Battery Ventures Monthly Digest: January 2023

As we head into 2023 and reflect on the past year, it’s hard to overlook the world’s continuing economic, geopolitical and market challenges. But we also recognize the opportunities: to come together again in person, form new connections and expand our understanding of the ever-evolving technology landscape.

We are thankful for the Battery Ventures community, near and far. Thank you for following us.?

The 2022 Battery Ventures Consumer Lookback unpacks the key drivers influencing consumer behavior over the past 12 months, including financial well-being, high inflation in the grocery category, mental health and more.

Thank you to the Lookback authors, Roger Lee , Courtney Z. Chow , Isabel von Stauffenberg and Chandler J. Ward .?

Principal Brandon Gleklen joined eWeek for a panel “Tweetchat” (on Twitter, naturally) focused on the future of enterprise IT in 2023, alongside experts from Ahana, BMC, Sisense*, Workato* and more.?

Vice President Lauren Wedell was named to the GrowthCap Top 40 Under 40 Investors of 2022 list.**

Vice President Courtney Z. Chow was recognized on the 2022 Business Insider list of rising-star VCs.***

In his latest Forbes column, General Partner Morad Elhafed explains how to evaluate your software company’s price structure, implement a reasonable change and communicate that to clients successfully.?

Successful companies each succeed in their own way, but all companies fail the same way: They run out of cash, as Operating Partner Max Schireson wrote in his December TechCrunch contribution.?

Operating Partner Bill Binch hosted former Calendly CMO Patrick Moran on the December episode of his “Sound Bites” webinar for a discussion on best practices for sales and marketing in the technology industry.

Battery portfolio companies are hiring for remote and in-person positions, including in sales, engineering, HR, marketing and more.?

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* Denotes a Battery portfolio company. For a full list of all Battery investments, please click?here.

** GrowthCap LLC, an independent third party not associated with Battery Ventures, issued this award. Battery Ventures submitted a nomination on behalf of a selection of its personnel and paid a fee in connection with the application. This recognition is not indicative of future performance and is solely the opinion of the party conferring the award.

*** Forbes Media LLC ("Forbes"), an independent third party not associated with Battery Ventures, issued this award. While Battery submitted a nomination on behalf of a selection of its personnel, Battery Ventures did not pay a fee in connection with submitting the application. This recognition is not indicative of future performance and was not based on evaluations of clients or limited partners of Battery Ventures. The award noted above is solely the opinion of the party conferring the award.