Nina Achadjian is a Partner at Index Ventures, where she invests across seed, venture, and growth stages in AI, enterprise software, and vertical SaaS. She sits down with Beezer Clarkson, LP at Sapphire Partners, and the two discuss Nina’s predictions for M&A in 2025, the importance of product market fit and what Nina looks for in a new hire. Plus, the two dig into Index’s recent IPO with ServiceTitan, and how they managed a high-profile exit in the difficult IPO market of 2024.
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CHAPTERS:
0:00 Welcome to Origins
1:49 The Trading Floors of London and New York4:54-The ServiceTitan IPO
15:22 The Exit Window for SaaS Companies in 2025
17:45 Predictions & AI
25:10 More M&A vs. IPO
30:34 Investment Lessons Learned at Index
34:59 Hiring People Who Become Great Investors
39:03 Hive & the Armenian Tech Ecosystem
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