Clouded Judgement

JANUARY 12, 2024

If we rewind the clock back to 2021, the venture funding market went crazy. I pulled some data from Pitchbook that you can see below (screen was for US based companies that they categorize as “software”). Companies that do not disclose subscription rev have been left out of the analysis and are listed as NA.

Cloud 284

Cloud Venture Capital Acquisition Metrics 284

Totango

JANUARY 15, 2019

While it’s no doubt a thrill to pursue and persuade a new customer to work with your enterprise, for software and subscription-based businesses, the real value lies in customer retention. The modern subscription-based economy has empowered customers to think short-term , with promises of being able to opt-in, cancel anytime, and leave freely.

Retention 75

Retention Subscription Payment Features Strategy 75

SaaStr

APRIL 28, 2019

With Slack’s IPO data and financials finally public, what is left to know about the app we all use and have been reading about for years? million funded by Slack and the balance funded by the venture capital funds who partner with Slack Fund.” Slack is obviously a rocketship going from $0 to ~$600m+ ARR (!)

Scale 275

Scale Venture Capital SMB Enterprise 275

SaaStr

MARCH 15, 2021

(or Really, #1) “State of the Cloud 2021 with Bessemer Venture Partners” This annual SaaStr tradition with Bessemer Venture Partners is better than ever. Do a deep dive into the data, trends and more in Cloud in 2021. Yes, you can get to $100m in revenues without $100m in venture capital. #6.

Cloud 140

Cloud CTO Scale Venture Capital 140

SaaStr

JULY 5, 2019

How Would a Person Start a Venture Capital Fund? If you are selling to SMBs, this is a really good post with a lot of data. Some good and surprising data in here. #7. More data here. #14. What’s A Typical Price Increase I Can Expect When Renewing A SaaS Subscription? People do seem to want to know.

Sales Hiring 172

Sales Hiring Scale Venture Capital Acquisition 172

The SaaS Garage

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

We chose to invest in Loyalty Prime as it provides an effective solution to deliver on the widely preached but seldomly fulfilled promise in data-driven marketing and personalization: being able to provide “the right offer to the right person at the right time, in the right channel and with the right message for impactful business results.”

Generative AI 90

Generative AI Artificial Intelligence CTO Coach Venture Capital 90

Scytale

JANUARY 22, 2024

It builds the needed level of trust between internal teams, upper management, third-party vendors, and clients and proves that you have prioritized client privacy and information security. When speaking of SOC 2, you have a report verifying that a service organization’s security controls meet industry standards.

Payment Services 52

Payment Services compliance Startup SaaS Payments 52

SaaSOptics

JUNE 24, 2021

In a recent webinar, SaaSOptics CEO Tim McCormick and Bigfoot Capital CEO Brian Parks discussed the changes that have taken place across the SaaS financing landscape, particularly those in debt financing of SaaS companies. . As a debt lender, Bigfoot Capital CEO Brian Parks takes a data-driven approach to choose partnerships to pursue.

Finance 59

Finance Venture Capital SaaS Banking 59

ProfitWell

MAY 18, 2020

Why it's never been easier to sell subscription. Some good news regarding this data—overall, DTC growth is continuing to trend upward. Be sure to check your subscriber newsletter every Monday morning so that you can kickstart the week with some fresh data on DTC growth. Know anyone who might also benefit from this data?

Data 52

Data Sales Hiring Customer Lifetime Value Subscription 52

Buffer Resources

AUGUST 2, 2023

I was working at a Venture Capital firm and was feeling the itch to create something new on my own. After some time in Venture Capital, I took the knowledge I built around market research and started applying it to my personal life. In December 2022, I was starting to long for something more.

Business 88

Business Venture Capital Technical Review Trends 88

SaaSOptics

MAY 22, 2018

Magazines, newspapers, life insurance, phones, security services, and a long list of products and services have been sold for decades using the subscription model. The difference now is how important and meaningful the subscription model has become to the national economic engine. What has changed?

Subscription 40

Subscription Payment Features Technical Review Airlines 40

SaaSOptics

MAY 22, 2018

Magazines, newspapers, life insurance, phones, security services, and a long list of products and services have been sold for decades using the subscription model. The difference now is how important and meaningful the subscription model has become to the national economic engine. What has changed?

