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The Bar Has Gone Up: The New Era of HyperFunctional SaaS with Jason Lemkin

SaaStr

To set the stage, if you talk to any VC out there today, they will tell you that half of their investments which were growing at epic rates in 2021 are barely growing today. Google Cloud , Azure, and GitLab, all tied directly or indirectly to AI, are seeing massive acceleration. Crowdstrike is up and still grew 35%. Is there a bubble?

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SaaS Rule of 40 Drivers Using KeyBanc’s 2021 SaaS Survey

SaaStr

” Fortunately, the always excellent KeyBanc Capital Markets (KBCM) 2021 SaaS Survey – which covers over 350 private SaaS companies across various stages and categories – provides a very rich data set to work from. You can’t pay your Azure bill or office lease in “Rule of 40” points.

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Pilot: 57% of Venture Startups Will Need to Raise More In 2024

SaaStr

Folks that raised in the Go-Go Times of 2021 in many cases have been able to stretch their cash through 2023. Shopify , Datadog, Crowdstrike , Google Cloud-Azure-AWS, Snowflake , etc. jasonlk) November 13, 2023 But with so, so many startups funded in 2021 … we likely will also see a record number shut down in 2024. :(.

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We End the Year at All-Time Lows for SaaS Growth. A Buying Signal — Or The End of an Era?

SaaStr

And broader Cloud players had great years too, from MongoDB to Cloudflare to Azure, if not quite as crazy as at the peak of 2021. Shopify, Canva, Monday and tons of other SaaS leaders less focused on tech and startups had big years.

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Gartner: Software Spend Will Grow 13.8% in 2024, to Over $1 Trillion For The First Time

SaaStr

Growth in public cloud services (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Snowflake, etc.) Growth in public cloud services (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Snowflake, etc.) As compared to late 2020 and 2021, when change was the name of the game. But it’s not that simple. So breaking out is harder than it was, even with this epic growth.

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5 Interesting Learnings from C3.ai at $200,000,000 in ARR

SaaStr

But they came back in 2021 strong. Partners are key — Baker Hughes (a customer and partner) makes up a massive 30% of revenue, and claim Microsoft Azure has contributed $200m in total bookings. Reaccelerated growth to 29% after a rough 2020 of 4+ flat quarters. Never quit! #5. And a few bonus notes: #6.

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When 1% Market Share Shifts Represent $5b of Market Cap

Tom Tunguz

Microsoft’s Azure is winning share directly from Amazon. “The number of $100 million-plus Azure deals increased over 80% year-over-year, while the number of $10 million-plus deals more than doubled. " The rest of Azure is still growing in a nice clip of 24% annually. “We now have 1.8 “We now have 1.8

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