Datanyze

33 statements across 4 episodes · 14 bullish · 0 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Jun 13, 2016 by Ilya Semin · said 48 times in 12 episodes since 2016 · across every show →

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Jun 13, 2016 neutral
Disclosure
Datanyze raised $1.8 million in venture funding in July 2014
“We raised 1.8 million in July, 2014.”
Ilya Semin Jun 13, 2016 ▶ 4:15 EP 324: CEO of Datanyze Shares $6m Revenue Number
Jun 13, 2016 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Datanyze maintains a monthly customer churn rate under 1%
“So churn for us is less than one percent a month.”
Ilya Semin Jun 13, 2016 ▶ 7:35 EP 324: CEO of Datanyze Shares $6m Revenue Number
Jun 13, 2016 positive
Disclosure
Datanyze hit $1M revenue and profitability before raising outside capital
“We actually, we didn't have to raise money at all. We were profitable back then but, and we were about, we were making maybe a million dollars a year, but the problem was when you start selling to. No, sorry, top line. Top line, yeah. Revenue, yeah.”
Ilya Semin Jun 13, 2016 ▶ 4:27 EP 324: CEO of Datanyze Shares $6m Revenue Number
Jun 13, 2016 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Datanyze acquires customers equally through inbound and outbound channels
“We have pretty much 50, 50% split between inbound and outbound.”
Ilya Semin Jun 13, 2016 ▶ 11:29 EP 324: CEO of Datanyze Shares $6m Revenue Number
Jun 13, 2016
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Datanyze sales reps carry a $50,000 monthly ARR quota
“For a typical sales trap, they need to close about 50 50 K in ARR on a monthly basis.”
Ilya Semin Jun 13, 2016 ▶ 11:39 EP 324: CEO of Datanyze Shares $6m Revenue Number
Jun 13, 2016 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Datanyze has about 500 customers as of June 2016
“We have about 500 customers.”
Ilya Semin Jun 13, 2016 ▶ 2:50 EP 324: CEO of Datanyze Shares $6m Revenue Number
Jun 13, 2016 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Datanyze is cash flow positive in most operating months
“No, we're cashflow positive, right? So some months, of course, especially if it's a big event, you know, like dream force, we'll spend more money. And in this case, we'll probably be cashflow negative, but in most cases we're cashflow positive.”
Ilya Semin Jun 13, 2016 ▶ 13:52 EP 324: CEO of Datanyze Shares $6m Revenue Number
Jun 13, 2016 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Almost all Datanyze customers pay annually upfront
“Almost all our customers pay upfront.”
Ilya Semin Jun 13, 2016 ▶ 8:31 EP 324: CEO of Datanyze Shares $6m Revenue Number
Jun 13, 2016
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Datanyze converts about 20% of product demos into closed sales
“So, I would say it's 20, about 20% conversion rate from demo to close business.”
Ilya Semin Jun 13, 2016 ▶ 12:01 EP 324: CEO of Datanyze Shares $6m Revenue Number
Jun 13, 2016 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Datanyze's average annual contract value is about $20,000
“It's about 20,000 dollars a year.”
Ilya Semin Jun 13, 2016 ▶ 3:00 EP 324: CEO of Datanyze Shares $6m Revenue Number
Jun 13, 2016 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Datanyze spends about $9,000 to acquire a new customer
“Right now our customer acquisition cost is around 9000 dollars.”
Ilya Semin Jun 13, 2016 ▶ 7:58 EP 324: CEO of Datanyze Shares $6m Revenue Number
Jun 13, 2016 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Datanyze grows monthly revenue by approximately 7% month-over-month
“About seven percent.”
Ilya Semin Jun 13, 2016 ▶ 13:15 EP 324: CEO of Datanyze Shares $6m Revenue Number
Jun 13, 2016 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Datanyze generated roughly $50,000 in its first year of revenue
“First year, I would say maybe 50,000 dollars, something like this.”
Ilya Semin Jun 13, 2016 ▶ 3:34 EP 324: CEO of Datanyze Shares $6m Revenue Number
Jun 13, 2016
Disclosure
Datanyze recognized about $4 million in GAAP revenue in 2015
“Well, gap revenue it's probably you know, four million or something like this”
Ilya Semin Jun 13, 2016 ▶ 6:14 EP 324: CEO of Datanyze Shares $6m Revenue Number
Jun 13, 2016 bullish
Disclosure
Datanyze tripled its ARR from $2M to $6M in 2015
“In 2015, we went from about two million dollars at the beginning of the year to about six million at the end of the year.”
Ilya Semin Jun 13, 2016 ▶ 5:51 EP 324: CEO of Datanyze Shares $6m Revenue Number
Jun 13, 2016
Insight
Enterprise buyers avoid unbacked startups over continuity fears
“The problem when you start selling to enterprise customers is that they don't, Really like to deal with small companies, you know, two guys in the garage, like they don't like it. So they're like, well, well, we're going to sign this three-year contract. How d…”
Ilya Semin Jun 13, 2016 ▶ 4:46 EP 324: CEO of Datanyze Shares $6m Revenue Number
Jun 13, 2016 positive
Disclosure
Mark Cuban and Google Ventures backed Datanyze
“Investors included somebody like Mark Cuban, for example, and top VC firms like Google Ventures.”
