Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Facebook was peerless, however, in being able to harness and monetize all that attention, even if that success brought uncomfortable scrutiny. In Asia, the likes of Alibaba’s Alipay and Tencent’s WeChat Pay demonstrate how apps are revolutionizing our economies – they have swiftly become the default payment mechanism across China.

Payment Solutions 259

Payment Solutions Payment Methods Software SaaS Payments 259

SaaStr

MARCH 26, 2019

Formerly a senior leader at Google, Claire Hughes Johnson is now Chief Operating Officer at Stripe, where she’s helped guide the online payments firm through rapid growth. Stripe today has more than 1,400 employees and processes billions of dollars for millions of users worldwide. Payments has been around for thousands of years.

Scale 152

Scale Payment Services Payment Methods Scaling 152

SaaStr

AUGUST 7, 2020

A few of the leading companies in the Cloud 100 list, as put together by Forbes, of leading enterprise software companies are in industry verticals and just on the Salesforce platform, the three most valuable companies built on the platform were industry-vertical companies, including nCino, Vlocity, and Veeva.

Payment Solutions 149

Payment Solutions Pricing Payments Payment Services 149

Neil Patel

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Micro startup acquisitions are a move away from buying businesses with established products or even proven revenue streams. These businesses usually consist of 2 to 3 people, and companies are taking bets on their products that aren’t even fully realized yet. The platform is free, private, and has no middlemen.

Technical Review 144

Technical Review Payment Methods Acquisition Development Team Review 144

OpenView Labs

MAY 1, 2019

Back in 2014, Brian Balfour described Growth as the “blending of marketing, product and engineering into one tight knit team.” He explained that growth teams “focus on the funnel in a holistic way […] because their mission is about the growth rate of a metric that tells a more complete picture of the business.”.

Sales Hiring 56

Sales Hiring Scale SaaS Payments Growth Hacking 56

SmartKarrot

APRIL 13, 2020

SaaS companies have transformed the way global businesses work. Ever since its inception in the 1960s, SaaS has evolved from a mere time-sharing system to innovative and efficient applications that can be accessed on multiple computers. See here how we architected a cutting edge Customer Success platform. Source: Survey Sparrow.

SaaS Payments 19

SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payment Services Sales Recruiting 19

SaaStr

JULY 9, 2019

Giraffe is a mobile job matching platform that helps medium skilled workers get access to opportunities and helps businesses to recruit staff faster, and easier, and more affordably than any other way. Our first MVP was actually an SMS based app where job seekers would send six SMSes in order to register on our platform.

Scale 162

Scale Sales Recruiting Scaling SaaS Payments 162

SmartKarrot

JANUARY 25, 2022

The critical nature of software for business growth is a key reason for the exceptional growth of Software as a Service (SaaS) companies in recent times. Encouraged by the success and importance of SaaS, Australia has actively adopted the cloud ecosystem and founded brilliant SaaS-driven companies and platforms. Culture Amp.

SaaS Payments 10

SaaS Payments Payment Services Payment Methods Marketplace as a Service 10

SaaStr

MAY 9, 2019

If your payment system works, you’re not going to rip it out. It’s a great way to essentially build a brand as being an innovative tech company that you can then use to sell to larger customers later. We were always extremely transparent about our cash in hand, our months of runway, our traffic, our revenue.

Sales Hiring 167

Sales Hiring Scale Payment Solutions Banking 167

Baremetrics

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) set out in 2014 to provide a framework to attain consistency in financial reporting, improve comparative analysis and reporting, and simplify the drafting of financial statements. The ASC 606 outlines a five-step model for revenue recognition.

Payments 84

Payments Payment Methods SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 84

Chart Mogul

MARCH 6, 2018

Average Revenue Per Account (ARPA). ARPA is the lifeblood of any subscription business. New platform products such as a (rumored) smart speaker. “Our Ad-Supported Service serves as a funnel, driving more than 60% of our total gross added Premium Subscribers since we began tracking this data in February 2014.”

Payments 75

Payments Metrics EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service) SaaS Payments 75

SaaStr

DECEMBER 13, 2019

I think the key thing that I had realized after several years in Her Majesty’s United Kingdom, it really centers on the fact that a lot of the technology that I was seeing was really, a lot of the innovation was happening in the Bay area. And then helping being able to drive innovation across the company.

