by Robert Solomon | Mar 3, 2025 | AP Automation, B2B Software, Payments |
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about the hit the stocks of two B2B payments providers, Bill.com and WEX, took when they reported slowing growth and monetization. Last week, AvidXchange met the same fate. AvidXchange Earnings AvidXchange beat analyst expectations for...
by Robert Solomon | Aug 21, 2023 | AP Automation, B2B Software, E-invoicing
Accel KKR-backed Basware announced its plan to acquire Glantus, a public Irish company in the audit recovery and accounts payable automation business. I wrote about Glantus (here) when it went public in mid-2021. Glantus’s Valuation at IPO At its IPO, Glantus...
by Robert Solomon | Aug 14, 2023 | AP Automation, B2B Software, order to cash, Payments, Supply Chain Finance
B2B payment terms do not receive the attention they deserve. After all, trade credit is the most important form of short-term credit in the US. Estimates for US corporate receivables range from $3 trillion to $4.5 trillion at any given time. Trade credit, in turn,...
by Robert Solomon | Dec 26, 2022 | AP Automation, B2B Software, Procure to Pay
I did not post much in 2022. No need to thank me. Great blog posts–and the kind I do– require free time and non-confidential topics. Both were in short supply this year, especially when the IPO and SPAC markets tanked. Hopefully, the markets (and...
by Robert Solomon | Dec 11, 2022 | AP Automation, B2B Software, Payments, Pricing |
I love a story about how a company dominated its industry primarily by changing its business model. (See here and here.) Ticketmaster, which has been in the news lately, has such a story buried in its past. The Prior Business Model: Ticketron ...
by Robert Solomon | Sep 30, 2022 | AP Automation, B2B Software, E-invoicing, order to cash, Procure to Pay |
EQT Private Equity, part of a publicly listed investment firm (EQT AB Group) is taking Billtrust (BTRS) private. Billtrust went public (via SPAC) in early 2021. Wrap your head around those two sentences for a minute and marvel at modern capitalism. Billtrust...
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