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8 reports from ICONIQ. Newest publication first.

Year All(77) 2026(5)2025(28)2024(21)2023(4)≤2022(18)
Publisher All ICONIQ(19)Bessemer(2)KeyBanc(4)High Alpha(1)Battery(3)a16z(1)Tomasz Tunguz(13)SaaStr(5)Damodaran(1)OnlyCFO(8)
Metric All Magic Number(6)NRR(16)GRR(3)Rule of 40(9)CAC Payback(9)Gross Margin(12)ARR Growth(11)Burn Multiple(1)FCF Margin(1)EV/Revenue(5)ARR / FTE(2) All metrics →

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ICONIQ 680d

Engineering Leadership Hiring Patterns: From $50M ARR to IPO in SaaS

ICONIQ analyzes engineering executive hiring trends at SaaS companies in the $50M ARR to IPO stage, revealing that internal promotion becomes 2.5x more common t

2 metrics ·Internal Promotion Rate Multiplier · External Hires with Prior Head of Engineering Experience · Cited 0×
ICONIQ 682d

Engineering Leadership Hiring: A Data-Driven Blueprint for SaaS Companies at $0-$50M ARR

ICONIQ Capital's analysis examines the backgrounds and characteristics of engineering executives at SaaS companies across the $0M-$50M ARR range. The research r

3 metrics ·Engineering Leader Tenure Multiplier · Number of Heads of Engineering · ARR Range for Mid-Growth Leadership Transition · Cited 0×
ICONIQ 730d

Product Leadership: A Hiring Blueprint from $50M ARR to IPO

ICONIQ analyzed 65+ SaaS companies' Head of Product hiring patterns from founding to IPO, focusing on $50M ARR stage onwards. The research identifies optimal ca

4 metrics ·Companies Analyzed · Head of Product IPO Inexperience Rate · Revenue Threshold for Hiring Consideration · Cited 0×
ICONIQ 730d

R&D Compensation & Incentives: 2024 Engineering Organization Analysis

ICONIQ analyzes compensation costs for engineering organizations in 2024, finding that compensation accounts for 70-80% of R&D OpEx and is primarily driven by c

4 metrics ·R&D Compensation as % of OpEx · TCC Premium for Late-Stage vs Early-Stage · TCC Premium for Tier 1 vs Tier 2 Geography · Cited 0×
ICONIQ 733d

The State of Engineering 2024: R&D Investment, Developer Productivity, and DevOps Maturity

ICONIQ's comprehensive report analyzes modern engineering organizations in 2024, focusing on R&D spending, developer experience, DevOps maturity, and AI's impac

5 metrics ·CI/CD Tool Full Implementation Rate · CI/CD Tool Evaluation or Implementation Rate · AI Hiring Plans · Cited 0×
ICONIQ 799d

Product Leadership: A Hiring Blueprint for Head of Product at $0-$50M ARR SaaS Companies

ICONIQ analyzed Head of Product hiring patterns across 65+ SaaS companies from founding to IPO, focusing on operational traits that influence leader longevity.

3 metrics ·Number of Heads of Product Per Company Lifecycle · ARR Threshold for Second Head of Product Transition · Sample Size of Study · Cited 0×
ICONIQ 799d

ICONIQ Engineering Series 2024: State of Modern Engineering Organizations

ICONIQ Growth's comprehensive Engineering Series 2024 examines modern engineering organizations across developer productivity, team structure, compensation, and

6 metrics ·Engineering Headcount as % of R&D · Product Headcount as % of R&D · Software Engineers as % of R&D Headcount · Cited 0×
ICONIQ 801d

Engineering Team Composition and R&D Budget Allocation in 2024

ICONIQ's report analyzes organizational structure and composition of modern engineering teams in 2024, focusing on headcount ratios, hiring sequencing, and budg

8 metrics ·R&D as Percentage of Revenue · Personnel Costs as Percentage of R&D Spend · Engineering Headcount as Percentage of R&D · Cited 0×