TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Boston-based VC firm OpenView interviewed nearly 600 SaaS companies for its annual pricing survey and the results are in: Automation is taking usage-based pricing (USP) mainstream. Why more SaaS companies are shifting to usage-based pricing. The consequences of SaaS sprawl: A real-world study. This year, that figure rose to 45%.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2022

The SaaS platform provides care workers a suite of digital tools to support their work by streamlining admin and patient management while enabling real-time visibility into care events — helping keep family members informed of important details around their loved one’s care. In Birdie’s home market of the U.K.,

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2021

In short, the city appears to be strong in areas such as B2B, SaaS, marketplace, B2C, gaming and medtech. We are excited by environmental and sustainability sector, which we invest in. Most of our VCs, in my opinion, are focused on B2B, SaaS or marketplace-like startups. SaaS, remote work. SaaS and health.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Before Twitter he held similar roles at SuccessFactors (SaaS), Akamai (telecoms infrastructure), McAfee (Security Software) and was an investment banker. So he covers a ton of ground for industry knowledge and M&A chops. If you want to learn more about Seksom you can read his TechCrunch interview here. just to name a few!

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 26, 2024

Founder Brad Hel ler Ecodrive – B2B platform that makes sustainability accessible, transparent and ROI effective. – SaaS MarTech startup that drives sales of travel products by connecting brands, influencers, and travelers. Founder, CEO Olivia Rutman, CTP Landng Inc.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 6, 2023

From feeding the hungry to using AI to write the perfect cover letter, the innovation was beyond impressive. Piers Fawkes, President, PSFK Piers Fawkes is the President of PSFK , a business intelligence platform that helps brands, retailers, and their partners identify and leverage innovation opportunities.

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Tomasz Tunguz

DECEMBER 31, 2023

This innovation reinvigorates very early-stage IPOs. US VC investment falls from $275b in 2022 to $200b in 2023 & sustains at about $200-220b in 2024 as LP interest in venture attenuates after the euphoria in 2020 & 2021. SaaS did see a second wave fueled by AI, but the productivity gains remain to be seen. Score : 0.5.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2023

Brian Schwarzbach Contributor Brian Schwarzbach is an SF-based investor with Cathay Innovation, a global venture capital firm investing across North America, Europe, Asia and Africa. It’s largely due to the changing cultural and societal value placed on sustainability. Recommerce is a concept as old as trade itself.

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AsiaTechDaily

APRIL 11, 2023

The company’s plug-and-play energy efficiency technology, specifically designed for the food and beverage industry, offers an innovative zero upfront costs approach. The funds raised will be used to expand the company’s technology platform with new features, product modules, and enter fast-growing markets in the region.

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Startup Blogpost

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

These metrics serve as the lifeblood of a company’s financial structure, offering a clear picture of immediate fiscal stability and long-term sustainability. New Accounts: Key Metric for SaaS Startups As a fintech startup, we track a lot of metrics, but what really matters for a SaaS company is the number of new accounts.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2022

The ability to raise capital is less impressive than finding sustainable ways to build a base of paying customers. ” After surveying 14 public B2B software companies, Townshend says firms that built for discoverability and deployed usage-based pricing had a median growth rate of 141%, compared to 21% for traditional SaaS.

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Tomasz Tunguz

MARCH 11, 2017

Other startups prefer to combine a product innovation with a reinvention of the sales process. The four key innovations in SaaS sales strategies I’ve observed so far are: Bottoms-up. These don’t happen very often, but a shift from on-premises to SaaS, or PC to mobile suddenly changes customer acquisition costs.

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Jason Malki

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Meet Qaiser — Founder of BAE INTERNET & GO ONLINE who is Pioneering Change in Tech In the dynamic world of technology and startups, few entrepreneurs stand out with their innovative approaches and compelling vision. My vision is to expand our reach globally, continually innovate our offerings, and sustainably grow our impact.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Founding Visions that Fuel Innovation Younghak Ahn’s journey into entrepreneurship began with a passion for addressing real-world problems. “We created an educational SaaS that enabled real-time two-way communication between teachers and students through IT.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MARCH 22, 2024

That said, we’ve outlined how we’re thinking about pricing and packaging in a part of the market that’s debating how to monetize their new genAI feature— B2B SaaS and prosumer companies —and how we’re seeing other companies approach the same question so you can better understand where your strategy fits in today.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 7, 2024

Beta Boom : founded in 2017 by two veteran Silicon Valley innovators, Kimmy and Sergio Paluch the firm invests in pre-seed software startups that are building the future for womxn, Black, Latinx and other ethnic minority consumers. 90% of their funded startups are led by women or people of color.

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Founders Coop

JANUARY 11, 2023

Our firm’s original premise was – and remains – dead simple: Seattle is a global gravity well for engineering talent, thanks to the sustained excellence and corresponding human capital needs of Amazon and Microsoft.

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TechCrunch

MAY 14, 2021

SaaS companies can grow to $20M+ ARR by selling exclusively to developers. Family physician Bobbie Kumar lays out the golden rules to ensure your healthcare product, service or innovation is on the right track. Thanks very much for reading Extra Crunch this week, and have a great weekend. Walter Thompson. Senior Editor, TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2023

Just as the industry is always evolving and innovating — especially in recent months — we’re doing the same to keep Disrupt on the cutting edge for first-time founders, seasoned investors, visionaries and everybody in between. For founders and investors, there’s no platform like TechCrunch Disrupt.

