SaaStr

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

We are passionate about helping businesses and communities thrive by advancing the way the world pays, banks and invests, serving more than 20,000 clients and more than one million merchant locations in over 130 countries. Insight Assurance is a professional services firm providing cybersecurity compliance, risk management, and tax services.

Merchant Services 255

Merchant Services Cybersecurity compliance Finance 255

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Its proprietary technology simplifies the employment process by managing the complexities of local compliance, labour contracts, payroll, benefits and taxes. We enable companies to manage their distributed teams via a simple dashboard while taking responsibility for local labor law compliance on their behalf.

Cloud spend optimization 257

Cloud spend optimization AWS Scale compliance 257

SaaStr

DECEMBER 14, 2023

What’s your most recent disclosed investment? Teleport’s Zero-Trust security approach makes it the tool of choice for CISOs and compliance officers, but developers love it because their experience accessing everything from SSH and Windows servers to databases to Kubernetes to web applications is simply easier. #2.

Venture Capital 276

Venture Capital Benchmarks Cloud compliance 276

Payrix

OCTOBER 1, 2024

In the latest episode of PayFAQ: The Embedded Payments Podcast, host Ian Hillis sits down with Candice Raybourn, Head of Partner Activation at Payrix and Worldpay for Platforms, to discuss the crucial topic of PCI compliance. Candice underscores the financial and reputational risks associated with non-compliance. is essential.

Payment Services 113

Payment Services Merchant Services Payments compliance 113

Clouded Judgement

DECEMBER 1, 2023

There were also quite a few questions around cost and compliance. And on the latter - there will be more guardrails and structure in place to appease some of the compliance questions. This is for information purposes and should not be construed as an investment recommendation. This year, there was tons of experimentation.

AWS 299

AWS Cloud AI Search Cost optimization & reporting 299

SaaStr

JULY 1, 2024

It could be a 6-month, 12-month, or multi-year venture, so you want the cash to invest in an upmarket strategy properly. Once you do, invest and go hard after this market and grow the sales team to serve that upmarket customer. #3: Make sure you can make that investment from a product perspective. Look at your team.

Sales Hiring 293

Sales Hiring Scale SMB compliance 293

SaaStr

MARCH 28, 2024

What’s your most recent disclosed investment? We recently led a [ $50M series B ] investment in Todyl, which is a modular cybersecurity platform for small and medium businesses. What’s your sweet spot for investing — check size, stage, type of deal? What’s different about your fund / how you invest and support founders?

Venture Capital 269

Venture Capital Cybersecurity Artificial Intelligence Scale 269

SaaStr

JULY 14, 2022

Let me take a few example of the unicorns and decacorns I’ve been lucky enough to invest in. Talkdesk, last valued at $10B, started off as an SMB Zendesk and Salesforce plug in at a $25m valuation when I first invested. Because they want custom features, compliance, security etc. That’s your call.

SMB 325

SMB Enterprise Government compliance 325

SaaStr

JANUARY 17, 2024

” What are the Most Important Investments that Ensure a Future 50 Company Can Adopt? Compliance matters. Arvind Jain, CEO of Glean explained: “ The first thing is just working on all security aspects and compliance. So getting your SOC-2 certification, HIPAA compliance, GDPR, and FedRAMP. Security matters.

AI 286

AI Enterprise Artificial Intelligence compliance 286

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Key areas to watch: Model Efficiency Innovations Enterprise Data Integration Tools Vertical-Specific AI Platforms Industry-Specific AI Applications Governance and Compliance Solutions As always in SaaS, the winners will be those who can move quickly while building sustainable, differentiated solutions.

AI 179

AI Scale SaaS Government 179

SaaStr

MARCH 19, 2021

We created a product that was simple to use for entrepreneurs who were juggling a thousand different priorities and didn’t have (and didn’t want) an expertise in regulation, compliance or sales tax. As we matured as a company, though, so did our product — and that caught the eye of larger customers. . What were their challenges?

Scale 278

Scale Business Finance compliance 278

SaaStr

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Secureframe helps companies get enterprise ready by streamlining SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, CCPA, PCI DSS and HIPAA compliance. Verdane is a specialist growth equity investment firm that partners with tech-enabled and sustainable businesses based out of Europe to help them reach the next stage of international growth.

