Clouded Judgement

MARCH 15, 2024

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Multiples shown below are calculated by taking the Enterprise Value (market cap + debt - cash) / NTM revenue. Subscribe now Share Clouded Judgement Leave a comment Follow along to stay up to date! Overall Stats: Overall Median: 6.2x

Cloud 161

Cloud Software Review Subscription Payment Features 161

Clouded Judgement

APRIL 19, 2024

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Multiples shown below are calculated by taking the Enterprise Value (market cap + debt - cash) / NTM revenue. Subscribe now Share Clouded Judgement Leave a comment Follow along to stay up to date! NTM revenue multiple. Top 5 Median: 16.3x

Cloud 141

Cloud Scale Subscription Payment Features 141

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

And yes, I know we can argue Databricks is neither really Cloud nor really SaaS. I’d argue that doesn’t much matter — its comparables are the Cloud and SaaS leaders). Canva image from here ) The post Canva and Databricks: The Two Big Potential SaaS / Cloud IPOs of 2024 appeared first on SaaStr.

Cloud 273

Cloud SaaS Enterprise Branding 273

Clouded Judgement

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. General purpose GenAI tools dominate the market today, but the tooling layer is starting to emerge to allow enterprises to fine tune models to their specific data. We’re still in the early days of the cloud.” Top 5 Median: 16.6x

AWS 293

AWS Cloud AI Search Cost optimization & reporting 293

Clouded Judgement

APRIL 12, 2024

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Multiples shown below are calculated by taking the Enterprise Value (market cap + debt - cash) / NTM revenue. Subscribe now Share Clouded Judgement Leave a comment Follow along to stay up to date! vs expectations of +3.4% (and +3.2%

Cloud 141

Cloud Subscription Payment Features Revenue 141

Clouded Judgement

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Multiples shown below are calculated by taking the Enterprise Value (market cap + debt - cash) / NTM revenue. Subscribe now Share Clouded Judgement Leave a comment Follow along to stay up to date! Overall Stats: Overall Median: 6.4x

Cloud 177

Cloud Subscription Payment Features Metrics 177

Clouded Judgement

JANUARY 12, 2024

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Multiples shown below are calculated by taking the Enterprise Value (market cap + debt - cash) / NTM revenue. Subscribe now Share Clouded Judgement Leave a comment Follow along to stay up to date! Overall Stats: Overall Median: 5.9x

Cloud 284

Cloud Venture Capital Acquisition Metrics 284

Clouded Judgement

JANUARY 5, 2024

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. In the basket I track and discuss in Clouded Judgement (~80 companies), no one is up on the year. Multiples shown below are calculated by taking the Enterprise Value (market cap + debt - cash) / NTM revenue. Follow along to stay up to date!

Cloud 152

Cloud Trends Subscription Payment Features 152

Clouded Judgement

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. After the cloud giants reported this week, the timing of the presumed re-acceleration is very much in question. At the same time - Google Cloud also massively decelerated from 28% last quarter to 22% this quarter. which feels unlikely.

Cost optimization & reporting 152

Cost optimization & reporting Cloud Azure AWS 152

Clouded Judgement

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Subscribe now 2023 Top Performers In 2023, there were 14 cloud software companies that were up 100%+ this year (in the index I track of ~80 total)! Subscribe now Share Clouded Judgement Leave a comment Follow along to stay up to date!

Cloud 189

Cloud Software Review Subscription Payment Features 189

Clouded Judgement

MARCH 10, 2023

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Multiples shown below are calculated by taking the Enterprise Value (market cap + debt - cash) / NTM revenue. Subscribe now Share Clouded Judgement Leave a comment Follow along to stay up to date! Overall Stats: Overall Median: 5.8x

Cloud 244

Cloud Trends Subscription Payment Features 244

Clouded Judgement

MARCH 8, 2024

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Multiples shown below are calculated by taking the Enterprise Value (market cap + debt - cash) / NTM revenue. Subscribe now Share Clouded Judgement Leave a comment Follow along to stay up to date! below consensus). Top 5 Median: 19.4x

Cloud 161

Cloud Revenue Subscription Payment Features 161

Clouded Judgement

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. The second part is a nuanced point - the median cloud software stock is down 2% year-to-date. Multiples shown below are calculated by taking the Enterprise Value (market cap + debt - cash) / NTM revenue. Follow along to stay up to date!

Cloud 152

Cloud Metrics Subscription Payment Features 152

Clouded Judgement

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Hyperscaler Preview Next week Amazon, Microsoft and Google report earnings and we’ll see Q3 data for AWS, Azure and Google Cloud. Multiples shown below are calculated by taking the Enterprise Value (market cap + debt - cash) / NTM revenue.

Cloud 161

Cloud Azure AWS Software Review 161

Clouded Judgement

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Multiples shown below are calculated by taking the Enterprise Value (market cap + debt - cash) / NTM revenue. Subscribe now Share Clouded Judgement Leave a comment Follow along to stay up to date! Subscribe now Are Forward Estimates Going Up?

Cloud 195

Cloud Pricing Startup Revenue 195

Clouded Judgement

APRIL 14, 2023

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Net New ARR Slowdown It’s no secret that cloud software businesses have seen headwinds over the last couple quarters. Multiples shown below are calculated by taking the Enterprise Value (market cap + debt - cash) / NTM revenue.

Cloud 169

Cloud Subscription Payment Features Trends 169

Clouded Judgement

AUGUST 4, 2023

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Subscribe now Cloud Giants Update “What we're seeing in the quarter is that those cost optimizations, while still going on, are moderating and many maybe behind us in some of our large customers. Follow along to stay up to date!

Cloud 130

Cloud Azure Cost optimization & reporting AWS 130

Clouded Judgement

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Multiples shown below are calculated by taking the Enterprise Value (market cap + debt - cash) / NTM revenue. Subscribe now Share Clouded Judgement Leave a comment Follow along to stay up to date! Subscribe now Happy Thanksgiving!

Cloud 161

Cloud Subscription Payment Features Metrics 161

SaaStr

MAY 16, 2022

But at end of the day, in Cloud, the question is if CIO and related spend will slow down. So follow AWS, Azure and Google Cloud. So there’s much angst and even panic with so many SaaS and Cloud public stocks down 50% or more from their peaks. They are the Cloud. The post Cloud Stocks May Be Down.

Cloud 236

Cloud Azure AWS Engineering 236

Clouded Judgement

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Multiples shown below are calculated by taking the Enterprise Value (market cap + debt - cash) / NTM revenue. Subscribe now Share Clouded Judgement Leave a comment Follow along to stay up to date! Hard Landing? Soft Landing? No Landing?

Cloud 268

Cloud Software Review Technical Review Systems Review 268

Clouded Judgement

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Andy Jassy doubled down on some of the commentary he’s made in the last few weeks about cloud optimization headwinds starting to abate. Subscribe now Share Clouded Judgement Leave a comment Follow along to stay up to date!

Cloud 161

Cloud Software Review Headcount Trends 161

SaaStr

OCTOBER 26, 2021

So in January of 2021, Gartner predicted enterprise SaaS spend would grow by a stunning 10.2% Unprecedented levels of growth for business software in the enterprise. They’ve now updated that and predict an even further, and stunning, acceleration in enterprise software spend in 2022 — now up to 11.5%

Forecasting 302

Forecasting Enterprise Software Cloud 302

Clouded Judgement

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Multiples shown below are calculated by taking the Enterprise Value (market cap + debt - cash) / NTM revenue. Subscribe now Share Clouded Judgement Leave a comment Follow along to stay up to date! Could this be the sign of a slow rebound?

Cloud 161

Cloud AWS Metrics Subscription 161

Clouded Judgement

MAY 19, 2023

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Multiples shown below are calculated by taking the Enterprise Value (market cap + debt - cash) / NTM revenue. Subscribe now Share Clouded Judgement Leave a comment Follow along to stay up to date! Meanwhile, the Nasdaq is up >20%.

Cloud 161

Cloud Subscription Payment Features Retention 161

Tom Tunguz

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The enterprise segment outgrew the company’s average growth rate by 8 percentage points. For fiscal 2022, large customers represented 61% of total revenue compared to 54% of total revenue in 2021 and 46% in 2020… Overall NDR fell, but enterprise spending remains steady.

