Fresh off @clay's Series C & first user conference Sculpt, @rajeevdham sat down with Co-Founder & CEO @kareemamin to talk about their journey–from their early mission to “give the power of programming to more people” to becoming the creative operating layer for modern GTM teams.

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Why do good resumes often go unanswered? Inbound has tripled in recent years, overwhelming recruiters & burying qualified talent. In pt. 1 of our new series on AI in recruiting, @CGao chats w/ @steve_bartel_, Co-Founder & CEO of @Gem_Software, to explore this topic & how an

Guiding a SaaS company from growth to IPO takes more than capital—it takes market insight & a clear read on public investors. On MUFG in Conversation, @SteveAbbott415 joins @PriyaRangarajan to cover IPO prep, AI-native scale, & today’s software capital markets. He also revisits

Congratulations to @grafana CEO @nopzor & team on the secondary transaction! Known for its open observability cloud, Grafana continues to set the pace, that’s why we’re proud to participate in the company’s growth and are excited for what’s ahead. 🚀 Read more about the news:

Multi-day travel often means juggling payments across borders, vendor contracts, foreign exchange conversions & shifting itineraries. Until now, connecting these pieces has been manual & cumbersome for businesses—often at the expense of the traveler experience. @WeTravel built

It now takes 40%+ more interviews to make a single hire. Inbound applicants per recruiter are up 3x over the last 3 years. Teams are smaller than ever while managing 56% more reqs. Recruiting has become harder than ever during a time when AI can help boost efficiency & drive

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🎉Huge congratulations to @Netskope on the IPO this morning! 🔔 From a Series E in 2017 to ringing the bell today—it’s been an incredible journey watching Netskope flourish into a company of consequence. We’re proud to have partnered with @sanjberi & the team along the way.

🔐Just as cyber threats grow in complexity (& Gen AI continues to act as both catalyst + adversary), we’re keeping pace with the companies leading the charge. In our latest blog, "State of Cybersecurity: Growth, Risk, and Resilience," we explore why 87% of CIOs plan to increase

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Enterprises anticipated AI would drive efficiency. The real surprise has been the boost to employee satisfaction & experience. In the 1st episode of our new CXO Hot Takes series, we caught up with Kim Huffman, CIO of @Workiva, at our 4th Annual Hypergrowth Engineering Summit.

As the IPO market begins to pick up steam, questions about valuation thresholds, liquidity, & long-term sustainability are top of mind for investors & founders alike. @jai_das joined @theinformation's TITV host @akashpasricha to talk about the dynamics shaping today’s public

Last week, we teamed up with @SVB to bring together a group of finance leaders for the closing bell and dinner at the @NYSE. 🗽📈 The setting couldn’t have been more fitting as we explored the outlook for liquidity & IPO markets. At the table, discussions spanned the

There are roughly the same number of billion-dollar companies today as there were a decade ago—yet more than 2x the number of VC firms. So how should investors think about the future of VC in this competitive landscape? Next week at @FortuneMagazine Brainstorm Tech, @cgao will

The highly anticipated release of GPT-5 has arrived, but instead of shockwaves, it landed with… a mixed reception. In our latest Market Memo, we unpack why the rollout fell short of expectations& what the release says about the current state of LLM development & adoption. We

Congratulations to our portfolio companies featured in this year’s @Forbes Cloud 100! ☁️🌟 We’re proud to see the following companies recognized as being the world’s top private cloud and AI innovators! 👏👏👏@Netskope (@sanjberi), @attentiveHQ (Amit Jhawar), @Cohesity

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☀️ It’s been a busy summer here at @SapphireVC—full of new investments, portfolio milestones, & fresh perspectives on where enterprise software goes next. In our latest Summer Spotlight Newsletter, you’ll find what we’ve been up to, including: 🔷 New investments in @BlueJLegal,

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