Highspot

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

22, 2021 — Highspot , the industry’s only unified, natively-built sales enablement platform, today announced it has closed $200 million in Series E funding led by Tiger Global Management, with participation from new investor Bain & Company. SEATTLE, Feb. “Sales enablement is about more than sales. .”

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Growth Strategize Sales Contact 129

SaaStr

JUNE 2, 2025

Snowflake’s $250 million purchase of Crunchy Data and Databricks’ $1 billion acquisition of Neon represent a fundamental shift in how B2B software companies are preparing for the era of autonomous AI agents. Databricks: The $1.25 Consolidation Accelerating In the first half of 2024 alone, software M&A transactions in the U.S.

Government 77

Government Represent Strategize B2B 77

Sales Pop!

JANUARY 6, 2022

Jay is one of the most visible and respected thought leaders in global channels, having been named 2021 Channel Influencer of the Year by Channel Partners Magazine. And that growth, from $3.5 Similarly, Azure has grown by 50% per quarter for the last six quarters but only about 30% of that growth is through the channel.

Sell 245

Sell Cross-sell Niche Growth 245

Salesforce

JANUARY 12, 2022

In 2021, online holiday sales across November and December rose 5% year over year worldwide to $1.14 While this growth seems relatively modest, remember that it was on top of the massive growth witnessed in 2020. See our breakdown of the 2021 holiday shopping season. trillion and 9% in the U.S. to $257 billion.

Retail 93

Retail Finance Price Represent 93

Martech

APRIL 8, 2022

trillion from 2021 to 2025, a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7% — substantially above the 5% CAGR from 2015 to 2019. They accounted for 53% of the spend in 2021 and are expected to drive 73% of dollar growth between now and 2025. Other key findings: IT software and services will be the biggest dollar growth driver.

E-commerce 125

E-commerce Healthcare Drivers/motivators Represent 125

Heinz Marketing

JANUARY 25, 2022

Every customer represents future value to your organization, so it’s crucial to understand how your team can nurture current customers and develop lasting partnerships that enhance your bottom line. According to Forrester , the average B2B customer retention rate in 2021 was between 76% and 81%.

Growth 109

Growth Customers Repeat business Cross-sell 109

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Under his product leadership, Procore has grown exponentially, went public in 2021, and recently crossed the coveted $1B ARR milestone. The Evolution of Vertical SaaS The shift from horizontal to vertical SaaS solutions represents a fundamental change in how enterprises buy and implement software.

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Construction Product Represent Technology 101

SaaStr

AUGUST 30, 2021

Started 10 years ago as “Freshdesk” and a low-end / SMB helpdesk to rival Zendesk, Freshworks has since expanded its product footprint across IT management (Freshservice) and CRM (Freshsales) to a stunnning 49% growth rate at $350m in ARR. And even bigger customers now are driving the fastest growth. NRR of 118%.

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Highspot

JANUARY 27, 2021

Highspot connected more than three million salespeople, channel partners, services reps and customers in modern, digital sales experiences last year, representing a 100 percent increase in platform usage from 2019. ” (Predictions 2021: B2B Sales, Forrester Research, Inc., SEATTLE, Jan. SEATTLE, Jan. Travis, 8 September 2020).

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Growth Customers Territory Strategize 98

SaaStr

AUGUST 9, 2024

So there’s a curious thing anyone close in venture capital fundraising and rounds today: Valuations for Hot VC Deals remain far higher than pre-March 2020 … even though growth for the overall public SaaS and Cloud companies has slowed to … all time lows. And growth rates have fallen to all-time lows. Databricks is Growing 60%+ at $2.4

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Growth Represent Closing 121

SaaStr

JUNE 17, 2022

That seed rounds peaked in March and have been falling even since, and activity is now half of what it was then: It’s just one data point, but it ties to the generate observation that seed rounds took a little longer to slow down than growth rounds did … but slow down they have. It is what it is. Just be aware of it.

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Price Represent Closing Growth 140

SBI

APRIL 27, 2021

26 Top Sales Software to Drive Growth in 2021. These categories represent the tasks to be done to achieve steady revenue growth. For the top learning solutions in 2021, we’ve selected: Allego , Brainshark , Chorus , Second Nature , and Qstream. You are sure to get great ideas for growing your revenue in 2021.

