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 | Aug 8, 2022 | B2B Software, Payments |
Plastiq, an SMB payments provider announced it is going public via SPAC. Because it’s a SPAC, not a traditional IPO, there is a lot to decipher. I’ll do my best. Plastiq began as a consumer business and pivoted to SMB B2B. The company’s...
by Robert Solomon | May 23, 2022 | B2B Software, Marketplaces, Payments, Valuation |
Between December 2019 and mid-2021 a passel of software platforms went public via IPO (and SPAC). Over that time span, I blogged about nine of them. In chronological order they were: Bill.com (BILL) Selectquote (SLTQ) Vroom (VRM) Billtrust (BTRS) AppLovin (APP)...
by Robert Solomon | Dec 13, 2021 | B2B Software, order to cash, Payments, Procure to Pay
Another Source-to-Pay and Order-to-Cash company going public, this time via SPAC: Corcentric. As I pointed out recently, stocks in this segment are enduring a correction, but that is not scaring away Corcentric. Corcentric Background If you are not familiar with...
by Robert Solomon | Sep 20, 2021 | AP Automation, Payments
Avidxchange, one of the biggest and oldest players in AP automation (it started in 2000) filed to go public. Competitors include: Mineral Tree (to be acquired by Global Payments for $500M) Tipalti (which recently raised $150M at a reported $2 billion valuation)...
by Robert Solomon | Jun 24, 2021 | AP Automation, B2B Software, order to cash, Payments, Virtual cards
Centime is a cool company that came out of stealth mode this week. I’ve been talking to the founder for some time, but he’s finally unveiled the whole story. I need not tell you that cash flow is the lifeblood, and the leading cause of death, among small...
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