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July 21, 2020

SaaS startups: kings of the coronavirus crisis?

From skyrocketing stocks to mass layoffs, B2B SaaS companies are having a wild ride


Tim Smith

9 min read

Software-as-a-service startups aren’t the most headline-grabbing in the tech world. The media typically gets more excited by flying taxis, neobanks and robotics (yes, that includes Sifted).

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(Five year and six month index of Nasdaq-listed cloud computing software. Source: Bessemer Venture Partners)
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(The Bloobirds team, with Javier Darriba (centre))
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(Responses from more than 2,900 executives surveyed in 46 countries. Source: EY)
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Tim Smith

Tim Smith was news editor at Sifted. He covered deeptech and AI, and produced Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast . Follow him on X and LinkedIn

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