{"id":2370,"date":"2021-02-13T14:23:24","date_gmt":"2021-02-13T08:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saasworthy.com\/blog\/?p=2370"},"modified":"2021-02-13T14:36:30","modified_gmt":"2021-02-13T09:06:30","slug":"saas-weekly-roundup-7-shop-pay-launches-for-facebook-and-instagram-datadog-acquisitions-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.saasworthy.com\/blog\/saas-weekly-roundup-7-shop-pay-launches-for-facebook-and-instagram-datadog-acquisitions-and-more","title":{"rendered":"SaaS weekly roundup #7: Shop Pay launches for Facebook and Instagram, Datadog acquisitions, and more"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>New launches, quarterly revenue announcements, acquisitions, big funding rounds\u00a0\u2013 this week had it all. So, if you find it difficult to follow what truly deserves your attention in the ever-changing world of SaaS, then you&#8217;ve come to the right place. Read on to find out everything that mattered in the SaaS ecosystem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy counter-decimal ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/dev.saasworthy.com\/blog\/saas-weekly-roundup-7-shop-pay-launches-for-facebook-and-instagram-datadog-acquisitions-and-more\/#News_of_the_week\" title=\"News of the week\">News of the week<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/dev.saasworthy.com\/blog\/saas-weekly-roundup-7-shop-pay-launches-for-facebook-and-instagram-datadog-acquisitions-and-more\/#SaaS_companies_that_got_the_funding_this_week\" title=\"SaaS companies that got the funding this week\">SaaS companies that got the funding this week<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/dev.saasworthy.com\/blog\/saas-weekly-roundup-7-shop-pay-launches-for-facebook-and-instagram-datadog-acquisitions-and-more\/#Must_reads\" title=\"Must reads\">Must reads<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/dev.saasworthy.com\/blog\/saas-weekly-roundup-7-shop-pay-launches-for-facebook-and-instagram-datadog-acquisitions-and-more\/#Listen_to\" title=\"Listen to\">Listen to<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/dev.saasworthy.com\/blog\/saas-weekly-roundup-7-shop-pay-launches-for-facebook-and-instagram-datadog-acquisitions-and-more\/#Watch\" title=\"Watch\">Watch<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 id=\"news-of-the-week\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"News_of_the_week\"><\/span>News of the week<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.shopify.com\/shop-pay-expands-to-facebook-and-instagram\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Shop Pay expands to Facebook and Instagram<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shopify has been moving from strength to strength to become an e-commerce software of choice for independent retailers. But now, it seems to have made its biggest move to help independent businesses sell their products. The company has partnered with Facebook and Instagram, allowing consumers to buy using Shop Pay from the social networks themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/news\/stories\/creating-a-best-workplace-from-anywhere\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Salesforce: creating a best workplace from anywhere, for everyone<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The CRM pioneer has announced that it&#8217;s giving its employees flexible working options, whether they want to be fully remote (unless their role requires to be in the office), work from home for the most time, but visit the office for discussions, customer meetings, etc. or a small population who will be working from the office location. Along with that, it has also announced flexible working schedules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.windowscentral.com\/microsoft-launches-bulletins-and-milestones-teams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Microsoft launches Bulletins and Milestones apps for Teams<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Redmond giant has announced two new apps for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saasworthy.com\/product\/microsoft-teams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Microsoft Teams<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Bulletins and Milestones. Aimed at improving productivity, Bulletins will help organizations to share news in one place, whereas Milestones act as a one-stop place for knowing the status of different tasks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/avaya-ups-q2-revenue-outlook-amid-contact-center-as-a-service-collaboration-cloud-demand\/#ftag=RSSbaffb68\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Avaya ups Q2 revenue outlook amid contact center as a service, collaboration, and cloud demand<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saasworthy.com\/list\/contact-center-operations-software\" target=\"_blank\">Contact center software<\/a> has grown exponentially amidst the pandemic. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saasworthy.com\/product\/avaya-aura\" target=\"_blank\">Avaya&#8217;s<\/a> quarterly results have been stronger than expected thanks to the demand for its OneCloud and Cloud Office services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/wordpress-vip-acquiring-content-analytics-company-parsely-f4b9cc5f-55a9-49db-a8c5-dd3759b7e8e9.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>WordPress VIP acquiring content analytics company Parse.ly<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The enterprise offering from <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saasworthy.com\/product\/wordpress\" target=\"_blank\">WordPress<\/a>, WordPress VIP, has announced the acquisition of Parse.ly &#8211; a content analytics platform. The deal will help WPVIP customers access <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saasworthy.com\/product\/parse-ly\" target=\"_blank\">Parse.ly&#8217;s<\/a> insights, though the acquisition cost hasn&#8217;t been disclosed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/venturebeat.com\/2021\/02\/11\/rewind-acquires-backhub-to-extend-its-automated-saas-data-backups-to-github\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Rewind acquires BackHub to extend its automated SaaS data backups to GitHub<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Backup-as-a-service