SaaStr

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Why Peter Gassner Built The Most Important SaaS Company You’ve Never Heard Of — And Turned It Into a $30B+ Vertical SaaS Cloud Giant Before founding Veeva, Gassner’s experience was marked by significant positions at major software companies. This focus turned customers into evangelists.

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SaaStr

MARCH 31, 2019

First up is RingCentral, which IPO’d relatively early and quietly in 2013. This is pretty darn impressive, and probably more importantly, shows the continued jaw-dropping growth of Cloud. The space Ring Central plays in is huge, but has been surprisingly slow to move to the Cloud.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 18, 2023

So there are Cloud and SaaS companies growing quickly. SentinelOne was incorporated in January 2013. And then there are just a handful growing like SentinelOne. At almost $500m in ARR, it’s still growing a stunning … 106% (!). Yes, cybersecurity remains hot, even in these more challenging times.

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SaaStock

JANUARY 25, 2019

Omie is a management platform in the cloud for small and midsized companies, bringing together ERP, Financial Services, Entrepreneur Education and a vibrant Marketplace for vertical 3rd party solutions, all combined in an easy to use environment. Founded : 2013. Founded : 2013. Founded : 2013. Founded : 2013.

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SaaStock

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Founded : 2013. It is a cloud-based platform that offers the services of Asia’s top AI assistant for hotel staff – Gaia. It provides smart hardware self-development and cloud service. Founded : 2013. Mobingi integrates server deployment, scaling and application lifecycle automation through its cloud solution.

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SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Merchant Services Payment Methods 225

SaaStr

JULY 14, 2022

This led to our first meet-ups in 2013 and 2014, the first SaaStr Annual in 2015 , the industry’s leading podcast in 2016, the first SaaS founder coworking space in 2017, and SaaStr Pro , the first learning management system for SaaS founders in 2018. 2019 The Fifth SaaStr Annual: Where the Cloud Meets . It was a hit!

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Scale Sales Recruiting CTO Hire New CTO 313

Andreessen Horowitz

OCTOBER 16, 2023

As is the case with Dell Technologies, one of the largest tech companies — which went private 2012-2013 and then also pulled off one of the most epic mergers of all time with Dell + EMC + VMWare 2015-2016 (and which we wrote about here at the time).

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SaaStr

JULY 17, 2020

353: Keith Rabois (Paypal, Linkedin, Square) and SaaStr Founder Jason Lemkin talk about the landscape of SaaS & Cloud fundraising and valuation in 2020. Does it not all bubble up to even the best cloud stocks? I wrote–I looked a little while ago and I wrote an early SaaStr post in 2013. It’s near Wahlburgers.

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Venture Capital Travel PayPal Scale 242

SaaStock

MARCH 1, 2019

Founded: 2013. Founded: 2013. It’s also running the Capital Innovation Accelerator Fund targeted at cloud computing, Internet of Things (IoT), mobile and e-commerce startups. It invests in high-growth businesses developing solutions in mobile, telecommunications, IT, cloud, and internet. Founded: 2013. Stage: Seed.

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SaaS Payments Venture Capital Payment Services Telecommunications 190

SaaStr

MAY 22, 2019

The company pivoted to cloud-based software in 2013 and counts Chubb, the City of Chicago and Burr Forman among its customers. Prior to Logickull Andy was a software developer at EDS (an HP Company). He has helmed Logikcull as CEO since its founding in 2004 as an e-discovery services company.

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Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Former Google Cloud and Salesforce leader Sanj Bhayro has joined the company as VP, EMEA Sales. We welcome former Smartsheet CMO Anna Griffin and former Lumileds Chief Legal Officer Cheree McAlpine to the executive team as Chief Marketing Officer and General Counsel respectively.

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IT World

AUGUST 22, 2019

All things cloud are certain to be major topics next week at the VMworld user conference, but VMware took things up a notch with plans to spend $4.2 billion to acquire cloud-development firm Pivotal, and security provider Carbon Black. billion on Pivotal and its Cloud Foundry hybrid cloud development technology and another $2.1

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IT World

APRIL 19, 2019

While containers as a concept have been around for some time, Docker, an open source project launched in 2013, helped popularize the technology, and has helped drive the trend towards containerization and microservices in software development that has come to be known as cloud-native development.

