Killer” App For The Modern Data Stack

Metrics that Matter: Crucial KPIs for High Functioning Revenue Teams

Welcome Dave Wilner to Sapphire!

Metrics that Matter: Enabling a Data Driven Revenue Organization

Sapphire Appoints Karan Singh to Lead New Revenue Excellence Function

The #OpenLP Podcast Miniseries: Jaclyn Hester of Foundry Group

Evolution of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) & the Future of DevOps

How to Drive Equality Through Remote Workplace & Culture

It Takes Technology AND People: Perspectives from The Future of Supply Chain Conference

Welcome Karan – Sapphire’s Revenue Excellence Leader!

Demystifying the Modern B2B Go-To-Market Tech Stack

Dirty Secret: Venture Reserves are Not Always a Good Thing

Sapphire à Paris. Diving Into the French Tech Revolution

Transforming Websites into Sales & Marketing Machines: Why We’re Excited to Lead Qualified’s Series C

Rise of the Next-Gen CFO: The Evolution of Finance’s Role and Tech Stack

Navigating the Intricacies of European HR Practices with Kiki Stannard

From an Explosion of Decacorns to a Boom in Female Founders, Sapphire Predicts 5 European Tech Trends Still to Come in 2022

How to Attract and Retain Engineering Talent Amidst the Great Resignation with Rob Zuber

The Future of AI Infrastructure is Becoming Modular: Why Best-of-Breed MLOps Solutions are Taking Off & Top Players to Watch

An Employee-Driven Future: How Europe is Leading the Future of Work

Unlocking Student Potential with On-Demand Academic Support: Why We’re Proud to Partner with Paper

Product-Led Growth (PLG) CRMs Emerge: Mapping the Market and Our 2022 Predictions

Black Women on Boards Launches New Accelerator and Founding Partners to Increase Placement of Black Women Executives on Boards

Doubling Down on the Future of Digital Asset Infrastructure: Why We’re Excited to Lead Blockdaemon’s Series C

Captivating Revenue Teams with Transparent Sales Commissions: Why We’re Excited to Partner with CaptivateIQ

Top 6 European Enterprise Technology Trends to Watch in 2022

How to Accelerate Growth By Acing Net Dollar Retention

The Sapphire Future Six: 2022 Predictions for the Future of Work

Sapphire Announces 2021 Partner Promotions in the U.S. and Europe After Landmark Year of Growth

Transforming the Candidate Experience with the Power of Conversational AI: Why We’re Excited to Partner with Paradox

Digital Accessibility Series, Part 3: Vendor Landscape

Sapphire Ventures to Expand European Reach Following Unveiling of Nearly $2bn in New Capital Commitments

Digital Accessibility Series, Part 2: How to Get Started with Digital Accessibility

Transforming DevSecOps Starting with Real-Time Secrets Detection: Why We Are Excited to Back GitGuardian

Unveiling Sapphire’s 3rd Annual CIO Innovation Index: Reimagining the Enterprise and Finding Corporate Purpose

Sapphire Announces Nearly $2 Billion in New Capital Commitments Across Growth-Focused Technology Funds

2021 CIO Innovation Index: Reimagining the Enterprise

CRO Edition: 2020 CIO Innovation Index

Special Report: The Impact of COVID-19 on Enterprise Innovation

2020 CIO Innovation Index: Startup Engagement Trends for the Crisis CIO

Sapphire Vision Summit 2021: 5 Trends Shaping the Enterprise

Putting an End to Musculoskeletal Pain: Why We’re Proud to Back SWORD Health

Digital Accessibility Series, Part 1: What is Digital Accessibility and Why is it Important?

Automating Cloud Management for DevOps: Why We’re Excited to Back Zesty

The #OpenLP Podcast Miniseries: Saul Klein of LocalGlobe and Latitude – Champion of the European Tech Ecosystem

The Database of the Future: Why We’re Excited to Lead Yugabyte’s Series C

DataRobot: Enabling Knowledge Workers to use Boring AI

Bridging the Board Gap: Insights from European Female Board Executives on the Path to Parity

Startup’s Guide to European Expansion: You’ve Landed in Europe. What’s Next?

