Scale your business with growth capital
SaaS Capital® has been lending to SaaS companies since 2007. It’s time to put our expertise to work for you.
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Streamlined access to non-dilutive capital for qualified SaaS companies
Lending to SaaS companies is our singular focus. Our underwriting processes and our products are attuned to the needs of your business.
Work with the SaaS Capital® team and experience:
- A transparent process tailored to SaaS businesses.
- Credit facilities with more availability and fewer restrictions.
- Quick decisions for qualified businesses; current venture-backing not required.
- Access to SaaS expertise and a decade worth of research data.
Approach
SaaS Capital pioneered alternative lending to SaaS. Since 2007 we have spoken to thousands of companies, reviewed hundreds of financials, and funded 100+ companies. We can make quick decisions. The typical time from first “hello” to funding is just 5 weeks.
Product
Debt can be a powerful growth tool for SaaS companies. Properly structured, credit facilities can minimize dilution, while availability grows as the business scales. Our MRR line-of-credit offers high capital availability, few covenants, and long commitment periods.
Criteria
SaaS Capital funds “scale-up” SaaS companies with $3 million or more in ARR. Companies do not need to be profitable or venture-backed to qualify, but they do need to have a solid history of retention.
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Featured Research
Research
What's Your SaaS Company Worth?
Private B2B SaaS companies are typically valued using a multiple of annualized recurring revenue (ARR) but determining the correct multiple to apply is difficult. We provide a data-driven, statistically backed methodology for determining a baseline valuation multiple from a company’s ARR growth rate and net revenue retention, and the current level of the SaaS Capital Index, which is published by SaaS Capital®. A full formula, as well as an Excel spreadsheet and summary table, are provided for your convenience.
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2024 Benchmarking Metrics for Bootstrapped SaaS Companies
SaaS Capital works with both VC-backed and bootstrapped SaaS companies and has seen the advantages of both approaches. However, one situation that is especially interesting is bootstrapped SaaS companies with $3M to $20M in Annualized Run Rate Revenue (ARR). Growing from a pre-revenue startup to $3M (scale-up phase) marks a significant shift and bootstrapping from $3M to $20M creates enormous value for owners. To help support bootstrappers during their scale-up, we wanted to focus on 2024 benchmarking metrics for scale-up stage bootstrapped SaaS companies.
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The Rule of 40 is Dead... Long Live the Rule!
The Rule of 40, which suggests that a SaaS company's growth rate plus profitability percentage should equal at least 40, has been a benchmark for assessing the health of SaaS companies. However, this rule has come under scrutiny for being overly simplistic and not accurately reflecting the nuances of company performance in different contexts. This article further elaborates on the shortcomings of the Rule of 40, suggesting that it doesn't account for the vast differences between companies that might achieve the same "score" through vastly different means.
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2024 Private SaaS Company Valuations
Valuing private SaaS companies can be a fraught and confounding process in which two groups can look at the same numbers and arrive at widely different results. As our long-time readers know, we have sought to provide an objective, data-driven reference point to help overcome the challenges presented by valuing private SaaS companies. Using data from SaaS Capital’s recently completed 13th annual SaaS benchmarking survey with the model from the white paper and the current SCI of 6.8, yields a predicted private SaaS company valuation multiple of 4.1x.
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With SaaS Capital, we’ve accelerated growth, avoided dilution, and utilized increased access to capital over time as the business has scaled. The SaaS Capital team is great to work with and strives to make it a win, win proposition.
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They are a flexible, non-dilutive option and they really understand the needs of a SaaS business. Due to their extensive reach and best practices insight from other SaaS companies, SaaS Capital also adds significant value to Updox beyond just capital.
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Their approach to financing and experience with other SaaS companies has set them apart as the premier partner for our business.
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We were fortunate to have a number of financing alternatives, but in the end, the availability of the SaaS Capital line, coupled with the ability to draw down cash only when we need it, made SaaS Capital the obvious choice.
Driving better outcomes
Success Stories
Read our case studies to learn why SaaS Capital is the “just right” partner for SaaS businesses, how growth debt positioned a company for acquisition, and how a company created $28.8 million of net equity value.
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