company Rewind has announced the support of data backups for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saasworthy.com\/product\/github\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GitHub<\/a>, thanks to its acquisition of Germany&#8217;s BackHub. Rewind already supports leading services such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saasworthy.com\/product\/bigcommerce\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BigCommerce<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saasworthy.com\/product\/quickbooks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Quickbooks<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/siliconangle.com\/2021\/02\/11\/datadog-acquires-timber-sqreen-reports-lower-expected-guidance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Datadog acquires Timber and Sqreen, reports lower-than-expected guidance<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saasworthy.com\/list\/application-performance-monitoring-tools\" target=\"_blank\">Application performance monitoring<\/a> company <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saasworthy.com\/product\/accessibe\" target=\"_blank\">Datadog<\/a> reported revenue of $177.5million for the quarter ending on $177.5million, however its earnings guidance was lower than expected. But that didn&#8217;t stop it from making two acquisition announcements. It has acquired data pipeline startup Timber Inc and SaaS-based application security management platform provider <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saasworthy.com\/product\/sqreen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sqreen<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/activeprospect-acquires-leadsbridge-301226564.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>ActiveProspect Acquires LeadsBridge<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Consent-based marketing provider ActiveProspect has announced the acquisition of LeadsBridge, a company that provides integration software between ad networks like Facebook and Google and CRMs. The terms of the deal weren&#8217;t revealed, but it&#8217;ll help ActiveProspect to have a global presence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"saas-companies-that-got-the-funding-this-week\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"SaaS_companies_that_got_the_funding_this_week\"><\/span>SaaS companies that got the funding this week<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/venturebeat.com\/2021\/02\/08\/nexthink-nabs-180-million-to-give-businesses-insights-into-employees-software-experience\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Nexthink nabs $180 million to give businesses insights into employees\u2019 software experience<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nexthink helps businesses monitor the software performance on their employees&#8217; devices. With its latest funding of $180million, it has become a unicorn with a valuation of $1.1billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2021\/02\/09\/fabric-series-a\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>\u2018Headless\u2019 e-commerce platform Fabric raises $43million<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fabric powers e-commerce websites for a number of retailers. Within just four months of raising the $9.5million seed round, the startup has announced a $43million fundraise. Led by Norwest Venture Partners, the funding will help it expand its sales and marketing team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/venturebeat.com\/2021\/02\/10\/lusha-raises-40-million-to-surface-sales-lead-contact-info-in-your-browser\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Lusha raises $40 million to surface sales lead contact info in your browser<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For salespeople, finding prospect opportunities is the most difficult part. Lusha aims to make it easier as it offers browser extensions that work on LinkedIn, Gmail, social networks, and Salesforce accounts. Lusha is able to surface contact details and allow the ability to save them on the dashboard. The company has nabbed $40million in funding to expand its R&amp;D capabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/venturebeat.com\/2021\/02\/10\/vivun-raises-35-million-to-advance-presales-engineering-platform\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Vivun raises $35million to advance presales engineering platform<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This week, we&#8217;ve another company that&#8217;s making it easier for the sales team. Vivun automates the presales processes and counts giants like Okta, Cloudera, and Dell as its clients. It has received $35million Series B funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2021\/02\/10\/accessibility-overlay-startup-accessibe-closes-28m-series-a\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Accessibility overlay startup accessiBe closes $28million Series A<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Making one&#8217;s website accessible to people with various disabilities isn&#8217;t an easy task, that&#8217;s why <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saasworthy.com\/product\/accessibe\" target=\"_blank\">accessiBe<\/a> wants any website to offer this functionality by offering an accessibility overlay. It has garnered $28million Series A funding to spend on R&amp;D efforts and consult and hire people with disabilities to help in testing and feedback.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/venturebeat.com\/2021\/02\/04\/vendia-raises-15-5-million-to-disrupt-transaction-processing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Vendia raises $15.5million to disrupt transaction processing<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vendia lets IT teams share data and code, along with offering the ability to process transactions between various third parties. The company has gotten $15.5million funding to develop the Vendia Share service further. It currently supports AWS Lamda, Amazon SQS, and Amazon S3 with support for other cloud platforms in development currently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.menabytes.com\/safepay-seed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Pakistani fintech Safepay raises seed funding from Stripe, others<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s evident that <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saasworthy.com\/product\/stripe-payments\" target=\"_blank\">Stripe<\/a> believes that the world of payments isn&#8217;t just limited to the US. After acquiring Nigeria&#8217;s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saasworthy.com\/product\/paystack\" target=\"_blank\">Paystack<\/a> in October last year, it has led the seed funding for Pakistani startup Safepay. Founded in 2019, the startup provides payment services to over 300 merchants in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">? Whether u like it or not, customer service call automation ?.  