Growth & Efficiency
State of Software 2025: Rethinking the Playbook
Annual Topline Growth and Operational Efficiency Report
Portfolio Updates
Honored to lead Anthropic’s Series F, the AI company and research lab developing AI for humanity’s long-term well-being with its best-in-class Claude family of models
Portfolio Updates
Honored to lead Anthropic’s Series F, the AI company and research lab developing AI for humanity’s long-term well-being with its best-in-class Claude family of models
Portfolio Updates
Honored to lead Anthropic’s Series F, the AI company and research lab developing AI for humanity’s long-term well-being with its best-in-class Claude family of models
Portfolio Updates
Honored to lead Anthropic’s Series F, the AI company and research lab developing AI for humanity’s long-term well-being with its best-in-class Claude family of models
Portfolio Updates
Honored to lead Anthropic’s Series F, the AI company and research lab developing AI for humanity’s long-term well-being with its best-in-class Claude family of models
Portfolio Updates
Honored to lead Anthropic’s Series F, the AI company and research lab developing AI for humanity’s long-term well-being with its best-in-class Claude family of models

Portfolio Updates
Supporting Legora on their mission to set a new standard for intelligent, trusted, and connected legal work

Portfolio Updates
Supporting Legora on their mission to set a new standard for intelligent, trusted, and connected legal work
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Portfolio Updates
Supporting ŌURA’s mission to bring meaningful health insights into everyday life
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Portfolio Updates
Supporting ŌURA’s mission to bring meaningful health insights into everyday life
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Portfolio Updates
Two ICONIQ companies. One shared mission: to make data more useful, more usable, and more human.
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Portfolio Updates
Two ICONIQ companies. One shared mission: to make data more useful, more usable, and more human.

Annual insights into software, consumer, and HCIT IPOs, including their journey leading up to IPO, the metrics that matter, and performance since IPO

Annual insights into software, consumer, and HCIT IPOs, including their journey leading up to IPO, the metrics that matter, and performance since IPO
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Portfolio Updates
From bold vision to enduring platform: redefining security for the cloud and AI era

Portfolio Updates
From bold vision to enduring platform: redefining security for the cloud and AI era

Portfolio Updates
Partnering with Lead Bank to power modern, compliant, and scalable financial infrastructure

Portfolio Updates
Partnering with Lead Bank to power modern, compliant, and scalable financial infrastructure

Portfolio Updates
Honored to support Statsig in their next chapter with OpenAI

Portfolio Updates
Honored to support Statsig in their next chapter with OpenAI

Portfolio Updates
A new era of web interaction - powered by AI agents that think, adapt and scale.

Portfolio Updates
A new era of web interaction - powered by AI agents that think, adapt and scale.

Supporting Legora on their mission to set a new standard for intelligent, trusted, and connected legal work

Supporting Legora on their mission to set a new standard for intelligent, trusted, and connected legal work

What happens when it’s your turn to stop talking

What happens when it’s your turn to stop talking
A forum on AI today and what’s next
A forum on AI today and what’s next
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Snowflake’s former CRO on building world-class teams and scaling with customer obsession.
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Snowflake’s former CRO on building world-class teams and scaling with customer obsession.
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Supporting ŌURA’s mission to bring meaningful health insights into everyday life
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Supporting ŌURA’s mission to bring meaningful health insights into everyday life
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Two ICONIQ companies. One shared mission: to make data more useful, more usable, and more human.
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Two ICONIQ companies. One shared mission: to make data more useful, more usable, and more human.
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Honored to support DX in their next chapter with Atlassian
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Honored to support DX in their next chapter with Atlassian

From bold vision to enduring platform: redefining security for the cloud and AI era

From bold vision to enduring platform: redefining security for the cloud and AI era

Exploring one of the bedrocks of strong leadership: effective communication

Exploring one of the bedrocks of strong leadership: effective communication

Partnering with Lead Bank to power modern, compliant, and scalable financial infrastructure

Partnering with Lead Bank to power modern, compliant, and scalable financial infrastructure
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Key performance indicators of software companies in 2025
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Key performance indicators of software companies in 2025
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Annual Topline Growth and Operational Efficiency Report
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Annual Topline Growth and Operational Efficiency Report
A practical glossary of key software metrics to help leaders define, track, and measure performance
A practical glossary of key software metrics to help leaders define, track, and measure performance

Honored to support Statsig in their next chapter with OpenAI

Honored to support Statsig in their next chapter with OpenAI
Honored to lead Anthropic’s Series F, the AI company and research lab developing AI for humanity’s long-term well-being with its best-in-class Claude family of models
Honored to lead Anthropic’s Series F, the AI company and research lab developing AI for humanity’s long-term well-being with its best-in-class Claude family of models

A new era of web interaction - powered by AI agents that think, adapt and scale.

