Analysis

February 10, 2023

The SaaS tools saving companies money, according to VCs

Startups are cutting their software spend to extend runway, but which SaaS tools can they not live without?


After headcount, software spend is often the second biggest cut that businesses make when they’re trying to extend runway — especially now, as turbulent market conditions rock startups globally. 

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Miriam Partington

Miriam Partington was a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covered the DACH region and the future of work, and wrote Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup.

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