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SaaS Is Growing Up: 4 Business Model Changes To Adopt with Notion Capital

SaaStr

Many of the fundamental business models that were once engraved in the SaaS playbook are now changing thanks to a tougher macro environment and a maturing market. PST, Stephanie Opdam, Partner at Notion Capital, shares four business model changes that will allow SaaS companies to build resilience and staying power over time.

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5 Interesting Learnings from AppFolio at $660,000,000 in “ARR”

SaaStr

So AppFolio is a big vertical SaaS+ success story I frankly don’t know as much about as I should. So AppFolio is a quiet member of the 10x ARR club – SaaS for property management – $660m run-rate, $7.2B 10 years later, they hit $100m ARR in 2016 and growth just compounded from there.

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Join FastSpring at SaaS North 2023!

FastSpring

Looking to join SaaS founders and tech enthusiasts who are discussing the most innovative trends for SaaS companies? If so, join FastSpring at the SaaS North November 15-16th! Since 2016, SaaS North has been recognized as THE Canadian hub for rapidly-scaling SaaS founders and their teams.

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Is it Really ARR? In 2021+, Yes. As Long As NRR is > 100%

SaaStr

A lot of our SaaS older times don’t quite know what to make with a lot of B2B startups these days, let alone some public SaaS companies. So many startups these days are claiming they have “ARR” from revenue that … doesn’t recur. Doesn’t ARR stand for Annual Recurring Revenue?

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

Tom Tunguz

In 2021, the business counted more than 8000 customers, with 1000 paying more than $100k and 89 paying more than $1m. The company also mentions the 2016 cohort of customers expanded 51x in the last 5 years. Larger enterprise contracts imply longer contract terms and larger pre-payments, boosting these figures.

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5 Interesting Learnings from Toast at $500m in ARR, and a $3B Total Run Rate

SaaStr

And they are both incredibly impressive — 118% growth at $3B run-rate and $500m in ARR in software alone may be an all-time record — but also, perhaps not SaaS? #1. While its software has decent margins of 66%, software is only 10% of Toast’s total GAAP revenue. Mediocre margins in payments.

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The Quirky M&A Environment for SaaS Companies in 2016

Tom Tunguz

Through the end of July in 2016, $70B worth of SaaS companies sold. The more than $600B in cash on the balance sheets of large public tech companies combined with a recent pricing correction in SaaS companies presaged a flurry of acquisition activity. In 2016, these PE firms aren’t following that playbook.