A new era of web interaction - powered by AI agents that think, adapt and scale.

Reflections on leadership, presence, and the power of showing up

Reflections on leadership, presence, and the power of showing up
A deep dive into how leading companies structure compensation and incentives across key GTM roles, regions, and stages of growth.
A deep dive into how leading companies structure compensation and incentives across key GTM roles, regions, and stages of growth.

Supporting Rillet’s mission to bring automation and agility to modern finance teams

Supporting Rillet’s mission to bring automation and agility to modern finance teams

Proudly partnering with Dylan, Evan, and the Figma team since their seed round in 2013

Proudly partnering with Dylan, Evan, and the Figma team since their seed round in 2013
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Helping finance teams move faster, work smarter, and operate with precision
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Helping finance teams move faster, work smarter, and operate with precision

Why we’re deepening our partnership with Virtru to protect sensitive data

Why we’re deepening our partnership with Virtru to protect sensitive data

A Practical Roadmap for AI Innovation

A Practical Roadmap for AI Innovation
We gathered the boldest minds advancing AI, reimagining leadership, and pioneering new ways to build in transformative times
We gathered the boldest minds advancing AI, reimagining leadership, and pioneering new ways to build in transformative times

The latest trends in GTM health and strategy, and how AI is reshaping the way companies approach growth.

The latest trends in GTM health and strategy, and how AI is reshaping the way companies approach growth.

ICONIQ proudly partners with Tennr to streamline patient referral processes and deliver faster, transparent care.

ICONIQ proudly partners with Tennr to streamline patient referral processes and deliver faster, transparent care.
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Proud to support Chris, Ryan, and the Chime team since 2019
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Proud to support Chris, Ryan, and the Chime team since 2019

As companies scale faster than ever, embedding clear and differentiated value across every part of the business, from sales to culture, is what separates the good from the enduring.

As companies scale faster than ever, embedding clear and differentiated value across every part of the business, from sales to culture, is what separates the good from the enduring.

Collaborative AI powering lawyers to review and research faster, draft smarter, and advise with precision.

Collaborative AI powering lawyers to review and research faster, draft smarter, and advise with precision.

The Future of Data-Driven Innovation

The Future of Data-Driven Innovation

How to successfully scale in new markets

How to successfully scale in new markets

A CEO's Lessons from the Journey

A CEO's Lessons from the Journey

Insights on navigating a successful public offering in today's market

Insights on navigating a successful public offering in today's market

We’re thrilled to officially announce our partnership with Monzo, a leading digital bank in the UK.

We’re thrilled to officially announce our partnership with Monzo, a leading digital bank in the UK.

Partnering with Omni to Power the Future of Data Analytics.

Partnering with Omni to Power the Future of Data Analytics.
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Leadership insights on aligning GTM & technology, evolving CFO strategies, and scaling people.
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Leadership insights on aligning GTM & technology, evolving CFO strategies, and scaling people.

Proudly partnering with Bhavin, Vaibhav, Varun, Jiang, and the Moveworks team since their Series B in 2019.

Proudly partnering with Bhavin, Vaibhav, Varun, Jiang, and the Moveworks team since their Series B in 2019.
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The engineering intelligence platform designed by leading researchers.
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The engineering intelligence platform designed by leading researchers.
Key metrics and frameworks for technology organizations to track and leverage, including templates for best-in-class reporting
Key metrics and frameworks for technology organizations to track and leverage, including templates for best-in-class reporting
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ICONIQ Growth partners with Swap, the all-in-one operating system for eCommerce merchants.
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ICONIQ Growth partners with Swap, the all-in-one operating system for eCommerce merchants.
Lessons from the last few years and implications on 2025 plans
Lessons from the last few years and implications on 2025 plans

Empowering creators and businesses to bring their ideas to life

Empowering creators and businesses to bring their ideas to life

A conversation with Will Griffith

A conversation with Will Griffith
A conversation with Matt Jacobson
A conversation with Matt Jacobson

Bringing Together Leading AI Platforms to Transform the Insurance Industry

Bringing Together Leading AI Platforms to Transform the Insurance Industry
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ICONIQ Growth partners with Databricks, the Data and AI company.
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ICONIQ Growth partners with Databricks, the Data and AI company.

Proudly partnering with Ara, Vahe and the ServiceTitan team since leading their Series B in 2016.

Proudly partnering with Ara, Vahe and the ServiceTitan team since leading their Series B in 2016.
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Leadership Lessons from Our Technical Advisory Board
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Leadership Lessons from Our Technical Advisory Board

Continuing to partner with category-leading companies from early stages to IPO and beyond.

