Jannis Bandorski, Julius Göllner and Matthias Ernst (Founder of B2B SaaS network ARRtist)

ARRtist on AIR - Meaningful conversations with Software & AI leaders

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We talk about building software companies in Europe. In the ARRtist on AIR podcast, successful B2B SaaS founders, top investors, leading industry partners and experts provide their hard learnings, valuable tips and insights beyond the obvious. In the interviews, we talk to them about how software founders can increase ARR, how to scale an organisation, and which go-to-market strategies lead to success in the DACH market. How to improve the most important KPIs in SaaS and for B2B software? What added value do venture capital and private equity investors offer? Or is it worth bootstrapping a Saa...

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Jannis Bandorski, Julius Göllner and Matthias Ernst (Founder of B2B SaaS network ARRtist)

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arrtist.net

Latest episode

Jan 20, 2026

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Episodes

125: Finanzierungsformen für B2B SaaS companies im Zeitalter des effizienten Wachstums 17.08.2023

Riverside Acceleration Capital is a Multi-stage Growth Capital + Growth Academy; built for acceleration-stage B2B software companies.

🇬🇧124: Software Sales - Learnings from 25 years of hands-on experience with Kevin Kimber 14.08.2023

Kevin Kimber has helped to scale software sales at various B2B SaaS companies - all the way from Seed to IPO. He was the first sales person outside the US at ServiceNow. The company is currently valued around USD 115 billion. Kevin has continued his career in software sales across various verticals, stages and set-ups.

123: B2B SaaS in ClimaTech - wie ihr euer Business auf die Folgen des Klimawandels vorbereiten könnt mit Repath 10.08.2023

Repath enables organizations to 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘆, 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗸𝘀 of locations and assets.

122: Product Led Sales - Die GoToMarket Motion von Weflow 07.08.2023

Weflow is a leading sales performance & intelligence platform. Revenue teams grow revenue with a tool designed to close more deals, drive process adherence, and improve forecast accuracy. Weflow has received outstanding reviews and a 4.9 star rating on G2. Hundreds of the world's most innovative companies, like Zeotap, Remerge, and Garden, drive more revenue with Weflow.

121: Female Founder und CEO eines AI StartUps aus Hamburg - Lena Weirauch und AI-omatic 03.08.2023

Psychologin und CEO & Co-Founder von der ai-omatic solutions GmbH, ein deutsches KI-Startup, das eine innovative Predictive Maintenance-Lösung anbietet.

120: Selling to the public sector - welche Potentiale HV Capital in GovTech sieht 31.07.2023

HV Capital is a Munich- and Berlin-based venture capital firm that supports founders in developing their internet companies. Since 2000 HV Capital, formerly HV Holtzbrinck Ventures, has invested in Internet and technology companies through various generations of funds and is one of the most successful and financially strongest early-stage and growth investors in Europe. HV Capital has already inve...

119: Was SaaS-Founder über Product und Engineering, CTO-Auswahl und Tech Due Diligence wissen sollten 27.07.2023

Philipps & Byrne provides Technology Partnership as a Service to investors, founders, and tech companies. They are an industry leader in product and technology due diligence and health checks. With 14B+ EUR of guided funding, 20+ years of experience in 25+ countries, and 500+ tech assessments under their belt, they help the European and Global tech ecosystem thrive.

🇬🇧118: The 9+1 worst Sales Mistakes SaaS Founders should avoid according to Point 9 25.07.2023

Point Nine Capital is a Berlin-based venture capital firm focused exclusively on early-stage Internet investments in areas like Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), online marketplaces, and mobile.

117: Von serial Entrepreneur zu Solo GP bei Robin Capital - die einfach geile Story von Robin Haak 21.07.2023

Robin hat als Trainee bei Axel Springer angefangen und sitzt jetzt nach 25 LinkedIn Karriereeinträgen bei Stepstone im Advisory Board. Die Story dazwischen erzählt dieser Podcast.

116: Tiefe Einblicke in die Schnittstelle von Product und Sales bei Alasco (Post Series B) 17.07.2023

Alasco bringt die Bau- und Immobilienbranche auf Augenhöhe mit digital führenden Industrien. Unsere cloudbasierte Software erleichtert Projektentwicklern, Bauträgern und Asset Managern das Finanzcontrolling und ESG-Management. Wir befreien unsere Kund:innen von manuellen Prozessen und geben ihnen die Sicherheit, immer die richtigen Entscheidungen zu treffen.

🇬🇧115: Deal time! AVRIOS and Vimcar merge to build a SaaS platform for fleet management 13.07.2023

Avrios is an award-winning fleet management software. Founded in 2015 in Zurich by a team of serial entrepreneurs, Avrios currently manages the fleet of more than 1.000 customers in Europe and is one of the fastest growing companies in the SaaS space. Carlsquare is a partner-led investment bank that supports companies and their shareholders to implement their strategic goals. Carlsquare assists en...

114: Revenue Operations als Enabler für systemisches Wachstum - typische Fehler und Best Practices von pyne 10.07.2023

Pyne is the B2B revenue operating system that enables scale-ups to close the gap between revenue planning and execution. Funded by global top VCs. More coming soon, stay tuned.

