SaaStr

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

“Doubling Down” is a new series where we hear from top B2B SaaS investors on their most recent activities and takes on the current market. Enterprise software–at all stages and check sizes–with a focus on SaaS, Security, Infrastructure and, of course, with an integrated AI strategy. Check that out here.

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SaaStr

JULY 27, 2023

Three recent examples from just the past few weeks: Example #1: CEO of $10B+ Public SaaS Company’s Chief of Staff Never Follows Up A little while back, a CEO of a $10B+ Public SaaS Company that I love asked if we could partner on something for SaaStr Annual. But most folks can’t really operate at that level.

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Startup SaaS Leadership 197

Stax

APRIL 18, 2024

Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and Software-as-a-Service Providers (SaaS) operate within the same market, thus creating a push-and-pull revenue dynamic. SaaS companies deliver software applications over the internet on a subscription basis, simplifying access and management for users. What are SaaS companies?

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Outsourcing Services SaaS Payments Payment Services Payment Methods 88

Payrix

APRIL 10, 2024

User experience has become a cornerstone in shaping the world of SaaS. This combination allows you to provide your customers with new payment services built right into the platform they know and love with ease. SaaS success today is about more than just addressing your customers current needs.

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Merchant Services Payment Services SaaS Payments Payments 130

SaaStr

JULY 6, 2022

Workday is one of the iconic enterprise SaaS leaders. in SaaS revenue), it’s growing an impressive 22% with fairly epic operating cash flows of 30% (more on that below). #1. It’s again nice to see a SaaS leader break out GRR, not just NRR. But lower than many B2B SaaS companies that aren’t as. #9.

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B2C Scaling Finance Enterprise 240

SaaStr

JANUARY 30, 2023

20X year 1⃣ 12X year 2⃣ 5X year 3⃣ #deelspeed @deel [link] — Shuooo (@shuoshuooshuooo) January 23, 2023 When we look at SaaS companies’ success stories, everything looks great on their growth maps. Shuo Wang is the CRO and co-founder of Deel, one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Beyond multiples, many Cloud companies faced a deluge of headwinds that impacted business fundamentals… Lengthening sales cycles Tightening customer budgets It was no surprise that SaaS IPOs came to a screeching halt. GlossGenius is a vertical SaaS and payments company for the beauty and wellness industry. The takeaway?

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Tom Tunguz

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Comparing it to other public SaaS companies, Coupa grows revenue 9 percentage points more slowly, operates with lesser gross margin of about 12 percentage points, generates twice the loss as a fraction of revenue, but produces twice the cash flow from operations as a percentage of revenue. Cash flow margin. Forward Multiple.

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 28, 2023

“Doubling Down” is a new series where we hear from top B2B SaaS investors on their most recent activities and takes on the current market. We were really impressed with Class Companion’s founder Avery Pan’s clear vision and mission to help teachers leverage AI to improve education. Check that out here.

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Technical Review Software Review Payment Solutions Venture Capital 199

FastSpring

APRIL 25, 2024

As part of this partnership, FastSpring’s platform will integrate EBANX’s Pix payment processing capabilities, enabling global SaaS, software, video game, and digital product companies to offer Pix payments to Brazilian customers seamlessly. Director of Payments, Risk, and Compliance at FastSpring.

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Payment Services Merchant Services SaaS Payments Payment Methods 91

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Go-to-market (GTM) design and efficiency are sometimes overlooked, but they’re a critical driver of any SaaS business. Previously in SaaS, it was widely seen that anything > 1 was healthy if you were venture-backed, and anything > 1.5 is was seen as perhaps too capital-efficient. If you were well-funded, 0.7

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VP of Engineering Scale Marketing Benchmarks 213

SaaStr

DECEMBER 29, 2022

At Maxio , we help B2B SaaS companies unlock their next stage of growth. Our financial operations platform is designed to meet the unique financial challenges of B2B SaaS, including billing, subscription management, revenue and expense recognition, and SaaS analytics. Instant live customer conversations! With over $1.5B

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SaaStr

JUNE 17, 2023

In the ever-evolving landscape of SaaS, Venture Capital, Bootstrapping, and Valuations – understanding market trends and investment patterns is critical. We’ll also examine how public markets currently influence the SaaS industry and unpack the elevated CIOs’ role in budgeting for SaaS products.

