SaaS platform – Scoopearth: Leading platform for startups & business news https://www.scoopearth.com Embrace the World of Start-ups, Technology, Business, Finance and Economy Tue, 31 Dec 2024 11:57:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://www.scoopearth.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cropped-favicon-sc-96x96.png SaaS platform – Scoopearth: Leading platform for startups & business news https://www.scoopearth.com 32 32 SaaS firm Amagi reported a revenue of Rs 879.1 crore with a 23.7 percent slip in its losses in FY24 https://www.scoopearth.com/saas-firm-amagi-reported-a-revenue-of-rs-879-1-crore/ Sat, 09 Nov 2024 13:13:07 +0000 https://www.scoopearth.com/?p=346351 Amagi is an online cloud media SaaS technology platform that announced a 29.2 percent increase in operational revenue to Rs 879.1 crore in FY24. The startup provides cloud-based CTV ad insertion software. The application includes an analytic feature that offers insights into metrics like total viewership, unique views, and more. 

Entrackr reported that the server-side ad insertion platform for OTT content publishers Thunderstorm and Cloudport are the company’s primary sources of revenue. The startup also provides content owners with solutions to distribute, launch, and monetize live linear channels on TV for free. The firm also earns income through gains from sales of other investments. 

The United States was the largest contributor, accounting for 67.3 percent of the total revenue, and stood at Rs 591.5 crore in the last financial year. The total sales formed 13.1 percent and increased by 31.10 percent to Rs 115.5 crore in FY24. Meanwhile, India contributed less than 1 percent of the total collection and saw a 54.29 percent drop to Rs 8 crore. 

The company has secured over $359 million across multiple funding rounds since its inception, including $100 million raised during its series F funding round led by General Atlantic, Accel, Norwest Venture Partners, and other investors.

The data intelligence platform, tracxn mentioned that the company’s post-money valuation is around 1.44 billion USD. The platform offers VOD, live orchestration, ad scheduler, and more. The startup also provides ad-supported television and video service platforms. The depreciation and amortization cost increased by 84 percent to Rs 16.3 crore while the financial cost saw a 58 percent increase and stood at 5.2 crore in FY24. 

The total expenditure of the firm increased by 13.4 percent to Rs 1179.1 crore in FY24. The startup reported a 23.7 percent decrease in its losses of Rs 245 crore in the same duration. Meanwhile, the employee benefits increased by 10.8 percent in this financial year. The legal, professional, and IT expenses stood at Rs 49.33 crore in the same period. The company intends to control its losses by reducing operating expenses and employee benefits.

The startup recently achieved its unicorn status after securing $95 million from Investor. The company aims to raise $250 million in upcoming funding rounds. The EBITDA margin stood at -22.86 percent while the ROCE was around -24.43 percent. Amagi faces competition from other platforms in the same market segment such as Avid Technology and Vimeo. 

Conclusion :

The cloud media platform Amagi announced a 29.2 percent increase in operational revenue to 879.1 crore in FY24. This startup offers CTV ad insertion software and analytics features like viewer counts. Thunderstorm and Cloudport are the firm’s primary sources of revenue. The loss also decreased by 23.7 percent to Rs 245 crore in FY24.

The total expenditure of the firm increased by 13.4 percent and crossed Rs 1179.1 crore in the same duration. The company plans to minimize its operating and employee expenses. The company has secured over 359 million USD across multiple funding rounds to date.

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SaaS platform SPRY Therapeutics secured $15 million in its fresh funding round from Flourish Ventures and others https://www.scoopearth.com/saas-platform-spry-therapeutics-secured-15-million-in-its-fresh-funding-round-from-flourish-ventures-and-others/ Wed, 09 Oct 2024 11:32:34 +0000 https://www.scoopearth.com/?p=345704 SPRY Therapeutics is a cloud-based SaaS startup that raised 15 million USD from Flourish Ventures in its ongoing funding round. The funding round saw participation from investors including Fidelity’s Eight Roads, F-prime Capital, Together Fund, and Flourish Ventures.

The startup plans to use these fresh proceeds to scale its operations, launch new offerings, expand its network, and develop a market presence. The company will use some of this investment to expand its services in the US market and enhance its platform services.

The company offers innovative and all-in-one clinic management solutions to automate complex billing processes and improve patient management. The startup provides cloud-based practice management tools for physical therapy clinics.