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Tomasz Tunguz

MARCH 10, 2016

What do you look for in SaaS companies? The best way I’ve found to describe it is a technology innovation leading to a go-to-market advantage. In such a contentious ecosystem, how does a new business develop a sustainable competitive advantage? Innovation = Invention + Go To Market. But, technology is not enough.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

DECEMBER 12, 2019

If you are developing a new, innovative product, process, or software application, and you need capital to turn that innovation in to a business, let us help you get from Startup to UP and running! An investment in Sustain VC Impact Fund was also awarded. www.assuretech-mobile-app.com. We Invest in Innovation.

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Tomasz Tunguz

DECEMBER 1, 2019

One well known SaaS unicorn focused itself on monthly product launches. The company sustained this cadence for two years. First, the company sustained a torrid pace of product development for a long time achieving more than most thought possible. Second, the market perceived the startup as fast moving and innovative.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2023

Focus on growth with good economics and don’t “buy” growth, as that will come with poor economics and hence is not sustainable. There has been continuous innovation over the last several years thanks to more digital adoption and lower data pricing. Focus on the core business and deprioritize experimental investments.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2021

The group has already invested in startups in Mexico, Brazil and Argentina, including Aleph (B2B SaaS for e-commerce), Apperto (social commerce), Choiz (healthtech), Exactly (DeFi), Elevva (e-commerce brands), Inipay (fintech), Leef (sustainability), Wibson (e-privacy) and Yerbo (wellness).

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2022

The SaaS platform helps companies procure more strategically and better manage supply chain risk and compliance. It also aims to give sustainability center stage as part of the process. Evaluating and keeping an eye on the suppliers to your business is crucial, and fantastically complicated. million check from investors.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 17, 2021

The importance of building more sustainable businesses has never been more evident, especially for those in the food and beverage space,” said Surbhi Martin, vice president of Greek yogurt and functional nutrition for Danone North America. “By Imperfect Foods brought in $95 million in Series D funding for its sustainable grocery delivery.

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TechCrunch

JULY 29, 2021

Relying on proven tactics and measurable metrics isn’t enough — today, the most effective marketers constantly study and learn from innovative approaches while exploring new avenues. This process-based service model is, in our opinion, the only way to grow a business in a sustainable way. This is where Unmuted comes in.

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Tomasz Tunguz

DECEMBER 16, 2020

The 2010s were the decade of software and SaaS, the era when Salesforce become the first SaaS company to sail past the $100B market cap mark. The merry retail investors using Robinhood bolster the passive investment wave, and their market-shaping forces sustain stratospheric multiples in the public markets.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2015

Let me give you some examples I see of fauxmentum: In the SaaS world I see many business plans where companies have achieved 100-300% year-over-year growth and this is truly impressive. My cautionary tale here is that we’re in the phase of the market where every corporate buyer of software is being paid to innovate.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

billion in research and innovation it has to spend this year. Around 7,000 tech workers have joined the ranks of the Armed Forces or Territorial Defense Only last month, OneUkraine sprang up from a host of major European tech founders and investors, who plan to provide sustainable humanitarian relief for the Ukrainian people.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2023

The sector is still pretty nascent in many parts of Africa and has barely scratched the surface even though the millions poured into startups — operating in various facets from haulage to last mile — are yet to build sustainable businesses. I’ve realized we can build and create solutions around payment and core fintech.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Where is progress and innovation going to come from this decade? or the final vaccine timeline for COVID-19, we still need to define what this next decade is about, particularly in technology, where the list of issues is widening and the number of sectors that have the potential for innovation expands. What’s next? in the U.S.

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Jason Malki

AUGUST 21, 2023

He assists startups in achieving repeatable growth and scalability, leveraging his extensive background in leading global organizations for renowned SaaS and cybersecurity companies including Oracle, McAfee, Proofpoint, and Cofense. They inspired and motivated, cultivated innovation and creativity. I’m not a product inventor.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The following areas should be explored to determine the feasibility of the business under consideration will become sustainable and profitable. There are two types of startups: replicative and innovative. In contrast, an innovative startup must establish a business model or develop and introduce a product that has yet to be proven.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Their high-end products and storefront come from a hand-cultivated culture, state of the art facilities and a sustainable growing practice. Airway Innovations. Airway Innovations is one of five first cohort companies out of Grand Rapids taken on by the new Conquer Accelerator run by Michigan State University (founded 2020).

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TechCrunch

MAY 24, 2022

Singularity Energy , a SaaS platform that reports on carbon emissions for the electricity grid, has closed a $4.5 Harvard is very sustainability driven. million seed round led by Spero Ventures and Energy Impact Partners and joined by existing investors, including Third Sphere and J Ventures. . he recalled. “We ”

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

As more tech companies go public, the necessary disclosure has meant that with access to more information on the financial condition of many startups, mainstream investors have begun questioning just how profitable and sustainable these startups are. In such cases, innovating just to meet customer demand might not be enough.

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