SaaStr

OCTOBER 31, 2023

With nine figures in revenue, Ariel and SaaStr founder and CEO Jason Lemkin talk about all things Navan, rebranding when you have brand equity, building B2B software for people, pricing and business models, and much more. Before Navan, there were different apps for managing expenses, events and meetings, payments, etc.

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Payment Solutions Payments Travel Scale 218

SaaStr

OCTOBER 20, 2023

How Did We Get Here — OpenAI OpenAI started as a research lab in 2015. In 2021, they trained GPT3 on Github repositories, produced a model that could code, and released embedding that allowed people to vectorize language and search across it to perform recommendations. Some companies like Jasper built on top of OpenAI’s models.

ChatGPT 237

ChatGPT AI Search Scale Sales Hiring 237

SaaStr

APRIL 6, 2021

Growth fueled by the addition of transactional revenue, not SaaS revenues. Olo’s explosive growth in the past 24 months prior to IPO wasn’t fueled so much by its SaaS revenue, but by transaction revenue as part of orders. As last as 2018, 93% of Olo’s revenue was pure SaaS.

Merchant Services 190

Merchant Services SaaS Payments Payments Payment Services 190

FastSpring

JUNE 22, 2022

Look at Zoom or Slack: businesses designed for enterprise organizations that use B2C-like onboarding flows (such as product-led growth, or PLG) to fuel interest and adoption. In fact, it’s telling that the number of publicly-traded PLG-led companies nearly quadrupled between 2015 and 2020. The post SaaS: Is B2B Revenue Better than B2C?

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B2C Payments SaaS Payments B2B 124

Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Over the past decade, India’s central bank—the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)—has become one of the most proactive regulators in the world, advancing the digitization of payments and financial services at a rapid pace. Most importantly, perhaps, was the introduction of UPI in 2016—an instant, free national mobile payment system based on Aadhaar.

Payment Services 115

Payment Services Payment Solutions Payments Payment Methods 115

FastSpring

MARCH 16, 2023

From 2015 to 2020, MapTiler doubled the number of countries where it has customers. MapTiler has seen significant growth in revenue in countries with active affiliate partnerships. Note: MapTiler Uses FastSpring’s Affiliate Marketing platform to easily track affiliate sales and pay out their partners.

Payment Methods 139

Payment Methods Payments SaaS Payments Social Media 139

Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Facebook was peerless, however, in being able to harness and monetize all that attention, even if that success brought uncomfortable scrutiny. In Asia, the likes of Alibaba’s Alipay and Tencent’s WeChat Pay demonstrate how apps are revolutionizing our economies – they have swiftly become the default payment mechanism across China.

Payment Solutions 259

Payment Solutions Payment Methods Software SaaS Payments 259

Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 27, 2020

Today the subscription management platform is helping industry powerhouses across the Fortune 500, including Ford, Caterpillar, and Thermo Fisher, shift their perspective from transactions to relationships. It really leads to better revenue and lower churn when customers make changes. Over the last 7.5 With a Ph.D.

Scale 211

Scale Payments Payment Features Subscription 211

Baremetrics

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

The ultimate goal of any developer with an idea for some useful software is monetization. Software monetization is simply the act of generating revenue from software. Baremetrics provides an easy-to-read dashboard that gives you all the key metrics for your business, including MRR, ARR, LTV, total customers, and more.

Payment Features 95

Payment Features Payments Payment Solutions Subscription 95

FastSpring

JANUARY 31, 2023

To help you choose between Stripe vs. Paddle vs. FastSpring, this guide compares: What areas of the payment lifecycle each one provides a solution for (e.g., payment processing, gathering and remitting taxes, and subscription management) and what additional software you’ll need to add to your tech stack.

Payment Services 112

Payment Services Payment Methods Merchant Services Software Review 112

SaaStr

MAY 14, 2023

At the very first SaaStr Annual in 2015 , we picked 3 break-out leaders at $5m-$10m, and added Nick Mehta from Gainsight. Algolia went from zero to seven figures in revenue in 12 months, and the launch of their search as a service product, and grew pricing from $19 a month to $100,000, which sounds amazing. Nicolas Dessaigne : Right.

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Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting Scale Payment Methods 232

SaaStock

MARCH 1, 2019

Founded: 2015. Their mission is to help Hong Kong and Taiwan-based entrepreneurs and young people realize their dreams and visions for their businesses and communities. Founded: 2015. BEENEXT is a Singapore-based VC investing in fintech, platforms, payments and SaaS businesses. Founded: 2015.