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Software Development Cloud Trends Technology 70

OpenView Labs

MAY 24, 2021

” Bessemer called product-led growth one of “three GTM strategies top cloud companies employ in the New Normal” in their State of the Cloud report. According to the company’s most recent investor day presentation : Veeva’s Commercial Cloud customers have adopted an average of 3.72 products each, up from 1.90

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The SaaS Garage

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Founded in 2013, riskmethods ’ software as a service (SaaS) solution harnesses cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI), big data and machine learning to protect its customers’ supply chain networks.

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Artificial Intelligence Software Machine Learning Management 98

Tom Tunguz

JANUARY 2, 2016

Cloud computing, which encompasses the infrastructure products used by developers to build services, has remained flat at 4% over the past five years despite some recent declines in 2013 and 2014. Amongst investors, Digital Media is witnessing a renaissance growing from 2% share to 4% share in three years.

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Startup Marketplace as a Service Social Media Advertising 113

SaaStr

AUGUST 7, 2020

Coupa CEO, Rob Bernshteyn, and SaaStr CEO, Jason Lemkin, will discuss how the Cloud has changed in 2020. The key for us was we were building not one industry Cloud, but four, and then at Vlocity, we later added two more and expanded to six, so the secret of building one vertical SaaS product is going deep.

Payment Solutions 219

Payment Solutions Pricing Payments Payment Services 219

Frontegg

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

This popular identity management vendor has been providing a solid cloud-based SSO solution for years now. Founded in 2013, Auth0 is now a trusted and dependable authentication solution for SaaS. This solution can be deployed in the cloud or on-prem if needed. 1 – Okta. Why is Okta so popular? 1500 minimum. #2

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B2C Scale Identity management Enterprise readiness 98

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

For instance, if you’re selling into a cloud security startup, it will likely focus on developing its core security products, but it will need to outsource tools like HR software, email marketing tools, and so forth. “We Raised seed in 2013. Founded in 2013. Raised seed in 2013. Total funding raised: $147.9 Sumo Logic.

Outsourcing Services 107

Outsourcing Services Scale Startup Outsourced Development 107

Frontegg

AUGUST 12, 2021

This popular identity management vendor has been providing a solid cloud-based Single Sign-On solution for years now. Founded in 2013, Auth0 is now seen as a trusted and dependable authentication solution, especially by SaaS application developers. This solution can be deployed in the cloud or on-prem if needed. 1 – Okta.

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B2C Identity management B2B Systems Review 98

SaaStr

APRIL 11, 2019

That’s the situation Gainsight CEO Nick Mehta and CMO Anthony Kennada found themselves in when they joined the company that would become Gainsight in 2013. I think a lot of people have dealt with this and in my early days and Anthony’s, I’d go around to CEO friends in 2013 to VCs and they say, “Customer success.

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Scale Customer Success Artificial Intelligence Sales Recruiting 154

Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 22, 2019

Rick started Guru in 2013, after successfully founding Boomi (a cloud integration and data management company) and selling it to Dell. Boomi is a cloud integration company that I worked on and built for 10 years and was acquired by Dell in 2010. I then stayed with Dell for three years, and left to start Guru in 2013.

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Scale Scaling Underperforming Technical Team AI Search 156

Kellblog

FEBRUARY 6, 2021

Founded in 2013 in New York, this is a cloud-based budgeting solution that appears to be bootstrapped and has fewer than 10 employees. Marketing planning is a real problem and they’re taking, last I checked, the enterprise approach to it. They have 93 reviews and 4.1 stars on G2. They have 4.8 stars across 14 reviews on G2.

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Finance Forecasting Software Review Systems Review 92

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Finally, Aircall is a cloud-based voice platform that integrates seamlessly with popular productivity and help desk tools, integrates with your CRM and provides real-time analytics. He recruits for people, finance, and legal functions, and he’s been in startup land since 2013. About Hakim Myers & Nextdoor [2:00].

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Sales Recruiting Retention Scale Sales Hiring 108

Teamgate

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Also, in 2013, Microsoft’s major overhaul of dynamics CRM involved distributing smartphone applications for iOS, Windows, and Android. The majority of the popular CRM solutions of today are discharged as cloud-based solutions. Effectiveness of CRM Solutions in Today’s World. This is because of their web-based interface.

Mobile 95

Mobile Strategy Technical Review Artificial Intelligence 95

Neil Patel

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

The startup built a cloud-based office procurement system that helps customers streamline supplier management. Since opening its doors in 2013, Empire Flippers has sold over $93,000,000 worth of websites and online businesses with an impressive 88% selling success rate. with a maximum threshold of $1,000. Empire Flippers.

