Tom Tunguz

MARCH 19, 2020

Speaking with startups, I’ve collected a list of disciplines that are going to become very important in the next period. Most SaaS companies will have existing customers. This is important to project churn rates, assess timing of software payments, and estimate the impact on cash flows/burn. Others may benefit from it.

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SaaStr

MARCH 8, 2024

VCs often enable these models. They weren’t a 3H startup. SaaS + hardware, SaaS + payments, etc. So be extra careful here — you have to be even more efficient than pure SaaS. Those two are tough but founders find a way. And High Burn. Blitz scaling. But we aren’t all HubSpot.

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Churn Startup SaaS Payments Venture Capital 307

SaaStock

JANUARY 25, 2019

The Latin American SaaS landscape is hustling and bustling, having seen more IPOs in the last 6 months than the previous 20 years combined. We will gather 300 leading SaaS founders, executives and investors for three days packed with opportunities and rich exchange of knowledge to push the whole ecosystem forward. CEO : Tiago Dalvi.

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SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payment Methods Payments 257

SaaStr

APRIL 24, 2021

A lot of our SaaS older times don’t quite know what to make with a lot of B2B startups these days, let alone some public SaaS companies. So many startups these days are claiming they have “ARR” from revenue that … doesn’t recur. Bill.com is one of my favorite sleeper SaaS companies.

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Merchant Services SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payment Services 360

SaaStr

DECEMBER 3, 2023

So over the past decade-and-a-half we’ve come up with a lot of yardsticks, metrics and rules for SaaS companies. But — they are broken if you aren’t really a traditional, 100%+ NRR SaaS company. In particular: Hybrid SaaS with payments and fintech usually has far, far lower gross margins than pure software.

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SaaS Payments Metrics SMB Payments 284

Tom Tunguz

DECEMBER 31, 2022

Just how big is the current web3 B2B SaaS total addressable market (TAM)? Web3 software sales must also navigate novel procurement processes with decentralized decision-making, payment for services in kind with tokens, & different permissions models for users. in startup market cap. This is a rough estimate.

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Payment Solutions B2B Software Payment Services 351

SaaStr

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Engage teams by enabling them to interact with the project in the way they prefer. Paddle offers SaaS companies a completely different approach to their payments infrastructure. Paddle offers SaaS companies a completely different approach to their payments infrastructure. Tropic is procurement paradise.

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Merchant Services Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Payments 278

Frontegg

MAY 28, 2022

With more and more businesses offering their services online, payment processing is now taking centerstage. Creating a secure and smooth payment pipeline is becoming increasingly important, with users expecting more in-app freedom with the ability to purchase or upgrade their accounts with just a few clicks.

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SaaS Payments Payment Services Payment Methods Payments 98

SaaStr

APRIL 12, 2022

So is Square a SaaS company? The majority of its revenue is now from Bitcoin transactions, not “traditional” payments and software. And yet … and yet … its engine is all software and really SaaS. Its software and services business is the one with the real operating margins. Going upmarket.

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Payments SaaS Payments Payment Services Revenue 306

SaaStock

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

When we announced a few weeks ago that we would be bringing our leading SaaS conference to Asia, and running it in Hong Kong, many locals thanked us for choosing the city. Tienpay enables merchant payments, person-to-person transfers, and vouchers, among other functionalities. . Founders : William Tien. Founded : 2011.

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SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Merchant Services Payment Methods 225

SaaStr

MAY 25, 2024

It was founded by three developers who owned a consulting firm previously, helping startups come to market. Lesson #1: Invest In Customer Support Early Cloudinary strongly believes that customer success and support are enablers of PLG growth and aren’t just a cost center. Let’s first start with how Cloudinary came to be.

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Scale Sales Hiring SaaS Payments Development 316

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Founder and General Partner of Craft Ventures, David Sacks, shares his perspective on what to expect from SaaS in 2024. Can you raise a Series A if you’re not “AI SaaS?” Can You Raise A Series A If You’re Not AI SaaS? So, can you raise a Series A if you’re not “AI SaaS?” Is everything going to be focused on AI?

