Lighter Capital Newsletter: 4 financial performance trends from bootstrapped SaaS startups
Lighter Capital
The leader in Revenue-Based Financing. Non-dilutive, quick, and easy financing to empower your startup’s growth.
It's not easy to find accurate benchmarks from comparable SaaS startups. Lighter Capital collected and analyzed 4 years of financial metrics from private B2B startups to provide both founders and investors more useful benchmarking data.
Our new interactive SaaS Benchmarks Report allows you to filter and compare six financial performance metrics by industry vertical, company age, and calendar year. Alternatively, try our new Benchmarks Calculator to see how your company stacks up to its peers.
Explore the four key takeaways from our full analysis of SaaS benchmarks and trends.
Keep scrolling for new cash flow resources, Lighter Community highlights, client perks updates, and upcoming events.?
From the Founders' Hub ??
Our comprehensive, yet easy to follow guide covers all the cash flow fundamentals founders should know.
We peel back the layers of financial complexity in our simple intro to cash flow forecasting.
?Strategies for improving cash flow in your growing SaaS business and circumnavigating funding challenges. Raising prices is the most effective way to increase revenue. How do you do it right? We've got answers.
SaaS Industry Index
New data from Q1 2024 is live in the Public SaaS Index, provided by Blossom Street Ventures . Dive into revenue multiples, quarterly trends, efficiency metrics and more from publicly traded SaaS companies.
Startup Calculators ??
Compare what happens when you sell equity to grow versus using founder-friendly debt financing and learn what diluting equity could cost you.
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Our free valuation calculator uses the latest market data, insights from our own investment portfolio, and a decade of experience financing startups.
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How does your startup stack up to its peers? Select any?key metric and input your performance data to see if your startup is outperforming other B2B SaaS startups.
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?Podcast ? Bootstrapped: The Lighter Side ???
New pod dropping soon! Catch up on popular episodes you might have missed:
Galaxy Semiconductor CEO Wes Smith talks about taking this small Siemens spin-off from semiconductors to microchips.?
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Jive Software founding CEO Dave Hersh explains why he's "anti-too-much-VC" and how he gets startups unstuck.
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Rupert Mayer , exited founder (IPfolio) turned angel investor, imparts wisdom that can benefit every SaaS founder.
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Bootstrappers' Book Club
What are we reading this month? Don't Make Me Think Revisited by Steve Krug.
Startup Spotlight ??
Founded by two MIT classmates, Quinn Goldstein and Daniel Ingram , YepChat is the only AI-assisted phone solution built exclusively for restaurants. It enables seamless customer communications for some of the most respected restaurants in the world including: Sweetgreen, Tender Greens, Lemonade, Tocaya, Alfred Coffee, and Modern Market. The startup just raised its first round of non-dilutive funding to go after new growth opportunities.
YepChat powers restaurant phones. With YepChat, restaurants get fewer phone calls, more digital orders, and deliver a superior customer experience. Explore more at https://www.yepchat.com/.
Lighter Community ???
Our capstone Community event is coming up! The Fourth Annual Lighter Summit will be in Boulder, CO. If you're a Lighter client, check your email for a private link and special ticket offer.
Thank you to our sponsors Allied Advisers and Mod 4 Finance ! If you're interested in becoming a Lighter Summit sponsor, reach out to Caitlin Goetze , Head of Partnerships and Community, at [email protected] — limited spots are still available.
Get Capital to Grow. Keep Your Equity. ??
The equity capital you raise early on will be the most expensive, and too much dilution too soon can have an outsized impact on what you take home at the end of your startup's journey. A better strategy is to delay costly equity dilution as long as possible by building your business on your own.
If you have recurring revenue, you can get up to $4M of non-dilutive capital to fuel your startup's growth. Complete our quick pre-qualifying application to get started.
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Partner Network ??
New partners have generously added to our Client Perk Program this month. As a client of Lighter Capital, you have access to over $100,000 in product and service discounts. We are continually adding resources that help you grow your startup more efficiently.
