Announced today, the Q2-2017 Edition of the Cardin Partners 'SaaS Quick 25' list includes a wide range of emerging growth Enterprise SaaS companies, representing both vertical and geographic diversity.
Cardin systematically tracks the growth of over 25,000 SaaS companies, globally. We publish a limited subset of companies and data publicly as part of our SaaS10k list.
In conjunction with this, we also publish a quarterly report of the fastest growing identifiable SaaS sectors.
As a reminder, the criteria to be considered 'emerging growth' are as follows:
Companies must end the quarter with a headcount between 20 and 100 employees;
Must have been in our database since at least the prior quarter.
HIGHLIGHTS AND TRENDS
Several companies this quarter are representative of broader industry trends:
Zudy, a low-code (they prefer 'zero code') mobile app dev platform, exemplifies the move away from the encumbrance of having to hire hoards of C# developers for iOS development when rapid time to market and feature iteration are paramount.
ReFUEL4, which is riding the winds of the AI trend, is using machine learning to identify opportunities to help agencies and in-house teams optimize the content of their creatives for maximum conversion. Continuing the AI trend, we have Loom Systems, which applies AI to log analytics in the APM and DevOps domain.
A couple of companies in the employee scheduling and tracking domain crack the list – Jolt which serves QSR and retail employers, and Dovico, which enables simple mobile-enabled employee timekeeping.
RegTech is also hot. SOXHUB provides document management and compliance to F500 companies, Nimonik serves the EHS space with their quality compliance suite, and MetaCompliance is service GDPR compliance.
In the eLearning space, our Vancouver, BC-based neighbors Thinkific are on a tear. Their platform includes marketplace and ecommerce enablement, allowing anyone with monetizable courseware to be up and running in minutes.
Please see below for the complete list. If you are a buy-side group interested in access to the underlying growth data, or further SaaS10k list data, please contact us.
| Company | Primary Sector | Employees Estimate | Country | Year Founded | Description | Institutional Backing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zudy | Development Tools | 26 | United States | 2013 | Innovative low-code mobile app development platform. | No |
| ReFUEL4 | AdTech | 91 | Singapore | 2014 | AI to predict creative campaign performance. | No |
| Winsar Infosoft | Hospitality | 64 | India | 2001 | Cloud based, modular PMS. | No |
| JL Systems | Association & Membership Management | 23 | United States | 1982 | Association management eCommerce and CMS. | No |
| Jolt | Human Resources | 67 | United States | 2012 | Employee scheduling and task tracking for QSR and retail | No |
| SourceGain | Human Resources | 26 | India | 2010 | Cloud based Applicant Tracking | No |
| Kooomo | eCommerce & Retail | 43 | United Kingdom | 2000 | End-to-end eCommerce platform | No |
| Paper.li | Marketing Automation | 43 | Switzerland | 2008 | Innovative content curation as a service | Yes |
| Thinkific | Learning | 57 | Canada | 2012 | Self-serve Learning Management System and marketplace platform | Yes |
| Loom Systems | Development Tools | 33 | United States | 2015 | AI meets log analytics | Yes |
| Gecko Labs | Business Process Management & Automation | 22 | United Kingdom | 2012 | Marketing automation for university recruitment | Yes |
| SOXHUB | Governance, Risk & Compliance | 40 | United States | 2013 | SOX document management and compliance for the F500 | Yes |
| Acuity Scheduling | Scheduling Software | 20 | United States | 2006 | Appointment scheduling made easy, for the solopreneur | No |
| SimpleLegal | Legal Management Software | 29 | United States | 2013 | Cloud based legal management software | Yes |
| RealSavvy | Real Estate | 23 | United States | 2014 | Real estate broker marketing automation and CMS/ CRM platform | Yes |
| Forecast.it | Human Resources | 23 | Denmark | 2011 | Cloud delivered agile project mangagement software | Yes |
| Nimonik | Governance, Risk & Compliance | 35 | Canada | 2008 | EHS and quality compliance software | No |
| ReportGarden | Marketing Intelligence & Analytics | 68 | United States | 2014 | Multi-channel report aggregation for agencies | No |
| MetaCompliance | Governance, Risk & Compliance | 75 | United Kingdom | 2006 | General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliance platform | No |
| Core 7 Technologies | Fixed Asset Management | 28 | Canada | 1998 | Multidisciplinary business management software | No |
| Beamery | Human Resources | 35 | United Kingdom | 2013 | Recruitment CRM and marketing automation platform | Yes |
| CoSchedule | Marketing Automation | 58 | United States | 2013 | Editorial calendar management and collaboration platform | No |
| Sigma Conso | Finance & Accounting | 49 | Belgium | 2002 | Intercompany accounting reconciliation and forcasting software | No |
| Dovico Software | Business Process Management & Automation | 26 | Canada | 1993 | Simple, easy, mobile-enabled time keeping tool | No |
| Frrole | Marketing Intelligence & Analytics | 23 | United States | 2010 | AI enabled brand and campaign monitoring and analytics | Yes |