Health:Further 124 - How AI and Market Shifts Are Breaking the SaaS Business Model w/Dave Lambert
Vic sit down with Dave Lambert of RightSide Capital Management to discuss venture capital trends, SaaS investing, and how the startup landscape is evolving. Dave breaks down RightSide’s data-driven investment approach, focusing on ultra-diversified portfolios and quick decision-making. They explore the impact of AI on capital efficiency, why per-seat SaaS pricing is becoming obsolete, and how macroeconomic factors shape startup success. The conversation also covers shifts in fundraising, the growing role of healthcare SaaS, and why founders must prioritize profitability over endless funding rounds.
- Right Side Capital Website - https://www.rightsidecapital.com/
- Dave’s Email - http://dave@rightsidecapital.com
Dave Lambert, Managing Director and Co-Founder of Right Side Capital Bio:
Dave Lambert is a Managing Director and Co-Founder of Right Side Capital. His firm is one of the most active pre-VC stage investment firms in the US and has invested in 2000+ pre-VC stage startups since 2012.
Right Side Capital is known for using a quantitative, data-driven investment selection process that lets them give firm yes/no decisions to founders in about a week, and for the fact that each of their investments funds invests in many hundreds of startups.
Prior to founding Right Side Capital, Dave was founder and CEO of a computer hardware company in the 1990s, and software company in the 2000s.