{"id":407,"date":"2020-03-13T16:59:32","date_gmt":"2020-03-13T11:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saasworthy.com\/blog\/saas-weekly-roundup-9-sequoia-walks-away-after-funding-finix-spoton-raises-50million-and-more\/"},"modified":"2020-04-14T10:17:45","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T04:47:45","slug":"saas-weekly-roundup-10-sequoia-walks-away-after-funding-finix-spoton-raises-50million-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.saasworthy.com\/blog\/saas-weekly-roundup-10-sequoia-walks-away-after-funding-finix-spoton-raises-50million-and-more","title":{"rendered":"SaaS weekly roundup #10: Sequoia walks away after funding Finix, SpotOn raises $50million and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While Coronavirus concerns were real, it now seems that it&#8217;ll affect a lot of things. <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2020\/03\/12\/stocks-fall-again-pushing-deeper-into-bear-territory-as-saas-reaches-1-year-lows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stock markets<\/a> across the world for instance, have taken a sharp dip, and so has the SaaS stocks. Only time will tell how things play out, but we&#8217;re here to bring you everything that happened in the world of SaaS in the past week. So without any further delay, let&#8217;s begin.<\/p>\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-10-sequoia-walks-away-after-funding-finix-spoton-raises-50million-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-10-sequoia-walks-away-after-funding-finix-spoton-raises-50million-and-more\/#Investment_quotient\" title=\"Investment quotient\">Investment quotient<\/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-10-sequoia-walks-away-after-funding-finix-spoton-raises-50million-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-10-sequoia-walks-away-after-funding-finix-spoton-raises-50million-and-more\/#Check_out\" title=\"Check out\">Check out<\/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-10-sequoia-walks-away-after-funding-finix-spoton-raises-50million-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-6\" href=\"https:\/\/dev.saasworthy.com\/blog\/saas-weekly-roundup-10-sequoia-walks-away-after-funding-finix-spoton-raises-50million-and-more\/#Watch\" title=\"Watch\">Watch<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 id=\"news-of-the-week\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"News_of_the_week\"><\/span>News of the week<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2020\/03\/06\/saastr-postpones-annual-conference-as-county-officials-discourage-large-gatherings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><strong>SaaStr postpones annual conference as county officials discourage large gatherings<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>SaaStr \u2013 one of the biggest <a href=\"https:\/\/dev.saasworthy.com\/blogtop-saas-conferences-events-2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SaaS conferences<\/a> which was supposed to take place between March 10th and 12th \u2013 was canceled. As you could guess, it was due to Coronavirus scare, which has already led to cancellations of several conferences across the world (including SXSW).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2020\/03\/09\/sequoia-is-giving-away-21-million-to-a-payments-startup-it-funded-as-it-walks-away-from-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Sequoia is giving away $21 million to a payments startup it recently funded as it walks away from deal<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Just weeks after featuring it in our newsletter that <a href=\"https:\/\/dev.saasworthy.com\/blogsaas-weekly-roundup-5-asana-files-for-direct-listing-accel-india-announces-founder-stack-and-more\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sequoia invested $21million in a SaaS payment startup Finix<\/a>, it&#8217;s backing out from the deal. That&#8217;s because, the fund believes that it could be in conflict of interest since it&#8217;s also a lead investor in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saasworthy.com\/product\/stripe-payments\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stripe<\/a>. What&#8217;s strange however, is the fact that Sequoia isn&#8217;t asking for its money back, which is certainly a gesture of goodwill.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/google-g-suite-total-users-9a6d3df6-c990-4866-9efc-ba6756ba3c4d.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Scoop: Google&#8217;s G Suite cracks 2 billion users<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Google&#8217;s G Suite, which comprises services like Gmail, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saasworthy.com\/product\/google-hangouts-meet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hangouts<\/a>, Drive, and more, has recently crossed an impressive milestone of 2billion users. The info comes courtesy Google&#8217;s Javier Soltero, who says that there&#8217;s a lot to be done when it comes to features to be added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embeddedContent oembed-provider- oembed-provider-twitter\" data-align=\"none\" data-oembed=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/parsa_s\/status\/1238184844187676672\" data-oembed_provider=\"twitter\" data-resizetype=\"noresize\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Data from App Annie shows a recent spike in daily downloads for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Microsoft?ref_src=twsrc\\%5Etfw\">@Microsoft<\/a> Teams vs <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SlackHQ?ref_src=twsrc\\%5Etfw\">@SlackHQ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Gf4o41xE7x\">https:\/\/t.co\/Gf4o41xE7x<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ulw7gZtp9I\">pic.twitter.com\/Ulw7gZtp9I<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Parsa Saljoughian (@parsa_s) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/parsa_s\/status\/1238184844187676672?ref_src=twsrc\\%5Etfw\">March 12, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"investment-quotient\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Investment_quotient\"><\/span>Investment quotient<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2020\/03\/09\/goodlord-more-funding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Goodlord, the proptech startup that offers a SaaS for rentals, has raised \u00a310M in Series B funding<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>London-based Goodlord has raised a Series B funding to grow and expand its team. The company offers software to property agents, landlords and tenants to help them manage contracts, rentals, and more.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techinasia.com\/novocall-500k-500-startups\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Sales automation startup Novocall bags $500k in 500 Startups-led round<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Novocall is a sales automation startup that helps companies with their sales and marketing processes by offering features such as capturing leads, personalizing them and then connecting with them. Based out of Singapore, the company has raised $500k from 500 Durians, the SEA-focused fund from 500 Startups.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techinasia.com\/omnichat-raises-800k-appworks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Ecommerce chatbot startup Omnichat raises $800k in AppWorks-led round<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>With chatbots becoming more than a buzzword, it&#8217;s only a matter of time before they become mainstream. Omnichat is betting on that to happen as it has raised $800k for its e-commerce messaging platform. Along with offering the functionality for websites, Omnichat integrates with various messaging services such as Line and WhatsApp.