Technical Advisors 160

Technical Advisors Scale Technical Review Payment Solutions 160

OpenView Labs

JULY 2, 2020

After four months of an unprecedented global crisis, SaaS companies are bouncing back while product led growth businesses are trading at almost 2x higher revenue multiples they started with. About half of respondents, evenly distributed across size or industry, were offering temporary relief on payment terms.

Pricing 135

Pricing SaaS Payments Payments SaaS 135

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

If you go back to before 2014, what you see is the power of the cloud. We celebrate businesses like that, and of course, the platform we’re on today with Zoom, that has really become a communications platform that’s defining this COVID era. It is staggering. Because more and more hardware is becoming soft.

Sales Hiring 158

Sales Hiring Scale Payments Cloud 158

SaaStock

MARCH 1, 2019

Ceyuan Ventures is an early stage VC firm investing in emerging growth and IT businesses. Ceyuan Ventures selects entrepreneurs who show promise in crafting leading technologies, backed by powerful teams and innovation. DST Global is a global investor in growth internet businesses, founded in 2009 by Yuri Milner. Founded: 2014.

SaaS Payments 190

SaaS Payments Venture Capital Telecommunications Payment Services 190

SaaStr

AUGUST 26, 2022

Look at Snowflake and GitLab and ZoomInfo, growing almost 60% at a billion in revenue. I’ll tell you, of all the founders I’m impressed with, I’m most impressed with founders that I meet and I’m like, “How you doing”, “Well, I’m at 2 million in revenue and I’m going to grow 2.5

Sales Hiring 210

Sales Hiring Scale Sales Recruiting Scaling 210

SaaStr

MARCH 17, 2020

Today at Talkdesk, we had a lot of our kind of big momentum starting in 2014-2015. Those customers are some of our most powerful references because we get to bring them in and they tell the story not only of what it’s been like to work with Talkdesk over many years, but they also get to tell our innovation story for us.

Scale 143

Scale Payment Services Sales Hiring Payment Methods 143

SmartKarrot

JANUARY 18, 2022

A report from Bain & Company predicted that “Indian SaaS companies will reach $30 billion in revenue by the year 2025”. The company aims at providing a single platform for automated marketing, sales, and other services. Agile CRM offers lead generation, contact management, and integrated telephony services.

SaaS Payments 11

SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payment Methods Payments 11

SaaStock

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Ultrasite is a global website builder, Chinafy is a tool for making websites China-compatible, and Connect is their collaborative content management platform for brands. It is based on blockchain and allows businesses to take care of their finances on a number of platforms and in multiple currencies. Founded : 2014.

SaaS Payments 225

SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Merchant Services Payment Methods 225

SmartKarrot

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

About: 360Learning is a corporate learning management platform. AB Tasty is a cloud-based platform that offers businesses easy-to-use tools for A/B testing, personalization, and user engagement. About: AirCall is yet another example of a successful SaaS Company serving customers since 2014. 360Learning. can be automated.

SaaS Payments 10

SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payment Methods Sales Recruiting 10

Sixteen Ventures

DECEMBER 31, 2019

years since I first published this guide, way back in 2014, Customer Success has evolved dramatically. What I called the “Definite Guide to Customer Success” way back in 2014 is getting far more definitive for 2020 as I incorporate what I learned over the last year. Sales Process Engagement. Your Recurring Revenue.

Customer Success 136

Customer Success SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payment Services 136

Panintelligence

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Our own SaaS originated as an internal solution for a leading payment gateway provider. It’s our hope that this series not only informs Fintech SaaS founders, but inspires the tidal wave of innovation that's on the horizon. Fintech SaaS growth rates Fintech revenues are projected to increase sixfold by the decade’s end, reaching $1.5

SaaS Payments 75

SaaS Payments Payments Technical Review Payment Services 75

SmartKarrot

JANUARY 28, 2022

Adaptive Shield is a SaaS company that offers a security posture management platform that is used to help organizations manage and secure their cloud services. Adaptive Shield provides enterprises with a continuous, automated platform and a built-in knowledge base to provide true native SaaS security. Founded in: 2014.

SaaS Payments 10

SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payment Methods Payment Services 10