Protecting People and Companies from Social Engineering Attacks — Picnic is a cybersecurity firm going after an aspect of risk that the industry doesn’t spend nearly enough time talking about: attacks by social engineers. Social engineers are hackers who use public information about you, your company and your personal and professional networks to craft attacks designed to fool, coerce…

Sales Structure and Compensation — SaaS+ is the strategy of adding payments, lending, insurance, background screening and other tools on top of a SaaS platform. It’s a company changing model that can 10X your revenue, and there are many SaaS platforms that have the ability to become a SaaS+ business. …

An Introduction to SaaS+ — A key investment focus for Rally Ventures is an emerging wave of business known as SaaS+. In addition to their core software product, SaaS+ platforms employ embedded fintech and other products as a secondary revenue model. By doing so, SaaS businesses can add new streams of revenue and build a…

Rally’s “Future of Work” investment thesis focuses on entrepreneurs who innovate well around the way we work. — The Future of Work is a projection of how the way we work will continue to rapidly evolve and how both employees and employers use technology to maximize the advantages of this evolution. …

The world’s first sobriety management platform. — Kyros is a first-of-its-kind digital platform for people and organizations within the recovery community. It harnesses the power of technology to increase positive recovery outcomes for the more than 30 million people affected by substance use disorder. Recovery is a $43B industry that is poised to grow $10B in the…

What early-stage companies should be doing from day one. — Managing the M&A process and developing relationships with stakeholders early in your company’s lifecycle are critical responsibilities of the CEO and executive team. Long-term planning will make all the difference between M&A success or being a company that really struggles with the process. Bottom line: It’s never too early to…

The Employee Experience Platform Built for the Future of HR — The pandemic created monumental shifts in how people work, communicate and build community. …

Next Generation SOAR — Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR) tools are software products that enable organizations to automate or semi-automate security tasks. This enables a quicker response to attacks and the overall strengthening of a company’s cybersecurity system. The number of security attacks that organizations face is only going to increase. SOAR makes…

The future of hiring is here. — The Future of Work is a projection of how the way we work will evolve. We’ve seen monumental changes over the past few years with the rise of the gig economy, the Great Resignation and the shift to remote work. …