Astronomer

10 statements across 2 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Apr 3, 2017 by Ry Walker · said 36 times in 4 episodes since 2017 · across every show →

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Apr 3, 2017
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Astronomer's Fully Loaded CAC Payback Period Is Nine Months
“No, I say we started around 12 months, then we got down to about six months, and then we doubled the team size. We went back up to 12, and now we're back down to nine again.”
Ry Walker Apr 3, 2017 ▶ 15:20 EP 618: Astronomer.io 2 Yrs Old, Hits $60K MRR, $2m Raised Helping Companies Makes Sense of Data with CEO Ry Walker
Apr 3, 2017
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Walker: Astronomer Has 20 Customers at $3K Monthly ARPU
“No, we're actually, we've got 20 customers. So yeah, average revenue historically is around three K a month.”
Ry Walker Apr 3, 2017 ▶ 12:03 EP 618: Astronomer.io 2 Yrs Old, Hits $60K MRR, $2m Raised Helping Companies Makes Sense of Data with CEO Ry Walker
Apr 3, 2017 positive
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Astronomer Grew from Zero to $600K ARR Run Rate in 2016
“We ended the year at a 600 K ARR run rate. So we went from zero to 600.”
Ry Walker Apr 3, 2017 ▶ 9:35 EP 618: Astronomer.io 2 Yrs Old, Hits $60K MRR, $2m Raised Helping Companies Makes Sense of Data with CEO Ry Walker
Apr 3, 2017
Disclosure
Astronomer Charges $6K/Month for Cloud and $10K/Month for Private Instances
“We basically offer access to our team. And our technology for one flat price, you know six grand a month if you want it to run on in our shared cloud, or 10 grand a month if you want us to put up a private instance of the platform so that your data, so that yo…”
Ry Walker Apr 3, 2017 ▶ 4:50 EP 618: Astronomer.io 2 Yrs Old, Hits $60K MRR, $2m Raised Helping Companies Makes Sense of Data with CEO Ry Walker
Apr 3, 2017 neutral
Disclosure
Astronomer Raised $1.1M on Convertible Notes Across Four Separate Rounds
“1.1 million. Priced. Yeah, yeah. No, no, it was a convertible note. So we've actually done like four rounds of notes, which is something shocking to me.”
Ry Walker Apr 3, 2017 ▶ 10:31 EP 618: Astronomer.io 2 Yrs Old, Hits $60K MRR, $2m Raised Helping Companies Makes Sense of Data with CEO Ry Walker
Apr 3, 2017
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Walker: One-Third of Astronomer's Revenue Comes From Expansion
“So two, a third of our revenue is, is from expansion revenue of our current revenue.”
Ry Walker Apr 3, 2017 ▶ 12:44 EP 618: Astronomer.io 2 Yrs Old, Hits $60K MRR, $2m Raised Helping Companies Makes Sense of Data with CEO Ry Walker
Apr 3, 2017
Disclosure
Walker: Astronomer Did Not Spend on Paid Acquisition Before 2017
“We actually just started here in, in 2017 to spend any money on customer acquisition. everything's been referral and outbound up till now.”
Ry Walker Apr 3, 2017 ▶ 13:34 EP 618: Astronomer.io 2 Yrs Old, Hits $60K MRR, $2m Raised Helping Companies Makes Sense of Data with CEO Ry Walker
Apr 3, 2017 bullish
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Walker: Astronomer Will Probably Double Revenue in Six to Eight Weeks
“So we had new customers, you know and we're about to, like I said, add about a bunch of new ones here in the first part of the year and probably double our revenue in the next six or eight weeks.”
Ry Walker Apr 3, 2017 ▶ 13:22 EP 618: Astronomer.io 2 Yrs Old, Hits $60K MRR, $2m Raised Helping Companies Makes Sense of Data with CEO Ry Walker
Apr 3, 2017
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Astronomer Hits Massive 148% Net Revenue Retention Rate
“So our churn, our, we've got a net negative churn of 48% right now.”
Ry Walker Apr 3, 2017 ▶ 12:16 EP 618: Astronomer.io 2 Yrs Old, Hits $60K MRR, $2m Raised Helping Companies Makes Sense of Data with CEO Ry Walker
Aug 8, 2025 neutral
Disclosure
Walker sold secondary Astronomer shares during Series B and C rounds
“I was offered a chance to sell my shares in secondary at our Series B, Series C rounds. You know, that was, this was the Zerp era, and I said yes.”
Ry Walker Aug 8, 2025 ▶ 3:19 Woah! Unicorn Founder Quits Unicorn During $213M Raise, Launches Something Bigger
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