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SaaS Payments Payment Solutions AI SaaS 287

SaaStr

JULY 15, 2024

PayPal: Their Market Stayed the Same PayPal started as a payment encryption service, and now they’re a web-based payment processor. An Actual Pivot: Yelp Yelp started as a service where they solicited reviews by email. If you have an early-stage startup with 15 different ideas, you’re not pivoting.

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Payment Services SaaS Payments Payment Methods PayPal 261

SaaStr

JUNE 6, 2024

“Doubling Down” is a new SaaStr series where we hear from top B2B SaaS investors on their most recent activities and takes on the current market. We invest in early-stage startups, so we’ll participate in Seed through Series C rounds, with an emphasis on Series A and B. Check that out here. And how big is your current fund?

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SaaS Payments Management Scale Venture Capital 298

SaaStr

JANUARY 30, 2023

20X year 1⃣ 12X year 2⃣ 5X year 3⃣ #deelspeed @deel [link] — Shuooo (@shuoshuooshuooo) January 23, 2023 When we look at SaaS companies’ success stories, everything looks great on their growth maps. Shuo Wang is the CRO and co-founder of Deel, one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies. Trust the process.

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Sales Hiring Payment Services SaaS Payments Scale 278

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Many of the fundamental business models that were once engraved in the SaaS playbook are now changing thanks to a tougher macro environment and a maturing market. PST, Stephanie Opdam, Partner at Notion Capital, shares four business model changes that will allow SaaS companies to build resilience and staying power over time.

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Business Model SaaS Payments Payments Headcount 306

SaaStr

JANUARY 6, 2021

To help you with your search, we’ve compiled a list of sales leadership opportunities from around our community to help connect leading startups with the best candidates. . 10 Rules to Being a VP of Sales in a Startup. 10 Rules to Being a VP of Sales in a Startup. Who is looking to hire a VP of Sales in January / Q1?

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Baremetrics

MARCH 31, 2021

SaaS and subscription companies like yours need to collect and manage recurring payments at scale. Regular payment gateways like SagePay and WorldPay won't cut it. All the data your startup needs Collecting payments is just one step of effective subscription management. It's the No.1 Try Baremetrics free.

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Merchant Services SaaS Payments Payment Services Payment Features 98

SaaStock

MARCH 1, 2019

As we first looked at bringing our leading SaaS conference to Asia and considered what help we could offer, we thought about localization and know-how about legal and cultural differences as some of the critical success factors. SaaS Investments: Goodera, and others. SaaS Investments: Ezetap, and others. Founded: 2001.

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SaaS Payments Venture Capital Payment Services Telecommunications 190

SaaStr

JANUARY 26, 2023

Check is a payroll-as-a-service API that lets you embed payroll directly in your vertical SaaS, HR, or time-tracking platform. Embed white-labeled dashboards in your SaaS application or portal. Finix makes it easy for software platforms of all sizes to process payments while increasing revenue and reducing cost.

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Payments Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Software Review 52

FastSpring

OCTOBER 13, 2023

If you’re currently using 2Checkout or Stripe to sell digital goods or SaaS but are considering switching — to the other, or to other options such as FastSpring — you may be wondering whether there are substantial differences between the platforms and their services. What does all of that mean? What Is FastSpring and Who Is It For?

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Payments Payment Methods Payment Services Merchant Services 126

SaaStr

JULY 20, 2021

Emerging Insurance Disruptors: Are they Really SaaS? The financial services industry – banking, lending, insurance – has long benefited from deep competitive moats that limited competition and stifled innovation. Fundraising for a Startup vs Fundraising for Banks with Treasury Prime’s CEO and Piermont Bank.

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Payments Payment Services SaaS Payments Banking 279

FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

The payments landscape and how it affects businesses trying to grow in Asia. Podcast Full Interview: Audio Listen online or find it on more podcast services. 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.

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Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Methods SaaS Payments 182

SaaStr

DECEMBER 28, 2023

At a recent Workshop Wednesday , SaaStr founder and CEO Jason Lemkin answered the community’s most pressing questions about SaaS — from investor appetites and IPOs in 2024 to managing and hiring a Head of Sales as a solo founder to AI and the future of customer success. The number one is Klaviyo, the only SaaS IPO in two years.

