SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders

Brightpearl $33m Raised, $105m Valuation, $18m Revenue, Targeting $25m by EOY

25 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

When Derek O'Carroll joined Brightpearl three years ago, he took on the biggest risk any CEO can take - a turnaround. Since taking the helm as CEO, De...

SalesQualia SaaS Secret Weapon, Helping 35 Founders Scale Pipeline, $1m+ Run Rate

24 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Sales Coach for B2B Tech Startups, Author, Speaker, Podcaster and Ultra-Marathoner. First head of sales @ Blend. 20 years in Silicon Valley with three...

Raising $3m Right Now on Back of Slack App Exchange Growth

23 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Entrepreneur building Aikon Labs, the startup behind Ariv.ai and iEngage.ai

How Measured.com Grew 250% TTM To Break $5m in Revenues Helping WIth Marketing Attribution

22 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Trevor is the co-founder and CEO of Measured, an industry leader in cross-channel media incrementality measurement for portfolio investment decisions....

SpringBig Raised $11.5m on $100m Valuation at $20m Revenue in Niche CRM Space

21 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jeffrey Harris is Founder and CEO of Springbig, a leading provider in cannabis CRM and loyalty marketing technology with over 25 million users across ...

Kountable GMV Decreased from $27m in 2017 to $7m Today. Why?

20 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Chris Hale is Founder and CEO of Kountable, a San Francisco-based technology company actively solving the world's distribution problem by building a t...

How He Raised $500k With No Product, No Revenue for NonProfit tool

19 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Christopher Tufford is the Founder & CEO of Green Apple Pay. He left college after two years to start his first business and has success in a variety ...

He Can't Code, So How'd He Launch MVP With No Developers?

18 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Harris Kenny is the Founder of Intro CRM, a simple CRM for self-employed and early stage founders. He has helped grow dozens of hardware, software, an...

Brand to Influencer Marketplace Hits $4m On Just $2m Raised

17 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Tom Logan is the Co-Founder and CEO of NYC-based Cohley — the tech company that's changing the way brands generate photos, videos and product review...

Secretive Austin SaaS Breaks $6m Bootstrapped Helping with ElasticSearch

16 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Dru is the President of OMC, the company behind one of the leading SaaS+ search products in the market, Bonsai. Dru is classically trained in Business...

Raising $10m on $50m Valuation, 1500 Farmers Pay $2m/yr For This SaaS

15 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Founder and COO of eAgronom. Worked in multiple startups, latest before eAgronom was Glia, which is series-B entity that has it's business in USA and ...

Bootstrapped to $25m Revenue, Won't Sell for $250m to Manny Medina and Outreach

14 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Software technologist turned sales geek.

Wild! He Presold $250k Of His SaaS Idea. Now wants to beat SEMRush

13 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

I quit my job to start a martech SaaS startup and then survived the covid recession, raised funds without selling any equity, went from 2 features to ...

He Exited for $600m, Started with 40%, Now Building YC and AngelList for Latin America

12 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Bootstrapped online real estate startup in Latin America eventually raising $74m USD, merged with competitor and sold the company for ~$600m. Top Ange...

Yac Is Audio Slack, Hits 10k Weekly Users, Raising $8m on $30m

11 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Founder and CEO at Yac. I build products at SoFriendly.com and run Newton Mail now.

Why Acuant Sold to Private Equity, New CEO Vision for Identity Space Targets 50% yoy Growth

10 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Product Manager with more than 25 years building Enterprise products for Digital Identities, detecting and preventing Financial Crime, Payment Securit...

Rev.Team hits $50k MRR Helping Scale Sales Teams and RevOps, SaaS Next?

09 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Scaling businesses since 1999. Helping B2B Founders grow from $50k to $1Million MRR by building high performing Revenue Teams (#LeadGen #Sales #Succes...

PostoPlan Hits $30k MRR, Raises $500k For Social Scheduling Tool in Spain, Mexico, and Argentina

08 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Kate Sukhenko, CBDO/Founder 4 years experience of work in Europe and 3 years experience of work in China with corporate clients negotiating and signin...

GetRoute Builds Cleaning Business to $10m in 2020, Now Launches Software

07 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

I am a Passionate Entrepreneur who is driven by empowering the Commercial cleaning industry. My purpose is to motivate and inspire my peers, family, c...