GCP(Google Cloud Platform) 254

GCP(Google Cloud Platform) Azure AWS Enterprise readiness 254

Tom Tunguz

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

This means that the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and Head of Data must forge a close relationship to ensure that access controls, compliance, governance, and other security methods are organized across both teams. Another challenge is ensuring that data security policies are aligned across both data and security teams.

Government 213

Government compliance Software Engineering Engineering 213

SaaStr

JULY 30, 2024

By scaling your PLG motion, you can achieve higher revenue per employee because you aren’t investing as many dollars in messaging, marketing, and building the big sales teams. Does this integrate with all the other tech my company has invested in? It hurts badly if you touch it later, especially the compliance pieces.

Underperforming Technical Team 276

Underperforming Technical Team Enterprise Scale Payments 276

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

When you buy one Atlassian product and have your compliance requirements checked, you automatically get all the other product compliance requirements. Both partners need to consider cultural fit as a priority and ensure they are both invested in one another’s success. This makes it easy for customers to expand their use cases.

Scale 258

Scale Scaling Marketplace as a Service Entrepreneurship 258

Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

As we write in our piece It’s All About The Money (Movement), moving money internationally is an opaque, fee-intensive process that requires two things: actually “moving” the money and leveraging onboarding and compliance workflow software.

Investment 87

Investment compliance Onboarding Software 87

SaaStr

AUGUST 9, 2021

Enterprise clients expect a high level of security, compliance and legal protections as a given, so you should have things in place, like GDPR and certifications like SOC-2, PCI, etc. So it’s worth the effort to invest in bolstering your credibility for enterprise customers. Key Takeaways.

Scale 286

Scale Sales Hiring Enterprise Sales 286

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Cyvatar is a technology-enabled cyber security as a service (CSaaS) provider disrupting a $150 billion industry by introducing and delivering smarter, measurable managed security subscriptions to help you achieve compliance and security faster and more efficiently.

Banking 258

Banking Payment Features Venture Capital Subscription 258

Tom Tunguz

APRIL 6, 2023

Enterprise readiness will be an essential : ensuring buyers are safe from legal & compliance risks. It’s likely startups start at plug-ins & then move down with scale that affords more usage & more capital to invest. Usage & distribution, like in classical SaaS, are likely the most sustainable & repeatable.

Generative AI 229

Generative AI AI GCP(Google Cloud Platform) Startup 229

SaaStr

JANUARY 23, 2025

Focus on: Building robust security and compliance (SOC 2, ISO 27001) Automating customer onboarding/offboarding Creating enterprise-grade support processes Developing procurement relationship expertise Having clear data handling procedures 5. If one does and one doesn’t, you know it’s the person not the motion.

Enterprise 244

Enterprise Sales Hiring Scale Outsourced Development 244

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

b) Some folks like to invest in the company they advise. One can’t start investing in a brand early enough. Example 2: Compliance and security norms change when you go to other geos. The bells and whistles of compliance, security, analytics/reporting needs to be built as one moves upmarket. Scale brings new challenges.

Scale 286

Scale Sales Hiring Underperforming Technical Team Cybersecurity 286

SaaStr

APRIL 14, 2020

Invest in the top tools for your sales team. Leverage document templates to speed-up creation and increase brand compliance. Surprisingly, our research suggests that sellers over-invest in building “trust” with buyers. Here are a few steps revenue organizations can take to personalize an experience right now.

Technical Review 310

Technical Review Marketplace as a Service Construction Software Review 310

SaaStr

AUGUST 17, 2024

How do you multi-thread internally or navigate the complexities of security and compliance? Identify areas where you can invest more and build a GTM strategy that helps you grow quickly. If you’re moving upmarket, the expectations are different, so the skill set must be different. How do you best build and respond to an RFP?

Scale 306

Scale Sales Hiring Sales Technical Review 306

SaaStr

AUGUST 9, 2024

The quicker you can be smart and make early investments that pay off, the better off you’ll be. Braze invested in this, and the leadership team agreed to do so. During the IPO process, they had to look at things related to audit and compliance. You can anticipate this with scale and choose your tools wisely.

Scale 284

Scale Sales Hiring Scaling Startup 284

USIO

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Fortunately, PayFac-as-a-Service (PFaaS) exists to save you from the $1M+ upfront cost, 12+ months of setup time, and the headaches that come with managing payments, compliance, and risk. Payrix Flexible, but Bring a Developer (or Five) Best for: SaaS companies willing to invest developer time into embedded payments. Eventually.

