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The Great IPO Awakening: What 2025’s Surprisingly Hot Market Means for B2B Companies

SaaStr

After years of drought, 2025 has delivered a scorching hot public market for tech companies so far, with some eye-popping returns that should have every SaaS founder and investor paying attention. The IPO window isn’t just cracked open—it’s wide open. The most recent five IPOs are averaging 121.5%

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A Look Back at Q1 '25 Public Cloud Software Earnings

Clouded Judgement

Through these interactions, I’ve built up mental benchmarks for metrics on which I place extra emphasis. My hope is that this analysis can provide startup entrepreneurs with a framework for how to manage their businesses around SaaS metrics (e.g., This metric is more self-explanatory, so I won’t go into detail.

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The Top 10 Reasons to Attend 2025 SaaStr Annual, May 13-15 in SF Bay!!

SaaStr

Sessions typically focus on real metrics, strategies, and lessons learned, not theoretical concepts. And a full half of 2025 will be dedicated in the latest in AI for B2B, including 100+ of the best new players in B2B AI presenting on our new AI Demo Stage! Competitive Intelligence and Market Insights and New!! Pull together the team.

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The Series A Landscape in 2025: Insights from Chemistry VC’s Ethan Kurzweil

SaaStr

At SaaStr Workshop Wednesday live , Ethan Kurzwiel, previously partner at Bessemer Venture Partners and now founding partner at Chemistry VC, took us through a deep dive of exactly where Series A funding is right now in 2025. Focus on the right metrics : Be transparent about your key metrics rather than relying on vanity numbers.

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5 Interesting Learnings from Palantir at $3.5 Billion in ARR

SaaStr

link] — Akshay Krishnaswamy (@hyperindexed) May 5, 2025 5 Interesting Learnings: 1. For context, the Rule of 40 is a benchmark for SaaS companies that adds revenue growth rate and profit margin, with 40% considered healthy. With 39% revenue growth and 44% adjusted operating margin, Palantir is doubling the benchmark threshold.

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4 Things Most Founders Get Wrong About Marketing with Dave Kellogg

SaaStr

And see everyone at 2025 SaaStr Annual, May 13-15 in SF Bay for 300+ more sessions, workshops, and braindates like this! “Marketing is fluffy and unmeasurable” – Unlike sales, which has clear metrics like quota attainment, founders often believe marketing can’t be measured.

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Nine proven tactics and strategies for proactive customer retention

ChurnZero

In 2025, the top customer leaders are engineering retention by building systems that detect risk early, reinforce value continuously, and empower every team member to act. Based on SaaS Capital’s 14th annual B2B SaaS benchmarking survey results, NRR across all quartiles and ACV levels are growing. Have you segmented your customers yet?