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Lars Van Weeren

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
136 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Starred Looking to Raise $4m Series A for HR Tech

that we could predict COVID, but we were already seeing in the market with quite some IPOs that didn't went too smoothly.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Starred Looking to Raise $4m Series A for HR Tech

And also with WeWork, we saw that the things were changing.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Starred Looking to Raise $4m Series A for HR Tech

So we thought, okay, let's focus on making a profit so we can keep the lights on ourselves.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Starred Looking to Raise $4m Series A for HR Tech

And right now with the focus and with the growth rates there, it makes sense.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Starred Looking to Raise $4m Series A for HR Tech

We only got a bank loan, a government-backed bank loan of 1.5 million, but we don't have a VC yet.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Starred Looking to Raise $4m Series A for HR Tech

Yeah, it's a government loan, but yeah, so it's an actual loan.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Starred Looking to Raise $4m Series A for HR Tech

You need to repay it, but when things go sour, the government... What's the interest rate?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Starred Looking to Raise $4m Series A for HR Tech

It's only 4%.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Starred Looking to Raise $4m Series A for HR Tech

Oh, wow.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Starred Looking to Raise $4m Series A for HR Tech

Well, we spend most of that, unfortunately.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Starred Looking to Raise $4m Series A for HR Tech

But we have quite a stable business right now.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Starred Looking to Raise $4m Series A for HR Tech

And because we're really focusing right now, we finally found a niche where there's little competition.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Starred Looking to Raise $4m Series A for HR Tech

And yeah, we're, I believe, the best out there.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Starred Looking to Raise $4m Series A for HR Tech

Yeah, far more focused and far more international.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Starred Looking to Raise $4m Series A for HR Tech

By then, we had an office in Amsterdam and London.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Starred Looking to Raise $4m Series A for HR Tech

Now we've centralized everything again in Amsterdam.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Starred Looking to Raise $4m Series A for HR Tech

And we had plans to open up in New York this year.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Starred Looking to Raise $4m Series A for HR Tech

But yeah, I think that will take at least a year longer.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Starred Looking to Raise $4m Series A for HR Tech

Yes, but only two.