Developer Tools & B2B SaaS Economics
SaaS founders raise against global benchmarks: across startup ecosystems, median rounds average $1 million at seed and $6.2 million at Series A (Startup Genome, H2 2023–2025). Engineering stays scarce: 57.5% of EU enterprises recruiting ICT specialists had hard-to-fill vacancies in 2024 (Eurostat).
20 verified facts tracked for this market — each with its source, reporting period and evidence tier. Tier 1 = primary institutions (central banks, statistical offices); tier 2 = disclosed industry panels.
| Metric | Value | Geo | Period | Tier | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barrier to hiring ICT specialists: lack of applications, EU27 | 43.24percent of recruiting enterprises | EU | 2024 | T1 | ec.europa.eu |
| Average persons employed per enterprise, IT services (NACE J62), Germany | 9persons per enterprise | DE | 2024 | T1 | ec.europa.eu |
| Enterprises with hard-to-fill ICT specialist vacancies, share of those recruiting, EU27 | 57.5percent of recruiting enterprises | EU | 2024 | T1 | ec.europa.eu |
| Investment in machinery and equipment per employee, IT services (NACE J62), Iceland | 18.97EUR thousand per person employed | IS | 2024 | T1 | ec.europa.eu |
| Enterprises that recruited or tried to recruit ICT specialists, EU27 | 9.55percent of enterprises | EU | 2024 | T1 | ec.europa.eu |
| Enterprises employing ICT specialists, all activities excl. financial sector, EU27 | 20.05percent of enterprises | EU | 2024 | T1 | ec.europa.eu |
| Organizations adopting smaller software engineering teams at scale | 60% by 2029; 15% in 2026% of organizations | Global | 2026-2029 | T2 | gartner.com |
| Global average of ecosystem median Series A rounds | 6.2USD million | Global | H2 2023-2025 | T2 | startupgenome.com |
| Global average of ecosystem median seed rounds | 1USD million | Global | H2 2023-2025 | T2 | startupgenome.com |
| Global average of ecosystem seed and Series A funding | 554USD million | Global | H2 2023-2025 | T2 | startupgenome.com |
| Organizations exceeding public cloud budgets in the past year | 17% of survey respondents reporting public cloud budget overrun in the past year | Global | 2026 | T2 | info.flexera.com |
| Median company age at seed round, non-AI tech startups | 24months | GLOBAL | 2026 | T2 | startupgenome.com |
| Productivity gains already realised from AI across key engineering metrics | 20-27percent | GLOBAL | 2026 | T2 | bain.com |
| Growth in global Ecosystem Value since prior-year edition | 33percent | Global | 2025-2026 | T2 | startupgenome.com |
| Upper-quartile Rule of 40, SaaS companies with $20-50M ARR | 41percent | GLOBAL | 2025 | T2 | highalpha.com |
| Global late-stage venture funding, all tech startups | 210USD billion | GLOBAL | 2025 | T2 | startupgenome.com |
| Median Rule of 40, SaaS companies above $50M ARR | 30percent | GLOBAL | 2025 | T2 | highalpha.com |
| SaaS founders who met more than 100 investors while fundraising in the past twelve months | 6percent of founders | GLOBAL | 2025 | T2 | highalpha.com |
| Upper-quartile Rule of 40, SaaS companies with $1-5M ARR | 80percent | GLOBAL | 2025 | T2 | highalpha.com |
| Share of SaaS companies founded in 2025 reporting AI as core to their product | 100percent | GLOBAL | 2025 | T2 | highalpha.com |
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