SaaStr

JUNE 5, 2020

This article looks at the history of SaaS as it relates to financial capital and production capital. I argue that standard saas metrics make it possible for founders to scale using debt capital (production capital thats cheaper) instead of solely relying on venture capital (financial capital thats more expensive). .

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Clouded Judgement

AUGUST 30, 2024

Simultaneously, venture markets have expanded dramatically, contributing to this overcrowding. In a world without venture capital (or other sources of external financing for startups), each company would have to grow solely based on the merits of their product and sales.

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SaaStr

APRIL 28, 2019

million funded by Slack and the balance funded by the venture capital funds who partner with Slack Fund.” million funded by Slack and the balance funded by the venture capital funds who partner with Slack Fund.” ” The Slack Fund is tiny. “As of January 31, 2019, Slack Fund has invested $10.1

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SaaStr

JULY 5, 2019

The Ultimate Guide to Scaling, Sales & Raising Capital (i.e., How Would a Person Start a Venture Capital Fund? What’s A Typical Price Increase I Can Expect When Renewing A SaaS Subscription? a PDF of Our Top 100 Answers on Quora). This eBook was our top performing post and page overall. The greener grass. #3.

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Clouded Judgement

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Right now, there is A LOT of king-making happening in venture capital rounds in the AI space. Couple random thoughts I’ll try and digest at the end The capital in the system has exploded. The number of traditional venture capital funds that are each multiple billion in size has exploded.

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SaaStr

MARCH 15, 2021

Yes, you can get to $100m in revenues without $100m in venture capital. #6. “Top 10 Learnings Architecting a High Throughput Critical API with RevenueCat’s CTO” RevenueCat is breaking out as the leader in managing mobile subscriptions, but the team is still tiny relatively speaking.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

About the episode: Tien Tzuo is the Founder and CEO of Zuora, one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies that has been at the forefront of the rise of subscription business models. #2: Tien Tzuo, Founder & CEO @ Zuora Shares the $100m Question All SaaS Founders Must Ask. Episode No. Episode No.

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Tom Tunguz

OCTOBER 12, 2014

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. In contrast, WorkDay typically signs 3-5 subscription year agreements, so the subscription revenue is a substantial annuity of long duration.

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Baremetrics

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Sign up for the Baremetrics free trial , and start monitoring your subscription revenue accurately and easily. What is the difference between Equity Financing, Loans, and Venture Capital Funding? Venture Capital Funding When should you be thinking about Equity Financing? Table of Contents. Equity Financing 2.

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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.

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Tom Tunguz

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

In almost every industry, startups and venture capital included, content marketing has become an essential tool for growth. If the person I’ve met is an entrepreneur, I catalog the salient details of their business in Salesforce. Last, I analyze each step of the process to determine how well the four initiatives are performing.

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SaaStr

JUNE 26, 2024

It Takes Time To Bounce Back Jason was the first investor in RevenueCat , a company that automates mobile subscriptions on your phone. 30% of all mobile apps with a paid subscription use RevenueCat to manage it. Why is that interesting? Because they have over 10,000 B2B2C apps. That’s a pretty good slice of the mobile ecosystem.

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The SaaS Garage

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

[link] Contact Hi inov: Wolfgang Krause | Managing Partner | w.krause@hiinov.com About BayBG Venture Capital With its venture capital team, BayBG Bayerische Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH, Munich, invests in Series A financing rounds and subsequent tech start-ups. link] Contact BayBG: josef.krumbachner@baybg.de

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

We raised $0 of venture capital. We had 13 million of recurring revenue, 100% year over year growth. So too often entrepreneurs come to me and they say, “David, we want to go raise venture capital.” From a product point of view, our timing was impeccable. We started the business in 2007. We sold Pardot.

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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.

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SaaStr

APRIL 7, 2022

I am a partner at Accel, the Global Venture Capital Fund, and I’m very happy to be here with one of these mythical creatures that people were talking about earlier. Transcript: Luciana Lixandru: My name is Luciana Lixandru. I’m here with Bobby Patrick, the Chief Marketing Officer of UiPath.

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 5, 2022

However, when users choose longer-term subscriptions, there’s more convenience to be enjoyed—highlight that. Venture capital-backed companies update their pricing once every 2.8 Instead of displaying the 10-15% discount that users will receive while signing up for an annual contract, say they’ll get $15 off or two months free.”.

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Tom Tunguz

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

Yesterday, I showed the increasing share of venture capital investments consumer companies represent. Ecommerce has witnessed a surge in investments in the past few years with the rise of couponing, subscription commerce and vertically integrated commerce. Series A is the most vibrant stage for consumer investments.

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Tom Tunguz

JULY 14, 2013

With more than 80% of venture capital investments occurring in enterprise and with the public markets disproportionately rewarding SaaS companies with huge enterprise value-to-revenue multiples ( median is 7.6 ), it’s no surprise that interest Software-as-a-Service is booming. Customers can’t function without it.

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Tom Tunguz

JANUARY 31, 2017

On one hand, growth is important in order to raise a venture capital round. To maintain the subscription revenue from the existing customer base requires ever greater mountains of cash. Which is the more important priority? Growth or churn? Churn or growth? Early-stage companies have limited resources to focus their efforts.

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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].

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SaaStock

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

With an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, Rodrigo Baer launched a successful career in consultancy and entrepreneurship, and today is among the top figures in venture capital for early-stage tech companies in Brazil. The “first boots on the ground” when it comes to solving business issues, Patric?

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FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Less focus on venture capital or funding rounds. FastSpring’s secure payment system has everything SaaS developers need to securely process global payments, collect and remit taxes, manage subscriptions, and much more. That includes: A global focus. Professional moderation. About FastSpring.

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OPEXEngine

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The pricing model, which leads to increases or decreases in revenue based on how much customers engage with a service, has been gaining on the more traditional subscription model as the main way SaaS companies make money. That rises to just over 40% when usage-based subscription tiers are included. Enterprise companies.

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ChurnZero

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Since the dawn of business, this was the name of the game and why the venture capital space continues to soar. . Between 2017 and 2022, the venture capital & principal trading market in the US grew at an annualized rate of more than 11%. That’s why customer education is at the core of preventing subscription churn.

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ChurnZero

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

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. You can view the full award recipient list here. . ChurnZero is headquartered in Washington, D.C.

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ChurnZero

JANUARY 14, 2021

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. com’s most recent funding, a $55M Series C, was announced in October. About ChurnZero.

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ChurnZero

JANUARY 28, 2021

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. . Attribution: Net Promoter, Net Promoter Score, and NPS are registered trademarks of Bain & Company, Inc.,

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ChurnZero

APRIL 13, 2020

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. We are thrilled to work with the ChurnZero team and offer this service to their customers.”.

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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.

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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. Cisco Systems Inc. Dell Computers eBay Inc. Facebook Inc. Oracle Corp.

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SaaSOptics

MAY 23, 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?

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ChurnZero

DECEMBER 16, 2020

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. Learn more at www.nvtc.org. . ChurnZero is headquartered in Washington, D.C.

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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.

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ChurnZero

APRIL 22, 2020

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. . Thank you for supporting our work, and for sharing your feedback on TrustRadius.

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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. . In a recent webinar, Parks described Bigfoot Capital’s approach as “70% science, 30% art.” .

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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?

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