FastSpring

JANUARY 9, 2025

the future of monetizing your game direct to consumer looks brighter than ever. That said, you might be wondering what strategies work within the confines of today’s rules and if it’s even possible to earn 50% or more of your game’s revenue through D2C. With changes to legislation in the EU and lawsuits in the U.S.,

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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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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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Stax

JUNE 18, 2025

Software tailored to your industry? Unlike horizontal SaaS solutions that serve a broad range of businesses, vertical SaaS solutions are designed with deep knowledge of specific markets—making them more intuitive, efficient, and impactful. Since vertical SaaS platforms are niche-focused (e.g., Integration with other software.

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SaaStr

JULY 22, 2025

They’re not just growing revenue—they’re building sustainable competitive moats. Revenue Velocity Canva, which is now valued at $40 billion, added $157 million in value daily since its prior funding in April 2021.

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SaaStr

APRIL 30, 2025

ServiceTitan, the operating system for the trades, continues to scale impressively, with $772M in FY25 revenue, $800m+ ARR and a clear path to $1B ARR. Theyve built a true operating system for the tradeshandling everything from CRM to payments to field service management. Moving Upmarket: $100K+ Customers Now Drive 50% of Revenue.

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Stax

MARCH 16, 2025

The average churn rate for the software industry as a whole is 14%. As a SaaS business leader, reducing software user churn is an important part of maintaining your customer base and increasing revenue. TL;DR The average software industry churn rate is 14%, but SaaS companies should aim for under 2%.

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Blulogix

DECEMBER 26, 2024

By Inga Broerman Building a Competitive Edge Through Channel Partnerships In an increasingly competitive subscription economy, channel partnerships have become a beacon for businesses seeking scalable growth and sustainable revenue streams. Billing software with advanced integration capabilities plays a pivotal role in enabling this.

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Blulogix

JANUARY 2, 2025

Alongside this expansion, the industry is experiencing significant consolidation , with mergers and acquisitions creating larger, more diversified players. For smaller and mid-sized businesses, this consolidation presents both challenges and opportunities. This eliminates manual processes, reduces errors, and speeds up billing cycles.

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How To Buy Saas

DECEMBER 20, 2024

SaaS accounting requires in-depth knowledge about the industry and your business, including the strenuous task of keeping a record of your company’s earnings and expenses. So if you are a new SaaS business owner or are planning to explore this market, here is a complete and comprehensive SaaS accounting guide to get started.

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ChurnZero

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

There are certainly tactics that work best for specific groups: by industry (software vs hardware, or retail, or services, or healthcare, etc.) When you sell to a business, the buyer might be thinking about the needs of the company, of their team, and of themselvesso you might need three value propositions! 3: Make onboarding seamless.

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User Pilot

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

For instance, the spend management platform Pleo saw a 10X increase in conversion rates after implementing interactive demos. Choose the right interactive demo software : There are tons of tools out there, and deciding which one to use can be challenging. The key is to choose interactive demo software that meets your needs and budget.

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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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Panintelligence

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Software as a service (SaaS) organizations have always been at the forefront of innovation. It's the nature of the business. Together, AI and SaaS are reshaping business operations, redefining customer experiences, and driving innovation across industries. What is AI SaaS?

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Stax

JUNE 17, 2025

The world of payments is constantly evolving, with new technologies and shifting business demands reshaping how money moves. In an interview with Karen Webster , CEO of PYMNTS , Paulette Rowe , CEO of Stax, pulled back the curtain on the critical strategies and innovations driving the next wave of payment partnerships.

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SaaStr

JUNE 30, 2025

The major SaaS providers have announced another round of significant price increases for 2025, continuing a trend that’s putting pressure on enterprise software budgets across the board. After years of relatively stable pricing, these companies are leveraging their market positions to drive revenue growth through higher per-seat costs.

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Blulogix

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

By Inga Broerman The Renewal Blind Spot: Where Subscription Businesses Lose the Most Revenue Renewals should be a source of predictable, recurring revenue yet for many subscription businesses, they are a pain point filled with inefficiencies, missed opportunities, and revenue leakage.

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Jordan demonstrates how to use the FIND (Focus, Investigate, Narrate, Deploy) process for your go-to-market strategy and how to speed this up with OpenAI’s Deep Research AI tool. Jordan also shares the prompts and processes he uses when researching target accounts, messaging buyers, and driving revenue. com slash GTM.

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Payrix

MARCH 20, 2024

In a market shaped by fierce competition, emerging technologies, and dominating customer expectations, B2B software companies have evaluated many angles of differentiation to keep the attention of their customers. Among the most recent strategies proving successful for software companies is Embedded Payments.

