Meta SaaS

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Meta SaaS
Company type Private
Industry Software
Founded2016 (Austin, Texas)
FounderArlo Gilbert, Scott Hertel
Headquarters,
U.S.
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Arlo Gilbert
(CEO)
Scott Hertel
(CTO)
ProductsMeta SaaS
Website metasaas.com

Meta SaaS was a software company headquartered in Austin, Texas that provided Software Asset Management (SAM) for SaaS products.

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History

In September 2016, Arlo Gilbert alongside co-founder Scott Hertel launched Meta SaaS in Austin to solve problems related to the growth of unmanaged SaaS at businesses. [1]

In 2016, Meta SaaS raised $2.1 million in seed funding. Investors in this seed round announced in May 2017 included Mark Cuban, Barracuda_Networks, Capital Factory, and others. [2]

In May 2018, Meta SaaS was acquired by Flexera Software, a private software company based in Itasca, Illinois. [3]

Software and services

Meta SaaS published software that provided SaaS management and aggregated utilization reporting providing a 360-degree view across all cloud applications, systems of record, and various financial tools. Meta SaaS displayed the unified customer information in near-real-time to administrators at customer sites. Meta SaaS was used by emerging businesses in various industries such as technology, finance, healthcare, education, and others.

It offered features in the following areas: SaaS management, SaaS license optimization, and Shadow IT identification.

Meta SaaS integrated vendors including Salesforce, Box, Workday, Cisco, Zendesk, and others. [4]

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References

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  2. "Venture Beat". www.venturebeat.com. 24 May 2017. Retrieved 2017-05-24.
  3. "Meta SaaS Acquired by Flexera - SiliconHills". SiliconHills. 2018-05-02. Retrieved 2018-06-07.
  4. "Meta SaaS Acquired by Flexera - SiliconHills". SiliconHills. 2018-05-02. Retrieved 2018-06-07.