Continuing to partner with category-leading companies from early stages to IPO and beyond.
The latest trends on how marketing allocates budget and measures the impact, productivity, and efficiency of that spend
The latest trends on how marketing allocates budget and measures the impact, productivity, and efficiency of that spend
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ICONIQ Growth partners with UnifyApps, helping to bring AI benefits to every department.
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ICONIQ Growth partners with UnifyApps, helping to bring AI benefits to every department.
Strategies for balancing efficiency, resilience, and innovation
Strategies for balancing efficiency, resilience, and innovation

ICONIQ Growth partners with Sierra, the conversational AI platform for businesses.

ICONIQ Growth partners with Sierra, the conversational AI platform for businesses.

Building strong foundations in the early stages

Building strong foundations in the early stages

Navigating the present and promise of generative AI: insights from our 2024 GenAI survey

Navigating the present and promise of generative AI: insights from our 2024 GenAI survey

Our interactive benchmarking tool designed to empower founders and leaders with proprietary insights

Our interactive benchmarking tool designed to empower founders and leaders with proprietary insights

Key performance indicators of SaaS companies in 2024

Key performance indicators of SaaS companies in 2024
Introducing our latest research on the drivers of success behind SaaS companies
Introducing our latest research on the drivers of success behind SaaS companies
A guide to understanding and tracking key SaaS metrics
A guide to understanding and tracking key SaaS metrics

A deep dive into how enterprises are navigating the Generative AI revolution, based on proprietary data and interviews from Q1 2024

A deep dive into how enterprises are navigating the Generative AI revolution, based on proprietary data and interviews from Q1 2024
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France’s history and long-term commitment to AI have positioned it well to remain a leader in this field.
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France’s history and long-term commitment to AI have positioned it well to remain a leader in this field.

What to prioritize when hiring a Head of Engineering from $50M ARR to IPO

What to prioritize when hiring a Head of Engineering from $50M ARR to IPO

What to prioritize when hiring a Head of Engineering from $0 to $50M ARR

What to prioritize when hiring a Head of Engineering from $0 to $50M ARR
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"Must have" product and engineering board deck slides
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"Must have" product and engineering board deck slides

Partnering with category-leading companies from the early inflection point of product-market fit to IPO and beyond.

Partnering with category-leading companies from the early inflection point of product-market fit to IPO and beyond.
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ICONIQ Growth invests in Coast, a fleet fuel and gas card and expense management solution that helps control and track employee spending.
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ICONIQ Growth invests in Coast, a fleet fuel and gas card and expense management solution that helps control and track employee spending.
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Leading and lagging indicators of GTM health, with a focus on year over year trends and shifts to go-to-market strategy
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Leading and lagging indicators of GTM health, with a focus on year over year trends and shifts to go-to-market strategy

Insights from channel development leaders as well as benchmarks for building channel motions from the broader tech ecosystem

Insights from channel development leaders as well as benchmarks for building channel motions from the broader tech ecosystem
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Highlights from our third engineering summit focused on preparing technical organizations to embrace the future
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Highlights from our third engineering summit focused on preparing technical organizations to embrace the future

ICONIQ Growth invests in AcuityMD, a commercial platform built for the medical technology industry

ICONIQ Growth invests in AcuityMD, a commercial platform built for the medical technology industry

A deep dive into compensation for engineering and product teams

A deep dive into compensation for engineering and product teams

We hope this analysis, which examines the backgrounds of Product executives at Application and Infrastructure SaaS companies from $50M ARR to IPO, serves as a north star as you build and scale your product organization.

We hope this analysis, which examines the backgrounds of Product executives at Application and Infrastructure SaaS companies from $50M ARR to IPO, serves as a north star as you build and scale your product organization.

We analyze the organizational structure and composition of modern-day engineering organizations in 2024. This report focuses on headcount ratios, the sequencing of key hires, workforce arrangements, talent attrition, and more.

We analyze the organizational structure and composition of modern-day engineering organizations in 2024. This report focuses on headcount ratios, the sequencing of key hires, workforce arrangements, talent attrition, and more.
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ICONIQ Growth invests in DeepL, a leading Language AI Platform for business
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ICONIQ Growth invests in DeepL, a leading Language AI Platform for business
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ICONIQ Growth invests in Restaurant365, the industry's leading all-in-one, cloud-based accounting, inventory, scheduling, payroll, and HR solution developed specifically for restaurants.
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ICONIQ Growth invests in Restaurant365, the industry's leading all-in-one, cloud-based accounting, inventory, scheduling, payroll, and HR solution developed specifically for restaurants.

ICONIQ Growth invests in Pepper, the complete eCommerce Solution for Independent Food Distributors

ICONIQ Growth invests in Pepper, the complete eCommerce Solution for Independent Food Distributors

Our new General Partner Alex Gorsky in conversation with Divesh Makan.

