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

SaaStr

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. They were two developers who had lived through the nightmare of subscription infrastructure while working at Elevate.

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The Early Days: How Veeva Hit $100m ARR With Just $3m Raised — And a Deep Vertical Focus

SaaStr

Veeva is the dominant cloud software provider for life sciences – serving pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical device companies with mission-critical applications for drug development, clinical trials, regulatory compliance, and commercial operations. I was a software developer, product person. That was my plan.”

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The Early Days: 5 Things Vanta Got Right, And 5 It Got Wrong, Getting to First $10m ARR

SaaStr

5 Things Vanta Got Right and 5 They Got Wrong getting to the first $10m ARR When Christina Cacioppo co-founded Vanta in 2017, security compliance was an afterthought for most startups. ” This approach gave them insights no amount of customer development interviews could provide. Fast forward to 2025, and Vanta is valued at $2.45

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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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Why It Matters : The report shows that VC investment has been highly correlated to rates, but in a moderate interest rate environment, rates will likely play a smaller role similar to 2017-2019. US developer salaries are showing signs of weakening. Company fundamentals and sector dynamics matter more than macro conditions. #9.

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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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Top 10 Tech Startup Founders in the UK for 2025

Scytale

Before founding Synthesia in 2017, he co-led Immersive Futures, shaping the UKs VR/AR industry and working with the UK government to establish Londons first high-quality volumetric capture studio, Dimension. As co-founder and CEO of Wayve , he is transforming transportation with AV2.0, Backed by 1.93

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The one thing SaaS go-to-market teams keep getting wrong (and how to fix it)

Totango

Account executives can’t sell like it’s 2017 anymore. When the company is focused on customer ROI, Marketing can develop campaigns around that ROI, and sales can qualify prospects based on their need for that return. Every business needs a customer-led growth motion to stay in business for the long term.

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