Mary D'Onofrio

Fireside chats & panels

Mary D'Onofrio fireside chats and panels

1. How to Execute a Successful Pivot To Grow: Creating a New Product Category | Ev Kontsevoy, Teleport

   SaaStock USA 2024 · Austin · Fireside Chat · 97 YouTube views

   Partner, Bessemer Venture Partners (at the time of the talk)

   From the transcript

   Well, thank you guys for coming. It's such a pleasure to be here today. My name is Mary D'Onofrio, I'm a Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners and co-founded our growth practice. We do Series B and beyond in software. Most relevant to this conversation, I am a very, very proud investor in Teleport and led the last round — partly because of the man sitting right next to me, Ev, who is the CEO of Teleport. In a previous life he also founded another prominent startup called Mailgun before selling it…

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Interviews & podcast appearances

Mary D'Onofrio interviews and podcast appearances

1. SaaStock Insights | Fundraising in H2 2024 with Mary D'Onofrio, Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners

   SaaStock USA 2024 · Austin · Interview · 107 YouTube views

   Partner, Bessemer Venture Partners (at the time of the talk)

   From the transcript

   I actually do think they're better. It feels like more companies are coming up to raise capital and more funds are willing to deploy. Part of that is predicated on the fact that a lot of SaaS companies that might have been higher burn but higher growth have reset a lot of their operating expenses and are prioritizing efficiency. There's more alignment in terms of what strong financial profiles look like — potentially lower growth but definitely strong unit economics, higher efficiency, and an ab…

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Other appearances

Other SaaStock appearances by Mary D'Onofrio

1. How to Execute a Successful Pivot To Grow: Creating a New Product Category

   SaaStock USA 2024 · Austin · Fireside

   Partner, Bessemer Venture Partners (at the time of the talk)

   From the transcript

   A start-up builds a product which is not an easy sell, but good enough to grow 2x year over year to about $3M ARR. Teleport let go of all of that revenue, took the 10% of the product that customers loved the most and repackaged it as a new offering, quickly rebuilding the ARR, accelerating growth, going from series-A to B and C in funding rounds and creating a new product category in the process.

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Every SaaStock appearance by Mary D'Onofrio

FAQ

Frequently asked about Mary D'Onofrio

• Who is Mary D'Onofrio?

  Mary D'Onofrio, Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners has made 3 SaaStock appearances between 2024, speaking at SaaStock USA 2024. Talks include "SaaStock Insights | Fundraising in H2 2024 with Mary D'Onofrio, Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners", "How to Execute a Successful Pivot To Grow: Creating a New Product Category | Ev Kontsevoy, Teleport", "How to Execute a Successful Pivot To Grow: Creating a New Product Category". This page collects every recorded SaaStock keynote, fireside chat, panel, and podcast appearance by Mary D'Onofrio.

• How many times has Mary D'Onofrio spoken at SaaStock?

  Mary D'Onofrio has spoken at SaaStock 3 times between 2024 — including 0 keynotes, 1 fireside chat or panel, and 1 podcast interview.

• What did Mary D'Onofrio speak about at SaaStock?

  "SaaStock Insights | Fundraising in H2 2024 with Mary D'Onofrio, Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners" at SaaStock USA 2024; "How to Execute a Successful Pivot To Grow: Creating a New Product Category | Ev Kontsevoy, Teleport" at SaaStock USA 2024; "How to Execute a Successful Pivot To Grow: Creating a New Product Category" at SaaStock USA 2024

• What is Mary D'Onofrio's most-watched SaaStock talk?

  "SaaStock Insights | Fundraising in H2 2024 with Mary D'Onofrio, Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners" delivered at SaaStock USA 2024 has 107 YouTube views.