SaaS Payments 190

SaaS Payments Venture Capital Payment Services Telecommunications 190

Stax

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

This figure used to be 24% in 2015 which makes it evidently clear that card usage is on the rise. This may be concerning for certain types of businesses as they need to spend more to process credit and debit card payments as compared to cash.

Payment Services 88

Payment Services Merchant Services Payment Methods Payment Solutions 88

Stax

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Fast forward to now where much has changed, and research anticipates contactless mobile payments to exceed one billion users globally by 2024. Customers can pay with their watch or phone just by tapping it on a card reader, and businesses can host an entire POS system on a mobile phone.

Payment Methods 88

Payment Methods Payment Services Mobile Payments Merchant Services 88

FastSpring

MARCH 6, 2019

One challenge many online merchants face after they’ve finished developing their product is figuring out how to easily accept payments on their online store. But navigating the complex world of online payments for the first time is challenging work. shop confidently knowing that their bank and payment card information is encrypted.

Payment Methods 63

Payment Methods Payment Services Merchant Services SaaS Payments 63

Neil Patel

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Micro startup acquisitions are a move away from buying businesses with established products or even proven revenue streams. These businesses usually consist of 2 to 3 people, and companies are taking bets on their products that aren’t even fully realized yet. The platform is free, private, and has no middlemen.

Technical Review 144

Technical Review Payment Methods Acquisition Development Team Review 144

SaaStr

JULY 15, 2019

Prior to this, she was a Director at Apple where she led Worldwide Payments and Financing Programs for Online Stores. Prior to that, he held an eight-year tenure at Intuit as a VP for the Intuit Developer Platform. The company launched in 2015 and has raised $170M to date.

Payment Methods 151

Payment Methods Point of Sale Payments Engineering 151

Frontegg

MAY 27, 2021

Instead you should focus on Natural Rate of Growth (NRG) to determine the percentage of recurring organic revenue. This metric is a strong future revenue indicator. It allows your users to engage more with your platform thanks to customizable product tools, targeted messages and email sequences. Best For: Revenue Acceleration.

Payment Solutions 98

Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Payments Scale 98

Buffer Resources

AUGUST 16, 2023

Merchant Fees At Buffer, we rely on Stripe, Google, and Apple for our payment processing needs. Stripe payments make up 98.5 percent of our total revenue and 83 percent of our fees. Google and Apple payments make up 2.5% of our total revenue and 17 percent of our fees.

Merchant Services 95

Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Features Payments 95

Stax

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Since the first plastic credit card was issued by American Express in 1959 , payment tech progress has been growing exponentially. Magnetic stripe payments enjoyed a 30-year reign between the ’70s and ’90s. Contactless payments became a must-have during COVID. NFC technology is in the midst of an evolution.

Merchant Services 88

Merchant Services Payment Methods Payment Services Payment Solutions 88

Point Nine Land

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Optibus, the cloud-native AI platform that makes public transportation smarter, better, and more efficient, has reached less than 1% of the total public transit software market. ServiceTitan, a leading vertical SaaS for home services, penetrated 1% of its core TAM of 900,000 home services businesses. restaurant locations.

AI 119

AI SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Artificial Intelligence 119

Stax

AUGUST 20, 2024

Those domains are; The issuing bank The retailer The 3DS (3D Secure) infrastructure platform that sits in between (Verified by Visa, etc.) Regardless of what you call it, all of these systems are based around the same underlying technology, and they each provide an extra layer of security when processing online payments.

Payment Methods 88

Payment Methods Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Solutions 88

Chart Mogul

MARCH 6, 2018

Average Revenue Per Account (ARPA). in 2015 to €5.32 ARPA is the lifeblood of any subscription business. New platform products such as a (rumored) smart speaker. ” Spotify’s free plan uses in-app advertising to monetize freemium users. Increase average revenue per account (ARPA). Increasing LTV.

Metrics 75

Metrics Payments EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service) SaaS Payments 75

Chart Mogul

JULY 24, 2018

Subscription businesses are experimenting with hybrid billing models, mixing recurring revenue with one-time payments. In the enterprise software market, the move to a recurring revenue model is effectively complete. In fact, there’s plenty of diversity today in the way businesses make revenue from their customers.

