Baremetrics

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Equity financing is a method of capital raising via the selling of stock. They may need cash to meet immediate financial obligations or have a longer-term objective and require capital to invest in their development. What is Equity Financing in SaaS? Equity Financing 2. Debt Financing (Loan) 3. Table of Contents.

Finance 98

Finance Venture Capital SaaS Payments Payments 98

Chargebee

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Based on a benchmark report from PwC, Finance teams continue to spend about 30-40% of their bandwidth on data collection, quality checks, and reporting. While our customers deeply appreciate the efforts and time their Finance teams invest in ensuring everything runs smoothly, we’re always looking for ways to lighten their load.

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Baremetrics

APRIL 21, 2021

In this article, we shall get back to basics: What is SaaS finance, and what financial phases can you expect your business to go through? When it comes to understanding finance for SaaS companies, there are key differences between more traditional financial models and SaaS-specific financial modeling and forecasting. Table of Contents.

Finance 98

Finance Scale SaaS Forecasting 98

ChurnZero

JUNE 9, 2023

Finance understands this intuitively, so they are inclined to support budget requests that will help teams close more deals. So said Randy Wootton , chief executive officer at Maxio and Alli Tiscornia , chief customer officer at ChurnZero in our webinar, “ Finance & CS: Charting a path to profitability.”

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Finance Metrics Customer Success Headcount 98

Baremetrics

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Bookkeeping, accounting, and finance management are all critical to the financial success of your business. In this article, we will explore the following comparisons: bookkeeping vs. accounting, accounting vs. controller, controller vs. finance, finance vs. bookkeeping. Controller, CFO, and finance What is a controller?

Finance 98

Finance Payment Services Payment Features Forecasting 98

Andreessen Horowitz

MARCH 31, 2022

We wrote about the CFO in crisis mode and the need for better software to be built for the finance suite. … The post Investing in Datanomik appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz. If the average CFO is in a crisis, the emerging markets CFO serve are in an even bigger crisis!

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Investment Finance Software Marketing 106

Blulogix

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Beyond Finance: Why Embracing Monetization as a Cross-Functional Discipline Changes the Game By BluLogix Team Redefining the Role of Monetization in Modern Businesses In the swiftly evolving digital marketplace, the concept of monetization extends far beyond the confines of the finance department.

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Baremetrics

JANUARY 24, 2022

Invoice financing is an excellent option for SaaS companies looking for a fast and easy way to earn a short-term type of funding. With this type of financing, invoices serve as collateral rather than your own assets.That means 0 borrowed money like with traditional loans. What is Invoice Financing? What is Invoice Financing?

Payment Features 98

Payment Features Finance SaaS Payments Payment Services 98

Baremetrics

MAY 7, 2019

There are more funding and financing options for startups today than there ever have been before. There’s also been an explosion in debate and transparency about navigating startup funding and financing. Let’s explore the funding and financing options for your startup. Funding Your Startup. How To Evaluate Funding Options.

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Finance Startup SaaS Payments Payment Methods 111

Andreessen Horowitz

MAY 27, 2021

When crypto first emerged, the traditional finance world mostly ignored it. We expected these institutions would eventually want to participate in the crypto economy, and that there would be a need for a company that would help bridge the gap … The post Investing in Talos appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.

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Investment Finance Blockchain 104

SaaStr

MARCH 4, 2024

Non-Dilutive Financing and Venture Debt Do Have Their Place, But They Have Their Risks, Too. And They Aren’t Free, Either I am definitely a fan of non-dilutive financing and venture debt when used conservatively. For example, if you’re basically break-even and have millions or more in ARR, some debt can help you invest a smidge more.

Finance 226

Finance Payment Solutions Payments Pricing 226

SaaStr

JANUARY 25, 2024

What’s your most recent disclosed investment? Our most recent disclosed investment is in Pika.art, a company redesigning the entire video-making and editing experience utilizing AI. What’s your sweet spot for investing — check size, stage, type of deal? Why did you do the deal? And how big is your current fund?

