The SaaS CFO

AUGUST 23, 2022

At some point in your SaaS journey, you will be asked about your EBITDA. And then someone will calculate your cash-adjusted EBITDA. EBITDA represents Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization. EBITDA attempts to eliminate non-cash and non-operating items.

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 7, 2022

VCs and investors are still adjusting to the market. As founder-led funds got bigger, they hired young investors who have not seen cycles of market adjustments. For them, going from a $50 million post-seed valuation to a $25 million post-seed valuation is not a big deal, but the valuations will still adjust for the rest of this year.

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OPEXEngine

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

The company’s response wasn’t to reduce leverage by adding equity or lowering debt but by adjusting EBITDA until it got the ratio it wanted. “We People didn’t believe in community-adjusted EBITDA,” he said, but that didn’t stop them from investing in the company. You want to be clear what it is,” Holmes said.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Hitting The “Rule of 40” and Operating Cash Flow Positive, But Maybe Not Enough Cash Being Generated. And what is probably wants is even more cash flow. While Five9 is cash-flow positive, its cash flow margins have dipped. Billion, or about 4x ARR. Billion, or about 4x ARR.

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The SaaS Garage

JULY 28, 2021

Split the difference and it’s clear that Contentful’s new valuation is a multiple of what the company was worth a year ago. What does it do? Now that we have a reasonable grasp of what Contentful does, let’s talk about growth: No, that’s not an errant space. Let’s see what it can get done with $175 million more.

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SmartKarrot

JANUARY 15, 2021

There are multiple measures of profitability including cash flow, cash from operations, EBITDA and more. Each measure will yield different results and it is important to pick what is optimum. E40 for any company = cash flow margin + growth rate. E40 for any company = cash flow margin + growth rate.

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Kellblog

MAY 3, 2019

It’s not typically a huge amount of money but nevertheless, it’s one more item to negotiate, and if not discussed up front, someone might try to knock it off what you thought was a final number. adjusted EBITDA) has the potential to scare off a strategic acquirer, particularly one with otherwise pristine financial statements.

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