How Loomly Hit 7k Customers, $4.2m SaaS Revenue Starting With An Agency

06 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A self-taught programmer, Thibaud began building software to make Noemie's job easier in 2015. Back then, the pair was managing a marketing agency and...

How SurferSEO hit $3m Revenue Bootstrapped Using Chrome Extension, Affiliates

05 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Digital marketer with love for SEO. Michał co-founded Surfer and has been evangelizing the product and data-driven approach to optimization ever sinc...

LightHousePE Hits $10k MRR Helping Brick and Mortar Keep Customers

04 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Andrew Steele is the CEO of LighthousePE, a location-based mobile behavioral engagement platform. He previously co-founded and led 3 startups in healt...

MediaMash Raising $1.5m So You Can Own Your Audience

03 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A digital strategist, Donna was fortunate to be part of the team who founded the hybrid video platform, MediaMash.tech as CEO. The platform is geared ...

FlaskData Software For Patient Trials Hits $350k ARR

02 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

I am a solid-state physicist by training, serious amateur musician and tech entrepreneur developing automated detection and response for virtual clini...

How UseTopic Bootstrapped to $20k in MRR in 12 Months

01 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Nikhil Aitharaju is an entrepreneur who started a multi-million dollar SaaS business in college using SEO and content marketing. After successfully se...

eComVids Pivots to SaaS For DropShippers to Get Product Creatives

31 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

I came up. Then I hit hit rock bottom. But I found my way. Then I hit a depressive period. Decided to take control again and I'm prepared to make an e...

SaaS CEO Launches PPE Factory, $10m Sales of Surgical Masks, American Made

30 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Lloyd is the Founder of Armbrust American, a U.S. manufacturer of surgical masks and PPE launched in May 2020 making over $10MM annually. In 2008, he ...

SalesPlaybook Did $320k in Sales Helping SaaS Founders Sell

29 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Manuel built up https://thesalesplaybook.io/ bootstrapped from 0 to 100+ customers and 350k+ annual revenue in less than 2 years to help committed B2B...

SEO Secrets from Shopify, G2 Head of SEO Strategy

28 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Kevin Indig leads SEO as Director @ Shopify and is the creator of the Growth Memo newsletter. Previously, he ran SEO @ G2 and Atlassian and worked wit...

How Pepperi Hit $11m Revenue Bootstrapped, Rollup Next?

27 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Ofer Yourvexel is the co-founder and CEO of Pepperi, the B2B sales platform for brands and wholesalers. Prior to founding Pepperi, Mr. Yourvexel spent...

ScholarshipOwl Breaks $4m Revenue Helping 15k Students Get Loans

26 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

An engineer from a young age, previously CTO/R&D manager in a number of Israeli startups, ex-Googler turned entrepreneur and CEO, changing the US educ...

Solar Panel Install Software Breaks $26k/mo, Raising $1.5m on $6m Valuation

25 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Love solar & technology. Started The Solar Labs as a Senior in college. My vision is to help solar installers scale their businesses (and thereby brin...

Modigie Gets You Accurate Prospect Cell Numbers, Hits $300k ARR, 29 Customers

24 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Ken Hoppe is Founder and CEO of Modigie. Prior to Modigie Ken spent 18+ years in various tech leadership roles, experiencing firsthand the widespread ...

Proposify Hits $7m Revenue Driving Expansion Into 200 Enterprise Accounts with $10k+ ACV's

23 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Kyle Racki is the co-founder and CEO of Proposify, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) company based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, which currently serve...

Queen of Community Rosie Sherry Reveals Secrets of Engagement, Growth, Monetization

22 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Rosie previously bootstrapped Ministry of Testing, a community for software testers, to 7 figures. Now she leads the community over at Indie Hackers a...

Finimize Uses 1m Email List to Launch API SaaS, Grows to 30% of Total Revenue

21 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Founder of Finimize, the world's largest and most engaged finance community •Previously co-founded one of the largest ecommerce players in Switzerla...

Collabogence Pivoting from $300k Agency, Raising $1.5m on $5m Pre?

20 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Smit has spent half his life on either side of the Atlantic. He has lived in 7 countries and speaks four languages Raised in the age of matrix m...

