Long Post for Investors (redflix S4E14)
This one dedicated to all those that like to do their own DD
Here's a head start
Comments below
Boostr - Revenue: $2M
Nutshell - Revenue: $3.8M
Agile CRM – Revenue: $2M+
Salesboom - Revenue: $6M
Nimble - Revenue: $6.3M Funding: $13.5M
Clari - Funding: $61M Valuation: $83.5M
Copper - Revenue: ? CAGR 34% Funding: $87M 10,000 customers
Velocify - Revenue: $47M Sold to Ellie Mae in 2017 for $128M
Insightly I - Revenue: $14M Funding: $50M 1.5 million users 25,000+ companies Valuation $221M in 2016
Salesloft - Revenue: $50M Funding: $142M Valuation: $600M
Outreach - Revenue: $61M Funding: $240M Valuation: $1.1M
New unicorn in Seattle: Outreach raises massive $114M round, pushing valuation above $1 billion - April 16, 2019 at 9:22 am
"The company now has more than 3,300 customer accounts and 50,000-plus users."
https://www.geekwire.com/2019/new-unicorn-sea...1-billion/
SalesLoft nabs $70M at around $600M valuation for its sales engagement platform - April 25, 2019
https://techcrunch.com/2019/04/25/salesloft-funding/
Sequoia-Backed Clari Growing At 300% In $52B CRM Market - Aug 20, 2018
"Clari -- whose customers include Adobe, Audi, Check Point Software, Equinix, Epicor Software Corporation, GE, and PerkinElmer -- is growing rapidly. As CEO Andy Byrne told me in a July 10 interview, "Between July 2017 and July 2018, we grew 300% and increased the number of customers from 50 to 200 ."
https://www.forbes.com/sites/petercohan/2018/...b80418717a
Few observations:
VERB is the only public company of the bunch that I saw. Average Joe usually doesn't get the opportunity in investor in a startup. Average Joe can invest in a public company like VERB.
Some of these companies are phone dialing type solutions. Ones that have something more unique do better.
Company that don't have funding or can't get funding seem to make enough to pay employees and I assume, have a little profit left. Those are the companies as Rory said, the CEO can go sit on a beach or drive a fancy car, but maybe that is it
Takes funding to grow a company quickly as we are now seeing with VERB. Sure beats $2M of revenue annually for the next 10 years
Take a look at who invested in some of these companies. Clari as an example.
Sequoia, Bain, Northgate etc. You think they are worried Clari only had 200 customers last year and who knows how they even count that.
Let's see, what else is happening...
Non-Deal Roadshow
Insiders set up to buy VERB on a schedule
VERB still hiring as recently as this month
New Learning app coming
Direct Sales Fall season of conferences in full swing
I still love ice cream
Not so much bologna
I hear...
"Big things are coming!
Buckle up!"
This one dedicated to all those that like to do their own DD
Here's a head start
Comments below
Boostr - Revenue: $2M
Nutshell - Revenue: $3.8M
Agile CRM – Revenue: $2M+
Salesboom - Revenue: $6M
Nimble - Revenue: $6.3M Funding: $13.5M
Clari - Funding: $61M Valuation: $83.5M
Copper - Revenue: ? CAGR 34% Funding: $87M 10,000 customers
Velocify - Revenue: $47M Sold to Ellie Mae in 2017 for $128M
Insightly I - Revenue: $14M Funding: $50M 1.5 million users 25,000+ companies Valuation $221M in 2016
Salesloft - Revenue: $50M Funding: $142M Valuation: $600M
Outreach - Revenue: $61M Funding: $240M Valuation: $1.1M
New unicorn in Seattle: Outreach raises massive $114M round, pushing valuation above $1 billion - April 16, 2019 at 9:22 am
"The company now has more than 3,300 customer accounts and 50,000-plus users."
https://www.geekwire.com/2019/new-unicorn-sea...1-billion/
SalesLoft nabs $70M at around $600M valuation for its sales engagement platform - April 25, 2019
https://techcrunch.com/2019/04/25/salesloft-funding/
Sequoia-Backed Clari Growing At 300% In $52B CRM Market - Aug 20, 2018
"Clari -- whose customers include Adobe, Audi, Check Point Software, Equinix, Epicor Software Corporation, GE, and PerkinElmer -- is growing rapidly. As CEO Andy Byrne told me in a July 10 interview, "Between July 2017 and July 2018, we grew 300% and increased the number of customers from 50 to 200 ."
https://www.forbes.com/sites/petercohan/2018/...b80418717a
Few observations:
VERB is the only public company of the bunch that I saw. Average Joe usually doesn't get the opportunity in investor in a startup. Average Joe can invest in a public company like VERB.
Some of these companies are phone dialing type solutions. Ones that have something more unique do better.
Company that don't have funding or can't get funding seem to make enough to pay employees and I assume, have a little profit left. Those are the companies as Rory said, the CEO can go sit on a beach or drive a fancy car, but maybe that is it
Takes funding to grow a company quickly as we are now seeing with VERB. Sure beats $2M of revenue annually for the next 10 years
Take a look at who invested in some of these companies. Clari as an example.
Sequoia, Bain, Northgate etc. You think they are worried Clari only had 200 customers last year and who knows how they even count that.
Let's see, what else is happening...
Non-Deal Roadshow
Insiders set up to buy VERB on a schedule
VERB still hiring as recently as this month
New Learning app coming
Direct Sales Fall season of conferences in full swing
I still love ice cream
Not so much bologna
I hear...
"Big things are coming!
Buckle up!"
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