PayFac as a Service 179

PayFac as a Service Merchant Services Payfac Payments 179

SaaStr

JUNE 15, 2021

Jeff : Every company starts with you trying to figure out the utility you provide to your customer, which usually it’s not about, say, security and compliance and things like that because those things can block you from delivering utility from a customer, but you need to first figure out what utility you’re providing.

Scale 294

Scale Underperforming Technical Team Engineering Wireless 294

SaaStr

OCTOBER 23, 2024

” Investing for growth has been pretty flat year over year for SMBs, which means there is money there, but they’re holding onto it. With a trillion in payment volume coming through BILL in the last five years, managing the payment and compliance engine has required an ongoing effort of a sizable team.

SMB 300

SMB Payment Services Payments Payment Methods 300

FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

In simple terms, we handle everything from payments to fraud management, to custom support and tax compliance, so that sellers can focus on growing their business. However, this growth actually comes with challenges, particularly around compliance with content regulations. Jay Jia (10:20) Mm -hmm, for sure. For example, in the U.S.,

Merchant Services 192

Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Methods SaaS Payments 192

SaaStr

AUGUST 8, 2023

The Accounting Team Responsibilities: Financial recording and reporting Compliance, Audits Accounts Payable/Accounts Receivable Tax, Treasury Your accounting team makes sure every financial transaction is recorded correctly and categorized. Invest in next-gen finance tooling. Encourage bias towards action. Every Wednesday at 10 a.m.

Scale 239

Scale Finance Outsourcing Services Sales Recruiting 239

USIO

AUGUST 15, 2024

Without continual investment in cutting-edge technology, they may struggle to meet the demands of increasingly tech-savvy customers. Regulatory Compliance Failures Regulatory compliance is a critical aspect of the payments industry. Failure to do so can result in hefty fines, legal challenges, and loss of customer trust.

Payment Services 130

Payment Services Payment Solutions Technical Review Blockchain 130

SaaStr

JANUARY 30, 2023

Overcoming challenges by optimizing for success In the early stages of setting up your SaaS business, it’s always a good idea to invest time thinking about the direction you want to take. This insight led Deel to focus on solving payments and compliance. And on to almost $300m ARR today!

Sales Hiring 269

Sales Hiring Payment Services SaaS Payments Scale 269

Tom Tunguz

JANUARY 28, 2020

When we announced our investment in and partnership with Mattermost about a year ago , I wrote about a new architecture for SaaS. The third is compliance. I’m starting to see that archiecture more and more, but with a twist. The idea behind the new architecture is split a SaaS app into code and the data.

VPCs (Virtual Private Cloud) 223

VPCs (Virtual Private Cloud) Cloud Enterprise Data 223

SaaStr

JULY 18, 2023

Hypergrowth in today’s highly competitive and budget-constrained SaaS world may be less frequent now, but Vanta, the software tool empowering security companies to achieve compliance and manage risk, has defied the odds. With a multi-billion dollar valuation and a trajectory to double growth annually, Vanta is seizing the spotlight.

Strategy 246

Strategy Scale Sales Hiring Startup 246

Clouded Judgement

JANUARY 24, 2025

For many current large language models, once they are exposed to domain-specific challenges or niche inquiries—like in-depth product troubleshooting or compliance-related questions—they can stumble. This is for information purposes and should not be construed as an investment recommendation.

Enterprise 157

Enterprise AI Cloud Artificial Intelligence 157

USIO

JULY 25, 2024

Key Roles and Estimated Salary Ranges Compliance Officer Role: Ensures that your operations adhere to all relevant regulations, mitigating legal risks. Operational Risks: Managing a payment facilitation team requires expertise in various domains, including compliance, risk management, and IT security.

Payment Services 130

Payment Services Payment Facilitation Payments Payment Solutions 130

FastSpring

APRIL 17, 2024

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Merchant Services 141

Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Methods Payment Facilitation 141

ChurnZero

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Customer Advocacy: How to Get Your Customers and Customer Success Team Invested. At ChurnZero’s virtual RYG, we held a panel discussion with Customer Success leaders who offered up their best advice on how to get both your customers and your team invested in your customer advocacy program. Similarly, Megan Macaluso, Sr.

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Customer Success Investment Systems Review Technical Review 96