SaaS Management platforms

2022. Cledara raises $20M to help companies control their SaaS sprawl



Cledara, a software management platform that gives companies greater control and insights into their SaaS subscriptions, has raised $20 million in a Series A round of funding. Cledara is setting out to help companies of all sizes deal with so-called SaaS sprawl, with some companies subscribing to as many as 200 distinct online services via the browser. While this is testament to the strengths of the SaaS business model and a nod to the broader cloud movement, it can also create a somewhat unwieldy administrative landscape for IT departments trying to keep a handle on everything that they’re paying for. This is where Cledara enters the fray, serving as a “system of record” that gives insights into what applications are being used, renewal reminders and all the associated costs, spend analytics and forecasts a company might need.


2022. Josys secures $32M for its SaaS management platform 



Josys, the Japanese B2B SaaS platform that streamlines and automates corporate IT operations, said today it has raised $32 million. Josys, spun off from its parent company Raksul last year, launched its automated management IT devices and SaaS application in September 2021 that reduces IT operation costs and enhances security systems. One of the things that sets Josys apart from other SaaS management platforms like BetterCloud and Okta is that it empowers users by providing multiple professional services, including device procurement, business process outsourcing (kitting services) and storage, along with SaaS management, the company says.

2022. Beamy lands $9M to help enterprises detect and manage their SaaS apps



Beamy, a startup, aiming to tackle the SaaS management challenge with a platform that promises to simplify SaaS app installation, updating and maintenance., has raised $9 million in a funding round. Beamy claims its product can detect and control SaaS apps in a “decentralized” way, using algorithms that follow the lifecycle of each app and spotlight potential security and compliance risks. Beamy certainly isn’t the only product of its kind. Companies like Meta SaaS, AppOmni and the aforementioned Productiv also offer SaaS security and governance controls geared toward enterprises. Others, like Atmosec and Grip Security, focus specifically on the cybersecurity aspects of SaaS management.


2021. Cacheflow raises $6M to simplify SaaS buying experience



Cacheflow, a startup building SaaS buying service and financing solution, has raised seed round worth $6 million. With most companies wanting to sell yearly contracts with upfront payments for cash flow reasons, SaaS sales can prove oddly rigid in the modern era, when you’d expect more flexibility. To attack that issue, Cacheflow wants to offer buyers a number of payment options while also providing upfront cash to software companies. Cacheflow will let customers choose to pay for their software contract monthly, quarterly or even on a deferred basis. This may help customers buy software even when they have exhausted a particular budget cycle, Garg said. And that means that software concerns can sell more consistently without having to wait for yearly budgets to reset late in the year.


2021. Sastrify snags $7M to help SMEs manage SaaS buying



Sastrify, a startup, offering what it describes as a “highly automated” platform (covering some 20,000+ SaaS solutions) to help other businesses with procurement and management of third-party services, has closed a $7 million seed round. Sastrify’s sales pitch to SMEs includes that current customers have seen an average 6.5x return on their investment — in addition to what it bills as “thousands of working hours” saved from “wasted” activities related to SaaS procurement. On the competitive front the startup points to U.S.-based Vendr and Tropic, which may further explain the regional focus (although it’s not only selling in Europe).


2021. Vendr raises huge $60M for its SaaS-purchasing service



SaaS-purchasing startup Vendr has raised $60 million Series A. The startup’s model of standing between SaaS buyers and sellers, speeding up transactions while lowering their cost, appears to have fit well into 2020’s twin trends of rising software reliance and a focus on cost control. Vendr charges its customers between 1% and 5% of their software spend that it manages, which can add up. Standard 500-person company might spend $2 million to $3.5 million on software each year, which by our math would make that company worth no less than $20,000 to $35,000 in revenue for Vendr at 1% of spend. But why would Vendr customers pay it to handle their software spend? Savings, effectively. Everyone wins, it seems, except for software sellers. After all, they are the ones losing a chance to get less-sophisticated buyers to pay more for their code, right?


2021. Torii raises $10M to automate SaaS management



Torii, Israeli startup that wants to make it easier to manage SaaS tools, has announced a $10 million Series A. At the heart of Torii's idea is an automation engine to discover and manage all of the SaaS tools inside an organization. Once you know what you have, there is a no-code workflow engine to create workflows around those tools for key activities like onboarding or offboarding employees. The approach seems to be working. As the pandemic struck in 2020, more companies than ever needed to control and understand the SaaS tooling they had, and revenue grew 400% YoY last year. Customers include Delivery Hero, Chewy, Monday.com and Palo Alto Networks.


2020. Cledara, the SaaS purchase and management platform, raises $3.4M



Cledara, the SaaS purchase and management platform that helps bring greater viability and control over a company’s sprawling software subscriptions, has raised $3.4 million in additional funding. Cledara has developed software to let companies track and manage their SaaS usage and spending, including analytics to help understand if it is money well-spent. Another Cledara feature is unlimited virtual debit cards to empower employees and outside teams to purchase appropriate SaaS offerings independently. This includes the option for management to approve every purchase before it happens and access real-time updates on what everyone is buying. Part of Cledara’s revenue comes from interchange fees via said card spend, along with employing a SaaS model itself with paid subscriptions.


2020. Unito raises $10.5M to integrate workplace collaboration tools



Montreal-based startup Unito that is building software that helps collaboration platforms communicate with each other, has just closed a $10.5 million Series A round. Unito’s tool works by collaborating among most of the major workplace productivity software suites’ APIs and automatically translating an action in one piece of software to the others. Updates, comments and due dates can then sync across each of the apps, allowing employees to only interact with the software that’s best for their job. Unito’s current integrations include tools like Jira, Asana, Trello, GitHub, Basecamp, Wrike, ZenDesk, Bitbucket, GitLab and HubSpot.


2019. SaaS buying platform Vendr raises $2M



Vendr, that has developed an enterprise SaaS solution for managing enterprise SaaS, has raised a $2 million round. The company offers subscription-based software, priced depending on company headcount, that helps fast-growing businesses buy and manage enterprise SaaS. In short, the product cuts the human out of the sales process, allowing companies to purchase or upgrade software using software. The goal isn’t to eliminate the sales profession, rather to put an end to “persuasion driven” sales and to make enterprise software purchases as easy as consumer product purchases. Vendr currently operates with a team of six employees and 19 customers, including Canva, Grammarly, GitLab, Brex, HubSpot and InVision. The company is also backed by Okta’s general counsel Jon Runyan, AppDynamics’ COO Dan Wright and YC partner Aaron Epstein.