SaaStr

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

Something that’s both not surprising but also pretty impactful: 57% of venture-backed startups will have to go “back to market” in 2024 to raise more capital. And realistically, most won’t have the metrics to pull off another round. VCs don’t give startups 10 years of capital.

Startup 302

Startup Venture Capital Azure AWS 302

OPEXEngine

DECEMBER 7, 2021

There is an appetite for usage-based pricing, and we expect this to continue to accelerate in the coming months,” says Kyle Poyar, operating partner at OpenView, a venture capital firm. It has tended to be used most in infrastructure platforms, like AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure. Closely watched SaaS metrics.

Subscription 52

Subscription Payment Features Pricing SaaS 52

SaaStr

AUGUST 12, 2022

If you didn’t catch it the other day … and you can read about it on SaaStr …Microsoft and Google Cloud both had extremely strong quarters, Microsoft Azure grew 40% last quarter , and a record number of nine-figure and billion-dollar deals. Microsoft Azure’s at incredible scale and it still grew 40% last quarter.

Scale 186

Scale SaaS Payments Scaling SaaS 186

SaaStr

JULY 29, 2020

I mean them an Azure, like they’ve just had tremendous success, but 10 years ago that wasn’t a given. I mean, we’re an engineering-driven company and that’s where we love and we celebrate it, but it is so hard to compare technology between one company and another, it’s way easier to compare business metrics.

Sales Hiring 171

Sales Hiring Outsourcing Services Scale Sales Recruiting 171