Profile 01 · Best fit
Series A–C SaaS building their first sales team
Venture-backed software companies that have just hired sales reps and need a repeatable way to find buyers.
Why it ranks here: Fresh funding and a new sales team mean budget and urgency at the same time.
- Company size
- 51–200 employees
- Revenue
- $5M–$25M
- Stage
- Series A–C
- Geography
- North America and UK
Who decides
- Signs off
- VP Sales
- Champion
- Head of Growth
- Also involved
- RevOps Manager, CEO
Tools they likely use
- HubSpot or Salesforce CRM
- Apollo or Outreach
- LinkedIn Sales Navigator
Pain points
- Reps spend half their week researching accounts
- No agreed definition of a good lead
- Pipeline depends on the founder's network
Buying triggers
- Raised a round in the last 6 months
- Hiring two or more SDRs
- New VP Sales started
Skip if
- Under 20 employees
- No sales team yet
- Sells only through partners
Opening line to test
“Saw you're hiring SDRs after the raise. Most teams at that stage lose the first quarter to list-building; worth comparing notes?”
Where to find them
("VP Sales" OR "Head of Sales") AND SaaS- Company headcount: 51–200
- Industry: Software Development
- Company headcount growth: 10%+
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom