Andreessen Horowitz

OCTOBER 4, 2023

For early stage companies, lenders are mostly underwriting based on existing investor support; with later-stage companies, they are underwriting to enterprise value and are more focused on company KPIs, churn, and related metrics. Examples could include installment loans, credit card receivables, or invoices.

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OPEXEngine

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Compared to 2020, the number of SaaS enterprises that IPOed in 2021 has surged by a whopping 121% , and there is little doubt why Saas companies are getting so much investor interest. When it comes to IPOs, 2021 was an excellent year for SaaS companies.

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Tom Tunguz

APRIL 16, 2013

Successful SMB SaaS companies have reinvented their businesses eschewing the expensive enterprise sales model in favor of end-user centric marketing, support and product development. These businesses often look more like consumer startups than enterprise startups. It’s all because of the nature of the market.

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Tom Tunguz

APRIL 25, 2012

SMB SaaS companies sell to a radically different market than enterprise software companies. The average traditional enterprise software company sells to firms with 3300 employees whose average payroll is $160M annually. Of course, the true number depends on the market segment: sales, HR, payroll, expense management, etc.

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Upscope

JANUARY 23, 2021

Enterprises have, on average, 288 different SaaS apps in usage across their businesses" The report by Blisfully was published in Oct 2019 so take into account that spending on SaaS has likely rocketed since then due to the pandemic forcing organisations to go cloud first. "The Huge enterprises have the same dilemma as small ones.

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