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Pitchbook & IVP: Top Tier SaaS Companies Usually Raise at 15x ARR. It Was 114x in 2021.

SaaStr

So there are a lot of rough and arm chair metrics for fundraising in SaaS in terms of valuations. So the minor point is maybe we’re just back to 2016-2017 in SaaS venture capital for Series A and later rounds. Even If It’s Awful for Series A-E Rounds. For the best ones. But not that much better on the multiple side.

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State of the Cloud 2019: Europa Edition with Alex Ferrara, Bessemer Venture Partners (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

What I’m going to do is talk a little bit about what we’ve seen over the course of the last year and then also talk about some metrics we track or we encourage our founders to track as they’re building their businesses, and then, lastly, try to go through a few predictions for the next couple of years.

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ChartMogul 2021: Year in Review

Chart Mogul

And we know how important it is for you to be able to track your metrics on the move. They also have a VC feature that lets you track metrics for multiple ChartMogul accounts at once. Exclusion of transaction fees from metrics — added the ability to exclude transaction fees from your MRR and cash flow calculations.

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Everything You Need to Know About Freemium Pricing

OpenView Labs

I actually wrote about the phenomenon , which I called ‘The Slow Death of Freemium’, back in 2016. Key Metrics to Track for Converting Freemium to Paid. Here are the metrics you absolutely need to be tracking to get freemium right. Flash forward to 2020 and freemium again feels cutting edge.

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Dharmesh Shah of HubSpot: From Day 0 to IPO. What Went to Plan. What Most Certainly Didn’t (Video, Podcast + Transcript)

SaaStr

In 2016, Hubspot was still a scrappy player that had only recently IPO’d, with a market cap around $1B. “From Day 0 to IPO: What Went to Plan, What Most Certainly Didn’t” at SaaStr Annual 2016 from saastr. And grab the best deal ever on 2021 Annual tickets here ). Hubspot today is a $23B juggernaut.

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Q&A with Maria Pergolino, Anthony Kennada, Aaron Ross and Jason Lemkin (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Aaron : 2016. Jason : 2016. And I remember being at that Dreamforce in 2009, which was awful. And listen and pay attention to those metrics on a monthly basis, and don’t just evaporate, because I think it’s super risky. ” I’m like, that sounds awful. Jason : All right. I mean, literally.

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Top 30 SaaS Companies in India

SmartKarrot

Found by Manoj Dawane in 2016, VTION is an Indian-origin media technology innovation company that aims at measuring media audiences by analyzing consumer trends and behaviors. Found by Abhijit Pattanaik in 2016, Playtonia is an e-sports platform technology company that helps online gamers connect and develop communities. Hippo Video.