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Growing from $2B to $10B annual payment volume with Evan DaSilva

Growing from $2B to $10B annual payment volume with Evan DaSilva

Update: 2025-08-19
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Evan DaSilva grew Buildium’s embedded payments volume from $2B/yr to $10B/yr, contributing to a 446% increase in valuation over just 42 months and a $580M acquisition.

Now, Evan is SVP of Payments at donor management and fundraising platform Bloomerang. He joined host Joshua Silver to share his experience as a repeat Head of Payments.

They discussed:

  • Why early-stage vertical SaaS founders can’t afford to ignore payments
  • Traps to avoid when choosing your first (or next) payment provider
  • When to hire a payments leader and what to look for in the ideal candidate
  • 3 ways to sell payments into your backbook
  • How embedded payments drives higher valuations for vertical software companies


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