The online platform also offers clinic management solutions like scheduling, HEO management, billing, and reimbursements. SPRY Therapeutics provides an online healthcare SaaS platform designed to meet the needs of physical therapy clinics The startup automates intricate billing while improving data entry, report generation, and patient engagement. 

The platform is designed to empower healthcare and physical therapists. SPRY directly benefits physical therapists by offering them services including solo practitioners to larger clinicians by addressing challenges like cash flow management or insurance reimbursements.

This startup provides cloud-based therapeutical solutions. Spry has raised over $25 million across multiple funding rounds since its inception, including 7 million USD secured from existing investor F prime Capital, Eight Roads Ventures, and others during its series A funding round.

The company intends to scale up and increase its market presence in the United States market. The firm claims to have grown in a short time due to its products and it achieved industry recognition in a few years of its inception. 

Spry has partnered with around 105 clinics across 30 American states in the past 18 months. Entrackr reported the development first.  This investment will enable the startup to enhance its market presence and boost its product development with new services across the US. The company focuses on expanding its services.

The investment shows investors’ trust in SPRY Therapeutic’s market potential and business model. This startup provides a cloud-based SaaS platform with the best therapy-related solutions for its clients. The startup gives solutions across different sectors including the B2B and SaaS in the healthtech market. The startup faces competition from other cloud-based SaaS platforms in the same market segment including Healthy Roster, WebPT, and Medantrik. 

Conclusion :

SPRY Therapeutics is a healthtech startup that secured $15 million in its new funding round. Flourish Ventures led the funding round with the participation of the firm’s existing and new investors including Fidelity’s Eight Roads, F Prime Capital, and Together Fund. The startup intends to use this fresh capital to scale its business, expand its services in the US market, and enhance its platform while developing its brand presence.

The company provides clinical management solutions and cloud-based practice management tools for physical therapy clinics. The SaaS platform uses advanced technologies to optimize operations, automation, and digitized workflows. The company has raised around 25 million USD since its inception in 2021.

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Postman Strikes Secondary Deals With 30-40% Cut In Valuation  https://www.scoopearth.com/postman-strikes-secondary-deals-with-30-40-cut-in-valuation/ Mon, 05 Aug 2024 07:27:30 +0000 https://www.scoopearth.com/?p=343738 Postman, the SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) star that once had a valuation of $5.6 billion, has recently entered secondary deals at a discount of around 40%. It has been reported that such deals have been sealed at a 30-40% discount to its historical high. More often, secondary transactions take place at a slightly lower rate of 10-15% below the last primary valuation. However, with the latest deals signed by Postman, it has become clear that there is a significant deterioration in value for SaaS firms especially for those companies priced based on their revenue multiples. 

Valuations Readjusted based on Revenue Projections

Postman’s valuation had more than doubled its peak funding cycle, which was in the year 2021. Now that the dust has suddenly settled, the shake has set in, as it were, is visible. In these latest funding rounds, some angel investors and early backers have partially offloaded their holdings in the Bengaluru and San Francisco headquartered firm. Its previous investors Nexus Venture Partners and Bond Capital have been coming forward to purchase the shares on offer. This trend is typical for SaaS unicorns which originally received such high valuations based on the revenue expectations. 

Overvaluation 

In the period of the funding’s peak, most SaaS businesses faced overvaluation. After raising $225 million in the funding round, Postman surpassed other Indian-origin SaaS companies to become the most prominent one. But as the dust slowly clears, the market is trying to level itself once again.

Postman’s lowered its growth rates significantly, which can be seen as a more accurate reflection of the company’s true potential. Secondaries of smaller sizes have happened and more in the future could similarly be done at similar discountage levels. The market is beginning to realize that the optimism it earlier displayed could have been slightly over the top. 

Journey of Postman 

Starting a decade back in Bengaluru, Postman has grown to become a prominent name in the Application Programming Interface (API) management sector. Thus, it becomes a crucial tool for interactions between apps and their functionalities within an enterprise. In 

its development process, the company has experienced significant growth, received a lot of funding, and gained international acclaim. However the recent decrease in the valuation demonstrates that so-called unicorns cannot ignore the market trends either. 