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Growth Sales Represent Closing 63

Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

At this point, a business needs to look for an enterprise solution that can support its growth. See what the top 10 platforms you should be looking at in 2021 are to make an informed decision for your business needs. 10 best enterprise CRM solutions for 2021. Salesforce is another top enterprise CRM solution for 2021.

CRM 110

CRM Territory Price E-commerce 110

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

And here’s what it’s seeing: On average, its 50+ SaaS companies at $200m+ ARR are seeing growth ranging from 20%-25% a year, versus 25% last year. So it’s less representative of raw startups, but more representative of overall enterprise and mid-market spend. Just not the Crazy Days of 2021.

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Highspot

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Over the last year, Highspot connected more than 12 million salespeople, channel partners, services reps and customers in digital sales experiences, representing a 50 percent increase in platform usage from the previous year. SEATTLE, Nov. Companies are under pressure to not only protect the bottom line, but to achieve more with less.

Growth 98

Growth Product Customers Healthcare 98

SaaStr

JUNE 4, 2025

This shift toward profitability after years of high burn signals that investors have moved from growth-at-all-costs to sustainable margins. The 2021 fintech hype is mostly overpublic markets now reward fundamentals. B2B founders should prioritize a clear path to profitability alongside growth metrics. #4.

Non-Profits 80

Non-Profits Referrals B2B Drivers/motivators 80

SaaStr

JULY 2, 2024

They’ve been driving the lion’s share of the S&P and NASDAQ growth. Those top 7 names represent the highest point in modern history as a composition of the overall S&P drivers. This chart is a basket of high growth defined by 30%+ in the markets. It wouldn’t be high-growth in private markets. It was 10.8

Non-Profits 122

Non-Profits Finance Growth Up-sell 122

SaaStr

JULY 24, 2023

Instead of looking at those who are struggling, let’s take a look at the epic growth story of MongoDB, a company crushing it in 2023. in ARR, 29% overall growth, and is worth $29B. 1 — 2022 Saw A Slowdown In Usage Growth, But 2023 Saw A Potential Bounce Back. If you’re growing at 50%, you want to see at least 25% growth.

Growth 98

Growth Gaming Price Closing 98

Salesforce

JANUARY 27, 2022

Customer service agents are critical to business growth. In our State of Service report, multiple statistics remind us of the criticality of service on customer experience, and the impact of customer experience on business growth. customer service representative is an hourly worker or a full-time employee earning $30,000 or less.

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Service Growth Customers Represent 98

SaaStr

MARCH 18, 2025

Product-led growth (PLG) motion applies well to AI-powered products. This represents an under-recognized opportunity for B2B AI startups focusing on compliance, risk management, and administrative controls. The bar has risen significantly from the “growth at all costs” mindset of 2021-2022.

Growth 72

Growth Government Customers Healthcare 72

Openview

MARCH 1, 2021

This latest round — led by Stripes, with past investors Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP), OpenView, Lightspeed and Vertex also participating — represents a huge jump for the startup. billion , with one dedicated to later-stage growth rounds: This indicates that this money is already getting put to work.

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Networking Technique Represent Closing 203

Martech

MARCH 17, 2022

From 2016 to 2021, pay TV has lost more than 50 million adult viewers (or 25.5 from 2021 and representing 11.4% That said, this growth will not be enough to offset the decline of pay TV. The study, by Insider Intelligence , expects the total number of pay TV households to drop to 65.1 million, a 4.8% decrease from 2022.

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 21, 2021

With so many businesses remaining remote well into 2021, LinkedIn Sales Navigator can be an incredibly powerful tool for anyone looking to master the art of social selling. Pricing for this plan is not featured on the LinkedIn Sales Navigator page and will require talking to a representative at LinkedIn for more information.

Territory 119

Territory Networking Sales Contact 119

SaaStr

MAY 24, 2023

So it’s tougher out there for many of us, but many Cloud and SaaS leaders are still growing at epic rates, even if not quite at the torrid rates of 2021. That doesn’t mean huge enterprise customers, but here it’s their $50k+ ACV ones, which now represent 28% of revenue, up from 22% just a year ago.

Cross-sell 131

Cross-sell Represent CRM Growth 131

Sales Hacker

JUNE 16, 2021

You can do that with forms or set up 1:1 meetings with representatives from each sales segment. The amount of revenue growth you could see with more efficient reps. The post Your 2021 Sales Enablement Platform Buyer’s Guide (+10 Tools to Consider) appeared first on Sales Hacker. Stakeholders. Dependencies. How can I learn more?