Technical Review 144

Technical Review Payment Methods Acquisition Development Team Review 144

SaaStr

JULY 8, 2020

I mean, it’s what you see on the BBP cloud on the left. Aileen Lee: But I think, yeah, for … I mean, the cloud index is not even post-revenue. When you look at Main Street versus the cloud index, what are you excited about today? The ones that have accelerated since March. They’re on fire. Jason Lemkin: Yes.

Investment 217

Investment Technical Review Part-Time VPE Development Team Review 217

Chart Mogul

APRIL 15, 2021

Founded in 2013, the company was originally called CakeHR. At the same time, his team is helping the larger organization bring its product line to the cloud. Sage HR is a powerful suite of tools that allows you to manage your workforce better. Kaspars’ first enterprise was an agency creating websites for customers in the UK.

Acquisition 83

Acquisition Data Scale Banking 83

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Chris is a 20 year Silicon Valley veteran having launched the first part of his career at EMC before finding his way to Snowflake in 2013. Chris Degnan: At Snowflake, we built a cloud database from scratch. We are native to the cloud, we are on AWS, we are on Microsoft, Azure, and next year we’ll be on Google Cloud as well.

Scale 83

Scale Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting CTO Hire 83

yoursales

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

When it comes to email, as with everything else I prefer browser-based cloud-based email. If you use cloud-based email you can work in similar ways on most devices and operating systems, making you vastly more flexible and productive. Calendly has been around since 2013. Google Workspace as a Best Sales Tool. Market leader (!!!)

Outsourcing Services 97

Outsourcing Services Sales Systems Review Sales Outsourcing 97

OpenView Labs

JANUARY 18, 2021

Using the beta version of the product released in 2013, Slack generated awareness and received valuable feedback that helped them to iron out existing issues before their official launch. This cloud-based video conferencing tool helped businesses, schools, churches, friends, and families stay connected.

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SaaS Communication Branding Customer Support 110

Neil Patel

APRIL 12, 2021

Baidu is an internet and AI company offering a range of services, including search, cloud computing, music, maps, translation, video, and even self-driving cars. In 2013, they updated their algorithm to include a “pomegranate” update, which penalized sites that displayed user experience pitfalls with spammy ads and low-quality content.

AI Search 103

AI Search Mobile Engineering Advertising 103

Buffer Resources

AUGUST 16, 2023

This means our software is hosted on the cloud and used over an internet connection via a web browser or mobile app. Our hosting costs include service providers like AWS, Cloudflare, MongoDb, Twitter, etc. Merchant Fees At Buffer, we rely on Stripe, Google, and Apple for our payment processing needs.

Merchant Services 98

Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Features Payments 98

Scytale

AUGUST 6, 2024

Key Updates from ISO 27001:2013 to ISO 27001:2022 Every few years, ISO 27001 gets a refresh to keep up with new cybersecurity changes and threats. The 2022 edition also introduces 11 brand-new controls to tackle modern security challenges like cloud adoption and emerging technologies. But that’s not all.

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Technical Review Cybersecurity Systems Review Government 52

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 30, 2018

by The American Association of Inside Sales Professionals 2013-2018. Tracy Eiler has been driving marketing strategy at both cloud-based and traditional enterprise technology companies for 25 years. Lynne Zaledonis is an experienced cloud leader and marketer, with a diverse background of over 17 years in CRM solutions and sales.

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Sales Recruiting VP of Engineering Scale Sales Hiring 111

ChurnZero

AUGUST 25, 2020

Todd ( @tolson ) is Co-founder and CEO of Pendo.io , a product cloud that helps product teams deliver software customers love. A three-time entrepreneur, Todd teamed up with fellow product leaders and technologists from Red Hat, Cisco, and Google to launch Pendo in October 2013. Todd Olson, Pendo.io

Scale 69

Scale Technical Review Venture Capital Software Review 69

Sales Hacker

AUGUST 2, 2018

It was 2013, and sales tech was just starting to heat up. Like how Salesforce pioneered the Cloud and HubSpot pioneered Inbound. What an amazing profession! How Sales Hacker Came to Be and Where We Are Today. For those of you who haven’t followed us for long, you might not know how we got started.

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Outsourcing Services B2B Sales Consulting 68