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Sales Hiring Payment Solutions AI SaaS Payments 302

Baremetrics

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

The story of payment processors begins in 1998 when Confinity (later X.com, but you probably know it as PayPal) was released. This early payment processor did very little and wasn’t all that important to global commerce. That history might be interesting to some, but the real questions are: What are payment processors?

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Payment Services Merchant Services Payment Methods Payment Solutions 97

Tom Tunguz

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

They span single digit ARR businesses to publicly traded SaaS companies. We processed the data with 1000+ lines of R code to parse the insights from the data and test for statistical significance. We processed the data with 1000+ lines of R code to parse the insights from the data and test for statistical significance.

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Payment Services SaaS Payments SMB Benchmarks 279

Stax

MARCH 18, 2025

The SaaS industry has seen explosive growth in the past decadeand this is expected to continue this year. Data cited by Statista shows that the software as service is expected to hit $299 billion by the end of 2025. Part of this can be attributed to the SaaS model’s unique aspect of relying primarily on future revenue.

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Scale Payment Services Payments SaaS Payments 117

The Angel VC

MARCH 23, 2016

Almost exactly four years ago I published a financial plan template for SaaS startups based on a model that I had created for Zendesk a few years earlier. The original v1 model was a very simple plan for early-stage SaaS startups with a low-touch sales model. I've called them "Basic", "Pro" and "Enterprise".

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Scytale

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Did you know that the total value of losses due to fraudulent card payments worldwide – including both credit and debit cards – is expected to reach $43 billion by 2028? Thats an astronomical number, and businesses accepting card payments must take security seriously to avoid falling victim to fraud.

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Incredo

JULY 14, 2019

Whether you are a startup owner, a manager of a growing business or the CEO of an established company, you might find yourself asking questions like “ Should our SaaS subscription model be monthly, annually or both ?” History of the subscription pricing model: From newspapers to the rise of SaaS subscription.

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Payment Features SaaS Payments Payment Methods Subscription 184

The Angel VC

APRIL 24, 2015

When I talk to SaaS startups and take a look at their metrics, it still happens quite often that some of the numbers aren’t quite clear to me and it takes some time to clarify things. That said, I believe most SaaS companies can focus on a small number of revenue metrics which aren’t overly complicated.

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Payments SaaS Payments Metrics Revenue 193

Tom Tunguz

JANUARY 3, 2018

Below are 7 predictions about the startup software ecosystem. Several landscape altering SaaS acquisitions will come to fruition because of cash availability from repatriation and because there are enough public SaaS companies at scale to add material revenue and market cap to buyers. How many of them do you agree with?

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SaaStr

AUGUST 12, 2022

I think it’s a challenge to folks that think we are in some sort of terrible downturn for SaaS and cloud. While Azure and Google Cloud grew at record rates, Shopify for example, its SaaS business only grew 10% last quarter. Jason Lemkin: So you have like a great profile irrespective of what your startup’s doing.

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Scale SaaS Payments Scaling SaaS 245

Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

But thankfully, that’s not what your payroll process has to look like. The best payroll services help you automate paying your employees and simplify the entire process, so you can gain more control over how you spend your time. The 6 best payroll service options for 2020. How to choose the best payroll service for you.

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Payment Services SaaS Payments Outsourcing Services Payment Solutions 145

FastSpring

DECEMBER 9, 2022

SaaS billing software automates one or more of the various aspects of the recurring billing process — payment processing, fulfillment, dunning, and more. You’ll still need a separate solution for payment processing, taxes, chargebacks, and more. FastSpring: Your MoR for All-in-One SaaS Billing.

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Apple survived the death of Steve Jobs in October 2011 under the thoughtful stewardship of Tim Cook, and continued to essentially be the iPhone company, while branching into wearables and services. Rise of the cloud and SaaS businesses. Rise of mobile. To give some perspective, there were about 300 million smartphones sold in 2010.

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Payment Solutions Payment Methods Software SaaS Payments 259

SaaStock

MARCH 5, 2019

Christina Villa had a simple launch plan for Cledara: do it at the SaaStock Startup stage on October 16th, 2018. Cledara was going to solve the problem of companies having too many SaaS subscriptions that were increasingly difficult to keep track of. She had quit her job four months earlier and incorporated the company in London.

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