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Venture Capital Scale Technical Review Software Review 206

Clouded Judgement

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The below chart shows GAAP Operating Margin. What was most interesting to me was seeing the clear operating leverage that kicked in for the high growth cohort. I think over the next 12 months we’ll really see operating margins improve as there’s more of a focus around cost mitigation.

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SaaStr

MAY 7, 2021

And what we see is that SMB is on fire in SaaS. And this isn’t 41% growing leveraging say 130% NRR. Without the huge NRR boost from the existing base you get in more enterprise SaaS. SaaS companies that continue to grow at top quartile rates after $100m ARR add another core product or two. That’s crazy.

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Clouded Judgement

JANUARY 12, 2024

Every type of investor was broadly operating in a “risk on” mindset given the ZIRP environment, and the venture capital ecosystem was no exception. They’re getting fit from the early days, operating efficiently, and building their businesses the right way. Normal round sizes doubled or tripled.

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Cloud Venture Capital Acquisition Metrics 284

SaaStr

AUGUST 26, 2023

The first myth is that working with data is hard, but John emphasizes that anyone can start working with data by leveraging their business knowledge. Every Wednesday we bring you the best speakers in SaaS. The second myth is the belief that everything needs to be done perfectly, but John argues that improvement, not perfection, is key.

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Stax

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

For modern Software as a Service (SaaS) companies, the automobile is replaced by primarily digital and cloud-based solutions and software. And because of the digital nature of SaaS businesses and their subscription-based business models, the ability to collect data on how the company is performing is easier and faster than ever.

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SaaS Payments Payments Payment Services Stax 88

Tom Tunguz

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

The company leverages novel storage techniques to scalably collect data on how users engage with mobile apps and web sites. Cash Flow from Operations Margin. Cash flow from operations margin parallels the pattern, improving from -23% to -10%. Amplitude, a leading provider of web analytics, filed their S-1 earlier this week.

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Metrics Benchmarks PayPal Enterprise 259

SaaStr

JANUARY 24, 2023

As SaaS founders are looking to scale and raise funding, it can be confusing and stressful to navigate in the uncertain market of the past few years. In the SaaS space, revenue growth was the king of metrics for many years, but that has changed. Valuations have dropped, and investors are more selective with their capital.

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Scale Scaling Software Review Operational efficiency. 214

SaaStr

JUNE 1, 2023

We’ll see 2,500+ of the best SaaS founders, execs, and VCs NEXT WEEK June 6-7 at 2022 SaaStr Europa ! Outreach is the only company to offer sales engagement, revenue intelligence, and revenue operations functionalities in a unified platform. Grab tickets here.

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SaaStr

JULY 31, 2020

Founded in 2015, Chorus operates a SaaS platform that provides valuable insights from conversations – say with calls, video conferences and emails — for revenue teams. The technology is based on leveraging AI (Artificial Intelligence) models and algorithms. This brings the total amount raised at $85.2

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 19, 2024

The ability to execute and operate day-to-day is essential for achieving results and improving performance. An operational mindset and execution excellence are key to the success of a company. 08:19) Operational excellence: the key to startup success. (13:38) 25:49) Unlocking potential: a leadership journey. (27:33)

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SaaS Banking Acquisition Consulting 83

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Metrics are the key to evaluating success and setting goals, but not every SaaS business should orient itself around the same one-size-fits-all numbers. The Evolution of Language For SaaS Business. After all, it wasn’t so long ago that SaaS metrics gained respect and popularity in the industry.

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Metrics Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence Technical Review 206

Intello

AUGUST 2, 2019

In the first weeks on the job, Erin identified 2 things she’d need to be successful: Better understand and manage their SaaS services. Standing between the Envoy Workplace Tech team and SaaS Management destiny was a lot of manual processes and a lack of visibility. Balance of freedom and flexibility in technology options for staff.

