From Problem to Purpose, how Oyster has become a unicorn in less than 24 months — Oyster, the global HR platform and Employer Of Record that empowers the hiring of distributed teams across borders, today announced $150 Million in Series C funding. The funding also establishes Oyster as a unicorn less than two years after our launch. We were the first investor in Oyster, and as…

What I learned from Typeform on how to reach SaaS Heaven — Typeform announced today that it has raised $135 million in Series C funding. Techcrunch news here At Connect we are very proud to have been early believers in Typeform. We led Typeform’s Seed round in 2014 and fully participated in their following A and B rounds. While we are certainly…

A love letter to meetings — Announced a couple of weeks ago, Connect led Clearword’s $3.25M seed round. Here is the story of how and why we have partnered with David and the amazing Clearword team. Reinventing the meeting experience Making fun of unproductive meetings has always been a classic. We all joke about excessive soul-sucking meeting culture. But that…

Why we invested in Magic Bell — It feels awesome to welcome officially Magic Bell to the Connect family. Another awesome SaaS product to bolster our B2B software portfolio 👇

Today, TrueLayer announced a $130m fundraising round led by Tiger and Stripe — at a $1B+ valuation. This news officially places TrueLayer in unicorn status. Bravi, Francesco Simoneschi and Luca! You’ve done an incredible job. This announcement comes just a few days after TrueLayer’s fifth anniversary. In those five years…

The future of careers — Progression belongs to the category of products that fix broken experiences. Turning a user experience that sucks into one that people love is one of the recurring themes that drive our investments. There are many broken experiences our portfolio companies are on the mission to transform through product love. To…

A camera-first SaaS platform for the Creator Economy — It’s never too early. This is what we always say to the founders. Once we have built conviction that the opportunity fits our investment thesis and that the founders have the ability to execute on the product vision, any lack of proof points doesn’t stop us from investing. A recent…

Opinionated Product + Hell of an Execution. — Less than 1 year ago, Connect led the Seed round of Oyster and backed Tony’s mission to empower companies to hire anyone anywhere, at scale. …

The power of combining two products in one — At Connect we trust Product. Our core belief is that a product people love is one of the most powerful ingredients for building an enduring and valuable technology company. So our excitement doubles when we find a company that has built not one, but two products people love. Over the…