Amazon used the same tech that powers Alexa to handle its own line retail calls. Now turning that into a real business by selling to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/awscloud?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@awscloud<\/a> customers.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/H5pmCGkTWS\">https:\/\/t.co\/H5pmCGkTWS<\/a> @kmclaughlinSF<\/p>&mdash; Amir Efrati (@amir) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/amir\/status\/1359940295081664513?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 11, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"must-reads\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Must_reads\"><\/span>Must reads<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.crunchbase.com\/news\/got-revenue-alternative-financing-tools-look-to-help-saas-founders-avoid-dilution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Got revenue? Alternative financing tools look to help SaaS founders avoid dilution<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.protocol.com\/vimeo-ceo-anjali-sud\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Anjali Sud is reinventing Vimeo and taking over the future of video<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/openviewpartners.com\/blog\/usage-based-pricing-playbook\/#.YCZdOCIzaUk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Playbook: scale to $100million+ ARR with a usage-based pricing model<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.chartmogul.com\/types-of-saas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What type of SaaS are you building?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"listen-to\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Listen_to\"><\/span>Listen to<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Scaling to a $1.3billion valuation while in stealth, the power of different network effects within payment Platforms &amp; How To Leverage Your Board and Investor Base for the Most Value with Matan Bar, Founder &amp; CEO @ Melio<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.listennotes.com\/embedded\/e\/56c6fb2575ed419185d036a22d4814b9\/\" height=\"170px\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saasworthy.com\/product\/spendesk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Melio<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saasworthy.com\/list\/accounts-payable-automation-software\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">account payables automation software<\/a>, has been growing at a breakneck pace. The company has raised over $254million and is already a unicorn. In this podcast, its co-founder and CEO Matan Bar shares what made him start Melio, how the company has managed to grow so fast, how he interacts with the board, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Community marketing with Dominique Farrar, Head of Community and Comms at Spendesk<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.listennotes.com\/embedded\/e\/a15773c410bd48be9b25b28ffb68ca47\/\" height=\"170px\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Many companies increasingly have started believing the power of communities, however to make them from scratch is easier said than done. In this episode, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saasworthy.com\/product\/spendesk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spendesk&#8217;s<\/a> Dominique Farrar talks about their community for finance leaders, CFO Connect. She shares how community marketing can help get high quality leads and build brand awareness, and yet, they aren&#8217;t the end goals of the community because the primary objective is to educate and help the members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How to market at mass scale, with Harry Stebbings and Ryan Bonnici, CMO @ Whereby<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.listennotes.com\/embedded\/e\/f8d9ecb6336e4e15a0b7adb85c07c55d\/\" height=\"170px\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saasworthy.com\/list\/video-conferencing-software\" target=\"_blank\">Video-conferencing software<\/a> <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saasworthy.com\/product\/whereby\" target=\"_blank\">Whereby<\/a> manages to stand out despite being in the hyper-competitive category. Thanks to its focus on simple user experience and privacy, it has made a name for itself against the likes of <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saasworthy.com\/product\/zoom\" target=\"_blank\">Zoom<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saasworthy.com\/product\/google-hangouts-meet\" target=\"_blank\">Google Meet<\/a>, and Microsoft Teams. Its CMO Ryan Bonnici shares how Whereby thinks about marketing at scale, how they hire the personnel, and how he gives free hand to the team to try some new ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"watch\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Watch\"><\/span>Watch<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Why Application Security is a must have for any SaaS business<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Why Application Security is a must have for any SaaS business\" width=\"788\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g6WZ-cIq0LM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Application Security is an important aspect for SaaS businesses, and it needs to start from the foundation. That&#8217;s why DevSecOps has emerged as a way to go about security. 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