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Stax

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Acquisition of BlockChyp brings new technology and industry expertise to Stax, furthering its evolution as a leading payment processor ORLANDO – October 1, 2024 – Stax , a leading payment technology provider, today announced its acquisition of BlockChyp , further expanding the company’s end-to-end processing capabilities.

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Payrix

JULY 24, 2024

With their sights set on elevating the customer experience, deepening user engagement, and driving sustainable growth, there’s one thing software companies are making room for in their roadmap: Embedded Payments. However, not all Embedded Payments solutions are built under the same standards.

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Payrix

JULY 17, 2024

How to implement a software payment solution to elevate your business management platform The software industry has always had the reputation of advancing at breakneck speeds. In recent years, many have discovered the value of Embedded Payments to elevate that experience.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 28, 2024

Only 20% of Revenue from “SaaS”, 80% From Transactions and Float (Fintech) Bill started off 100% SaaS, and slowly and deliberately added payments. Fast forward to today, and only 20% of its revenue is from software subscriptions. But both are still at their core software platforms.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

We’ll share the answers in today’s brand new episode of CRO Confidential, where our host Sam Blond, partner at Founders Fund, sits down with Toast CRO, Jonathan Vassil to talk about their proven customer acquisition strategies that led to its record-breaking growth. It’s the fastest-growing software business of all time.

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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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Payrix

MAY 14, 2024

When it comes to software, success doesn’t hinge on innovation alone. No one knows this better (or more intimately) than a software company Chief Revenue Officer (CRO). Adam Tesan, CRO at Worldpay for Platforms, is a seasoned executive leader with decades of experience in sales, marketing, and revenue in the software space.

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USIO

JANUARY 15, 2024

Subscription Models: Usio will provide general insights into why subscription-based payment processing is often considered advantageous for Software as a Service (SaaS) businesses. Predictable Revenue Streams: Subscription models provide a consistent and predictable revenue stream for SaaS companies.

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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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SaaStr

JULY 30, 2024

Okta’s VP of Engineering, Monica Bajaj, and Senior Director of Platform Product Marketing, Priya Ramamurthi, share Okta’s playbook to PLG, developer experience, and Enterprise ARR. PLG ensures your product is doing the work for you in terms of customer advocacy, acquisition, and retention. Lower customer acquisition costs.

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Payrix

MARCH 12, 2024

Embedded Payments have become a popular initiative among vertical specific software companies looking to deliver a more seamless customer experience, introduce new revenue into the business, and stay competitive in today’s digital world. How do they think about attaching payments to those existing customers?

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

So one of SaaStr Fund’s latest investments is Mangomint, a vertical SaaS platform for spas and salons. There are multiple vendors in different segments, including Mindbody which IPO’d a SaaS generation ago and then taken private in a $2B Vista acquisition. Now … that sounds niche, and it sounds crowded.

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Tom Tunguz

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

The contracts are identical twelve month contracts except for the payment terms. Contract B relaxes payment terms to monthly payment, 12 monthly installments for the next year. The payback period metric doesn’t capture the difference in the quality of the revenue/cash collections.

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Payrix

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Software companies embark on their embedded payments journey only to discover they’ve underestimated the complexity that’s involved and struggle to launch. If you’re thinking about Embedded Payments for your platform, make time to listen to this episode of the PayFAQ Embedded Payments podcast.

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Payrix

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Software-led payments have grown in popularity, and for good reason. Last year, we sat down with several of the payments experts that roam the halls of Worldpay to understand what was on the horizon for software platforms and payments.

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Tom Tunguz

AUGUST 26, 2020

TTM Revenue, $M. Revenue Growth. At the time of IPO, Asana generates more revenue, $162M in revenue to Smartsheet’s $111M. Asana is also growing faster, 86% annual revenue growth vs. SmartSheet’s 66%. Asana generates about 2x the loss of SmartSheet as a percentage of revenue. SmartSheet.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 21, 2024

Only 18% of Revenue From SaaS. Shopify and Bill both also get the majority of their revenue from financial fees and transaction fees, not software subscriptions. But Toast even more so, at 18% of revenue. They are now profitable, but it’s not easy when 80% of your revenue only has 20%-28% gross margins. #4.

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Enter the platform company. Or if you’ve ever gotten a 2 cent and a 4 cent deposit into your account as you’re trying to set up direct deposit or payments transfers, that’s a pre-Plaid world. Zach : So in our back end, we’ve integrated with about 10,000 financial institutions in the U.S. Zach : About 260.

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