Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 24, 2015
I’ve seen friends (and family members) lose much of their savings that way over the years because “Black Swans” happen and in 1987, 2001, 2003 & 2008 (just to name a few from my memory) huge market gyrations caused much financial distress to people seeking short-term gains.
Tomasz Tunguz
JUNE 30, 2016
Salesforce’s initial public offering in 2003 demarcated the beginning of a new era, the era of Software as a Service. More than 15% of all software revenue is now generated by software as a service companies, and there are more than 50 publicly traded SaaS companies today. The chart above plots the number of SaaS IPOs.
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American Entrepreneurship
MAY 22, 2023
When looking at the industry of Early and Mid-stage ET30 2023 companies, AI models and tools again led the stage category with 40% of List companies, with 25% data platforms, ETL and BI, 20% SaaS, and 15% dev and devops tools. No security, fintech, or defense/aero companies were identified in early and mid-stages for the ET30 in 2023.
Tomasz Tunguz
SEPTEMBER 21, 2014
This post is part of a continuing series evaluating the S-1s of publicly traded SaaS companies in order to better understand the core business and build a library of benchmarks that might be useful to founders. All of the businesses we’ve looked at in the past have been purely SaaS businesses.
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 29, 2022
K1 Investment Management, a big name in later-stage SaaS investments, is the sole investor in this round, which is Ocelot’s first-ever outside funding. Prior to this, the Boulder, Colorado-based startup was completely bootstrapped, and as such has been profitable from the start.
Tomasz Tunguz
AUGUST 26, 2014
One of the best ways I’ve found to understand SaaS companies is to pore through their public filings. HubSpot’s revenue trajectory is effectively identical to the median publicly traded SaaS company. DATA 2003 10 232. HubSpot is the second fastest SMB SaaS company to IPO yet, achieving the mark within 8 years.
TechCrunch
APRIL 15, 2022
He was also head of capital markets at SoFi and began his career at Deutsche Bank in 2003. Previously, Jain most recently served as senior vice president of C2FO, overseeing capital markets, card products and corporate development.
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