Sapphire Appoints Ralph DeBernardo as Partner, Head of Investor Relations

Decarbonizing the Future: Why Sapphire is Excited about B2B Software Powering the Transition

Sapphire Expands Leadership Team with CMO Ellie Javadi

The #OpenLP Podcast Miniseries: Kim Lew, CEO of Columbia University’s Endowment

The Ultimate Platform for Modern Recruiting: Why We’re Excited to Back Gem

The Emergence of the Modern Data Stack: An Explosion of European & Israeli Data Tooling Companies

Building Better Infrastructure for Digital Assets: Why We’re Excited about FalconX, Blockdaemon, TaxBit & Tesseract

Long Live the Tech IPO

Securing the 99.9%: Why We’re Excited to Lead JumpCloud’s Series F

Cazoo Becomes European Company of Consequence in Rapid Time

The Ransomware Problem: Security Leaders (Like the FBI) Share How to Tackle the Unavoidable Threat

Sapphire Vision Summit: Reimagining the Enterprise

#gettingInvolved with Customer Success: Here’s Why We’re Thrilled to Lead involve.ai’s Series A

Turning the Tables on Notation: Introducing the #OpenLP Origins Podcast Miniseries

Sapphire Partners Announces Next Generation of #OpenLP Initiative

Coming Into the Spotlight: How Customer Success Can Turbo Charge Subscription Growth

The Rise of Customer Experience (CX) Automation: Why We’re Excited to Co-Lead yellow.ai’s Series C

Banking on Disruption: Why We’re Over the Moon to Invest in Mercury

From Visualizing to Realizing the Future of Video: A Big Congrats to Kaltura on the IPO

Supercharging Open Banking to Create Better Financial Services: Why We’re Excited to Lead Yapily’s Series B

Tips And Strategies For Achieving GTM Success Across The European Region With Robbie O’Connor

The Power of Payments: Why the European Payments Market is Hotter than Ever

Anchor Partnerships Around The World With Seann Gardiner

All Hail Happiness: The Gen Z Buying Habit Coming to a Wellness Investment Near You

Redefining Conventional Wisdom. Congratulations to Wise on its Public Debut!

Selling Open Source Managed Services In The Cloud With Javier Molina

Israel’s Booming Tech Scene: Top Trends & Players in the Startup Nation

Congratulations to IAS on the IPO Milestone! On a Mission to Measure & Verify Digital Ad Integrity

Why I joined Sapphire Sport

Marie Gassée: Exploring The Role Of Growth In The World Of SaaS

Harnessing our Network’s Collective Intelligence: Sapphire Unveils Centers of Excellence to Help Portfolio Companies Scale

The Future of Work in Post-Pandemic Europe from CXOs at Roche, Bentley, Deutsche Telekom and Others

The Startup’s Guide to Nailing Customer Success

The RevOps Mindset: Think Strategically, Execute Tactically

Monday on a Thursday. Congratulations to Monday.com! 

Simplifying Transcription and Captioning with AI: Why Sapphire is Thrilled to Once Again Back Verbit

Stephen Hallowell On Developing Sales Productivity With A Sales Enablement Team

How DocuSign Defines Digital Experience With Robin Joy

Since We Last Spoke: Privacera’s CEO on Securing Data While Meeting Data Science Priorities

The Startup’s Guide to Customer Success: How to Get Started and Get Ahead

Designing Your SaaS Company For Growth With Steve Boak

Flipping & Financings: What European Founders Need to Know about Flipping to a U.S. Company Structure

The Rise Of Usage-Based Pricing And Insights On Enterprise Technology Pricing Strategy With Sam Lee

Time to Prioritize Preventative Mental Health & Wellness: Why We’re Excited to Back Unmind

Sapphire & Pendo: Partners in Delighting Users with Better Digital Product Experiences

Building A High-Performing Sales Engine With Kyle Coleman

Selling Against Tech Giants: The Sumo Logic Sales Formula With Steve Fitz

A Smarter Way to Fight Cybercrime: Why We’re Proud to Lead JupiterOne’s Series B

On a Mission to Address Every Identity Use Case: Congratulations to Auth0 on Joining Forces with Okta

Fund Recycling Moves the Needle for Both LPs and GPs. Here’s How.

What is the Open Data Ecosystem and Why it’s Here To Stay

The Startup’s Guide to Opening European Operations

A Startup’s Guide for Opening European Operations

Reimagining the Workforce Upskilling Experience: Why We’re Excited to Co-Lead Degreed’s Series D

The Rise of AB”X” and the RevTech Revolution: Why We’re Backing 6sense

Transforming Lives Through Fitness, Health and Wellness: Why Sapphire is Thrilled to Once Again Back Tonal

Best Practices for Planning an Exit Strategy from the CFOs of JFrog and Segment

‘Data Driven’ Starts with Data: Why We’re Excited to Back SafeGraph, a Leading DaaS Company for Places

Fueling the Microservices Revolution with Enterprise-Ready Service Mesh: Why We’re Excited to Partner with Tetrate

Bringing Governance and Security to Democratized Data: Why We’re Partnering with Privacera