Subscription 40

Subscription Payment Features Technical Review Airlines 40

User Pilot

AUGUST 10, 2023

According to venture capital firm Sequoia , the standard DAU/MAU ratio is 10-20%, with only a handful of companies having over 50%. ” For example, a business communication tool like Slack expects users to log in daily, but invoicing tools know their users will only visit 1-4 times monthly. The opposite is also true).

Metrics 79

Metrics Venture Capital Benchmarks Engagement 79

ChurnZero

JANUARY 28, 2021

. “Borrowing from venture capitalist Marc Andreessen , ‘software continues to eat the world.’ Our highly selective, data-driven software award honors customer-obsessed SaaS platforms that go above and beyond to deliver extraordinary experiences,” commented Matt Harney , Founder of APPEALIE. TripleSeat.

Software Review 96

Software Review Technical Review Systems Review Venture Capital 96

ChurnZero

MARCH 4, 2021

ChurnZero, the highest-rated and fastest-growing Customer Success platform for subscription businesses, today announced that it has received $25 million in Series B funding led by JMI Equity, a growth equity firm focused on investing in leading software companies. For more information visit [link].

Venture Capital 98

Venture Capital Subscription Payment Features Innovation 98

ChurnZero

JANUARY 18, 2024

The role of the chief customer officer has become an essential function in subscription-based business models such as software-as-a-service (SaaS), where customer retention is paramount and requires executive-level leadership. SaaS businesses, meanwhile, benefit from predictable streams of recurring revenue.

Development Team Review 52

Development Team Review Technical Review Software Review Sales Hiring 52

Hitenism

JANUARY 16, 2017

Optimizely CEO Dan Siroker wrote in this Quora post : “This was a journey we committed to back in August 2015 to put us on a path to sustained growth and profitability without additional venture capital. Use venture capital to scale an inside sales team and dial for dollars to gain market share. Have we hit peak SaaS?

Scale 147

Scale Venture Capital SaaS Headcount 147

Andreessen Horowitz

OCTOBER 4, 2023

However, if a company has backing from a venture capital firm, we would recommend that they meet with their venture firms first to review the firm’s existing relationships and/or to get recommendations for lenders based on the company’s stage and preference. What type of asset is the company creating? for consideration.

Outsourcing Services 123

Outsourcing Services Software Review Scale Banking 123

Tom Tunguz

OCTOBER 12, 2014

WorkDay envisions being the place of record for all Human Resources data for companies with more than 5,000 employees. In 2009 and 2010, the company recognized more revenue from services than subscription. Over time, subscription revenue will continue to increase compared to services revenue.

Benchmarks 113

Benchmarks Deferred Revenue Venture Capital Outsourced Development 113

ChurnZero

JANUARY 14, 2021

A product’s satisfaction score is calculated by a proprietary algorithm that factors in real-user satisfaction ratings from review data. ChurnZero helps subscription businesses fight customer churn. and is backed by leading angles and venture capital firms such as Baird Capital, Grotech Ventures and Middleland Capital.

Software Review 96

Software Review Venture Capital Customer Success Acquisition 96

FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Less focus on venture capital or funding rounds. One of the recent questions we had for members was to let us know what kind of benchmarking data and metrics they’d like to see FastSpring release. (An That includes: A global focus. More established professionals and businesses (less students and early-stage startups).

SaaS Payments 124

SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Merchant Services Software Review 124

The SaaS Garage

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

We chose to invest in Loyalty Prime as it provides an effective solution to deliver on the widely preached but seldomly fulfilled promise in data-driven marketing and personalization: being able to provide “the right offer to the right person at the right time, in the right channel and with the right message for impactful business results.”

Generative AI 52

Generative AI Artificial Intelligence CTO Coach Venture Capital 52

Baremetrics

AUGUST 23, 2021

This means increasing your Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) on the one hand and minimizing your churn on the other. Pay suppliers that offer an early payment discount first. Conversely, try and negotiate longer interest-free invoicing periods where possible. All the data your startup needs! Cisco Systems Inc. Facebook Inc.

Business 96

Business Payment Services SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 96

ProfitWell

DECEMBER 4, 2019

SaaS, or software as a service, is a delivery model in which a centrally hosted software is licensed to customers via a subscription plan. A SaaS company maintains responsibility for the servers, database (and the data they contain), and other software that allow their product to be accessed and used. Recurring payments.