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Partner Spotlight
Visible.vc Co-Founder and CEO, Mike Preuss , talks about why he built an investor relationship hub and the valuable lessons he's learned as an entrepreneur.
Visible is an investor relationship hub for best-in-class founders. Founder-friendly fundraising, stakeholder communication, and reporting tools for startup founders and the investors who back them.??
Lighter Capital clients can get 30% off monthly plans and 50% off annual plans.
Since 2006, Escalon Services, LLC , together with acquired companies Early Growth Financial Services and Full Stack Finance, is the one-and-done solution for all essential business services, including FinOps, PeopleOps, and Risk.
Get 50% off your setup fee and $500 off first-year tax filings.
Maxio automates your billing, subscription management, collections, and reporting, so you can stop chasing dollars and focus on what's next. Finance operations software for B2B SaaS businesses.
Lighter Capital clients have access to 20% off year one subscription costs.
Upcoming Events ???
Connect with the U.S. Lighter Capital team at an event near you:
LaunchTN 3686 ? September 9-11, 2024? ?? Nashville, TN | US
Tennessee's top entrepreneur conference is the place to be if you're curious about the local startup scene. Explore the agenda and get tickets here, and be sure to sync up with Lowery Thomas while you're there.
SaaStrAnnual ? September 10-12 2024 ?? SF Bay? Area | US
13,333+ SaaS executives, founders, and VCs all come together at SaaStrAnnual , the world's largest SaaS community event. Tanner Kovacevich , Anne Gilbert , and Caitlin Goetze from the Lighter Team will be there too! Grab your ticket and connect with us this fall.
Venture Atlanta Conference ? October 8, 2024? ?? Atlanta, GA | US
1,500+ founders and funders connect at Venture Atlanta, one of the nation's largest venture capital conferences that's raised more than $7 billion for more than 800 companies. Check out the 2024 schedule, register, and let Lowery Thomas know you're attending.
Silicon Y'all Tech Summit ? October 21-23, 2024? ?? Birmingham, AL | US
This intimate event is limited to 90 CEOs who will have the chance to engage with 20 top private equity groups as well as Lighter's Lowery Thomas . Get on the waitlist if you'd like to attend.
Connect with the Australia Lighter Capital team at an event near you:
Something Tech ? August 29-30, 2024 ? ?Brisbane, QLD | AUS
People over pixels. Empathy before algorithms. Heart over hardware. This showcase of emerging technology and its journey to the world is part of Australia's Something Fest. , spearheaded by Something Digital, the Labs, and Proptech BNE. Get your tickets and meet up with Matthew Dowling during this awesome 2-day event!
SXSW Sydney ? October 14-20, 2024 ?? Sydney, NSW | AUS
At SXSW Sydney's Tech & Innovation events, you'll discover and explore the ground-breaking technologies and ideas that are changing the way we live our lives. Grab an early bird ticket to attend networking sessions, pitch events, the 3-day Expo, and to meet up with our Aussie crew.
West Tech Fest ? December 2-6, 2024? ?? Perth, WA | AUS
Australia's longest running tech and innovation festival, West Tech Fest connects the local startup and tech community with global leaders through a range of experiences that inspire growth. Get your festival pass and connect with Matthew Dowling before you go.
Investment Team ? Connect With Us ??
Grow Steady,
The Lighter Capital Team
Investment Director - Lighter Capital
3 个月Lighter Capital just launch our B2B SaaS Benchmark report. If you are curios to see where you fall in this landscape, please take a look. And also it's another great newsletter from marketing team! #SaaSMetrics
Partnerships & Community Driver | Phoenix Startup Community
3 个月Exciting to share the Benchmarking Report! Great resource to forward around in your network. Shoutout to Quinn Goldstein and Daniel Ingram for being a part of our Community. We had a chance to have Quinn drop by a company meeting and share about all their growth in a short period of time. Check out YepChat!!
Early COO & Ops leader coach | scaled 3 Unicorns ?? | 5x Founding Ops ?? | built 15 companies worth <$500M ?? | Helping ops leaders outmaneuver the chaos ??
3 个月So interesting that the Restaurant category is outpacing Healthcare.