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Approaching Half a Million Customers: How to Win in SMB with BILL CEO and Founder René Lacerte

SaaStr

In 2006, BILL CEO and Founder René Lacerte set out to define a category around financial operations for small and midsize businesses (SMBs). With SMBs, the smallest business is owner-operated. This gets more challenging when you have stakeholders who aren’t the ones buying the software. I already have a solution.”

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PE Loves SaaS Again: Thoma Bravo Buys Olo for $2 Billion

SaaStr

Quick Stats: Founded: 2005 (20-year-old company) 2024 Revenue: $285M (up 25% YoY from $228M in 2023) Q1 2025 Revenue: $80.7M (up 21% YoY), $323M annualized run rate Profitability: $1.8M In April, Thoma Bravo agreed to acquire Boeing’s Digital Aviation Solutions unit for $10.55 They’re clearly bullish on B2B software again.

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The Best FinTechs for PayFac-as-a-Service: Because DIY is Overrated

USIO

Becoming your own Payment Facilitator (PayFac) sounds greatuntil you realize its a regulatory nightmare , a financial black hole , and takes longer than your last DIY home improvement project (which, lets be honest, is still unfinished). So, which fintechs offer the best PayFac-as-a-Service? Lets break it down. Eventually.

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Navan Files for IPO: The Opening of B2B IPO Floodgates?

SaaStr

initial public offering on Friday, becoming the latest enterprise software company to test increasingly receptive public markets. Navan’s move could signal the opening of long-awaited floodgates for B2B software companies that have been waiting on the sidelines since the market downturn of 2022-2023. But Figma is a crazy outlier.

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Merchant of Record for Mobile Games: What It Is and Why You Need One

FastSpring

Because of these developments, mobile game companies are investigating more options for monetizing their games than just the App Store or Play Store. So where do you start if you want to provide more global payment solutions to your player base while chipping away at the hefty 30% fees that mobile marketplaces charge?

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It’s Our Cake Day! FastSpring Turns 20

FastSpring

FastSpring was officially founded on June 28, 2005. For twenty years, FastSpring has been powering global payments for SaaS and software companies, video game publishers, and other digital goods businesses. Here at FastSpring, we’ve been celebrating our 20th anniversary all month long, but it’s finally our actual cake day!

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UIPath S-1 Analysis: How 7 Key Metrics Stack Up

Tom Tunguz

UIPath, leaders in the Robotic Process Automation (RPA) category, filed their S-1 last week , revealing an impressive business. Founded in 2005 in Bucharest, Romania, by Daniel Dines and Marius Tirca, the company now operates more than 60 offices housing nearly 3000 employees.