Our new General Partner Alex Gorsky in conversation with Divesh Makan.

How modern-day engineering organizations are thinking about spend, developer experience, DevOps maturity, and the impact of AI

How modern-day engineering organizations are thinking about spend, developer experience, DevOps maturity, and the impact of AI

ICONIQ Growth invests in Altruist, the modern custodian built for RIAs.

ICONIQ Growth invests in Altruist, the modern custodian built for RIAs.
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ICONIQ Growth invests in FloQast, a leading cloud-based finance and accounting operations platform.
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ICONIQ Growth invests in FloQast, a leading cloud-based finance and accounting operations platform.

We believe Pigment is a very special company, and the last year of working closely with the team and seeing the progress firsthand has only strengthened our belief.

We believe Pigment is a very special company, and the last year of working closely with the team and seeing the progress firsthand has only strengthened our belief.

An in-depth look at product leadership trends from $0M to $50M ARR

An in-depth look at product leadership trends from $0M to $50M ARR

Our new General Partner Rob Bernshteyn in conversation with Will Griffith

Our new General Partner Rob Bernshteyn in conversation with Will Griffith

Our team at ICONIQ Growth has long been committed to helping drive outsized growth and product adoption for businesses leveraging next-generation technology to improve the ways we work and live.

Our team at ICONIQ Growth has long been committed to helping drive outsized growth and product adoption for businesses leveraging next-generation technology to improve the ways we work and live.

Analyzing 115 software IPOs over the past decade, our report identifies the impact of macroeconomic factors, changing investor preferences, and the evolving metrics shaping the success of companies seeking public offerings in the current environment.

Analyzing 115 software IPOs over the past decade, our report identifies the impact of macroeconomic factors, changing investor preferences, and the evolving metrics shaping the success of companies seeking public offerings in the current environment.
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Announcing ICONIQ Growth’s investment in NinjaOne, a cloud-native platform for endpoint management, security, and visibility
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Announcing ICONIQ Growth’s investment in NinjaOne, a cloud-native platform for endpoint management, security, and visibility

Our new partner Kamran Zaki in conversation with Matt Jacobson.

Our new partner Kamran Zaki in conversation with Matt Jacobson.

Templates for best-in-class reporting for GTM organizations

Templates for best-in-class reporting for GTM organizations

Key metrics and frameworks for GTM organizations to track and leverage, including templates for best-in-class reporting.

Key metrics and frameworks for GTM organizations to track and leverage, including templates for best-in-class reporting.

Track and report on monthly and quarterly top of funnel, lead, and pipeline metrics

Track and report on monthly and quarterly top of funnel, lead, and pipeline metrics

Track and report on the quarterly and annual ARR and logo funnel

Track and report on the quarterly and annual ARR and logo funnel

Announcing ICONIQ Growth’s investment in Pontera, a platform that enables personal financial advisors to compliantly manage their client’s workplace retirement assets.

Announcing ICONIQ Growth’s investment in Pontera, a platform that enables personal financial advisors to compliantly manage their client’s workplace retirement assets.

We are thrilled to build upon our longstanding partnership with Snowflake by joining as a founding member of the Powered by Snowflake Funding Program.

We are thrilled to build upon our longstanding partnership with Snowflake by joining as a founding member of the Powered by Snowflake Funding Program.

There are many things that leaders can control, many we cannot, and an unending series of trials and tests.

There are many things that leaders can control, many we cannot, and an unending series of trials and tests.

Announcing ICONIQ Growth’s investment in Writer, a full-stack generative AI platform that makes it easier for enterprises to build generative AI applications

Announcing ICONIQ Growth’s investment in Writer, a full-stack generative AI platform that makes it easier for enterprises to build generative AI applications

Properly designing and incentivizing your sales organization is crucial to surviving and thriving.

Properly designing and incentivizing your sales organization is crucial to surviving and thriving.

What to prioritize when hiring a Sales executive from inception to $50M ARR.

What to prioritize when hiring a Sales executive from inception to $50M ARR.
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What to prioritize when hiring a Sales executive from $50M ARR to IPO
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What to prioritize when hiring a Sales executive from $50M ARR to IPO

What to prioritize when hiring a Marketing executive from $50M ARR to IPO

What to prioritize when hiring a Marketing executive from $50M ARR to IPO

How SaaS companies scale their go-to-market teams and sequence key hires from founding to post-IPO. This research includes common frameworks across roles, responsibilities, and reporting structures, and detailed headcount benchmarks and ratios for sales, marketing, customer success, and services teams.

How SaaS companies scale their go-to-market teams and sequence key hires from founding to post-IPO. This research includes common frameworks across roles, responsibilities, and reporting structures, and detailed headcount benchmarks and ratios for sales, marketing, customer success, and services teams.
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