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This Week in SaaS - March 10 - 16, 2026

The top M&A deals, venture deals, news, and blog posts of the week

By
Ryan Allis
March 16, 2026

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📚 New Blog Posts

  1. AI Coding Bootcamp Starts April 15
  2. Why SaaS Firms Should Start Implementing MCP
  3. CEO Mastermind Recaps for the Week of Mar 9 - 12, 2026

💸 Big SaaS VC Rounds 

  1. Legora (legal AI workflow platform; SaaS) – raised a $550M Series D on March 10; funds will fuel U.S. expansion and deepen its AI agents for legal work.

  2. ORO Labs (procurement orchestration; enterprise SaaS) – raised a $100M Series C on March 13; funds will scale its procurement orchestration platform for global enterprises.

  3. Jazz (AI-native data loss prevention; cybersecurity SaaS) – raised $61M across Seed and Series A on March 11; capital will expand its AI-native DLP platform for enterprise security teams.

  4. Mozark (digital experience testing and measurement; SaaS) – raised a $40M Series B on March 11; funds will expand its real-world digital testing platform globally.

  5. Waiv (AI precision testing platform; SaaS) – raised $33M in financing on March 13; proceeds will scale its AI testing capabilities and enterprise expansion.

  6. Qevlar AI (agentic SOC automation; cybersecurity SaaS) – raised $30M on March 10; funds will grow its agentic security operations platform.

  7. Standard Kernel (AI infrastructure optimization software; SaaS) – raised a $20M Seed round on March 12; capital will help optimize AI infrastructure performance without requiring model or hardware changes.

  8. Avvoka (£14M / ~US$18.9M growth round; legal drafting SaaS) – raised $18.9M on March 11; funds will expand its legal drafting platform for law firms.

  9. Rebar (vertical AI operating system for HVAC, electrical, and plumbing; SaaS) – raised a $14M Series A on March 12; funds will scale its core operating system for specialty trades.

  10. Mega (AI-powered SMB growth engine; SaaS) – raised an $11.5M Series A on March 10; funding will support growth of its AI-driven go-to-market platform for smaller businesses.

🤝 SaaS M&A Deals

  • Google completed the acquisition of Wiz (~$32B; cloud and AI security SaaS) – completed on March 11; this gives Google Cloud a scaled multicloud security platform while keeping Wiz available across major cloud environments.

  • Zendesk entered a definitive agreement to acquire Forethought (~undisclosed; agentic customer service software; SaaS) – announced on March 11; this acquisition strengthens Zendesk’s push into self-improving AI agents for customer service.

  • Medisolv acquired Lilac Software (~undisclosed; AI-driven quality analytics; healthcare SaaS) – announced on March 10; this acquisition adds predictive analytics and Medicare Advantage Stars capabilities to Medisolv’s value-based care platform.

  • Fullmind acquired Elevate K-12 (~undisclosed; virtual education platform; edtech SaaS) – announced on March 12; the deal creates a larger virtual instruction platform serving school districts at national scale.

  • Legora acquired Walter (~undisclosed; legal AI assistant software; SaaS) – disclosed during the week of March 10–16; the deal adds product talent and expands Legora’s automation footprint in legal workflows.

🚀 SaaS IPOs & S-1 Filings

  • PayPay Corp. (digital payments platform; fintech software; Japan/US) – priced and debuted its U.S. IPO on March 12; the listing raised about $879.8M and signals that scaled fintech/software issuers can still reach public markets even in a choppy tape.

🧠 Key Takeaways

📰 Community News

See you next week with the next edition ofThis Week in SaaS.

-Ryan Allis, CEO of SaasRise