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Merchant Services compliance Management SaaS 63

User Pilot

MARCH 25, 2024

Whether you’re planning your exit, seeking VC funding, or setting up ESOPs, a SaaS valuation is a must. Our article: Explains different SaaS valuation methods. Shows how to leverage PLG strategies to boost the value of your SaaS business. It uses revenue and operating costs to determine the company’s value.

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SaaS Customer Lifetime Value Acquisition Metrics 97

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Doug Pepper, General Partner at ICONIQ Growth, has invested in software and SaaS companies for 22 years, from seed to growth stage. For most SaaS startups, 60-75% of the costs are personnel related. On the other hand, the sales expenses form a larger share of operating expenses as the GTM motion is leveraged.

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

For context to kick us off, some of the top SaaS companies have 41% lower CAC than the rest. Another example, for them, would be when a company starts using another tool in the eComm SaaS world, either competitive or complementary to their product. The data above shows it’s a customer acquisition cost on average of $1.05

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

During Sean ‘s most recent operating role he spent 4.5 In 2022 Sean made the switch from operator to investor, currently serving as Managing Partner at Perkins Cove Partners. Over the last few years he has advised and invested in many B2B SaaS companies, particularly focused on helping with Go-To-Market.

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Stax

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Software-as-a-service (SaaS) businesses need to constantly evolve their offerings to stay fresh and relevant. By partnering with a trusted SaaS billing platform. In this guide, we’re going to cover what companies need to consider when choosing a SaaS billing platform—and how Stax Connect makes this process simple.

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Payments SaaS Payments Payment Services Merchant Services 88

Tom Tunguz

AUGUST 26, 2020

Today, the company is a massively successful SaaS business and another example of the flywheel business model that creates demand at the individual user and leverages that interest to sell department and company-wide contracts. Examining SaaS ratios, we see Asana charts lesser net dollar retention than SmartSheet.

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Payment Solutions Payments Outsourced Development Payment Services 363

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Sequoia Capital’s India arm put together a terrific summary of all their learnings about SaaS and Cloud from SaaStr Annual this year. They also did an A+ session at Annual with several top India SaaS founders, which you can catch below! Here’s 22 of the most relevant takeaways for India’s SaaS ecosystem.

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Payrix

APRIL 24, 2024

By providing an Embedded Payments solution, software companies not only add value to their platform but also increase its criticality to their customers’ day-to-day operations. “We Andy suggests that there is an immediate and discernible value-add for software companies to embed payments as a means for retention of SaaS revenue.

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Payments Embedded Payments Merchant Services Payment Solutions 147

SaaStr

JANUARY 27, 2023

In this edition of CRO Confidential, Sam Blond, Partner at Founders Fund and former CRO at Brex, discusses the current SaaS sales landscape and tips for hiring in 2023 with guest Ben Braverman, Head of Flexport Fund and former Flexport CRO and CCO. Do they have experience or aptitude relevant to the industry in which they operate?

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 8, 2024

GTMnow is the media extension of GTMfund – sharing insight on go-to-market from working with hundreds of portfolio companies backed by over 350+ of the best in the game executive operators who have been there, done that at the world’s fastest growing SaaS companies. Sponsor love: The ELG Conference.

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Stax

JANUARY 29, 2024

Innovative ISVs and SaaS companies know that one of the best ways to provide value to merchants—while improving your bottom line—is to provide integrated payments. That’s why it’s not uncommon for SaaS companies and ISVs to find payment partners (like Stax Connect) who can help them implement payment services.

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Merchant Services Payment Services SaaS Payments Payments 88

Tom Tunguz

JANUARY 17, 2019

In 2015, I wrote about the trade-off facing vertical SaaS companies. Vertical SaaS companies focus their efforts on a particular group of customers. There is a new twist in SaaS with a parallel dynamic. The startup leverages machine learning under the hood. Both of those businesses are now worth more than $3B.

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