SaaStr

JUNE 28, 2025

The B2B SaaS companies everyone has been waiting for are finally filing and preparing to go public: Already Filed (2025 IPOs Highly Likely) Figma – Cloud-based design platform, confidentially filed April 2025. The Mega Pipeline Building Databricks – AI-driven data analytics platform, $62 billion valuation.

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Payments SaaS Payments Payment Services AI 185

Tom Tunguz

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

They prioritize revenue growth, market share and profit maximization differently. Maximization (Revenue Growth) - maximize revenue growth in the short term. Many mid-market software companies price with the goal of revenue maximization, negotiating for the highest possible price in each sale.

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SaaS Payments Pricing Strategy Scale 279

Buffer Resources

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

A fellow business owner recommended I get on the platform to expand awareness for my disability advocacy company Diversability , and I gave it a chance but initially struggled to find traction. I made brand partnerships as seamless as possible Brand deals have been a wonderful additional revenue stream for my business.

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Branding Payments Payment Methods Payment Services 111

Stax

MARCH 18, 2025

According to the US Federal Reserve in 2022, general-purpose card payments reached $153.3 On top of that, 69% of Americans online in 2023 said they used digital payment methods to make a purchase. As a business owner, you just cant afford to ignore these statistics. Talk to sales What is a Payment Processing System?

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Payment Services Merchant Services Payment Methods Payment Solutions 88

Stax

MARCH 17, 2025

Adding PayPal to your list of accepted payment methods opens up a range of benefits for you and your merchants alike. Benefits for merchants Increase conversions – The primary advantage of adding PayPal, Venmo, and Pay Later as payment options is that they enable merchants to boost conversions.

Merchant Services 88

Merchant Services Stax PayPal SaaS Payments 88

FastSpring

JUNE 9, 2025

in 2022 to 34.2% Since more and more people may be regularly stopping subscriptions and then rejoining later, making the process easier for your customers can foster goodwill and loyalty, ultimately improving retention. Are you looking for a merchant of record that will partner with you to grow your business internationally?

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Merchant Services Payment Features Subscription SaaS Payments 78

Valuize Consulting

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

In today’s competitive SaaS landscape, Customer Success has emerged as a vital strategic asset, driving revenue growth and long-term profitability. However, to fully unlock its potential, companies must go beyond qualitative insights and bring data into the decision-making process within Customer Success ranks and investments.

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Payment Services SaaS Payments Customer Success Payments 52

SaaStr

JUNE 30, 2025

After years of relatively stable pricing, these companies are leveraging their market positions to drive revenue growth through higher per-seat costs. The company positioned this as reflecting the value of new AI capabilities through their Agentforce platform. per user per month. with no discounting available.

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Pricing Payments Payment Solutions SaaS Payments 295

Stax

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

For companies looking to scale, Independent Software Vendors (ISV) are a crucial tool that provides specialized software solutions that integrate seamlessly with existing business tools. Through strategic ISV partnerships, businesses can enhance their service offerings, streamline operations, and open new revenue streams.

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Payments Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Solutions 88

Buffer Resources

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Whether you are a seasoned social media marketer, a marketer looking to venture into  social media  marketing, or a business owner who wants to leverage the enormous power of social, it’s helpful to know about the most popular social media platforms out there right now. Jump to a social media platform: 1.

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Social Media Payments Branding Payment Methods 126

FastSpring

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Cade , the antitrust regulation agency in Brazil, is joining the list of governments and agencies around the world that are telling Apple to allow steering from apps to other payment options than just Apples own, Reuters reports. Spend less time managing your payments and compliance and more time making great games!

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Payment Methods Payment Solutions Payment Services Payments 146

USIO

JULY 18, 2025

In March 2025, a sweeping executive order was signed requiring that all federal payments must be made electronically by September 30, 2025. That includes everything from IRS refunds and Social Security benefits to vendor payments, disaster aid, and more. In New Mexico, about 66% of payments are made electronically.

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Payment Services Payment Solutions Payments Government 162

SaaStr

MARCH 24, 2022

We wanted to give a special shout-out to some of our newest sponsors for SaaStr Annual 2022. BlueSnap helps businesses accept payments globally. Our All-In-One Payment Platform is designed to increase sales and reduce costs for all businesses accepting payments. Totally unified.

