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How SaaStr Fund-Backed RevenueCat Went from a $1.5M Round at $7M Valuation in 2018 to $500M+ Today

SaaStr

When SaaStr Fund made the first investment in RevenueCat back in 2018, nobody could have predicted that this “simple API for managing in-app subscriptions” would become the infrastructure powering 33% of all mobile subscription apps and reach a $500M valuation in 2025. ” required weeks of developer time to answer.

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Toast: We Made Our Sales Reps Close More, And Shrunk Their Territories. It Worked.

SaaStr

So Toast is one of the most iconic B2B leaders out there. But while the brand and market penetration is strong, the business model is challenging. It still loses money on the hardware, and the payments side is fairly low margin (28% or less). We’ve all used Toast 10s or 100s of times by now.

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What’s New at Navan: Reinventing a Category with CEO Ariel Cohen

SaaStr

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. There was a new emphasis on building software for people. Should you push more on GTM?

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How pricing strategy helps shape your entire business model

Intercom, Inc.

The SaaS industry is constantly evolving, and for many companies in the space, that means having to evolve their business model. However, that doesn’t necessarily mean a “pivot”, but more often the evolution is a shifting business model as the company scales and the user base grows and changes. Gaining new customers.

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Doubling Down: Peter Specht, Partner at Creandum

SaaStr

“Doubling Down” is a new series where we hear from top B2B SaaS investors on their most recent activities and takes on the current market. This was precisely my experience upon meeting Toni and Carlos, the founders of Embat, in an area we’ve extensively have been exploring: treasury management and payment automation.

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Top 10 International Payment Gateways: An In-Depth Guide

FastSpring

Many companies that expand globally reach a point where they can’t properly support their international customers with their current payment platform. An international payment gateway can help with some of these issues, but it’s only one piece of the puzzle. What is an international payment gateway? Table of Contents.

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Cyber Weekend Benchmarking Data: 2023 SaaS and Software Holiday Spend Report

FastSpring

Q4 sales numbers usually outperform the rest of the year thanks to year-end holidays and their associated shopping cycles — but how much does that trend carry over into software and SaaS sales? And does it improve B2B sales too, or is it more just a B2C advantage? How B2B vs. B2C sales compare. Below, we’ll cover: U.S.