Approach and Need for Sustainable Growth Models 

Postman isn’t alone in this process of recalibration. Every stage of SaaS investment has faced some stagnation. As per the information available from Venture Intelligence, late-stage SaaS companies collectively received $1.53 billion from private equity and venture capital funds in the year 2022. However, this figure declined over a third to $421 million in 2023. Likewise, mid-stage SaaS businesses saw a greater than 50% decline in investments, from $2.1 billion in 2022 to $920 million in 2023. These trends suggest the conservativeness of the market and the search for effective, long-term growth strategies. 

Conclusion

While Postman resets its valuation, it is still a good barometer for the rest of the SaaS industry. The correction is a much-needed wake-up call, reminding investors that earnings and fundamentals, revenue growth rates, and sensible P/E ratios are paramount. Though this road may be rough, companies must achieve a balance of aspirations with practicality.

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Brussels-based Credo AI raises €19.4 million to match the rapid pace of AI with responsible governance  https://www.scoopearth.com/brussels-based-credo-ai-raises-e19-4-million-to-match-the-rapid-pace-of-ai-with-responsible-governance/ Wed, 31 Jul 2024 08:54:34 +0000 https://www.scoopearth.com/?p=343618 Credo AI, an AI governance SaaS company, has completed a large funding round with a total amount of €19.4 million to further its mission of promoting the right use of artificial intelligence. CrimsoNox Capital, Mozilla Ventures, and FPV Ventures were the leads of the round, while the existing investors included Sands Capital, Decibel VC, Booz Allen Hamilton, and the AI Fund. This latest capital raise takes the total cumulative funding for Credo AI up to an impressive $41.3 million.

Leadership Team of Credo AI

Credo AI has been rather active in addressing various issues related to AI governance. Indeed, their healthy growth has established them as key players in defining the future of responsible AI. Head of Revenue and GTM, Mike Rogers, has significant experience in guaranteeing high revenues and expanding the market share. His strategic vision complies with the mission and vision of Credo AI, which is to advance the cause for responsible AI.

There’s also an emphasis on organizational culture and talent by Jessica Amato, the Head of People. This makes it possible for Credo AI to attract and retain the best of talents since she is overseeing the responsibility. Benjamin Zamora currently serves as the VP of Engineering who oversees the engineering division at LivePerson. The contributions also make improvements on Credo AI’s platform features, as well as its overall dependability. These leaders remain extremely important as Credo AI grows as they help to ensure the further development of AI while keeping it responsible. 

AI Governance and Risk Assessment

Credo AI provides a solution that enables companies to systematically approach AI implementation, growth, and compliance. It offers metadata for all AI systems and ML models, giving businesses a holistic view of their current and future applications of AI. The AI Registry tracks and logs metadata and brings AI projects depending on their potential revenues, consequences, and risks. There is improved co-ordination on the assignment of controls and mitigation actions in the AI Governance Workspace. 

Policy Intelligence and Guardrails

Policy packs thus prescribe generic governance requirements that correspond to industry policies and regs. Through Credo AI, organizations can implement robust governance policies that enable AI adoption while meeting the proper rules and regulations. It is important to protect the use of the generative AI. Credo AI offers initial measures to address risks that come from tools like ChatGPT and other Large Language Models (LLMs). 

Technical Integrations and Automated Reports

Connectors enable automatic injection of evidence from other MLOps platforms. The Vendor Portal assesses third-party AI risk by implementing Policy Packs and gathering supportive information from the vendors. The Risk Center presents AI risk and value to cross-teams and business units. Documentation, model cards, and impact assessments promote transparency among the members, helping to develop trust with stakeholders. 

Scaling Responsibly and Regulatory Landscape

Credo AI has been recording an impressive growth as a company. Some of the notable leadership hires include Mike Rogers as the Head of Revenue and GTM, Jessica Amato as the Head of People, and Benjamin Zamora as the VP of Engineering. Companies such as Mastercard, Northrop Grumman, Ruffalo Noel Levitz, and Booz Allen Hamilton have reliance on Credo AI’s software for tracking, assessment and mitigation of the AI risks. As the EU AI Act looms in the near future, bringing stricter regulations for the use of artificial intelligence systems, Credo AI is poised to meet Europe’s growing needs. The pioneers from high-tech, retail chain, insurance, and financial service industries want to scale up their responsible AI.

Conclusion

Credo AI’s contextual AI Governance Software Platform ensures that AI is Fair, Compliant, Safe & Secure, Accountable, and Human Centric at Runtime and at Scale. As AI moves on from being a buzzword, responsible governance comes into focus and that is where Credo AI steps in. 

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