The optimism that defied many in April could also be slipping in Might, as shares fell throughout Friday’s buying and selling session and are down once more this morning.

The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite is off 0.55% this morning, placing it 13% off its document highs set this yr, but in addition up 29% from its 52-week lows it set instantly following these highs. Niching right down to SaaS and cloud shares, the Bessemer-Nasdaq cloud index is off 0.85% at present, after shedding almost 3% in final week’s remaining buying and selling session.

SaaS and cloud shares rebounded mightily in April, making their gradual begin in Might a disappointment. As final month got here to a detailed, sturdy outcomes from giants like Alphabet and Microsoft lowered some market issues in regards to the financial system’s well being in the direction of the tip of Q1.

Nevertheless, the week forward is stuffed with earnings so we shouldn’t place an excessive amount of inventory in any explicit buying and selling session. To arrange you for the information onslaught, TechCrunch has ready a listing of corporations anticipated to report Q1 outcomes this week, together with the startup sector that they are going to assist element with their very own numbers.

Please take pleasure in:

• Monday: Appfolio (vertical SaaS), Chegg (edtech), Despegar.com (travel-focused tech), Five9 (cloud).
• Tuesday: Blizzard (gaming), EA (gaming), Arista Networks (networking), Past Meat (meat substitutes), Groupon (ecommerce), TripAdvisor (journey tech), Pinterest (shopper demand, marketplaces).
• Wednesday: Alteryx (SaaS), Sq. (fintech), PayPal (fintech), Hubspot (SaaS), GrubHub (meals supply), Fastly (infra), FitBit (shopper tech), Etsy (shopper items, ecommerce), Upwork (marketplaces), Sprout Social (SaaS), Sonos (shopper tech), Shopify (ecommerce, SaaS), Zynga (gaming), Lyft (on-demand mobility), Twilio (SaaS, telecom).
• Thursday: Invoice.com (SaaS), CarGurus (shopper demand, ecommerce), Care.com (health-tech), Castlight Well being (SaaS), Cloudflare (infra), Dropbox (SaaS), The Commerce Desk (martech), HP, GoPro (shopper {hardware}), Fiverr (shopper marketplaces), Rapid7 (cybersec), Yelp (promoting), Uber (on-demand mobility),
• Friday: Riot Blockchain (lol)

So it’s going to be busy. It doesn’t matter what kind of startup you care about essentially the most, there’s going to be an earnings report for you popping out shortly. After all, information from Pinterest, Uber and Lyft will dominate, however there’s a lot of smaller stories that will show much more attention-grabbing.

TechCrunch will cowl a handful. The remaining will likely be lined in a abstract vogue as wanted to elucidate new traits which are impacting startups. After which, like a wave after its crest, issues ought to begin to gradual on the earnings entrance for an additional few months as Q2 rolls alongside.

Monday! Let’s go!