SaaS & Infra
Thought leadership, insights, and deep dive reports from our SaaS & Infra team.
Backing Paradox: Building the Organizational Intelligence Layer for the AI Age
Paradox reimagines organizational design with AI-driven clarity and alignment. Learn how their dynamic reasoning graph unlocks real-time insights, accelerates decision-making, and fosters hyper-alignment in fast-growing companies. Discover why this is the future of enterprise AI.
From Hype to High-Impact: How Autonomous AI is Transforming Software in the New Compute Era
Explore how autonomous AI is reshaping the software landscape in Europe, from compute economics to regulatory challenges. This thesis offers insights on AI infrastructure, domain-specific models, autonomous agents, and the future of AI-driven enterprise innovation.
Why We’re Tripling Down on Gigs: Redefining Connectivity with Embedded Solutions and eSIM Innovation
Discover why we're tripling down on MVNO startup Gigs with their $73 million Series B funding round. Learn how they're redefining connectivity with embedded solutions, eSIM innovation, and game-changing business models.
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Cracking the Code: Proven Enterprise GTM Strategies for AI Startups from Industry Insiders
Discover proven GTM strategies for AI startups breaking into enterprise markets. Learn from industry leaders at Hugging Face, Asana, and Prewave about founder-led sales, pricing for value, targeting ICPs, and more. Craft your AI narrative and seize the massive enterprise opportunity.
Navigating the AI Era: A Survival Guide for B2B SaaS Founders
There's no denying that we have firmly entered the AI era. But how and when should B2B SaaS founders begin implementing AI into their products and services? Frederik Hagenauer shares 3 concrete pieces of advice.
Deepfake Detection: Separating Fact From Fiction
Speedinvest's Anne Roellgen deep dives into deepfake detection technology and separates fact from fiction with insights from Parya Lotfi, Mark Evenblij, Dr. Bernd Pichlmayer, and Dr. Alexander Godulla.
The Art of SaaS Pricing for Early-Stage Founders
Speedinvest's Audrey Handem shares how to choose the right pricing strategy for your startup and establish a qualified buyer persona, as well as some top tactics used by our portfolio companies June.so and Gitpod.
Looking Beyond the $1M ARR Mark: A Framework and Benchmarks To Assess Revenue Quality
Speedinvest's Fred Hagenauer discusses annual recurring revenue and shares his framework for assessing the quality of your company's revenue.
Why Open Source Software is the Future of SaaS
Speedinvest's Yang Tran answers "what is open source software?" introduces the key players in the space, and shares his playbook for OSS success.
Ubiquitous Connectivity as a Service: Our Investment in Gigs
Speedinvest's Frederik Hagenauer discusses ubiquitous connective as a service and how our investment in Gigs is bringing better connectivity across the globe.
The Speedinvest SaaS & Infra Team: Investment Thesis
The Speedinvest SaaS and Infra team invests in tech startups building developer tools, security products, software infrastructure, and B2B SaaS applications.
Safe and Trustworthy: A Guide to Identity Verification Platforms
Speedinvest's Audrey Handem discusses the powerful value proposition of the identity verification market for consumer apps and online businesses.
Tools of the Trade: The New HR SaaS Stack
To stay competitive, HR had to step up their game with a vastly improved toolstack. Here are some of the best HR management software for hiring and retaining talent.
3D Content Creation at Scale: Our Investment in Colorful.app
Colorful.app gives e-commerce companies the ability to cheaply, quickly, and easily create life-like 3D images that convert viewers to customers.
Developer Tools: The Rise of the Developer Class
Yang Tran of the Speedinvest SaaS & Infra team lays out how competitive companies run on increasingly complex software, elevating the role of the software developer.
Infrastructure: The Building Blocks of Modern Software Products
As part of our SaaS & Infra team's exploration of the software stack, Dominik Tobschall examines the Infrastructure layer and where it is headed.
SaaS on the Rise: In APIs We Trust
Our Markus Lang and Carlota Armero dive into the booming sector of API-first SaaS development.
The SaaS-ification of Everything
The Speedinvest SaaS & Infra team explores the growing ever-present nature of SaaS and what might be just over the horizon.
The Access Layer for the Decentralized Economy: Our Investment in Unstoppable Finance
Unstoppable Finance is fixing the access layer to Web3. Their simple and intuitive wallet democratizes access to the decentralized (DeFi) economy.
Building the Decentralized Food System of the Future: Our Investment in Hier
Hier is connecting food distributors with local producers, making supply chains more reliable and eco-friendly in the process.
Just Ship It: Our Investment in Qovery
Qovery is taking the pain out of shipping and deploying software applications.
Managing Employees not Working at a Desk: Our Investment in Sona
Sona is the employee app for tomorrow's deskless workforce.
Making Carbon Offsets Verifiable: Our Investment in Sylvera
Sylvera makes carbon offset projects more reliable by providing computer-based, objective verifiability.
The Next Generation of Cloud Computing: Our Investment in Wasmer
Wasmer enables server-side execution of WebAssembly code at near-native performance and less disk space.
Ready-to-Code: Our Investment in Gitpod
Gitpod makes the tedious and time-consuming task of setting up and managing complex development environments go away.
The Future of Work in France
Our working habits have been disrupted; the line between personal life and professional life has blurred; Working from home has become widespread.
BAE Systems Spins-Off SOC.OS
BAE Systems is spinning-off SOC.OS to bring affordable big company cybersecurity to small and medium businesses.
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