{"id":5767,"date":"2024-01-31T21:20:44","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T20:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xelero.nl\/portfolio\/van-start-up-naar-scale-up\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T09:30:57","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T08:30:57","slug":"van-start-up-naar-scale-up","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/www.xelero.nl\/en\/portfolio\/van-start-up-naar-scale-up\/","title":{"rendered":"From SaaS start-up to scale-up in Payments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light\" style=\"min-height:600px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\"><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"370\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-4873\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.xelero.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Schermafbeelding-2022-06-01-om-19.40.25-1024x370.png\" style=\"object-position:50% 0%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"50% 0%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.xelero.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Schermafbeelding-2022-06-01-om-19.40.25-1024x370.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.xelero.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Schermafbeelding-2022-06-01-om-19.40.25-300x108.png 300w, https:\/\/www.xelero.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Schermafbeelding-2022-06-01-om-19.40.25-768x278.png 768w, https:\/\/www.xelero.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Schermafbeelding-2022-06-01-om-19.40.25-1536x555.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.xelero.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Schermafbeelding-2022-06-01-om-19.40.25-2048x740.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"is-style-badge has-x-large-font-size\"><strong>Scaling Saas<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Professionalization to scalable SaaS organization.<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>After the acquisition by XMDS, I led Ginger Payments into growth mode as CRO: Redefining the proposition, setting up and activating the go-to-market plan, hiring European team, aligning the product roadmap, and winning the first European customers.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Situation<\/em>: Responding to the increasing market need for SaaS solutions, XMDS (software developer in the field of payments for banks and public transport)The Ginger white-label eCommerce gateway enabled Dutch clients&#8217; Rabobank and EMS (joint venture ABN AMRO \/ Fiserv) merchant services business. Techy co-founders Joachim de Boer and Maarten Sander recognized that they needed help to further grow and scale their start-up, to meet XMDS&#8217;s ambitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Challenge<\/em>: Develop appealing value proposition and scalable growth organization enabling profitable international expansion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Approach<\/em>: Leveraging the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.xelero.nl\/en\/focus-on-customer-value\/\"> client value model<\/a> is insights, positioned the solution as an omni-channel payment platform allowing banks and PSPs to offer their merchants a scalable, end-to-end payment solution in their own branding. In parallel, on the principles of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xelero.nl\/en\/focus-on-self-organisation\/\">self-organisation<\/a> a European commercial team was built up; Marketing, Sales Development, Field Sales and Customer Success <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xelero.nl\/en\/effective-customer-dialogue\/\">operating as one!<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a next step, XMDS aims to realize synergies for customers by bringing all its payment companies, Ginger, Vayapay and Pecunda as PODs under one management structure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"inherit-container-width wp-block-group alignfull has-ast-global-color-8-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-bottom  testimonial is-style-shadow has-ast-global-color-5-background-color has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-bottom is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.xelero.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Ginger-Payments-V2-230x307-1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"307\" src=\"https:\/\/www.xelero.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Ginger-Payments-V2-230x307-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.xelero.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Ginger-Payments-V2-230x307-1.png 270w, https:\/\/www.xelero.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Ginger-Payments-V2-230x307-1-264x300.png 264w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-bottom is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"is-style-badge has-ast-global-color-8-background-color has-background\">Buy &amp; Growth<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8220;Propositie \u00e9n organisatie van start-up naar scale-up doorontwikkeld in 1 jaar!&#8221;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Joachim de Boer &amp; Maarten Sander, co-founders Ginger Payments<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-ast-global-color-0-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center has-ast-global-color-5-color has-text-color is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-ast-global-color-5-color has-text-color\">Let&#8217;s talk!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-5-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size\">Let&#8217;s discover whether I can help you accelerate business growth!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-ast-global-color-0-color has-ast-global-color-5-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xelero.nl\/en\/contact\/\">Send me a message<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-ast-global-color-5-color has-ast-global-color-2-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"tel:0031654676176\">Give me a call +316 54676176<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:278px\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-medium is-resized size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.xelero.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Jord-profiel-rond-wit.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.xelero.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Jord-profiel-rond-wit-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.xelero.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Jord-profiel-rond-wit-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.xelero.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Jord-profiel-rond-wit-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.xelero.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Jord-profiel-rond-wit-270x269.png 270w, https:\/\/www.xelero.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Jord-profiel-rond-wit.png 428w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-5767","portfolio","type-portfolio","status-publish","hentry"],"uagb_featured_image_src":[],"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Jord","author_link":"https:\/\/www.xelero.nl\/en\/author\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Professionalization to scalable SaaS organization. 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