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Payments Payment Services Payment Solutions SaaS Payments 257

Tom Tunguz

JANUARY 4, 2022

With the summer of Defi behind us and a new year for web3, I wondered which categories of web3 startups generate the most revenue. L1s or blockchains, the public databases that record transactions, dominate the revenue share across the top projects producing 78% of revenue. Revenue Share. revenue share but 1.7%

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Payments Revenue Payment Solutions Blockchain 364

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

We wanted to give a special shout-out to some of our newest sponsors for SaaStr Annual 2022. Expensify is a payments superapp that helps individuals and businesses around the world simplify the way they manage money. The post Thanks to Skyflow, Expensify, Avoma, and Snyk for Sponsoring SaaStr Annual 2022!

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Payments Payment Services AI Search Payment Solutions 273

SaaStr

APRIL 1, 2022

We wanted to give a special shout-out to some of our newest sponsors for SaaStr Europa 2022. Payhawk is the financial system of tomorrow that combines credit cards, payments, expenses, cash management, and pre-accounting into one integrated experience to give you maximum control and visibility over your business spend.

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Payments Sales Hiring Payment Solutions Airlines 261

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

We wanted to give a special shout-out to some of our newest sponsors for SaaStr Annual 2022. Unit helps tech companies build financial features into their products: accounts, cards, payments, lending & more. We’ll see 10,000 of the best SaaS founders, execs and VCs Sep 13-15 at 2022 SaaStrAnnual.com !

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Cloud GCP(Google Cloud Platform) Payments SaaS Payments 270

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

We wanted to give a special shout-out to some of our newest sponsors for SaaStr Annual 2022. Our suite of financial tools makes it easy to turn recurring revenue into flexible growth financing. Tilled was created to empower software vendors, marketplaces, and SAAS companies to start generating revenue from accepting credit cards.

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SaaS Payments Payment Services PayFac as a Service Marketplace as a Service 246

SaaStr

AUGUST 11, 2022

We wanted to give a special shout-out to some of our newest sponsors for SaaStr Annual 2022. Drata is the world’s most advanced security and compliance automation platform with the mission to help companies earn and keep the trust of their users, customers, partners, and prospects. We help people work better together.

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Payment Solutions Payment Services Payments Payment Methods 263

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Both Bill and Shopifty have morphed over the years from almost pure SaaS companies to payments platforms built on top of a SaaS core. The rest of the growth is from its Divvy platform, which is bought in 2021 for $2.5 But payments and transaction are far bigger at $800m run rate — and growing faster at 38%. #2.

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Payment Services Payments SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 339

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

SVB collapsed, market multiples are down, yet the IPO window is re-opening, and we have a platform shift to AI that’s exciting everybody. The Macro Impact On Public Cloud Software Over The Past Year Cloud stocks dropped in 2022 in a severe market pullback event that Bessemer Venture Partners call The SaaSacre. Let’s find out.

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Cloud Payments Software Review Payment Solutions 306

USIO

JANUARY 23, 2024

Integrated payments are gaining popularity among businesses as they enable seamless transactions and streamlined processes. A 2022 study by the National Retail Federation revealed that 63% of customers prefer integrated payments like Apple Pay and Google Pay. What are integrated payments?

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Payments Payment Methods Payment Solutions Payment Services 130

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

At SaaStr, our partners are an integral part of our events. We’ll see 2,500+ of the best SaaS founders, execs, and VCs June 6-7 at 2022 SaaStr Europa ! Chargebee is a recurring billing and subscription management tool that helps SaaS and SaaS-like businesses streamline Revenue Operations. Grab tickets here. .

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Payment Features Payments SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 257

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Wherever you are in your revenue journey, adopting certain growth strategies can help you keep growing fast. Joined by Katie Wickham, Payrix’s Director of Marketing, Butler shares essential tips on accelerating your business to $100 million ARR and beyond. . Brex then scaled its payments business quickly.

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Payments Payment Methods Embedded Payments Scale 243

SaaStr

OCTOBER 26, 2022

It’s barely trading at 3x revenue. Payments and e-commerce drag blended gross margins down to 60%. Wix along with Squarespace and also WordPress / Automatic have pushed deeply into e-commerce and as part of that, payments. But payments can be low gross margin, and they are for Wix. Embedded fintech often has a price.

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Payments Payment Solutions Payment Methods SaaS Payments 283

Payrix

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Information security is absolutely paramount in today’s digital world, particularly in the payments industry. Jack Tsigankov, Director of IT and Information Security at Payrix and 17-year industry veteran, recently shared some of his wisdom on the subject as a guest on the PayFAQ Embedded Payments podcast. million each.