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Subscription Payment Features Payment Solutions Payments 76

Tom Tunguz

JULY 28, 2016

The largest private software acquisition is Transfirst, a payment software business founded in 1995. In 2015, our internal analysis showed private SaaS companies commanded twice the valuation-to-multiple revenue of the public markets. First, 15 of the 22 US software acquisitions worth more than $0.5B

Payment Solutions 100

Payment Solutions Payments SaaS Acquisition 100

FastSpring

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Explore the Power of Changelog Integration in Our Documentation Navigating the Tax Landscape: Key Changes That Demand Your Attention in 2024 Quarterly B2B Onboarding Update: Your Complete Guide to Seamless Transactions! Changelog posts from 2015-2020 are available on the archived post located at the bottom of the changelog posts displayed.

Payment Methods 78

Payment Methods Customer Support Merchant Services Payments 78

Baremetrics

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Payment Structure: 3 payments (at close, 12 months & 18 months). This was important because many times, after months of due diligence, things invariably come up that reduce the purchase price: working capital requirements, unpaid PTO, unrecognized revenue, and a thousand other things. How we got here.

Technical Review 145

Technical Review Software Review Payment Solutions Payments 145

Neil Patel

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

When the Apple Watch first came out in 2015, there were 3,000 apps available for download. As an entrepreneur, Apple Watches can be an excellent investment, as there is a wide variety of Apple Watch apps designed with business in mind. Noted integrates audio recording with note-taking.

Payment Solutions 145

Payment Solutions Payment Methods Social Media Business 145

yoursales

JANUARY 28, 2022

With the launch of the Pipedrive Marketplace a very wide range of third party apps & integrations. Scroll to the right in the table below and filter for integrations to find what works for you. Drive Revenue. Terminus - Account-Based Marketing Platform for Quality Growth. Account Based Selling. Grow Your Pipeline.

Scale 113

Scale Payment Methods Payment Solutions Sales Recruiting 113

Chart Mogul

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Today we’re excited to announce ChartMogul Revenue Recognition! Now finance teams can save countless hours preparing income statements and get a real-time view of GAAP revenues. We also added cash flow charts back in 2015, but these only show how much money has been received from customers in any given period.

Payments 49

Payments Revenue Payment Services Payment Features 49

Stax

MARCH 14, 2024

EMV (Europay, Mastercard, and Visa) chip card use has continued to expand in use since its tumultuous rollout in 2015. Yet, while time has provided customers and businesses with more education on the security benefits of EMV card chips, many businesses and consumers are still confused about key components.

Payment Methods 88

Payment Methods Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Solutions 88

All that Saas

MAY 1, 2021

In this roundup, we are going to have a look at some of the best Influencer Marketing Platforms that you can use to connect with the right influencers, manage campaigns, measure analytics, and a lot more. Influencer marketing platforms are a great solution to engage with your audience in the right way. dollars in 2018. Influence4you.

Payments 52

Payments Payment Methods Payment Solutions Payment Services 52

Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Searches including the phrase “best place to buy” with the applicable product or service keyword grew by 70% between 2015 and 2018. Google also realizes that your business is ‘special.’ Google also realizes that your business is ‘special.’ “Near me” searches also rose by 500% in recent years. So far, so good.

Payment Methods 126

Payment Methods Branding Payments Merchant Services 126

yoursales

DECEMBER 12, 2018

During this year we’ll also start sharing the country sales tools stacks series entitles “Sales Tools made In…” Finally all that is being tied together in integrated tool stacks with some of our friends at the companies listed here. Salesforce.com – The Customer Success Platform To Grow Your Business.

Scale 100

Scale Payment Methods Payment Solutions Outsourcing Services 100

FastSpring

OCTOBER 10, 2018

You also need to make sure you partner with the right ecommerce platform that can help you efficiently (and compliantly) grow global sales without losing revenue. With cross-border shopping expected to rise to $627 Billion by 2020, capitalizing on this new wave of ecommerce growth can help grow your business even further.

Payment Methods 61

Payment Methods Payments Scale SaaS Payments 61

OpenView Labs

JANUARY 29, 2020

Product led businesses need to get their products in the hands of would-be users as efficiently as possible–hopefully at near zero CAC. Not satisfied with reaching $1 billion in annual revenue, Atlassian furthered its commitment to product led growth by jumping on the freemium bandwagon. 10 Questions To Answer. Freemium benchmarks.

Pricing 82

Pricing Payments SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 82

yoursales

JANUARY 29, 2021

Salesforce.com – The Customer Success Platform To Grow Your Business. Salesflare – Simple yet powerful CRM for small businesses selling B2B. Mimiran – More Leads and More Deals for SMB Services Business. Membrain - Complete Platform for Complex B2B Sales. 360 Business Tool - CRM with Much More.

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Scale Payment Methods Payment Solutions Sales Recruiting 106