FullFunnel.io Using 4k FB Community, Book to Grow B2B SaaS Business

19 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Founder of Fullfunnel.io  ( Full-Funnel B2B marketing for B2B Service-Based, Tech and SaaS companies) and ROIplan (marketing planning platform).  I...

SalesImpact Hits $1.5m ARR Training SaaS Sales Leaders

18 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Paul is an entrepreneur with 18 years' experience in founding and scaling global companies. Over the last 7 years, he has grown two international tech...

x0pa Breaks $3m Revenue, Grows 6x selling B2B Hiring tool

17 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Founder and CEO. Third venture, entrepreneur since 1997. Started first company with an investment of $1000 to make it a multi million dollar company a...

LennysNewsletter On Building 45k List, 2.5k Slack Group, Monetization Strategies and Substack Future

16 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Lemon.io Did $2.73m Connecting Developers with Jobs, Keeps 25%

15 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

I founded Lemon.io (previous name Coding Ninjas) in 2015 with an idea to build an Uber for web development. You post a project, and the next available...

FiveRings Is Outsourced SDR for SaaS, $360k in ARR

14 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Starting my first venture at the age of 20 showed me incredible highs and crushing lows (eating PB&J for every meal). Gained a ton of skills doing doo...

ConnectBooks Helps FBA Sellers with Quickbooks, $60k MRR

13 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

I started off as a car service driver and worked my way through school and started a SaaS company

GlobeChain Lists Waste Products, Does $1.6m in ARR in SaaS Enabled Marketplace Model

12 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

May is the founder of Globechain,a reuse marketplace that connects corporates to charities and smes to redistribute unneeded items, generating ESG dat...

FinHIre Founder Needs to Solve Marketplace Problem but Won't Quit Full Time Job

11 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Antonis is a marketing professional with extensive experience within the e-commerce industry and a large presence in the Berlin startup scene. He has ...

Hipotecalo Does $15m in Home Buyer Loans, Charges 13% gives investors 7%, they make the spread

10 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Seasoned executive with broad experience in all aspects related to Business Development, Turnarounds, Fund Raising, Corporate Finance & Strategic Advi...

Party.Space Makes $200k From One Customer, Hopin Challenger Next?

09 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Ex-finance-bro. 4 years in VC/PE tech-focused investment firm CYFRD. Keen on hustle culture & b2b-sales.

Packy McCormick Not Boring Substack Hits $50k Revenue, 25k Subs

08 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Packy is the founder of Not Boring, a weekly newsletter covering strategy and finance through the stories of companies big and small. After starting h...

Varbi HR Tool Hits $3.7m, $400k Profit Helping 2m Job Applicants find Opportunities

07 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Live and breathe business internationalization and entrepreneurship. Started out as consultant assisting Swedish companies abroad, founded and co-foun...

UnicornPlatform Bootstrapped, 500 customers, Doesn't Want "Scale at all costs"

06 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

CEO and founder of Unicorn Platform, the landing page builder for startups, creator of Broadwise.org, the startup community, DJ.

WeTipi Raising $500k Pre-Launch for Matching Tenants with Homeowners

05 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Entrepreneur with extensive knowledge of technology and product. Started my first company in school selling cheat sheets. Cofounded Foodo an online sa...

Amilia Makes $8m/yr From Event Organizers on 3 Revenue Streams

04 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Founder and CEO of Amilia, one of Quebec's fastest-growing tech companies. Providing the first activity-based eCommerce SaaS solution to organizations...

LeadCrunch Hits $24m Revenue, $650k Revenue Per Employee, Raising $30m for 20% Of Business 2021?

03 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Billd Construction Fintech Lends $100m to Subcontractors, Makes 12%+ Spread

02 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Christopher Doyle is an entrepreneur and business leader with extensive hands-on construction industry experience and a proven record of launching suc...

FlockFreight Grows 400% YoY, 500k Pallets Shipped, Still Shy of $1b Valuation

01 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Logistics and innovation run through Oren's veins. Following his parents' footsteps, who created their own freight forwarder after years with Foreman'...

LeagueApps Passes $1b in Event Revenue, Takes 4%

31 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jamespot Profits $40k/mo on $4m Revenue helping Teams Stay Connected

30 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

How Lately Hit $900k For Social Media Automation Tool Using AI, $7m valuation

29 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Kate Bradley Chernis is the Founder & CEO of Lately, which uses AI to automatically transform longform content like blogs, podcasts and videos into do...