Sapphire Ventures Welcomes New Vice Presidents Demi Obayomi and Abhishek Lahoti to the Firm

Mobile Coaching and the Employee Renaissance: Why We’re Excited to Back BetterUp

A SPACtacular Future: The Rapid Rise of SPACs & What Comes Next

Sapphire Sport Welcomes Chloe Steinberg as its Newest Partner

A New Way to Achieve Board Diversity: Announcing Our Founding Partnership with All Raise’s Board Xcelerate Program

The Road to IPO or M&A: Best Practices for Planning an Exit Strategy

Sapphire Ventures Closes $1.7B Across Multiple Funds and Begins to Deploy New Capital

The Black Swan Year: How 2020 Impacted Venture Investing and Performance

Bringing Mission-Critical Data Protection to the Cloud: Why We’re Thrilled to Partner with OwnBackUp

How Automation & Low Code/No Code Platforms Help Power our Lives: 4 Trends Driving Adoption

Sapphire Ventures: 2020 Year-in-Review

Enabling the Future of Work & Education: Why We’re Excited to Continue our Partnership with Splashtop and Lead their Series E

Sapphire Ventures Announces 2 New Partners, 6 Senior-Level Promotions and 3 New Offices in Austin, London and San Francisco

Ecommerce is Having a Moment: Why We’re Excited & What’s Next

Punchh & Sapphire Ventures: Partners in Improving Customer Loyalty and Engagement for Brick-and-Mortar Retailers

7 Tips for European Female Founders Fundraising Right Now

4 Key Strategies to Implementing a Usage-Based Pricing Model

Category Creation: A Marketing Strategy for Long-Term Differentiation

Democratizing Data Insights with a Next-Generation Data Lake Engine: Why Sapphire Ventures is Excited to Partner with Dremio

5 Insights Startup CMOs Should Know About Analyst Relations

No Going Back Now: 10 Enterprise Tech Trends Taking Shape in 2021

Diversity in VC: Learnings From an LP Audit and How we Can Make This Better Together

Revolutionizing Customer Service for e-Commerce: Our Investment in Gorgias

Since we Last Spoke: StackHawk’s CEO Joni Klippert on Helping Developers Secure Code as They Write It

Since we last Spoke: Uptycs’ CEO on Providing Security Analytics for Everyone & Partnering with a VC that Knows Enterprise Tech

The (Tele)doctor Will See You Now: How COVID-19 Has Accelerated HealthTech Adoption

Ushering in a New Era of Online Banking: Why Sapphire Ventures is Excited to Partner with Current

Near-Perfect Transcription with a “Human-in-the-Loop” Approach: Our Investment in Verbit

Leading the Way in Decentralized Clinical Trials: Why Sapphire Ventures is Excited to Partner with Medable

While the Work is Never Done, Here’s How Leaders at Culture Amp, Outreach & Pendo are Working to Get D&I Right

Pioneering a Better Way to Work: Why Sapphire Ventures is Excited to Partner with ActivTrak

Livongo and Sapphire Ventures: Partners in Revolutionizing Chronic Condition Management

Building the Next Normal: 5 Key Insights for CMOs Delivering Virtual Events from Someone Who Knows

Securing Apps From the Very Beginning: Why Sapphire Ventures is Excited to Partner with StackHawk

Introducing the CRO Edition of the 2020 CIO Innovation Index: Startup Engagement Trends for Today’s Revenue Leaders

How to Achieve Diversity, Inclusion & Equality in the Workplace from the People Leaders at Livongo

Since We Last Spoke: Highspot’s CEO on the Importance of Business Agility During COVID-19 and Beyond

The Rise of Digital B2B Payments and Why We’re Excited about AvidXchange

Baby, You Can Drive My Car ♫: Our Investment in Cazoo’s £240M Series D

The Startup’s Guide to Cloud Marketplaces eBook: How to Get Started and Drive Revenue with this Growing Sales Channel

Sapphire & ThoughtSpot: Partners in Democratizing Data for Everyone

Congratulations to Sumo Logic on the IPO! And for Revolutionizing DevSecOps with Continuous Intelligence

Congratulations to JFrog! An Iconic IPO that Highlights the Coming-of-Age of DevOps

Livongo’s Chief People Officer and Head of D&I on How to Achieve Diversity, Inclusion & Equality

Sapphire Ventures Releases the 2020 CIO Innovation Index: Startup Engagement Trends for the Crisis CIO

Virtual Annual Meetings are Here to Stay: Best Practices for Re-Imagining the AGM for our Remote World

Zoom’s Head of Global Business Development and Channel On How To Integrate Alliance Strategy With Revenue Strategy

Investing in the Future of Live Video: Why Sapphire is Excited to Partner with Restream

3 Strategies Software Companies Can Borrow from the Open Source Cloud Playbook

Since we Last Spoke: CircleCI’s CEO on Automating the Complexity of Writing and Delivering Software, and Partnering with Sapphire

The 4 P’s of Fundraising for Emerging Managers

Introducing the Sapphire Ventures CIO Innovation Index Special Report: The Impact of COVID-19 on Enterprise Innovation

Leaders from Auth0 and Segment Share How Globally Distributed Teams Drive Innovation

Open Banking & Beyond: What’s Next for European FinTech Infrastructure?