Ilya Semin Jun 13, 2016 ▶ 5:06 EP 324: CEO of Datanyze Shares $6m Revenue Number
Sep 12, 2016 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Semin: Datanyze's average contract size is around $20,000 per year
“It's about 20,000 dollars a year.”
Ilya Semin Sep 12, 2016 ▶ 1:32 Datanyze $500k MRR, 500 Customers
Sep 12, 2016 bullish
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Semin: Datanyze is cash-flow positive in most months
“No, we're cashflow positive, right? So some months, of course, especially if it's a big event, you know, like Dreamforce, we'll spend more money, and in this case, we'll probably be cashflow negative, but in most cases, we're cashflow positive.”
Ilya Semin Sep 12, 2016 ▶ 12:25 Datanyze $500k MRR, 500 Customers
Sep 12, 2016 bullish
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Semin: Datanyze ARR grew from $2M to $6M during 2015
“So in 20 in 2015, we went from about two million dollars at the beginning of the year to about six million at the end of the year.”
Ilya Semin Sep 12, 2016 ▶ 4:23 Datanyze $500k MRR, 500 Customers
Sep 12, 2016
Disclosure
Semin: Datanyze sees 50/50 split between inbound and outbound leads
“We have pretty much 50, 50% split between inbound and outbound.”
Ilya Semin Sep 12, 2016 ▶ 10:01 Datanyze $500k MRR, 500 Customers
Sep 12, 2016 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Semin: Datanyze serves approximately 500 customers
“We have about 500 customers.”
Ilya Semin Sep 12, 2016 ▶ 1:22 Datanyze $500k MRR, 500 Customers
Sep 12, 2016
Assertion Supported
Semin: Datanyze investors included Mark Cuban and Google Ventures
“So we raised a very good round and investors included somebody like Mark Cuban, for example, and top VC firms like Google Ventures.”
Ilya Semin Sep 12, 2016 ▶ 3:38 Datanyze $500k MRR, 500 Customers
Sep 12, 2016
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Semin: Datanyze was profitable at $1M revenue before fundraising
“We actually, we didn't have to raise money at all. We were profitable back then but, and we were about, we were making maybe a million dollars a year”
Ilya Semin Sep 12, 2016 ▶ 2:59 Datanyze $500k MRR, 500 Customers
Sep 12, 2016 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Semin: Datanyze monthly churn is under 1%
“Yeah, no, churn, so churn for us is less than one percent a month.”
Ilya Semin Sep 12, 2016 ▶ 6:06 Datanyze $500k MRR, 500 Customers
Sep 12, 2016 bullish
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Semin: Datanyze is growing revenue at about 7% month-over-month
“About seven percent.”
Ilya Semin Sep 12, 2016 ▶ 11:47 Datanyze $500k MRR, 500 Customers
Sep 12, 2016 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Semin: Datanyze generated around $50,000 in first-year revenue
“First year, I would say maybe 50,000 dollars, something like this.”
Ilya Semin Sep 12, 2016 ▶ 2:06 Datanyze $500k MRR, 500 Customers
Sep 12, 2016
Disclosure
Semin: Datanyze has roughly 20% conversion rate from demo to close
“So, I would say it's 20, about 20% conversion rate from demo to close business.”
Ilya Semin Sep 12, 2016 ▶ 10:34 Datanyze $500k MRR, 500 Customers
Sep 12, 2016
Disclosure
Semin: Datanyze sales reps have monthly quota of $50k ARR
“For a typical sales rep, they need to close about 50 50 K in ARR on a monthly basis.”
Ilya Semin Sep 12, 2016 ▶ 10:11 Datanyze $500k MRR, 500 Customers
Sep 12, 2016 neutral
Disclosure
Semin: Datanyze co-founders did not split equity evenly
“So and since since I was working on this for one and a half years obviously that, that was not an even split.”
Ilya Semin Sep 12, 2016 ▶ 14:03 Datanyze $500k MRR, 500 Customers
Sep 12, 2016 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Semin: Datanyze customer acquisition cost is around $9,000
“Well right now our customer acquisition cost is around 9000 dollars.”
Ilya Semin Sep 12, 2016 ▶ 6:30 Datanyze $500k MRR, 500 Customers
Nov 1, 2016 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Datanyze, Mattermark, or Hoovers secretly uses RocketReach data
“One of the people that you mentioned actually uses our data.”
Amit Shanbhag Nov 1, 2016 ▶ 11:20 EP: 465: 120,000 Customers, About $200k MRR, $10M 2017 ARR Goal with RocketReach.co CEO Amit Shanbhag
Jul 3, 2018 positive
Insight
NotableList analyzes actual emails instead of scraping webpages to identify tech stacks
“They're looking at web pages to see, you know, so if you want to know what someone's using in their email, obviously you want to look at the emails, not their web pages. And that's the key difference between what we do and say what a built with us or data nice…”
Michael Johnson Jul 3, 2018 ▶ 14:49 1074 I left Wall Street trenches to do Email Business Intelligence
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