Business Model 54

Business Model SaaS Payments Payment Methods Payments 54

Buffer Resources

AUGUST 2, 2023

I was working at a Venture Capital firm and was feeling the itch to create something new on my own. After some time in Venture Capital, I took the knowledge I built around market research and started applying it to my personal life. In December 2022, I was starting to long for something more.

Business 52

Business Venture Capital Technical Review Trends 52

ChurnZero

JULY 27, 2020

FrontRunner elevates verified end-user reviews and product data, positioning the top scoring products based on Usability and Customer Satisfaction ratings. . Thus could include operational, transnational, attitudinal, or experiential customer data. . ChurnZero helps subscription businesses fight customer churn. About ChurnZero.

Software Review 75

Software Review Software Venture Capital Churn 75

Baremetrics

MAY 7, 2019

million – about half of all the cash they had on hand – to buy out their main venture capital investors after eight years since founding. Taking pre-orders from customers , encouraging annual subscriptions , and even offering lifetime deals are just a few ways to make it work as a bootstrapping purist. Venture Capital.

Finance 111

Finance Startup SaaS Payments Payment Methods 111

SaaSHolic

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

We’ve decided to put together a killer list, categorized and organized to help you find and consume world-class SaaS and subscription content from the best people and companies in the market. The list is organized into four categories: entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, communities, and companies.

Venture Capital 52

Venture Capital SaaS Social Media Startup 52

Baremetrics

APRIL 23, 2021

SaaS businesses rely on customer loyalty for recurring subscription revenue rather than one-time purchases. They have to accurately predict how long customers will maintain their subscriptions to forecast their financial future appropriately. Check out our post on 30 SaaS founders on raising money and venture capital.

Metrics 71

Metrics Customer Lifetime Value SaaS Venture Capital 71

SaaSHolic

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

We’ve decided to put together a killer list, categorized and organized to help you find and consume world-class SaaS and subscription content from the best people and companies in the market. The list is organized into four categories: entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, communities, and companies.

Venture Capital 52

Venture Capital SaaS Social Media Startup 52

ChurnZero

JANUARY 3, 2020

A product’s Momentum Score is calculated by a proprietary algorithm that factors in social, web, employee and review data that G2 has deemed influential in a company’s momentum. To find out why our customers rate us so highly and understand the impact we can bring to your subscription business, sign up for a live demo today. . .

Customer Success 69

Customer Success Venture Capital Software Review Technical Review 69

ChurnZero

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Iron Mountain Data Centers. About ChurnZero ChurnZero helps subscription businesses fight customer churn. and is backed by leading angles and venture capital firms such as Baird Capital, Grotech Ventures and Middleland Capital. Intact Technology. Single Point Global, Inc. Axiologic Solutions.

Technical Review 98

Technical Review Systems Review Software Review Government 98

ProfitWell

MARCH 12, 2020

And Rent the Runway adds a new membership option to amp up its presence in the subscription clothing space. Listen wherever you get podcasts: Your top subscription news. We’ve had our eyes on Rent the Runway on the show before , as one of the more popular clothing subscriptions out there. And this may be a good move for them.

SaaS Payments 52

SaaS Payments Payment Services Payments Venture Capital 52

SaaSHolic

MAY 15, 2023

Three important factors for companies to consider when implementing AI are discussed: organizational structure, management systems, and leadership models, with an emphasis on simplicity and financial optimization in data processes.

Payment Methods 52

Payment Methods Blockchain Artificial Intelligence Payment Services 52

ChurnZero

AUGUST 23, 2019

A product’s Momentum Score is calculated by a proprietary algorithm that factors in social, web, employee and review data that G2 has deemed influential in a company’s momentum. To find out why our customers rate us so highly and understand the impact we can bring to your subscription business, sign up for a live demo today. . .

Software Review 56

Software Review Customer Success Software Venture Capital 56

ProfitWell

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Do you gun straight for the glamour (and pressure) of venture capital investment? What about a venture capitalist who might be sympathetic to your mission? Venture capital. Venture capital is provided by firms or funds founded specifically to give investment to fledgling companies. MRR growth.

Venture Capital 56

Venture Capital Scale SaaS Benchmarks 56

ChurnZero

APRIL 23, 2019

The ChurnZero solution helps subscription businesses fight customer churn, expand their current accounts, increase product adoption and optimize the overall customer experience. “At About ChurnZero ChurnZero helps subscription businesses fight customer churn. For more information, visit churnzero.net.

Venture Capital 40

Venture Capital Scale Churn Customer Success 40