Cloud 243

Cloud Azure Headcount Software Review 243

SaaStr

MAY 28, 2022

So Gartner slices and dices its data a number of ways, but I find it invaluable to track enterprise and CIO sentiment. They predict public Cloud spending to rise 20% next year to $500 Billion. And that’s the key driver of overall Cloud spend. But overall — things are still growing like crazy in SaaS and Cloud.

Cloud 331

Cloud B2C SaaS Enterprise 331

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

Gartner has its latest report out , talking to hundreds of CIOs, and it breaks down projected SaaS spending in the enterprise in 2023: The summary: Gartner predicts SaaS spend in the enterprise will rise to $195 Billion in 2023, up 17% from $167 Billion in 2022. SaaS overall represents about a third of total Cloud spend.

Enterprise 258

Enterprise SaaS Cloud 258

Clouded Judgement

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Multiples shown below are calculated by taking the Enterprise Value (market cap + debt - cash) / NTM revenue. Subscribe now Share Clouded Judgement Leave a comment Follow along to stay up to date! Overall Stats: Overall Median: 6.3x

Cloud 183

Cloud Subscription Payment Features Metrics 183

IT World

JANUARY 25, 2023

Alphabet already plans to cut its workforce by 6% , it said on January 20, 2023, a move that will affect staff across the company including in its enterprise cloud computing division. To read this article in full, please click here

Cloud 93

Cloud Enterprise Compensation Management 93

Clouded Judgement

APRIL 21, 2023

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Morgan Stanley released a report yesterday suggesting “cloud optimizations [were] an intensifying headwind in Q1.” ” They anticipate Q1 will be the peak pressure on cloud spend, and we may see a re-acceleration heading into 2024.

Cloud 130

Cloud Azure AWS GCP(Google Cloud Platform) 130

Clouded Judgement

JANUARY 6, 2023

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Cloud Downgrades This week UBS came out with a couple research reports citing concerns in AWS / Azure growth. Multiples shown below are calculated by taking the Enterprise Value (market cap + debt - cash) / NTM revenue. Top 5 Median: 10.4x

Cloud 130

Cloud Azure AWS Underperforming Technical Team 130

Clouded Judgement

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Multiples shown below are calculated by taking the Enterprise Value (market cap + debt - cash) / NTM revenue. Subscribe now Share Clouded Judgement Leave a comment Follow along to stay up to date! consensus and +3.7% YoY in Aug Core CPI 4.1%

Cloud 169

Cloud Artificial Intelligence Subscription Payment Features 169

Clouded Judgement

MARCH 22, 2024

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Enterprise software businesses strive for 90-95% gross retention (generally the percent of revenue that sticks with you vs churns altogether), with net expansion in the 120%+ range (the aggregate change in expansion - contraction - churned revenue).

AI 183

AI Revenue Cloud Technical Advisors 183

Clouded Judgement

JANUARY 26, 2024

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Multiples shown below are calculated by taking the Enterprise Value (market cap + debt - cash) / NTM revenue. Subscribe now Share Clouded Judgement Leave a comment Follow along to stay up to date! Overall Stats: Overall Median: 6.0x

Cloud 161

Cloud Marketplace as a Service AI Subscription 161

Clouded Judgement

AUGUST 18, 2023

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Multiples shown below are calculated by taking the Enterprise Value (market cap + debt - cash) / NTM revenue. Subscribe now Share Clouded Judgement Leave a comment Follow along to stay up to date! Overall Stats: Overall Median: 5.7x

Cloud 243

Cloud Software Review Subscription Payment Features 243

Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 5, 2024

They addressed the top concern for CISOs: the impact of generative AI on enterprise security. What is the biggest security threat that enterprises face today? Generative AI represents a massive shift in how enterprises approach security, introducing several new considerations.

Generative AI 88

Generative AI AI Enterprise Artificial Intelligence 88

Clouded Judgement

JANUARY 19, 2024

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Multiples shown below are calculated by taking the Enterprise Value (market cap + debt - cash) / NTM revenue. Subscribe now Share Clouded Judgement Leave a comment Follow along to stay up to date! Overall Stats: Overall Median: 6.0x

Cloud 177

Cloud Scale Compensation Metrics 177