This Week in SaaS: Sep 22-29, 2025
This week’s SaaS roundup highlights AI’s dominance, with Anthropic’s $13 billion Series F raising its valuation to $183 billion and fueling a surge to $5 billion ARR, while security‑focused Netskope’s IPO underscored strong market appetite for high‑growth security SaaS. A wave of fundraises—from Invisible Technologies’s $100 M growth round to niche players like Paid and Synthesized targeting the emerging AI‑agent economy and synthetic data—show continued investor confidence across vertical and infrastructure layers. Recent M&A activity, including Alchemer’s acquisition of Chatmeter and PROS’s $1.4 billion buyout, signals robust private‑equity interest in vertical SaaS and security stacks, and the IPO pipeline appears cautiously revived with Netskope’s success and Navan’s filing. The author, Ryan Allis, frames these trends as proof that AI‑augmented products, security, and specialized vertical SaaS remain the most compelling growth and exit pathways for founders today.
Mastermind Recap for Sep 23-25, 2025
The post recaps a week of SaasRise mastermind sessions where SaaS CEOs discussed ten high‑impact topics—from outbound prospecting and newsletter compliance to product redesign, time‑to‑value, attribution, hosting costs, paid‑ad scaling, and the build‑vs‑buy dilemma—offering concrete tactics and tool recommendations for...
The B2B SaaS Growth Program Fall 2025 Cohort
The post announces a new 16‑week Done‑With‑You B2B SaaS Growth Program launching on October 16, 2025, aimed at SaaS companies with $1M‑$100M ARR that want to build ABM lead lists, run AI‑personalized outbound campaigns, and scale digital advertising. It highlights...
SaaS Unit Economics: A Deep Dive for CEOs
The post explains how SaaS CEOs can drive scalable growth by mastering key unit economics—ARPA, churn, lifespan, LTV and CAC—and using optimal ratios such as a 3:1 LTV:CAC and sub‑3.5% monthly churn as signals to accelerate sales spend. Ryan Allis...
A Guide to Founder Liquidity
The post explains how SaaS and tech founders can secure personal liquidity through minority recapitalizations—selling less than 50% of their equity to growth or private equity investors—while retaining control and upside. It illustrates the concept with a detailed case study...
Two New SaaS Valuation Calculators
The post introduces two SaaS valuation calculators—Livmo’s interactive tool and SaaStr’s calculator—to help founders estimate company worth using metrics like ARR, growth, and EBITDA. It highlights recent M&A multiples, noting a median 4.1x revenue and 19.4x EBITDA for private deals...
New Mastermind Group For VC Backed CEOs
The post announces a new weekly mastermind group exclusively for venture‑backed tech CEOs who have raised at least $5 million, aiming to provide peer support on scaling, fundraising, exit planning, and founder well‑being. Led by SaaS veteran Ryan Allis, the group...
Our Top New Content From 1H 2025
The post curates the best SaaS growth and exit‑preparation content from the first half of 2025—webinars, reports, podcasts, templates and videos—organized for easy sharing. It highlights resources on raising capital, scaling, AI‑personalized outbound, and detailed M&A and VC reports, all...
How 600+ SaaS CEOs Are Scaling From $1M to $100M ARR Together
The post promotes SaasRise’s weekly mastermind calls that bring together 600+ SaaS CEOs and founders scaling from $1M to $100M ARR, offering peer feedback on growth, hiring, ops, AI, product, and exit strategies. It outlines the Summer 2025 schedule, highlights...
The B2B LinkedIn Strategy Guide
The post presents a detailed B2B LinkedIn strategy used by SaasRise, outlining tactics such as Sales Navigator ABM list building, AI‑personalized outbound email, automated connection requests, retargeting and thought‑leader ads, viral organic content, and a LinkedIn newsletter. Ryan Allis shares...