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June 3, 2025 52 mins

Jager McConnell is the CEO of Crunchbase, a leading business intelligence platform for startup and investment data, serving over 80 million users.

In this episode of World of DaaS, Jager and Auren discuss:

  • The polarized venture funding landscape
  • Why 'religion' beats 'truth' in data companies
  • Finding defensible moats in the AI era
  • Predicting acquisition targets at scale


Looking for more tech, data and venture capital intel? Head to worldofdaas.com for our podcast, newsletter and events, and follow us on X @worldofdaas.  

You can find Auren Hoffman on X at @auren and Jager McConnell on X at @jagermcconnell

Editing and post-production work for this episode was provided by The Podcast Consultant (https://thepodcastconsultant.com)


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