The Market Is Open: Fundraising, Efficiency & the Future of SaaS

Episode notes

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 he believes the pendulum has swung decisively back in favor of founders—despite the narrative that venture capital is still frozen—and why strong companies are getting funded quickly at valuations some investors won’t touch (but others clearly will). He also pushes back on the “AI will kill SaaS” storyline, arguing that established software companies are best positioned to capitalize on AI, not threatened by it.