In 2017, the cloud industry may have gone through some growing pains, but all signals pointed to continued velocity. After all, we’re still living in a world where the top publicly traded companies are technology-based that also offer booming cloud businesses.

In Bessemer’s 2018 State of the Cloud, leading SaaS and cloud investors Byron Deeter, Kristina Shen, and Anna Khan explain the ups-and-downs of the cloud market, a new valuation framework for startups, and emerging predictions for 2018.

In this report, you’ll also learn:

• Cloud market trends and factors that led to a 4x growth in venture funding
• A framework for valuation across Series A and B financing
• Bessemer’s annual recurring revenue to growth multiple (ARRG)
• Eight new predictions for 2018