{"id":273,"date":"2018-11-29T18:21:24","date_gmt":"2018-11-29T12:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saasworthy.com\/blog\/saas-weekly-roundup-6\/"},"modified":"2020-04-13T21:53:42","modified_gmt":"2020-04-13T16:23:42","slug":"saas-weekly-roundup-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.saasworthy.com\/blog\/saas-weekly-roundup-6","title":{"rendered":"SaaS Weekly Roundup #6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 26px;\"><strong>SaaS Articles<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 400px; height: 161px; border: 0px solid black; margin: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/images.saasworthy.com\/saasweeklyroundup_83_blog_editor_1543498134_ck8ho.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"161\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Investment in Canadian SaaS reaches $1.62 billion: L-Spark<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ottawa-based SaaS startup accelerator L-Spark released a report on investments in Canadian SaaS companies, signaling $1.62 billion raised in 2018. The release of the report coincides with the third edition of Canada\u2019s largest SaaS conference, SAAS NORTH, taking place November 28-29 at the Shaw Centre in Ottawa. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.itbusiness.ca\/news\/investment-in-canadian-saas-reaches-1-62-billion-l-spark\/107208?utm_source=saasworthy.com&amp;utm_medium=blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 400px; height: 234px; border: 0px solid black; margin: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/images.saasworthy.com\/saasweeklyroundup_83_blog_editor_1543498135_5xbu9.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"234\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><strong>How fast is fast enough: Revenue growth in SaaS companies<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>We all know that percentage growth in top line revenue is highly correlated with valuation multiple in recurring revenue businesses. There is this common question among SaaS business founders &#8211; how fast their revenue growth has to be to attract investors and potential acquirers? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.itproportal.com\/features\/how-fast-is-fast-enough-revenue-growth-in-saas-companies\/?utm_source=saasworthy.com&amp;utm_medium=blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 400px; height: 311px; border: 0px solid black; margin: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/images.saasworthy.com\/saasweeklyroundup_83_blog_editor_1543498135_kwy9c.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"311\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><strong>Beyond CASB Power: Check Point Announces General Availability for CloudGuard SaaS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., a leading provider of cybersecurity solutions globally, has announced the general availability of CloudGuard SaaS, an industry-first cloud suite designed to prevent rapidly evolving security threats that target SaaS applications.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/globenewswire.com\/news-release\/2018\/11\/27\/1657497\/0\/en\/Beyond-CASB-Power-Check-Point-Announces-General-Availability-for-CloudGuard-SaaS.html?utm_source=saasworthy.com&amp;utm_medium=blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 400px; height: 255px; border: 0px solid black; margin: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/images.saasworthy.com\/saasweeklyroundup_83_blog_editor_1543498135_x9bz2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"255\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><strong>With $1.8B, Bessemer looks to make bets across fintech, healthcare technology &amp; SaaS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Silicon Valley-headquartered venture capital firm Bessemer Venture Partners is famous for being an early backer of Linkedin, Pinterest, and Shopify. Bessemer is now close at making early investment in the software-as-a-service (SaaS) space with global funds of $1.85 billion. <a href=\"https:\/\/tech.economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/startups\/with-1-8b-bessemer-looks-to-make-bets-across-fintech-healthcare-technology-saas\/66818346?utm_source=saasworthy.com&amp;utm_medium=blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 26px;\"><strong>SaaS Stories<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 400px; height: 200px; border: 0px solid black; margin: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/images.saasworthy.com\/saasweeklyroundup_83_blog_editor_1543498135_qu5xp.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"200\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><strong>My SaaS-Journey from 87 followers to first profit &#8211;\u00a0Stefan Bauer<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Stefan Bauer is the Developer and Creator of PingPing.io, a simple Website, and SSL \u00a0Monitoring SaaS platform. This story shows the journey from the start of his product to its profit stage. <a href=\"https:\/\/stefanbauer.me\/my-saas-journey-from-87-follower-to-first-profit\/?utm_source=saasworthy.com&amp;utm_medium=blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 400px; height: 329px; border: 0px solid black; margin: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/images.saasworthy.com\/saasweeklyroundup_83_blog_editor_1543498135_gzabv.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"329\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><strong>And so Talbit was born &#8211;\u00a0Kaisa Savola<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Kaisa Savola is the Founder and CEO of Talbit, which is a SaaS tool that helps you convert your performance appraisal \u2013 a process into an individual talent management \u2013process. 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