Mode Grows 95% to $19m ARR, Turning Analysis Into Superhero's

28 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Derek Steer is the CEO of Mode, a new startup enabling data scientists to share and discover work. With Mode, analysts are more productive and connect...

NessLabs Hits 1,500 Members Paying $75k, Software Next?

27 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Anne-Laure Le Cunff is the founder of Ness Labs, an online platform offering neuroscience-based content and coaching to thousands of entrepreneurs and...

BossInsights 2x YoY to 5 Customers Helping Lenders Capture Data

26 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Former banker & 2nd time founder, Keren Moynihan is the CEO/co-founder of Boss Insights. Boss Insights offers Business Data as a Service. Their single...

How GoSun Sold 50,000 Units, $4m Revenue, 250k Community, Software Next?

25 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Patrick has worked with solar for over 20 years, and maintains a diverse background in design, social enterprise and manufacturing. Volunteering in de...

KPISense Raising $1.5m Now on $1.2m Revenues As Tech Enabled CFO For SaaS Founders

24 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Will has over a decade of experience helping SaaS and software businesses solve their strategic financial challenges. During that timeframe, Will has ...

Willco Breaks 10k Customers, $1m Revenue, $6m Valuation for End of Life Planning

23 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Erin is an entrepreneur, speaker, startup advisor, and former technology journalist. She is co-founder and CEO at Willful, an online estate planning p...

EasyGenerators Grows 100% YoY to $4.2m Revenue, 1200 Customers

22 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Kasper has been an industry leader in the L&D space for over 25 years. He has made an impact on this ever-evolving field as CEO of the fast growing sc...

EssayJack Raising $2m on $8m Valuation, $250k in ARR

21 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Lindy Ledohowski (B.A., B.Ed., M.A., Ph.D.) was a former English teacher and then English professor in Canada before becoming an EdTech CEO for ac...

OnCallHealth Grows 150% to $3m Run Rate for Virtual Patient Care HealthTech

20 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Nicholas Chepesiuk is the Founder & CEO of OnCall Health. Prior to starting OnCall in 2016, Nicholas was an early hire at education technology company...

WhatConverts Hits $2.1m Revenue, $300k Profits in Call Tracking Space

19 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Started first business (online industrial directory) in 1999 in South Africa, and is still in operation today. Personally moved to UK in 2001 to have ...

AlgoPix Hits $2.4m Revenue Helping CPG Brands Monitor Competitors Pricing

18 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Alogpix is the only place to understand eCommerce market share, pricing, and promotions of your competitors and category in real-time
. Powering For...

WriterAccess Makes $9m This Year, Pays Freelancers $6.4m Helping 5,000 Brands With Content

17 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

WIldJar Call Tracking, a 5 person $2m Revenue Business, wow!

16 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Co founder and CEO of WildJar First startup. Bootstrapped - started in 2016. Born in New Zealand, grew up in Australia and currently living in the Sco...

AgentRisk Has $27m in AUM, Better Version of Family Office?

15 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

I am a serial Entrepreneur (my third Startup got acquired for a 17x return to investors by $SPLK) and I love making companies with a little bit of fun...

Credo Hits $300k Revenue By Paying $2m to SEO Consultants

14 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Credo was founded and is run by John Doherty. John has almost a decade of experience in SEO and online marketing. Before starting Credo, he ran market...

Atrium Breaks $14m Doing AI Consulting

13 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

As CEO of Atrium, Chris leads a world-class team in empowering companies to embrace the next generation of tech through the power of AI. Chris brings ...

How Shipmonk CEO Kept $5m of $10m Series A Round, Breaking $80m In Revenue 2019

12 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

LeadGenius Hits $10m in Revenue, Growth Slow at 50% YoY Considering $25m Raised

11 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Prayag is founder and Executive Chairman of LeadGenius. Before founding LeadGenius in 2011, Prayag worked at Finland's top research institute as an ex...

FlumeWater Sells 10k Units at $200 With SaaS Upsell

10 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Eric is a Central Oregon native, Cal Poly graduate and startup founder with a passion for entrepreneurship. Whether it be building a tech company from...

FanDuel Co-Founder Launched New Relationship App Idea, $2m Raised

09 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Lesley Eccles is the Founder and CEO of Relish, the first-ever relationship training app making it easier to build happy, healthy, more connected rela...

