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Yes, SaaS is Back. But Every CFO I Know Is Still Doing Vendor Reviews. And Still Hoping to Consolidate Vendors.

SaaStr

So 2025 is Good Times Again. 2025 is already even much better. I caught up with a COO at a tech leader this week that’s already super lean. More on that here: The Average Tech Company Pays For 275 SaaS Apps, Flat From Last Year. 2024 was good, as most SaaS leaders saw growth reaccelerate toward the end of the year.

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The Series A Landscape in 2025: Insights from Chemistry VC’s Ethan Kurzweil

SaaStr

At SaaStr Workshop Wednesday live , Ethan Kurzwiel, previously partner at Bessemer Venture Partners and now founding partner at Chemistry VC, took us through a deep dive of exactly where Series A funding is right now in 2025. And sign up for the next FREE Workshop Wednesday here.

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Where AI Really Matters in Vertical SaaS With CEOs of Owner, Alloy Automation, and DoNotPay

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A huge congrats to Team @owner for a record start to 2025!! Join @owner pic.twitter.com/zaiPTpMEbM — Jason SaaStr 2025 is May 13-15 Lemkin (@jasonlk) February 1, 2025 Sarah Du, CEO Alloy Automation Sarah Du is the CEO of Alloy Automation, a Series A company backed by Andreessen Horowitz. New restaurants up +31% in 1 month!

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Embedded Payments in 2024: A year in review for platforms | Episode 44

Payrix

While many partners excel technically, broader operational considerationssuch as resourcing and support considerations , sales strategies , marketing , and portfolio managementremain areas for growth. Looking ahead to 2025 As 2025 approaches, Ella and Michael offered valuable advice for software companies tackling Embedded Payments.

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Mastering Growth in the AI Era: How to Stand Out, Acquire Customers, and Raise VC Dollars with B Capital, Zetta, and Glasswing

SaaStr

Joselyn Goldfein , Managing Director at Zeta Venture Partners, which invests in AI and data infrastructure-focused startups from inception through seed stage And see everyone at 2025 SaaStr Annual, May 13-15 in SF Bay!! The actual tech stack matters. Yet there’s a massive gap between interest and implementation.

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20 YC Startups Demoing at SaaStr 2025 Pushing the AI Frontier! From Abundant AI to Mosaic to Veriflow and More!!

SaaStr

So we’ll have ~20 of the latest AI start-ups from YCombinator at a special YC Demo Pod area at 2025 SaaStr Annual! Come meet them (and also watch 100+ present live at our first AI Demo Stage ) at 2025 SaaStr Annual, May 13-15 in SF Bay!! Here’s more on a dozen of them to meet IRL!:

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“Talk to You in 2025”: When There Isn’t Budget

SaaStr

Every business is mostly running OK already with its tech stack, and it’s unlikely your little app, alone, is going to change the revenue/profits course of any customer. A startup I invested in just emailed me that one of the top customers is churning due to a new CFO — even though their usage and NPS are off the charts.