Since we Last Spoke: UJET’s CEO on Reimagining How Consumers Interact with Businesses and Finding the Right VC Partner

What You Need to Know About Fundraising This Year

Since we Last Spoke: Q&A with Contentful’s co-Founder Sascha Konietzke and CEO Steve Sloan on the Opportunity Ahead and Partnering with Sapphire Ventures

5 Strategies That Will Define the Crisis-Era CIO Post COVID-19

The Ultimate Stress Test: How COVID-19 Is Accelerating the Evolution of Customer Support

Revolutionizing Customer Service with Cloud-Based Multichannel Engagement: Why Sapphire Ventures is Excited About UJET

Welcome to Agile Content Management: Why Sapphire Ventures is Excited to Continue to Partner with Contentful

Revolutionizing Cybersecurity with Osquery and SQL-Powered Analytics: Why Sapphire Ventures and Uptycs Chose to Partner

Is PropTech the Solution to Real Estate’s COVID-19 Slump?

4 Ways RevOps Can Help Build Certainty During Uncertain Times

How to Build a Prospect Risk Assessment Model

Modernizing the Way Business Happens Locally: Why We’re Excited About Podium

Solving Marketing’s Top Challenge: Why Adverity and Sapphire Ventures Chose to Partner

3 Start-Up CEOs Share How to Get Through This Economic Downturn

How CIOs are Navigating a Mandated Remote Workforce

5 Ways CROs Are Building Revenue Resiliency

From CXO to Board Director: A Discussion with Julie Cullivan

Considerations For When Letting People Go

Deliver Apps at the Speed of Business: Why Sapphire Ventures Chose to Invest in CircleCI

COVID-19: Our Guidance to Portfolio Companies During These Difficult Times

Why More Than 50% of CIOs Advise Startups

Over 50% of Proof of Concepts Fail — Here’s How to Fix Yours

Sapphire Ventures Announces Promotion of Abigail Johnson to Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer, Shruti Tournatory to Expand Responsibilities

Nutanix CIO Wendy M. Pfeiffer’s Path to the Qualys Board

Sapphire Ventures: Looking Back on 2019

Four Things Employees Expect in the Workplace in 2020

Sapphire Ventures Closes on More than $1.4 Billion in New Capital Commitments

Sapphire Ventures Raises More than $1.4B to Support Entrepreneurs in Building Category Leaders

PropTech Summit 2019: Uncovering the Latest in Real Estate Tech

Corporate Boards Need More Technologists — Here’s How CIOs Can Bridge the Divide

“Real” AI in Enterprise IT — Why Sapphire Ventures and Moveworks are Excited to Partner

Punchh: Helping Retailers Understand Online and In-store Customers with their AI/ML Platform

Which Investments Generate the Greatest Value in Venture: Consumer or Enterprise?

Our Investment in Side: Empowering Agent Teams

Three Ways CIOs Are Leveling Up Their Companies in 2019

Clari: Transforming the Revenue Operations Process

Sudheesh Nair on 3 Ways to Build a Team That Repeatedly Delivers Innovative, Valuable Products at Scale

Sapphire Ventures Releases CIO Innovation Index to Benchmark the State of Innovation Readiness

Announcing Sapphire Venture’s CIO Innovation Index: Benchmarking Disruption Within IT

Brightfield: Lighting Up the Extended Workforce

Thinking Twice About ThoughtSpot — a Visionary Product and Team at the Forefront of Business Intelligence

Fundraising Tips – How to Build a Better Data Room

From CXO to Board Director: 3 Lessons to Help You Forge Your Path

Monday is our New Favorite Day: Why monday.com and Sapphire Chose to Partner

Congratulations Livongo, a True Company of Consequence

Sapphire Partners Relaunches OpenLP to Aggregate LP Voice and Foster Greater Connectivity Between LP <> VC Community

Congratulations, Looker, on Your Acquisition

Riding High with Highspot: Why Sapphire and Highspot Are Excited to Partner

AllyO: Helping you win the Talent War with Boring AI (Artificial Intelligence)

The Do’s and Don’ts of Sustainable Consumer Startup Growth

Closing the Gap: 5 Tips for Women Seeking Board of Director Positions

Inbound to Outbound: Implementing the Blended Go-to-Market Model

What Makes a Good Annual Meeting? An LP’s Point of View

Exabeam: Shedding Light on Security Data

Transform!2019: How VC-led Innovation Fuels Digital Transformation

How Does Data Influence LP and GP Decisions?

