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Category: Thought Leadership
SaaS Churn: What It Is and How to Resolve It
For a young SaaS company, churn can mean the difference between explosive growth and implosive loss. Learn more about SaaS churn and how to address it here.
Take Your Company Even Further with These SaaS Growth Strategies
Getting the first hundred customers — even just the first few! — to your SaaS business is exciting and critical to your future. But customer acquisition isn’t the only thing to focus on for growth. That’s why we’ve put together this breakdown of SaaS growth strategies — opportunities beyond customer acquisition for you as SaaS …Read More
The Application for Financing — How to Secure Debt Financing
When you’re growing a SaaS company you may find yourself in need of additional capital. Learn more about the application for financing here.
Researching Debt Financing Companies? Here’s What You Should Look For
Similarity of Purpose Doesn’t Mean Solidarity of Service Just because debt financing companies offer similar funding doesn’t mean their offerings, service, and support are the same. In fact, the differences can sometimes be as fundamentally drastic as debt financing vs. equity financing. You could say that venture debt financing companies share a common goal: helping …Read More
What Can You Do with Debt Financing?
The Possibilities Are Endless Growing a business requires capital, plain and simple. You need to invest in new products and processes, expand sales and marketing initiatives, pay vendors for services, and more. Despite the growth you see, these expenses can quickly catch up to or even overtake existing capital or revenue — but that doesn’t …Read More
Debt Financing vs Equity Financing: Understanding the Key Differences
One Growing Company, Two Growth Choices Growing a SaaS business is no easy task, especially considering the vast differences between debt financing vs. equity financing. Regardless of your industry or geography, acquiring new customers, growing existing relationships, attracting top-performing talent, and managing the numerous administrative requirements of a business takes a great deal of effort …Read More
Just What is Venture Debt Financing, and How Did It Start?
A Solid Standalone or a Strategic Supplement As a business owner focused on growing a SaaS company, you may be exploring options to get more working capital and continue your growth trajectory — or even expedite it. Whether you’ve been funding your growth since the company started or have already received VC investment, venture debt …Read More
Growing a SaaS Company? Here’s Why SaaS Venture Debt Financing Might Be Right for You
When Capital Prohibits Growth, What Are Your Options for Growing a SaaS Company? For a growing subscription-based SaaS company, expenses can come close to or even exceed monthly recurring revenue (MRR) — creating cash flow challenges. Or, the business may simply need another infusion of capital beyond (or between) venture investments to propel growth. In …Read More
Craft Beers and SaaS Have More in Common Than You Might Think
There’s always a bit of fear when it comes to starting a new business. We should know—we started two of them in the last two years! The first was Sibling Revelry Brewery, a craft-brewing operation that began as a family passion project and has grown into a 3,600 barrel per year operation. The second was River …Read More
Regardless of Debt or Equity, Investors Are Aligned on What Qualities Make a Good Investment
Having an idea and the intention to build a successful startup is easy. Bringing the idea to life and successfully executing, however, can be a rather treacherous road. Although debt providers like River SaaS Capital and equity investors differ in their capital offerings, they do align when it comes to their quest for identifying and …Read More