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Payments Embedded Payments Payment Solutions Payment Methods 130

SaaStr

APRIL 29, 2021

Shopify’s first quarter revenue: Q1 2021: $989 million Q1 2020: $470 million Q1 2019: $321 million Q1 2018: $214 million Q1 2017: $127 million Q1 2016: $73 million Q1 2015: $37 million Q1 2014: $19 million Q1 2013: $9 million. While Shopify projects slowing growth in 2022 post-Covid, it sure hasn’t show up yet. Still a lot.

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Merchant Services Payment Methods SaaS Payments Payments 316

Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Powered by a modern business messenger , it scales your ability to answer more questions from more customers without increasing headcount, budget, or hours logged. Future-proofing your support tech stack to meet both business objectives and the needs of modern customers starts with laying the right foundations. It includes: Live chat.

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Technical Review Customer Support Payment Methods Payment Solutions 249

Tom Tunguz

DECEMBER 31, 2022

In the last six months, 103 web3 companies generated revenue on-chain, the smallest of which recorded a few hundred dollars of sales & the largest, Ethereum, tallied $401m. Total Revenue, $M. of Revenue spent on Software. At a 10x revenue multiple, web3 software should support about $0.75b to $2.3b

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Payment Solutions B2B Software Payment Services 351

SaaStr

JUNE 1, 2023

At SaaStr, our partners are an integral part of our events. We’ll see 2,500+ of the best SaaS founders, execs, and VCs NEXT WEEK June 6-7 at 2022 SaaStr Europa ! Carta is a platform that helps people manage equity, build businesses, and invest in the companies of tomorrow. Grab tickets here. Grab tickets here.

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Scale Payments Payment Solutions Artificial Intelligence 245

SaaStr

AUGUST 3, 2022

Payments still materially accelerating overall growth to 16%, and predicting revenue growth from payments and merchant solutions to more than double that of subscriptions and SaaS. Expecting a bit of a rebound later in the year, with more merchants joining the platform in 2H’22 than 1H’22. #4.

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Payment Methods Merchant Services SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 283

SaaStr

DECEMBER 2, 2021

We wanted to give a special shout-out to some of our newest sponsors for SaaStr Annual 2022. Organic search is the single most important channel for growing your business, but the tech and tactics in the space are over two decades old. Chargebee integrates with the leading payment gateways like Stripe, Braintree, PayPal etc.

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Payment Features Payment Services Payments Sales Hiring 259

SaaStr

OCTOBER 27, 2022

At SaaStr, our partners are an integral part of our events. We’ll see 2,500+ of the best SaaS founders, execs, and VCs June 6-7 at 2022 SaaStr Europa ! Launched in 2011, today, OnBoard serves as the board intelligence platform for more than 2,000 organizations and their 12,000 boards and committees in 32 countries worldwide.

Merchant Services 240

Merchant Services Payment Solutions Onboarding Payments 240

Tom Tunguz

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

What was the most successful launch of web3 in 2022? Reddit’s Collectible Avatars launched in August 2022. Creators pay Reddit 5% for minting costs, but retain the remainder of the earnings, less payment fees from Stripe or Apple or Google. On average, a creator earned $189k gross revenue from the sale of their work.

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Blockchain Payment Methods Payments User Experience 176

SaaStr

AUGUST 29, 2022

— Jason 2022 SaaStr Annual Sep 13-15 Lemkin (@jasonlk) August 26, 2022. 71% of the revenue from SaaS public companies is from mainly enterprise players. But even Shopify went upmarket with Shopify Plus and added payments and financial services, in part because the ARR from SMB SaaS alone … wasn’t enough.

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SaaS Payments Scale SMB PayPal 346

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

market cap (11x) – Growing 29% a year — efficiently – Only 30% of revenue from software, rest payments + services – 20% Free Cash Flow, 16% non-GAAP margins – Frozen… pic.twitter.com/8PLvYP1JRz — Jason ✨Be Kind✨ Lemkin  ?? 5 Most of Their Revenue, Like Shopify and Bill, is Not From Software.

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Payment Services Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Payments 284

SaaStr

JANUARY 30, 2023

They focused on building a payment platform that empowers international talent and independent contractors to get paid on time in a compliant way while also ensuring that companies can hire international talent and make payments efficiently. This insight led Deel to focus on solving payments and compliance.

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Sales Hiring Payment Services SaaS Payments Scale 274