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spoton.com\/press\/spoton-raises-50-million-in-series-b-funding-from-former-twitter-executives\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><strong>SpotOn raises $50 million in Series B funding from former Twitter executives<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Taking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saasworthy.com\/product\/square-point-of-sale\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Square <\/a>head on, SpotOn has raised $50million funding for providing POS (point of sale) terminals and software to SMBs for handling payments. What&#8217;s interesting is that it&#8217;s not just offering that as the company aims to deliver a turnkey solution to businesses, and offer marketing, website development, and loyalty management among others.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"must-reads\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Must_reads\"><\/span>Must reads<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/point-nine-news\/double-checking-10-years-of-saas-funding-data-9e8e74713d9a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Double-checking 10 years of SaaS funding data<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/openviewpartners.com\/blog\/classic-product-positioning-and-branding-failures-what-not-to-do\/#.XmYPI7UzaUk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">We explored 3 product positioning and branding failures. Here\u2019s what NOT to do.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.profitwell.com\/blog\/customer-retention-metrics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">6 customer retention metrics to pay attention to<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.chartmogul.com\/buffer-growing-arpa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">How Buffer reached $20million in ARR by focusing on growing ARPA<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"check-out\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Check_out\"><\/span>Check out<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blissfully.com\/saas-trends\/2020-annual-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">2020 SaaS trends report<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"listen-to\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Listen_to\"><\/span>Listen to<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/venturestories\/the-shift-to-bottom-up-in\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><strong>The shift to bottom-up in enterprise software with Ajay Agarwal and Kevin Zhang<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bain Capital Ventures&#8217; Ajay Agarwal and Kevin Zhang share their thoughts on how enterprise software is changing with cloud and SaaS models. And why they believe it&#8217;s leading to a bottom-up change while ending the podcast with how the future could look like.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/saasclub.io\/podcast\/saas-product-messaging-robin-van-lieshout-insided\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Getting your SaaS product messaging right \u2013 with Robin van Lieshout<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>InSided, a customer success community platform is making close to $10million ARR, but the journey wasn&#8217;t so easy. Its co-founder and CEO Robin van Lieshout shares the early days of the company, and why landing a big client at the start could backfire. He also discusses how they were able to get their messaging right, and thus target a particular segment of the market (SaaS products in its case).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/saastr.libsyn.com\/saastr-315-pipe-co-founder-harry-hurst-on-creating-a-new-asset-class-securitising-software-contracts-why-customer-success-is-more-important-than-customer-acquisition-how-to-think-strategically-about-brand-building-in-saas-today\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Pipe Co-Founder, Harry Hurst on creating a new asset class securitizing software contracts, why customer success is more important than customer acquisition and how to think strategically about brand building in SaaS today<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Recently <a href=\"https:\/\/dev.saasworthy.com\/blogsaas-weekly-roundup-8-microsoft-launches-100x100x100-program-freshworks-acquires-answeiq-and-more\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pipe raised $6million<\/a> for providing cash flow to SaaS companies by converting their monthly subscriptions to an annual value. SaaStr manager to get its co-founder on the podcast to share his journey and how Pipe is aiming to revolutionize the world of SaaS offerings.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"watch\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Watch\"><\/span>Watch<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Why every startup must cross the Enterprise Chasm to increase defensibility and expand TAM<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Crossing the Enterprise Chasm (Michael Grinich, WorkOS Founder &amp; CEO)\" width=\"788\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IR2QZQrzoiA?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><\/p>\n<p>Selling to enterprises doesn&#8217;t seem easy, and this video by WorkOS&#8217; CEO Michael Grinich provides some ways to &#8220;cross the enterprise chasm&#8221;. He starts by talking about why it should be done, and then go on to discuss the difficulties and how to take care of that.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tearing down Salesforce&#8217;s pricing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5GYFb2VxLH8<\/p>\n<p>For a SaaS company, the pricing page could be a make-or-break affair. So how does the OG SaaS business &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saasworthy.com\/product\/salesforce\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Salesforce <\/a>&#8211; fare in this department? Well, watch this video from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saasworthy.com\/product\/profitwell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Profitwell<\/a> to find out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s everything that you need to know about the happening in the world of SaaS in the past week<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":627,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[186],"class_list":{"0":"post-407","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-saas-weekly-roundup","8":"tag-saas-weekly-roundup"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>SaaS weekly roundup #10: Sequoia walks away after funding Finix, SpotOn raises $50million and more - SaaSworthy Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dev.saasworthy.com\/blog\/saas-weekly-roundup-10-sequoia-walks-away-after-funding-finix-spoton-raises-50million-and-more\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SaaS weekly roundup #10: Sequoia walks away after funding Finix, SpotOn raises $50million and more - SaaSworthy Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Here&#039;s everything that you need to know about the happening in the world of SaaS in the past week\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dev.saasworthy.com\/blog\/saas-weekly-roundup-10-sequoia-walks-away-after-funding-finix-spoton-raises-50million-and-more\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SaaSworthy Blog | Top Software, Statistics, Insights, Reviews &amp; 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