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SaaStr

JANUARY 23, 2023

We just did our latest Workshop Wednesday with Omers Growth, and they only did one growth investment last year. A great deep dive on later-stage SaaS investing here: And look venture is a mess today. Crypto investments are going bankrupt. Unicorns that looked like sure things a year ago are now running out of money.

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IT World

JANUARY 24, 2022

Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) are apparently eager to invest in technology to help attract — and keep — finance talent and workers with artificial intelligence (AI) and machine-learning (ML) skills, according to a new survey. To read this article in full, please click here

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Chart Mogul

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

What are the best options for financing based on the stage of the company? What are the best options for financing based on the stage of the company? We speak about current drivers and tendencies in funding and fundraising, revenue-based financing, and the metrics that distinguish the fastest-growing companies.

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Finance Payments Revenue Retention 52

SaaSOptics

JUNE 24, 2021

Debt vs. Equity: The SaaS Financing Landscape . Deciding between raising debt vs. equity financing? 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. .

Finance 59

Finance Venture Capital SaaS Banking 59

Kellblog

FEBRUARY 6, 2021

They promise, among other things, to “make finance beautiful” and the whole thing strikes me as a product-led growth strategy for a new tool to build financial models outside of traditional spreadsheets. The company has raised an undisclosed amount of angel financing and has over 30 employees. They tell their story well.

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Finance Forecasting Software Review Systems Review 87

Point Nine Land

JUNE 3, 2020

At the same time, tech companies are better off than any other industry, and, to answer the question posed in the headline, VCs are still investing (we’re one of them). More importantly, there can be significant and varying delays between the closing and the announcement of a financing round. But enough ado, let’s look at the data.

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Investment Finance Startup SaaS 87

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Companies are waiting too long to hire a CFO or VP of Finance. Companies Are Waiting Too Long To Hire A CFO or VP of Finance A lot of founders hire a VP of Ops instead. On the one hand, startups are much worse at finance and controls. How does he choose just 4-5 investments in these early stages?

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 14, 2023

What’s your most recent disclosed investment? What’s your sweet spot for investing — check size, stage, type of deal? Bessemer’s typical growth stage investment is $20 million+ for series B+, but we invest through pre-IPO. What’s different about your fund / how you invest and support founders?

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Chart Mogul

AUGUST 15, 2019

Revenue-based financing is quickly becoming a popular way for startups to raise funds without sacrificing equity. New investment structures are gaining traction in the early-stage SaaS financing market. Bigfoot Capital invests in initial-scale SaaS companies using both RBF and venture debt investment structures.

Finance 85

Finance Payments Revenue Payment Solutions 85

Tom Tunguz

APRIL 16, 2023

In The Figures that Will Move the Venture Capital Market in the Next 3-5 Years , I wrote about the correlation between interest rates & venture capital investing. The chart above shows the predicted invested in grey & actuals in orange. About one third of the way through the year, early stage VCs have invested about $16.5b

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SaaStr

AUGUST 14, 2023

The traditional practice is that VC funds have the startup pay both their fees and the VC’s legal fees in the financing. In a truly tiny financing (<$500k-$1m) or SAFE notes and the like, however, any investor-side legal fees are often just paid by the investors. It doesn’t matter in the end. It’s just a condition of the funding.

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Finance Banking Startup Investment 206

SaaStr

DECEMBER 7, 2023

What’s your most recent disclosed investment? We recently invested in Respondology. Foremost, we invested in the company as they put together a world-class team with experience and knowledge in the space. What’s your sweet spot for investing — check size, stage, type of deal? Why did you do the deal?

Development Team Review 225

Development Team Review Management Technical Review Social Media 225

Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 7, 2020

“Support isn’t just a cost center, but a strategic investment that increases customer retention and reduces churn” Indeed, if you look at the broader financial models of customer support, you’ll see that support isn’t just a cost center, but a strategic investment that increases customer retention and reduces churn.

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Customer Support Investment Scale Retention 196

How To Buy Saas

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

It requires strategic investments and a proactive approach to growing your money. If you’re keen on multiplying your wealth, buckle up because we’re about to unveil a game-changing strategy that combines education and smart investing. By enrolling in relevant courses, you equip yourself with valuable skills and insights.

