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M&A Is Back! Melio’s $2.5B Exit to Xero — In Just 7 Years!

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It’s not just Wiz and Scale. to dominate US SMB payments. Key Metrics at a Glance Exit Valuation : $2.5B (down from $4B peak in 2021) Revenue Multiple : 13.4x Key Metrics at a Glance Exit Valuation : $2.5B (down from $4B peak in 2021) Revenue Multiple : 13.4x discount from its 2021 peak valuation of $4B.

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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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Jason starts with the meta-question we’ve been asking a lot of SaaS leaders lately ( Klaviyo , ZoomInfo ) — ‘are we in a downturn?’ Going Long We’ve written before on the power of going long in SaaS. Then, in 2017, with around $50M in revenue, BILL added payment capabilities. in revenue.

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The Early Days: How Deel Went From $1m to $100m ARR in Just 20 Months

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She starts with the nightmare of those early scaling days. I dream about clients telling me, ‘Hey, I did not receive my payment today. ” she recalls from the dark days of scaling without infrastructure. ” The Discovery : Companies didn’t just need payments—they needed payments plus compliance.

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AI is On Fire. But Will There Be Enough Decacorn Exits?

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What Separates Future Decacorns The companies that will break through the $10 billion barrier share specific characteristics that go far beyond traditional SaaS metrics: Scale Requirement s True decacorn candidates operate with 500-2000+ employees and demonstrate the ability to scale operations across multiple geographies and market segments.

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IPO Offerings Are Already Up 62.5% This Year. With Much More to Come. We’re Back

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And for SaaS companies with strong fundamentals, the opportunity window is wide open. But a very different one from the 2021 wave: Deal volume is surging : 2025 has been a “green light” year for IPOs, with 52 new U.S. The data is clear: the IPO renaissance isn’t coming—it’s already here. Last valued at $12.5

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

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Every IPO other than Sailpoint is trading up, and we’ve got a jolt of momentum here for the first time since … well … 2021. Instead, the company pivoted aggressively into expense management and payments, expanding beyond its travel roots. The IPO market has been … on fire in 2025. No “classic” B2B leader has IPO’d yet in this wave.

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Olo vs Toast: $2B vs $25B – The Strategic Tale of Two Tech Giants

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Olo’s “fewer but bigger” customers represent a smaller percentage of the total addressable market but generated superior unit economics – until Toast’s scale advantages kicked in. larger revenue base by 2025. margin) Net Income: $11.8M margin) Net Income: $11.8M margin) Net Income: $11.8M