113: Björn Sjut macht B2B Marketing für SaaS Companies von early-stage bis Pipedrive und Asana 06.07.2023

Björn Sjut’s Firma Bizmut spezialisiert sich auf B2B Marketing für Software-as-a-Service Firmen. Er teilt sein praktisches Wissen aus über 10 Jahren Online-Marketing mit dem Fokus auf B2B Performance Marketing, CRM und Analytics

112: Eine starke Unternehmenskultur und gelebte Werte - Die Basis für nachhaltiges Wachstum und Erfolg bei finway 03.07.2023

With finway, SMBs can seamlessly plan & control all expenses and budgets in one tool and get real insights to run their business.

111: Voller Fokus auf SEO und Content Early Stage - Learnings von Ninetailed 29.06.2023

Ninetailed gives digital teams radical freedom to build, deliver, and experiment with experience variations, so companies can iterate on and improve their customer experience with nothing standing in the way. With its market-leading APIs and customer profiles that grow with each new data source, Ninetailed makes personalizing, adapting, and unifying customer experiences straightforward. Cherry Ven...

110: Multiples in der Seed- und Series-A Bewertung - Einblicke vom HTGF 26.06.2023

The seed investor High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) finances tech start-ups with growth potential and has supported 700 start-ups since 2005. With the launch of its fourth fund, HTGF now has about 1.4 billion euros under management. Its team of experienced investment managers and start-up experts support young companies with expertise, entrepreneurial spirit and passion. HTGF’s focus is on high-tech s...

🇬🇧 109: 250 Mio. ARR and 400k customer - Grover moves from B2C to B2B and grows in the US - with Lisa Skowron Mota 23.06.2023

Grover is the global leader in technology rentals, enabling people to subscribe to tech products monthly instead of buying them. Founded in 2015 by Michael Cassau, Grover’s mission is to make exceptional technology more accessible, because technology is a basic human right. With Grover, subscribers get access to a wide range of over 5,000 tech products, including smartphones, laptops, virtual real...

108: Neuer CEO und neues SaaS Geschäftsmodell: Wie klappt das in der Praxis? Mit Paul Philipp Hermann von Event Inc. 20.06.2023

In dieser Podcast-Episode spricht Jannis Bandorski mit Paul Philipp Hermann, CEO von Event Inc, über die Herausforderungen der Eventplanung und wie Hermann den Software-Anteil im Geschäftsmodell von Event Inc gesteigert hat. Erfahrt mehr über das organische und M&A-Wachstum des Unternehmens sowie die sinnvolle Anreizgestaltung für das Top-Management. Freut euch auf spannende Einblicke in dieser ko...

107: Fundraising, Exit oder Portfolio Optimierung - was macht Private Equity im aktuellen Marktumfeld 15.06.2023

FLEX Capital ist ein Private-Equity-Fonds, der von erfolgreichen Serienunternehmern gegründet wurde. Wir investieren in profitable und wachsende mittelständische Unternehmen aus dem deutschen Internet- und Softwaremarkt. FLEX Capital "sucht wachstumsstarke und profitable Unternehmen im deutschsprachigen Raum mit einem technologiebasierten Geschäftsmodell." - Peter Waleczek

🇬🇧106: Sustainability as a competitive advantage, revenue and bottom line driver 12.06.2023

Plan A is a Berlin-, Paris- and London-based startup developing an end-to-end platform that enables companies to measure and improve their carbon and ESG performance using machine learning and science. Plan A was founded in 2017 by Lubomila Jordanova.

🇬🇧105: The State of SaaS 2023 with Mikael Johnsson from Oxx VC 09.06.2023

Mikael is a senior technology investor and advisor with strong domain knowledge within software, mobile and internet. I bring experience from 30+ completed transactions and from having served on 20+ company boards. Engaging either at board or management level, I'm looking to advise and back stand-out entrepreneurs who want to grow their business in top gear.

104: AI in Sales - Wo geht die Reise hin und was ist heute schon möglich 05.06.2023

Dealcode is an AI Guided Selling Software for B2B companies. Using machine learning, we solve the problem of sales teams spending 50% of their time on the wrong tasks, leaving money on the table. Dealcode predicts the likelihood of closing a deal, recommends the next best activity and assesses the current risk of a deal to better prioritize.

103: Konsequente Produktentwicklung für eine B2B SaaS-Lösung: Implikationen auf Team, Features, und Finanzierung 01.06.2023

Secjur ist ein digitales Compliance office für SMB und Enterprise-Kunden.

102: Creating Value oder überteuertes Kapital - welche Mehrwerte bringen richtig gute Investoren 29.05.2023

Yttrium (formerly Digital+ Partners) is a growth equity investment firm specialised in B2B technology companies. We work as a trusted partner to management teams to help them scale their businesses globally. Yttrium’s exclusive focus and successful track record in growth-stage B2B technology investing enables us to provide targeted, high-impact support to enable our companies to grow faster and mo...

101: Mastering Fundraising in difficult times 25.05.2023

Parloa believes in the revolution of how businesses talk to their customers with the help of artificial intelligence. Ever since the company was founded in 2018 in the heart of Berlin, Parloa has become one of the leading SaaS platforms for Conversational AI. Parloa´s aim is to build the most comprehensive solution in this sector for enabling every company in the world to have better conversations...

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