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Meet Accel’s Steve Loughlin, Who Helped Launch Ironclad into Unicorn Territory with a Series A Deal

AifrontierJanuary 19, 2025February 6, 2025031 mins

Candid Conversation with Ironclad CEO Jason Boehmig and Accel Partner Steve Loughlin

The dynamics of a relationship can be difficult to understand from the outside. However, when it comes to a business partnership or investment deal, understanding how two people work together is crucial for success. This week on Extra Crunch Live, we’re going to have a candid conversation with Ironclad CEO and co-founder Jason Boehmig and his investor and board member Accel partner Steve Loughlin.

Loughlin led the Series A deal for Ironclad in 2017, making it one of his first Series A deals after returning to Accel. This episode of Extra Crunch Live will go down on Wednesday at 3 p.m. EST/12 p.m. PST, just like usual. We’ll talk to the duo about how they met, what made them "choose" each other, and how they’ve operated as a team since then.

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How They Met

Steve Loughlin was an entrepreneur before he became an investor. He founded RelateIQ (an Accel-backed company) in 2011. The company was acquired by Salesforce in 2014 for $390 million and later became Salesforce IQ. Loughlin then "came back home" to Accel in 2016 and has led investments in companies like Airkit, Ascend.io, Clockwise, Ironclad, Monte Carlo, Nines, Productiv, Split.io, and Vivun.

On the other hand, Jason Boehmig is a California-barred attorney who practiced law at Fenwick & West and was also an adjunct professor of law at Notre Dame Law School. Ironclad launched in 2014 and today the company has raised over $180 million and is valued just under $1 billion.

Building Trust and Maintaining Honesty

In this conversation, we’ll dive deeper into how Loughlin and Boehmig built trust, maintain honesty, and talk strategy as a team. We’ll also hear from these two tech leaders on their thoughts around bigger enterprise trends in the ecosystem.

Pitch Deck Teardown

As with every episode of Extra Crunch Live, we’ll take a look at decks submitted by the audience and our experienced guests will give live feedback. If you want to throw your deck in the ring, submit your deck for a future episode. We’ve had Felicis’ Aydin Senkut and Guideline’s Kevin Busque on the value of simple pitch decks.

Ask Your Own Questions

As with just about everything we do here at TechCrunch, audience members can also ask their own questions. Extra Crunch Live has left room for you to network as well. Networking is open starting at 2:30 p.m. EST/11:30 a.m. PST and stays open a half hour after the episode ends.

Why You Should Be an Extra Crunch Member

As a reminder, Extra Crunch Live is a members-only series that aims to give founders and tech operators actionable advice and insights from leaders across the tech industry. If you’re not an Extra Crunch member yet, what are you waiting for? Loughlin and Boehmig join a stellar cast of speakers on Extra Crunch Live, including Lightspeed’s Gaurav Gupta and Grafana’s Raj Dutt, as well as Felicis’ Aydin Senkut and Guideline’s Kevin Busque.

Extra Crunch members can catch every episode of Extra Crunch Live on demand right here. You can find details for this episode (and upcoming episodes) after the jump.

Meet Our Guest Speakers

Steve Loughlin: Partner at Accel, leading investments in companies like Airkit, Ascend.io, Clockwise, Ironclad, Monte Carlo, Nines, Productiv, Split.io, and Vivun.
Jason Boehmig: CEO and co-founder of Ironclad, a company that has raised over $180 million and is valued just under $1 billion.

Upcoming Episodes

Mark your calendars for the following episodes:

Next Wednesday: Candid Conversation with [insert guest speaker here]
Two weeks from now: Pitch Deck Teardown with [insert guest speaker here]

Stay tuned for more updates on upcoming episodes!

Why You Should Be an Extra Crunch Member

Extra Crunch members can catch every episode of Extra Crunch Live on demand right here. You can find details for this episode (and upcoming episodes) after the jump.

Meet Our Guest Speakers

Steve Loughlin: Partner at Accel, leading investments in companies like Airkit, Ascend.io, Clockwise, Ironclad, Monte Carlo, Nines, Productiv, Split.io, and Vivun.
Jason Boehmig: CEO and co-founder of Ironclad, a company that has raised over $180 million and is valued just under $1 billion.

Upcoming Episodes

Mark your calendars for the following episodes:

Next Wednesday: Candid Conversation with [insert guest speaker here]
Two weeks from now: Pitch Deck Teardown with [insert guest speaker here]

Stay tuned for more updates on upcoming episodes!

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