Scytale

MARCH 12, 2025

As the UKs tech startup ecosystem continues to thrive, visionary founders are driving innovation across various industries, shaping the future of technology , finance , healthcare , and beyond. In this article, we highlight the top 10 tech startup founders in the UK for 2025 (who you should be following if you arent already!),

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SaaStr

AUGUST 9, 2021

Stop Selling Like a Startup. 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.

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 30, 2022

By building a strong business tech stack for your startup – covering everything from incorporation to growing long-lasting customer relationships – you can not only win back time and establish best practices, but create a solid foundation for your business to grow. Ready to take your startup to the next level?

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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? Check that out here. Why did you do the deal? We have a total of $1.8B

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Atlassian’s Chief Revenue Officer, Cameron Deatsch, walks us through how Atlassian grew over the course of 20 years and became one of the most successful startups today. When you buy one Atlassian product and have your compliance requirements checked, you automatically get all the other product compliance requirements.

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Scytale

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

These companies come into contact with lots of sensitive data in one way or another and so, data security compliance has pretty much become a must in this digital and tech day and age. A careful compliance strategy is non-negotiable for SaaS businesses. However, successful compliance management doesn’t just happen.

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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. For instance,the number one reason that startups fail is because they have no market need.

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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!

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Intercom, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Content performance and return on investment is likely to be measured more closely. During a conversation on the Intercom on Product podcast , Des Traynor and Paul Adams discussed the competition between startups and incumbents. Build for your customers, not your competitors’ customers. Whoever does it fastest will win.

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Scytale

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Have you ever felt overwhelmed by the compliance requirements of running a startup? As a startup founder trying to build your new organization from the ground up there’s a ton to do – And one of the commitments is keeping security compliance regulations and industry standards, and all that red tape!

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Scytale

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Whether you’re a new entrepreneur in the software industry, scaling your startup, or a seasoned SaaS provider, securing a SOC 3 audit report can be a game-changer for your business , helping you strengthen customer trust while demonstrating your unwavering commitment to data security. The good news? What is a SOC 3 Report?

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Stax

APRIL 3, 2025

Theyre easy to integrate and set up, with the host taking care of data security measures, including PCI compliance and fraud protection. On top of PCI compliance, you might have to pay extra for SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) certification. Just like self-hosted gateways, merchants using API-based solutions are responsible for security.

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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.

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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.

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 23, 2018

We are taking a number of steps to ensure compliance with GDPR, but now is the time to consider the entirety of your security and data privacy strategy, both in terms of how you build it and how you communicate it. Invest in your security program. What is a ‘privacy ecosystem’ and why it matters. What makes a strong privacy ecosystem.

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Pick your strategies, invest in them, and start tiering. So, if a sales rep is in a sticky situation, they can pull in a compliance expert from the team, and that team is accessible to customers in live chat. As a previous CMO, she knows where to slow down or speed up and where to invest in infrastructure to scale more efficiently.

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Scytale

JANUARY 22, 2024

Did someone say ‘compliance framework’? Security compliance isn’t just the new buzzword of the year nor a novelty that separates the greats from the average. As it grows in significance, it also grows in complexity – often deterring startups from investing in the proper compliance framework.

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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.,

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SaaStr

JANUARY 12, 2022

Indeed this was also my #1 mistake and the #1 I see from so many startups learning to go upmarket. 5M in ARR b/c we were too small a co and compliance dept blocked renewal (shoulda raised price I guess…) ” — Jared Hansen, CEO Thrilling Foods. Sales takes up so much energy, so much oxygen at many startups.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Back then, in 2011, Lyft was a small Series-A startup called Zimride with under 50 employees. Lyft is one of many companies that began as a small startup but quickly rose to a multibillion-dollar company. The total addressable market continues to grow and is ripe for selling to, but very few startups reach unicorn status.

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Tom Tunguz

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Aside from compliance efforts, not much. But these numbers impact the startup markets. In addition, later stage investors model new investments based on public trading comparables. What is the difference between a late stage private company and a new public company? And that’s exactly what’s happened.

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Stax

MARCH 18, 2025

To choose the right payment processing solution for your business, you need to evaluate your business needs, evaluate security and compliance standards, and evaluate different payment processors based on pricing, features, customer support, and scalability. Talk to sales What is a Payment Processing System?