Vid.Camera Sells $20m in Tokens, Converting 100% to Fiat for New Facebook Where Creators Own Upside

08 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jag Singh, Vid.camera founder and CEO

Tenon Hits 2m Revenue In Automated Testing Space

07 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Web accessibility testing has a problem: testing after the fact. Tenon seeks to solve that. Tenon is a one of a kind accessibility testing tool in tha...

FundThrough Hits $240m in Invoices Advanced to 2k+ Founders

06 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

RedSeal Sold 50%+ For $60m This Year doing $50m in Revenues in CyberSecurity Space

05 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Ray joined RedSeal as CEO in February 2014. Prior to RedSeal he was a general partner at Venrock, one of RedSeal's founding investors. At Venrock he i...

G2 Hits $50m in ARR (+$20m), and $450m Valuation

04 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Entrepreneur delivering success to B2B tech buyers and vendors via G2.com marketplace...and supporting ThreeKit in building the world's most amazing 3...

She Hit $12m in Revenue, Raised $5m in VC, Then Just Bought Out Investors, How?!

03 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jessica Rovello is the CEO and co-founder of Arkadium, which provides interactive content to the world's most well-known brands and publishers, includ...

OrderDesk Does $60k Monthly, Profits $10k, Growing Via Shopify App Exchange

02 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

David Hollander is the founder of Order Desk, an app that helps merchants save time on their ecommerce order management. He started Order Desk as a si...

LetsChat Helping Outbound Sales Initiate Chat with Prospects Starting with Email

01 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Ankesh, was born in India, educated in London, based in Silicon Valley. ATSystems, 0-$22m in 4 years. Sold to TMP/Monster. Personic, 0- $25m in 4 year...

Perx Hits $27m Valuation

30 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

"I've had the privilege of experiencing the best of both worlds, 5 startups and 3 MNCs in the last 20 years in the enterprise software space solving m...

ToucanToco Raising Right Now $10m on $50m+ Pre with $5m in Revenue

29 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

I'm passionate about data, design and pedagogy. I started Toucan 5 years ago, Previously I cofounded tldr.io. I'm 32 years old and father of three.

Front End As a Service, I Predict They'll Be $100m Within 3 Years

28 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Matthew Hager began writing code at the age of 8. At 20 he started Poetic, one of Houston's leading technology agencies. Now, as CEO of Clutch, he is ...

Can Consumer App For Authenticated Videos Tied to Location Work in 2020?

27 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Shift Sells $200m Worth of Cars, Makes $30m, $225m Equity Raised, IPO Next?

26 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

George Arison is the co-founder of Shift, an online marketplace disrupting the used car industry. An immigrant from Georgia and lifelong entrepreneur,...

Tootris Launches Daycare as a Service, 100 Customers

25 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

TOOTRiS is service provider that helps working parents' access and secure affordable, quality Child Care in real-time. TOOTRiS is available online or ...

GreySuit Hits $4m Revenue Helping 700 Furniture Brands Manage Meta-Data

24 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Rafferty Pendery is an International Public Speaker and Tech Entrepreneur who owns several successful companies in the software and marketing space se...

$0 to $12m: The most successful SaaS Paid Ads Story of All Time?

23 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Since 2009, Paris has founded and run Hop Online, which has pivoted in recent years to focus entirely on SaaS growth marketing. Services include SEO, ...

CoachMePlus raising $2m on $10m post money right now

22 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Kevin Dawidowicz is the President and co-founder of CoachMePlus, built around a simple idea, helping coaches and athletes work together to achieve the...

Daisy intelligence on track for $10m in 2021

21 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The former head of IBM Canada's data mining and data warehousing practices, Gary is passionate about AI and its ability to transform how retailers gro...

SalesProcess Did $1m Last Month Helping Brands Drive Sales, 40% Net Profit

20 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Highly influential, passionate executive Director and Co-Investor for high growing SaaS and Private Equity / Private Debt ecosystem. Invested in Fluid...

InboxDone VC's Are Using This Company To Handle Their Inboxes

19 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Almabase Hits $1.1m Revenue Helping Universities Manage Alumni Donations

18 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

I strongly believe that technology should work towards improving human relationships instead of replacing them. The ability to bring communities toget...