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Education Investment Artificial Intelligence Finance 40

OPEXEngine

MAY 4, 2021

Corporate finance experience is declining, while investment banking is rising, as a path to the CFO seat, CFO Dive data shows. The most sure-fire way for aspiring CFOs to attract the notice of CEOs and boards is to bring a strategic mindset, communicate well and showcase a background in operational finance, recruiters say. .

Payment Services 52

Payment Services Finance Communication Strategy 52

SaaStr

JULY 25, 2023

What VCs will want to make sure is that: The founders are adequately incented going forward The angels before them, as a group, don’t have control or blocking rights over future financings. But even then, they’ll just tell you. “We’ll need to change X and Y before we can invest.”

Finance 225

Finance Investment Leadership Strategy 225

OPEXEngine

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

It’s a long-term investment in your SaaS company’s growth and ongoing elimination of customer churn. Embracing a streamlined and modern accounting workflow is one of the best things you can do if your goal is to leverage finance into a true revenue generator. An automated accounting suite isn’t just another purchase for the office.

SaaS Payments 52

SaaS Payments Finance Churn Payment Services 52

OPEXEngine

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

It’s a long-term investment in your SaaS company’s growth and ongoing elimination of customer churn. Embracing a streamlined and modern accounting workflow is one of the best things you can do if your goal is to leverage finance into a true revenue generator. An automated accounting suite isn’t just another purchase for the office.

SaaS Payments 52

SaaS Payments Finance Churn Payment Services 52

FastSpring

JULY 12, 2019

Here’s a quick guide to help you understand customer lifetime value and learn how you can use this subscription finance metric to improve your business. With such heavy investments in customer acquisition, your business needs to make sure you’re recouping the sizeable investment you’re making. What is Customer Lifetime Value?

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SaaSX

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

we thought we’d spotlight some of our favorite SaaS financing pieces. The many facets of SaaS financing remain among the most confusing, overwhelming and scary topics for young SaaS founders. SaaS finance success requires careful research, patience, critical thinking and brutal honesty with yourself. Blake Koriath.

Finance 49

Finance Deferred Revenue SaaS Forecasting 49

OPEXEngine

JANUARY 28, 2020

As Chief Credit Officer at Lighter Capital, I work behind the scenes grappling with the data that informs all of our decision-making regarding financing deals, from revenue-based financing (RBF) to term loans and lines of credit. What should VCs make of revenue-based financing? Funding options by stage of growth.

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SaaStr

MARCH 20, 2024

For instance, Founders Fund doesn’t really invest in AI, health tech, or edtech, even if you’re growing 5x. For smaller companies, go after the founders because they likely won’t have finance people yet. For Mid-Market companies, you might connect with people in finance or accounting. Each VC has a different “flavor.”

Sales Hiring 258

Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting Scale Headcount 258

SaaStr

MARCH 22, 2024

Different Pathways to CRO For Jane Kim, former CRO of CircleCl,, she used to work in finance before transitioning to SaaS. During her time in finance, she did multi-million dollar deals with 12 to 18-month deal cycles. After switching to SaaS, she started as an SMB sales leader with no prior management or SMB sales experience.

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Scale Underperforming Technical Team SMB Finance 242

Tom Tunguz

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

PitchBook surmises non-traditional VC (aka hot money) comprises 78% of venture dollars invested in 2021. Across Series A to Series E rounds in the US, hedge funds participated in 63% of startup financings worth more than $200B in 2021. That figure didn’t crest $4b ten years ago. But by how much?

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Finance Pricing Investment Startup 342

SaaStr

JULY 7, 2021

If your prior investors aren’t 100% positive, or at least, 90% positive on the investment … usually … the Next Round guys simply won’t invest. They will almost instantly smell the lack of commitment, and see it as a sign not to invest. And forget about most bank-style debt financing if your VCs aren’t 100% supportive.

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Banking Venture Capital Finance Investment 351