B2B SaaS companies reigned supreme in 2021. As workplace landscapes continued to shift, industry leaders leaned on B2B SaaS solutions for their reliability, accessibility and cost-effectiveness. An increase in business and, in turn, more money created a clear path for several B2B SaaS companies to IPO this year. In fact, the number of B2B SaaS companies to IPO in 2021 increased 125% compared to this time last year.
Here’s a look at the 22 B2B SaaS companies that went public in 2021 (updated November 2):
SaaS Companies to Go Public in 2021
- Qualtrics
- DigitalOcean
- Coursera
- AppLovin
- UiPath
- DoubleVerify
- Procore
- Marqeta
- Monday.com
- WalkMe
- Sprinklr
- Confluent
- SentinelOne
- Blend
- Kaltura
- DISCO
- Couchbase
- Outbrain
- Toast
- Freshworks
- GitLab
- Amplitude (direct listing)
Qualtrics
IPO date: January 28, 2021
Qualtrics is a leading experience management software. Enterprises including Adidas, Hulu and SONY use the company’s four-solution platform to drive their data, customer, product, employee and brand experiences.
DigitalOcean
IPO date: March 23, 2021
DigitalOcean is an American cloud infrastructure solution that provides a cloud-based platform companies can use to deploy, manage, and scale applications of any size.
Coursera
IPO date: March 31, 2021
Coursera is an online education company that partners with universities and organizations, including Yale, New York University and deeplearning.ai, to offer courses, certifications and degrees on its platform.
AppLovin
IPO date: April 15, 2021
AppLovin’s leading marketing software leverages machine learning and predictive algorithms to provide mobile app developers a powerful, integrated set of solutions to grow their businesses.
UiPath
IPO date: April 21, 2021
UiPath is a software company developing robotic process automation and artificial intelligence software for companies like Google, NASA and GE.
DoubleVerify
IPO date: April 21, 2021
DoubleVerify is a software platform providing online media verification services, including digital media measurement, data and analytics for agencies, marketers, publishers and advertisement networks.
Procore
IPO date: May 19, 2021
Procore is a cloud-based all-in-one construction management software built to help crews finish quality projects safely, on time and within budget.
Marqeta
IPO date: June 8, 2021
Marqeta is a modern card issuing platform that provides infrastructure and tools to help companies build and manage payment programs, including Square, DoorDash and Klarna.
Monday.com
IPO date: June 10, 2021
Monday.com is a project management platform used to improve team management, communication and productivity for businesses, including BLASTmedia!
WalkMe
IPO date: June 16, 2021
WalkMe’s digital adoption platform enables organizations to measure, drive and act to maximize the impact of their digital transformation.
Sprinklr
IPO date: June 22, 2021
Sprinklr provides enterprise software for customer experience management.
Confluent
IPO date: June 24, 2021
Confluent is a customer experience management software that enables thousands of the world’s largest enterprises to market, advertise, research, care and engage their consumers.
SentinelOne
IPO date: June 30, 2021
SentinelOne is a cybersecurity platform that delivers autonomous endpoint protection to prevent, detect and respond to attacks across all major vectors.
Blend
IPO date: July 16, 2021
Blend is a cloud-based, digital lending platform that supports and simplifies applications for mortgages, consumer loans and deposit accounts for financial institutions, including Wells Fargo, BMO Harris Bank and Navy Federal Credit Union.
Kaltura
IPO date: July 21, 2021
Kaltura provides live and on-demand video SaaS solutions to thousands of organizations worldwide to engage hundreds of millions of viewers at home, work and school.
DISCO
IPO date: July 21, 2021
DISCO is an all-in-one legaltech software solution that applies AI and cloud computing to provide processing, case assessment, managed review and production to lawyers and legal teams to improve case outcomes.
Couchbase
IPO date: July 21, 2021
Couchbase is a NoSQL cloud database for business-critical applications, including developers, architects and DevOps at companies such as LinkedIn, Verizon and PayPal.
Outbrain
IPO date: July 23, 2021
Outbrain is a web advertising recommendation platform that connects advertisers to open web consumers, displaying links to sites and providing a vital source of revenue for users.
Toast
IPO date: Sept. 22, 2021
Toast provides a single platform of software as a service (SaaS) products and financial technology solutions that help restaurants streamline operations, increase revenue, and deliver amazing guest experiences.
Freshworks
IPO date: Sept. 22, 2021
Freshworks Inc., is a leading software company that builds tech that works for everyone, making it easy for IT, customer service, sales, marketers and HR to do their job and delight their customers.
GitLab
IPO date: Oct. 14, 2021
GitLab Inc. is the provider of The DevOps platform, a single application that brings together development, operations, IT, security, and business teams to deliver desired business outcomes.
Amplitude (direct listing)
IPO date: Sept. 28, 2021
Amplitude is the Digital Optimization System that enables organizations to see and predict which combination of features and actions translate to business outcomes — from loyalty to lifetime value — and intelligently adapt each experience in real time based on these insights.
Is your company’s goal to IPO in 2022? Have other acquisition or funding news to share? Contact us to learn how BLASTmedia can implement a PR strategy to support your SaaS business at every stage — from scale-up to publicly traded.
