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Thanks to Cyvatar, Pacific Western Bank, Upzelo, UserGems, and Younium for Sponsoring SaaStr Annual 2023!

SaaStr

Cyvatar is a technology-enabled cyber security as a service (CSaaS) provider disrupting a $150 billion industry by introducing and delivering smarter, measurable managed security subscriptions to help you achieve compliance and security faster and more efficiently.

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The Top 10 SaaStr Posts of 2020

SaaStr

“How Would a Person Start a Venture Capital Fund?” More details on why and how here: How would a person start a venture capital fund? What’s a typical price increase I can expect when renewing my SaaS subscriptions? Zoom and Shopify zoomed past $100b in valuation. What a crazy year for Cloud.

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10 Tips to Help Manage the Burn

SaaStr

But public stock prices are way down, and venture capital is much tighter than it was just a few months ago. No matter what the contract says, get the renewal invoice out at least 60 days prior to expiration and ask for payment no later than the contract end date. But you can’t cut your way to growth.

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SaaS companies quickly replacing subscriptions with usage-based pricing

OPEXEngine

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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What is Equity Financing?

Baremetrics

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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We?re About To See a Lot More SaaS Debt

SaaStr

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 1.12.24 - Hard Truths

Clouded Judgement

Every type of investor was broadly operating in a “risk on” mindset given the ZIRP environment, and the venture capital ecosystem was no exception. Most public companies don’t report net new ARR, so I’m taking an implied ARR metric (quarterly subscription revenue x 4). This all shifted in 2021.

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