The global software as a service (SaaS) market is expected to reach $272 billion in 2021. Executives, entrepreneurs, and industry leaders are eager to gather and share the secrets and challenges to high-speed growth. Both in-person and virtually these conferences have proven themselves, year after year to be the top places for SaaS learners and leaders at all levels.
In this edition of our credTen series, we’re highlighting 10 events focused on celebrating the latest advancements and fastest-growing companies in SaaS.
SaaStr Annual
September 27 - 29, 2021 | Virtual + San Mateo, California
10,000+ cloud and SaaS executives, founders, and VCs come together both in-person and digitally for SaaStr Annual 2021, the world’s largest SaaS community event. SaaStr provides specific, SaaStr-style actionable advice and learnings to help businesses grow from $0 to $100M ARR. Drawing B2B founders, execs, revenue leaders, and investors, SaaStr provides endless opportunities to share and learn with peers from every role, function, industry, company size, and beyond.
Ticket price: US $1,179 - $2,299
“For SaaS companies, SaaStr Annual is our Super Bowl moment. We all get to learn, enjoy—and have fun" - Eric Yuan, CEO Zoom
Ascent
October 6 - 8, 2021 | Virtual
Ascent’s mission is connecting thought leaders in SaaS, and has convened over 12,000 SaaS executives since 2018. Their flagship conference, Ascent Annual, is a 3-day virtual SaaS conference bringing together 1,000+ invite-only SaaS executives together. With a speaking faculty that includes senior thought leaders from some of the leading brands in the SaaS space, attendees network and gain critical insights into the latest trends, research, and developments within the sector.
Ticket price: Free, invite-only. Attendees are limited to Founders, C-Suite, VPs, and Directors (and up) at growth-stage companies doing $10mm+ ARR or have raised more than $5mm in capital.
SaaStock Global Conferences (SaaStock EMEA)
October 12 - 14, 2021 | Virtual
Most SaaS companies fail within the first three years. While the SaaS industry is booming, the failure rate of SaaS startups is high. SaaStock conferences are growth-focused events for SaaS Founders and their teams on the journey from $0.1 to $10M ARR. Drawing over 3,000 attendees, SaaStock has built a curated agenda of actionable content and networking opportunities, to help companies discover the growth stories, learn the proven strategies and meet the right people to scale their SaaS.
Ticket price: Free, virtual event
TC Sessions SaaS
October 27, 2021 | Virtual
Gain insights on how to scale a B2B and B2C company from CEOs who have done it themselves. Meet the founders building with low code/no code, meet the investors cutting the checks, and discover the next generation of SaaS startups bridging data with new technologies. Topics include Scaling SaaS, Keeping SaaS Safe, Fundraising for SaaS, and Building SaaS.
Ticket price: US $75 - $299 (students $35)
SaaS Monster at Web Summit
November 1 - 4, 2021 | Lisbon, Portugal
The SaaS track at Web Summit, one of the world’s largest tech conferences. A crossroads for the world’s most disruptive emerging technology companies, SaaS Monster features the industry leaders in cloud computing, big data, security, marketing, customer service, and enterprise technology.
Ticket price for Web Summit: €845 - €24,900
SaaS North
November 17 - 18, 2021 | Shaw Centre, Ottawa
SaaS North is reconnecting the SaaS ecosystem. Recognized as the conference in Canada for the fastest growing SaaS companies to learn, network, and grow. Co-founded by L-SPARK Corporation and Cube Business Media Inc. in 2016, SaaS North brings the entire Canadian SaaS ecosystem under one roof. Whether a startup or a global brand, an investor or a service provider specializing in SaaS, SaaS North is an opportunity to cross-pollinate with SaaS professionals from coast to coast.
Ticket price: US $949 - $1249
SaaStr Scale
December 14 - 15, 2021 | Virtual
The Secrets To $1B And Beyond. Also hosted by the SaaStr community, SaaStr Scale brings together 20,000+ revenue leaders digitally for two days to discuss how to scale to $1B ARR and beyond.
Ticket price: Pending, check the event website for updates
Startup Grind Global
February 28 - March 2, 2022 | Virtual + Redwood City, California
Built for growing, evolving startups + scale-ups around the world, Startup Grind Global brings together 3,000 of the greatest startups and scale-ups across the Startup Grind community and global tech ecosystem. Workshops, roundtables, keynotes, and fireside chats focus on helping startups and innovative teams learn, grow, and scale in today’s evolving landscape. 2022 will focus on developing deeper connections that bring humanity back into focus; storytelling and educational content shared by leaders of brands who stood out this year by thinking human-first and serving a more diverse consumer, and hands-on workshops designed to help you evolve and scale a startup.
Ticket price: US $249 - $799
* While not exclusively a SaaS conference, Startup Grind Global has hosted some of the world’s most well-known SaaS founders.
SaaS Connect
April 27-28, 2022 | San Francisco, California
What is SaaS Connect? Since 2011, we've hosted the conference for SaaS partnership leaders. We are the single event for SaaS companies, platforms, API services, channels, distributors, resellers, app stores, and investors. People attend SaaS Connect to meet partnership teams from around the industry. As partnership professionals, this event saves you a ton of time, money, and pain building your network and pipeline.
Ticket price: US $449 – $679
Future of SaaS Festival
September 2022 | TBD
Shape the Future of SaaS with forward-thinking strategy. With 2,000+ attendees, 30+ speakers, and over 30 countries represented - the Future of SaaS Festival provides insights for SaaS leaders in every department to drive growth and inspire innovation. Attendees learn tried-and-tested strategies such as: translating customer requests into product innovation, how to scale a SaaS business at speed, best practices for SaaS finance teams and finding the single source truth in growing tech stacks.
Ticket price: US $0 - $149
