{"id":287,"date":"2019-02-28T18:34:54","date_gmt":"2019-02-28T13:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saasworthy.com\/blog\/saas-weekly-roundup-16\/"},"modified":"2020-04-13T22:09:24","modified_gmt":"2020-04-13T16:39:24","slug":"saas-weekly-roundup-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.saasworthy.com\/blog\/saas-weekly-roundup-16","title":{"rendered":"SaaS Weekly Roundup #16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 26px;\"><strong>Articles<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><strong>SaaS-based agri-tech company CropIn registers 300% growth\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nCropIn is a SaaS-based B2B agri-tech organization which has partnered with over 185 plus clients across 30 countries all over the world, enriching the lives of over 2.1 million farmers by digitizing over 5 million acres of farmlands. They have registered a 3X ARR growth over the last five quarters, translating to a 300% growth during the last 15 months. <a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/small-biz\/startups\/newsbuzz\/saas-based-agri-tech-company-cropin-registers-300-growth\/articleshow\/68147881.cms?utm_source=saasworthy.com&amp;utm_medium=blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><strong>GetSwift Announces Two Strategic Acquisitions in North America<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nGetSwift Limited is the leading provider of SaaS logistics technology. They recently announced the signing of a definitive agreement for the acquisition of the North American delivery management platform Delivery BIZ Pro and a popular workforce scheduling provider, Scheduling+. <a href=\"https:\/\/aithority.com\/saas\/getswift-announces-two-strategic-acquisitions-in-north-america\/?utm_source=saasworthy.com&amp;utm_medium=blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><strong>Venture Equity Firm Scaleworks Raises $80M Second Flagship Fund<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nScaleworks, the B2B SaaS focused venture equity firm based in San Antonio announced the closing of its second round of funding with $80M in capital commitments. Scaleworks has established itself as a leader with its hybrid model to acquiring companies and applying strong common sense business practices. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/venture-equity-firm-scaleworks-raises-80m-second-flagship-fund-300799257.html?utm_source=saasworthy.com&amp;utm_medium=blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><strong>Gartner: Future of identity management is mobile, SaaS<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nResearch firm Gartner predicts 70 percent of enterprises that use biometrics for authentication will do so with smartphone apps by the year 2022. Last year, less than 5 percent of enterprises did so. According to Gartner, it is the lower cost and improved user experience that will drive this adoption of Mobile &amp; SaaS-based biometric authentication. <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dxc.technology\/2019\/02\/21\/gartner-future-of-identity-management-is-mobile-saas\/?utm_source=saasworthy.com&amp;utm_medium=blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><strong>Fugue evolves its cloud security offering with new SaaS product<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nFugue is a company that automates enterprise cloud security and compliance enforcement to prevent data breaches, policy violations, and system downtime. Fugue has put its cloud expertise to work with a new product introduced late last year to ensure that a company\u2019s cloud infrastructure stays in compliance with security policies. <a href=\"https:\/\/technical.ly\/baltimore\/2019\/02\/21\/fugue-evolves-its-cloud-security-offering-with-saas-product\/?utm_source=saasworthy.com&amp;utm_medium=blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 26px;\"><strong>Tips<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/paddle.com\/blog\/how-to-reduce-churn-in-your-saas-company\/?utm_source=saasworthy.com&amp;utm_medium=blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>How to Reduce Churn in your SaaS Company<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/venturebeat.com\/2019\/02\/26\/how-b2b-saas-companies-can-scale-like-slack-vb-live\/?utm_source=saasworthy.com&amp;utm_medium=blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>How B2B SaaS companies can scale like Slack<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.business2community.com\/small-business\/6-tips-for-software-as-a-service-saas-companies-targeting-small-and-medium-sized-businesses-smb-02173171?utm_source=saasworthy.com&amp;utm_medium=blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>6 Tips for SaaS Companies Targeting Small and Medium-sized Businesses (SMB)<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 26px;\"><strong>Interviews\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><strong>Why businesses shouldn\u2019t rely on a single cloud vendor: Ed Jennings<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nEd Jennings is the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Mimecast who is responsible for leading the global marketing, sales, and services teams. ITBrief interviewed her to know more about multi-cloud and the cost of downtime in Mimecast. <a href=\"https:\/\/itbrief.co.nz\/story\/exclusive-why-businesses-shouldn-t-rely-on-a-single-cloud-vendor?utm_source=saasworthy.com&amp;utm_medium=blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><strong>Why you need to be your own brand in order to be taken seriously and succeed: Tara Ryan<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nTara Ryan is the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) at Swrve. 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