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SaaStr

JANUARY 21, 2021

I’ve learned plenty from books and classes, but as a startup founder, there are a few lessons I’ve had to work out on the job. And it was a clear sign to us that we needed to double down on our investment in automation that would protect our team — as well as help our customers. Lifelong learners are always trying to get better.

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Scytale

JUNE 5, 2024

SOC 2 compliance does not have to be prohibitively expensive. Powerful new compliance technology makes SOC 2 more accessible to even smaller businesses and startups, who can use SOC 2 to gain a vital competitive edge. SOC 2 compliance creates a foundation for future business success.

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Neil Patel

MARCH 1, 2021

Creating a successful startup is hard; it’s even harder without access to startup funds. Equity crowdfunding enables members of the public to invest in a privately-owned company. For every Google or Amazon though, there are endless examples of startups that fail. An Overview of Equity Crowdfunding. JOBS Act 2012.

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Scytale

JULY 17, 2024

You’re not alone if staying on top of compliance feels like a full-time job. Enter compliance automation tools. These clever softwares can take the grunt work out of compliance, freeing you up for more strategic initiatives. And in this post, we’ll countdown the top 10 compliance automation tools for 2024.

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Scytale

JULY 17, 2024

You’re not alone if staying on top of compliance feels like a full-time job. Enter compliance automation tools. These clever softwares can take the grunt work out of compliance, freeing you up for more strategic initiatives. And in this post, we’ll countdown the top 10 compliance automation tools for 2024.

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Scytale

JULY 2, 2024

That’s why you want to make sure you’re meeting SOC 2 compliance standards. But with so many options out there for SOC 2 compliance software, how do you even begin to choose? We’ve taken a deep dive into the top SOC 2 compliance software solutions and identified the 5 best for 2024.

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Scytale

JULY 2, 2024

That’s why you want to make sure you’re meeting SOC 2 compliance standards. But with so many options out there for SOC 2 compliance software, how do you even begin to choose? We’ve taken a deep dive into the top SOC 2 compliance software solutions and identified the 5 best for 2024.

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Sales Hacker

AUGUST 9, 2021

Investment in cybersecurity companies has increased more than thirteenfold since 2011, and despite the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 was a record year for cybersecurity with over $7.8 billion invested in the industry globally. Orca Security provides security and compliance for Amazon Web Services , Azure , and Google Cloud Platform.

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Mucker Capital

MAY 8, 2024

In this Mucker Growth Session, Debbie Rosler from Burkland dives into the fundamental financial best practices and infrastructure early -stage startups need to put in place. It's important for early stage startups to focus on finance from the very beginning. Having a PT bookkeeper is often how startups begin.

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Scytale

JANUARY 23, 2024

They say it takes a village to raise a child, and in many ways, that rings true for startups – especially when it comes to finding your foothold in the market. We’ve created a list of the 10 best startup conferences to attend in 2024. But first, let’s take a look at what these conferences can mean for startups.

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Scytale

JANUARY 23, 2024

They say it takes a village to raise a child, and in many ways, that rings true for startups – especially when it comes to finding your foothold in the market. We’ve created a list of the 10 best startup conferences to attend in 2024. But first, let’s take a look at what these conferences can mean for startups.

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Scytale

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

What is ISO 27001 Compliance? Legal Compliance Some industries are more heavily regulated than others. Indeed, some companies make ISO 27001 compliance (or equivalent) a condition of doing business with them. For startups looking to break into new markets, becoming ISO 27001 certified can be an excellent way to scale.

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Instead of capturing small businesses and then trying to upgrade them to paid plans, the video hosting and analysis startup attracted larger companies, then worked backwards. This is Season Two of Scale , Intercom’s podcast series on moving from startup to scale-up. We’ve always invested in partner relationships.

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 15, 2019

So everything you do at a startup you’re treating it like an experiment, right? Mapistry is a small company and when we decided to make the move up market, we really had to invest a lot of time and a lot of resources into the effort, and if we didn’t do it in a smart way, we would be out a lot of money. Lauren A.:

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 1, 2019

. “Michael is the rare CFO who also leads up marketing, which makes him the perfect person to talk us through the company’s trajectory” As the head of Intercom’s Early Stage program for Startups, the fast-growing fintech startup is one company I’ve been keeping my eye on. From Wall Street to startup.

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