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How SaaStr Fund-Backed RevenueCat Went from a $1.5M Round at $7M Valuation in 2018 to $500M+ Today

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Lemkin (@jasonlk) May 22, 2025 The Early Days: Solving a Real Problem (2017-2018) Jacob Eiting and Miguel Carranza weren’t trying to build a unicorn when they started RevenueCat in 2017. The Problem Was Real: Apple and Google’s app stores weren’t giving developers the data they needed.

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8 Out of 10 SaaS Founders Are Burning Cash Faster Than Ever — And Why YC is On Fire (SVB’s 2025 Data Breakdown)

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So SVB still is the #1 bank for tech companies in Silicon Valley and they have a ton of data. The data shows down rounds comprised 30-50% of IPOs even during “good” periods. They have 24% of all U.S. VC deals now come from accelerators and incubators — and that's going way up.

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

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The mobile phone user has the highest NPS as a BILL user because it’s super simple and easy, and the clerk does all the data entry, pulling everything in and managing it. Then, in 2017, with around $50M in revenue, BILL added payment capabilities. Then, you get to the people who need to approve a transaction. That was probably 2012.

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

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Here’s a comprehensive overview of the major candidates: Company Founded CEO Sector Est. Revenue Valuation IPO Timeline Databricks 2013 Ali Ghodsi Data Analytics $2.4B $62B 2025-2026 Netskope 2012 Sanjay Beri Cybersecurity $487M $7.5B 2025-2026 Anduril 2017 Palmer Luckey Defense Tech $1B $30.5B valuation, raised $2.5B

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Monetizing Analytics Features: Why Data Visualizations Will Never Be Enough

Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Five years ago they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your embedded analytics. Brought to you by Logi Analytics.

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How to Write a Blog Post: A Full Breakdown of How We Do it at Buffer

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  For example, take a look at how our Content team worked together back in 2017 to plan our editorial calendar. Next, I fill my outline with research – data, statistics, expert quotes, examples – and other valuable information to support my argument or advice.

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Top 10 Tech Startup Founders in the UK for 2025

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As the co-founder and CEO of leading fintech company, OakNorth , – valued at over 1 billion – he has revolutionized lending for scale-up businesses through advanced data analytics, providing fast, flexible financing solutions for SMEs. As co-founder and CEO of Wayve , he is transforming transportation with AV2.0, Backed by 1.93

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