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The Centaur

At Bessemer, we believe a new milestone (and mythical creature) is the true mark of an exceptional SaaS startup. The Centaur is a business that reaches $100 million of annual recurring revenue (ARR)—a rare breed of cloud business, part of an elite subset of the growing unicorn herd.

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The Centaur Report
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The Age of Centaurs
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State of the Cloud 2022
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Scaling to $100M ARR
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10 Product Led Growth Principles
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Scaling to $10M ARR
 Bootstrapping to $100 million ARR: Cloudinary
Bootstrapping to $100M: Cloudinary