GTM 119

GTM Contract Quota CRM 119

SalesHandy

JULY 12, 2021

Paid Version: Starter $12 (Per User/Per Month) Growth $24 (Per User/Per Month) Boost $40 (Per User/Per Month) Enterprise – Custom Pricing. However, according to FinancesOnline ( last updated on February 2021) , the pricing is: Basic Plan: Free Premium Plan $35 (Per Agent/Month) Team Plan $250 (Per Agent/Month). Growth, $47.99

Price 98

Price CRM Customer Relationship Management Growth 98

SaaStr

MARCH 5, 2025

With IPOs becoming increasingly rare (especially in B2B since 2021), M&A has become the more likely exit path for most founders. The decision to sell your company represents one of the most consequential choices a founder will make. Think carefully before selling what might become your legacy.

Sell 80

Sell Negotiate Healthcare Drivers/motivators 80

SaaStr

DECEMBER 9, 2021

But Samara’s incredible growth makes it look that way. After 18 months building, things just took off when they launched, going from $0 in 2017 to an incredible $500m in ARR in 2021, in just 5 years. — Jason BeKind Lemkin (@jasonlk) November 19, 2021. Multiple Products and Applications are Key to Growth at Scale.

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Transportation Contract Growth Represent 119

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

While we’re still a ways from the high valuations of 2021, we are seeing valuation multiples normalize closer to the range of what we saw for long-term pre-pandemic averages. There’s been a pivot from growth at all costs to driving profitability. It’s still in favor of growth, but it’s more balanced today.

Growth 124

Growth Negotiate Finance Contract 124

Search Engine Land

APRIL 17, 2024

Paid search advertising revenues reached a new high in 2023 – though annual growth continues to slow, according to a new report. That figure represents a $4.4 in 2021 and 42.2% But YoY growth for search advertising is slower than the digital industry as a whole and the majority of other ad formats, according to the report.

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Martech

JANUARY 5, 2023

billion online in November and December 2022, representing a new ecommerce record and 3.5% growth YoY. The five days between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday, known as Cyber Week, made a major contribution to this growth. In toys, discounts hit 34%, almost double the 2021 high. Consumers spent $211.7 A strong Cyber Week.

Retail 117

Retail Price Represent Gaming 117

Martech

MAY 11, 2022

increase over April 2021, but missed the record breaking 3.6% The combination of limited supply and pandemic-spurred demand saw digital shopping take off like a rocket in 2020 and 2021. In April, consumers spent almost $78 billion online, representing 4.5% growth YoY. In April 2022, prices showed a 2.9% Why we care.

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Price Retail Represent Growth 108

Highspot

JANUARY 27, 2022

Siemens, Vodafone Business and WarnerMedia adopt Highspot as platform adoption doubled to more than 8 million users in 2021. The seventh annual State of Sales Enablement report found that 74 percent of survey respondents now have a sales enablement function at their organization, representing 19 percent year-over-year growth.

Customers 96

Customers Manufacturing Represent Sales 96

Martech

JULY 7, 2023

The top five metrics marketers use to measure success — opens, clicks, unsubscribe, click to open and bounces — are all activity-based, the 2021 State of Email Analytics report from Litmus revealed. Value of an email address This represents the monetary value of each email address in your database based on revenue from email.

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Campaign Represent Objectives and Key Results Conversion 125

Search Engine Land

JUNE 29, 2023

Over the past six years building Eyeful Media, I’ve leaned into my network and colleagues, specifically those with agency experience, to navigate our growth successfully. Go-Go growth. Many of the most critical growth opportunities that we were able to capitalize on were gathered from the feedback of our clients and employees.

Growth 82

Growth Non-Profits Clients Consult 82

Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

So, whether you’re starting your sales stack from scratch or just trying to update yours for 2021, here are some of the key trends that have emerged in the last 12 months to help you nail it. This year in collaboration with G2, we investigated hundreds of tools in a variety of categories. Vendor Consolidation.

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Contract Sales Consult Represent 131

Highspot

AUGUST 11, 2021

11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Highspot , the sales enablement platform that increases the performance of sales teams, today announced another year of top-tier recognition for its business growth and culture. In addition, Fortune Magazine and Great Place to Work® recognized Highspot as one of 2021’s Best Workplaces.

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