$100 million ARR
Featured Article
Only 1 in 6 unicorns are true IPO candidates today
How did we wind up with so many unicorns and so few IPO-ready private technology companies with IPO-scale valuations?
9:00 am PDT • May 17, 2022
Featured Article
Why I’m hitting pause on ARR-focused coverage
One last time, let’s discuss some big startups that are scaling quickly: Appspace, Synack and Druva. We’ll proceed in alphabetical order.
8:32 am PST • March 12, 2021
Enterprise
Subscription-based pricing is dead: Smart SaaS companies are shifting to usage-based models
1:26 pm PST • January 29, 2021
Out of nine SaaS IPOs in recent years that had the best net dollar retention, seven employ usage-based models.
Startups
SiteMinder raises $70M at $750M valuation after cresting $70M ARR in 2019
12:00 pm PST • January 16, 2020
Today SiteMinder, an Australian software company focused on the hotel industry, announced a $70 million (USD) round that values the company at $750 million. That’s about $1.08 billion in Australian…