Why Sapphire Ventures and Segment Are Excited to Partner

The Internationalization of Venture Capital: Will this Affect LP Allocations?

3 Cardinal Mistakes Startups Make During CIO Pitches

These are the Good Old Days for SaaS

Portworx: Providing Data Management for Container-based Applications

2018 Year In Review

They Talk the Talk, But Can They Walk the Walk? 7 Ways To Assess the Value-Add of VC Firms

Why Sport?

When Money Isn’t Enough: How to Distinguish Yourself as a VC in a Crowded Market

3 Things that Make a Great Limited Partner For A Venture Fund

Embrace the Cloud

Alation: Finding Truth in Data

Tools Every Startup CFO Needs to Succeed

Sapphire Ventures Announces Promotion of Jai Das to President

The New Science and Art of Customer Engagement

The Big Opportunity in Small Business

Head Over Heels for Headless

How AI Is (and Is Not) Transforming the Workplace

Introducing Sapphire Fellows: Proven leaders to help founders scale

3 Ways CIOs Stay on the Front Lines of Innovation: Takeaways From the 2018 CIO Summit

project44: Democratizing the Amazonification of Shipping

The Right COO Will Take Your Company to the Next Level — Here’s How to Find Your Match

Michael Spirito Joining Sapphire Ventures as Partner

Pendo-monium! — Why Sapphire and Pendo are Excited to Partner

Top Challenges Today’s Product Managers Face

LPs Push Into the Crypto Fray

Reonomy: Lifting The Veil On Commercial Real Estate

Raising A Fund? 9 Questions That Help Get You To GP/LP Fit

What LP’s are Saying About Emerging Venture Manager Funds

Out-Reaching for Consequence — Why Outreach and Sapphire Ventures Are Excited to Partner

I’m Joining Sapphire Ventures!

Sapphire Ventures Hires Paul Levine, Former President of Trulia, As Partner

Auth0: Bringing Identity as a Service

ThoughtSpot — Empowering The Enterprise To Be Analytical And Data-driven!

Why CIOs Must “follow the money” — When It Comes To Startups

Legos, Lazy Developers And Robots On Facebook: Reflections From Sapphire’s Tech Stack Forum

Punchh-ing For Retailers

How Startups Power PepsiCo’s Innovation Strategy

Matillion: Changing The Data Integration Game

Why The Health Should We Care

#OpenLP: Turning the Tables on Notation Capital

The A to Z on Series A: Part Three | The Exit

The A to Z on Series A: Part Two

The A To Z On Series A: Part One

Chatting With Margo Doyle On All Things LP

Why You Probably Won’t Invest in the Next Unicorn

Beezer’s Breakdown Take II with Harry Stebbings

Parsing The Maddening Venture Capital Market

Chatting With TechCrunch On The M&A And IPO Market In 2017

VC Interest Piqued in Healthcare

Venture Capital In 2017 Is When The Rubber Hits The Road For Returns

Speaking At Slush And TechCrunch Disrupt

One Year Later: Our European Report Card

Why Enterprise Funds May Return More Capital Than Consumer Funds

Beezer Clarkson: My Chat With The Twenty Minute VC On LPs And The World Of VC

All In: Re-imagining Our Role As An LP In Venture

Sapphire Ventures Hires Elizabeth Patterson As Vice President, Talent Network

#OpenLP: Why Founders Should Care Where Their VCs Get Their Money

New York Venture State Of Mind

Why Your Limited Partner Might Pass On Your Next Fund

The Money Behind The Money: A Conversation With LPs And GPs

How To Raise An Institutional Seed Fund In Europe: An Interview With Point Nine Capital

Building A Venture Firm Is A Marathon, Not A Sprint

In Support Of A Better Calculator: Various Factors That Affect Portfolio Returns In A Bull Market

To SPV Or Not To SPV: Decoding The Pros And Cons Of Special Purpose Vehicles

Building a Firm, Not Just Raising a Fund

Reading The Venture Tea Leaves For 2016

Top 10 Tips For Pitching An LP

SAP Ventures Becomes Sapphire Ventures