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Introducing HubSpot Ventures
HubSpot launches a $30M fund to invest in customer-first startups
HubSpot
Dec 11
By Andrew Lindsay, VP of Corporate & Business Development at HubSpot
Back in 2006, when we were just a startup, we aspired to create a better kind of marketing — one that didn’t rely on interrupting people to get their attention. At the core of HubSpot wasn’t just a powerful product, but, rather, an inextricable combination of a product and a philosophy. We believed that the way for organizations to grow better in the modern world was to take a more human, empathetic approach.
Since then, we’ve extended that philosophy of growth to encompass not just a marketing app, but, rather, an expansive growth platform spanning the customer experience from sales to marketing to services. We’ve added 200+ integrations and partnered with thousands of agencies worldwide to help companies grow better. Today we’re taking that commitment to a better kind of growth one step further.
I am thrilled to announce the launch of HubSpot Ventures, a new $30 million fund to invest in startups that align with our mission to help millions of organizations grow better.
We are not prioritizing quick wins, early exits, or rapid returns on investment. That is not our expectation. We certainly expect our portfolio companies will yield positive returns, but first and foremost we are focused on expanding the impact of companies that share our philosophy of growing better. We will seek out companies that take the long-view of success by putting customers first, investing in an inclusive company culture, and delivering a highly differentiated product.
We will evaluate companies for investment on a number of factors. Key among them, each company must:
Align with our mission to help millions of organizations grow better
Have potential to deliver unique value to the HubSpot community
Be building a leading SaaS-based product
Embody the values in HubSpot’s Customer Code and Culture Code
Be raising a Seed, Series A, or Series B round with a notable lead investor
Launched earlier this year, the HubSpot Customer Code outlines our own aspirations for the kind of relationship we aim to have with customers, and it puts more concrete terms behind our mission to help millions of organizations grow better.
https://medium.com/@HubSpot/introducing-hubsp...6b8fd040e3
Introducing HubSpot Ventures
HubSpot launches a $30M fund to invest in customer-first startups
HubSpot
Dec 11
By Andrew Lindsay, VP of Corporate & Business Development at HubSpot
Back in 2006, when we were just a startup, we aspired to create a better kind of marketing — one that didn’t rely on interrupting people to get their attention. At the core of HubSpot wasn’t just a powerful product, but, rather, an inextricable combination of a product and a philosophy. We believed that the way for organizations to grow better in the modern world was to take a more human, empathetic approach.
Since then, we’ve extended that philosophy of growth to encompass not just a marketing app, but, rather, an expansive growth platform spanning the customer experience from sales to marketing to services. We’ve added 200+ integrations and partnered with thousands of agencies worldwide to help companies grow better. Today we’re taking that commitment to a better kind of growth one step further.
I am thrilled to announce the launch of HubSpot Ventures, a new $30 million fund to invest in startups that align with our mission to help millions of organizations grow better.
We are not prioritizing quick wins, early exits, or rapid returns on investment. That is not our expectation. We certainly expect our portfolio companies will yield positive returns, but first and foremost we are focused on expanding the impact of companies that share our philosophy of growing better. We will seek out companies that take the long-view of success by putting customers first, investing in an inclusive company culture, and delivering a highly differentiated product.
We will evaluate companies for investment on a number of factors. Key among them, each company must:
Align with our mission to help millions of organizations grow better
Have potential to deliver unique value to the HubSpot community
Be building a leading SaaS-based product
Embody the values in HubSpot’s Customer Code and Culture Code
Be raising a Seed, Series A, or Series B round with a notable lead investor
Launched earlier this year, the HubSpot Customer Code outlines our own aspirations for the kind of relationship we aim to have with customers, and it puts more concrete terms behind our mission to help millions of organizations grow better.
https://medium.com/@HubSpot/introducing-hubsp...6b8fd040e3
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