🧭 How to Invest in Great Companies (and Build a Better Capital Market)
Last week, we celebrated FrontFundr’s 10th anniversary—a milestone not just for the company, but for the Canadian innovation economy.
In the past decade, nearly $300M has been invested via FrontFundr by almost 20,000 investors. That’s not just capital—it’s community. And it’s a reimagining of how e…
🚀 From VC to CEO: Melissa Widner on Building Smarter Capita
🚀 From VC to CEO — and Why Founders Are Rethinking Dilution
What happens when a venture capitalist jumps into the trenches to run one of her portfolio companies?
In this week’s podcast & newsletter, I sat down with the brilliant Melissa Widner—CEO of Lighter Capital and former head of NAB Ventures—…
Funding Strategies: Combining Non-Dilutive Funding With VC
In this episode of Bootstrapped: The Lighter Side, host Melissa Widner—CEO of Lighter Capital —dives into the powerful strategy of combining non-dilutive funding with venture capital. Discover how founders are using this hybrid approach to fuel growth, strengthen their numbers, and negotiate better…
Essential Metrics: 9 SaaS Metrics Every Founder Should Track
Are you a SaaS founder wondering if your startup is truly on the path to success? In this episode of Bootstrapped, The Lighter Side, Melissa Widner, CEO of Lighter Capital, breaks down the nine most important metrics every founder should track to measure growth, efficiency, and long-term viability.…
The Market Is Open: Fundraising, Efficiency & the Future of SaaS
In this episode of Bootstrapped: The Lighter Side, Lighter Capital CEO Melissa Widner sits down with Sammy Abdullah, Co-Founder and Chair of Blossom Street Ventures, for a candid, contrarian, and refreshingly practical conversation about the state of the market for SaaS founders.
Sammy shares why h…
AI, Venture Capital, and the Future of SaaS: What Startup Founders Need to Know
What does AI really mean for SaaS companies and startup founders? And why has venture capital suddenly cooled on SaaS funding?
In this episode of Bootstrapped: The Lighter Side, Melissa Widner speaks with Marc Verissimo, Chair of Lighter Capital and former Chief Risk Officer at Silicon Valley Bank,…
What SaaS Founders Get Wrong About Growth and Funding - A Candid Conversation With Greg Head of Practical Founders
In this episode, Melissa Widner sits down with Greg Head, founder of Practical Founders, to explore a different path to building successful software companies—one that doesn’t rely on venture capital or “grow fast or die” pressure.
Greg shares insights from over 30 years in the SaaS world, working …
Good Companies Are Bought, Not Sold | How Founders Can Get Legally Ready for an Exit With Becky Mancero of SPZ Legal
In this episode, Melissa Widner sits down with Becky Mancero, partner at SPZ Legal. SPZ is a law firm that works with technology companies from startup to exit.
They discuss the cap table and equity mistakes that become expensive to fix later, like splitting ownership 50/50 by default and missing t…
Is AI Killing SaaS, or Making It Better?
In early 2025, one word had the software world spooked: SaaSpocalypse. The fear that AI was about to gut traditional SaaS wiped out roughly $2 trillion in public market value and cut valuations in half almost overnight.
So, is AI actually killing SaaS? Melissa Widner asks three investors who don't …
AI Is Deciding Which Startups Get Found. Here's How PR Helps You Win - With Annie Scranton and Rose Levy of Pace PR
Your next customer probably won't Google you. They'll ask ChatGPT, Gemini, or Claude, and if the models can't find you, you aren't in the conversation.
Melissa Widner sits down with Annie Scranton and Rose Levy of Pace PR to unpack why more startups are turning to PR, and how a good firm can supp…
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