Klipfolio

33 statements across 3 episodes · 17 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Dec 12, 2016 by Allan Wille · said 214 times in 48 episodes since 2016 · across every show →

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Dec 12, 2016 neutral
Disclosure
Klipfolio operates with 100% inside sales and zero outbound
“No, well, it's a hundred percent inside sales, so we don't have an outbound sales.”
Allan Wille Dec 12, 2016 ▶ 3:50 EP 506: Klipfolio $7.9M Raised, 7000 Customers for Smarter Business Dashboards with CEO Allan Wille
Dec 12, 2016 neutral
Disclosure
Klipfolio average revenue per customer is $70 to $80 monthly
“About 70 to 80 dollars on a monthly basis, so we're talking about a pretty inexpensive, a credit card type type user purchasing model.”
Allan Wille Dec 12, 2016 ▶ 3:38 EP 506: Klipfolio $7.9M Raised, 7000 Customers for Smarter Business Dashboards with CEO Allan Wille
Dec 12, 2016 bullish
Assertion Not checkable as stated
No dominant dashboard leader exists in the SMB market yet
“There is no dashboard right now that is the number one or the leader in the SMB.”
Allan Wille Dec 12, 2016 ▶ 11:18 EP 506: Klipfolio $7.9M Raised, 7000 Customers for Smarter Business Dashboards with CEO Allan Wille
Dec 12, 2016 negative
Opinion
Competitor Dasharoo failed because it lacked metric customization depth
“DashRu, along with a couple of other folks, are what we would consider widget engines. So there's not a lot of depth to those kind of offerings. You know, with Clifolio, with our offering, you can actually calculate and mash together your own metrics. And I th…”
Allan Wille Dec 12, 2016 ▶ 11:49 EP 506: Klipfolio $7.9M Raised, 7000 Customers for Smarter Business Dashboards with CEO Allan Wille
Dec 12, 2016 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Klipfolio reached 7,000 customers by December 2016
“So we've got about seven, 7000 as of today.”
Allan Wille Dec 12, 2016 ▶ 4:44 EP 506: Klipfolio $7.9M Raised, 7000 Customers for Smarter Business Dashboards with CEO Allan Wille
Dec 12, 2016 neutral
Assertion Supported
Klipfolio launched in 2001 and pivoted to the cloud in 2012
“We launched it actually in 2001. And we launched it as a consumer dashboard that was super popular, but it wasn't making us any revenue. So long story, sad story, we sort of slogged it out for a great many, many years. And then in 2012, we launched the cloud v…”
Allan Wille Dec 12, 2016 ▶ 5:40 EP 506: Klipfolio $7.9M Raised, 7000 Customers for Smarter Business Dashboards with CEO Allan Wille
Dec 12, 2016 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Klipfolio monthly logo churn ranges between 3% and 3.75%
“So we're hitting around a logo churn and a gross monthly churn. It's about the same metric that is in between maybe three percent at the best per month, you know, to maybe three and three quarters on a monthly basis.”
Allan Wille Dec 12, 2016 ▶ 14:32 EP 506: Klipfolio $7.9M Raised, 7000 Customers for Smarter Business Dashboards with CEO Allan Wille
Dec 12, 2016 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Klipfolio's revenue is growing at over 2x year-over-year
“So the fact that we're growing at over two X, I think is an important sort of metric to look at as well.”
Allan Wille Dec 12, 2016 ▶ 15:00 EP 506: Klipfolio $7.9M Raised, 7000 Customers for Smarter Business Dashboards with CEO Allan Wille
Dec 12, 2016 positive
Disclosure
Klipfolio plans to raise capital rather than seek an acquisition
“I think it's definitely it's definitely the first one.”
Allan Wille Dec 12, 2016 ▶ 8:48 EP 506: Klipfolio $7.9M Raised, 7000 Customers for Smarter Business Dashboards with CEO Allan Wille
Dec 12, 2016 neutral
Assertion Supported
Klipfolio raised a $1.7M seed in 2014 and a $6.2M Series A in 2015
“So we did a small seed round, a 1.7 million dollar seed round at the beginning of 2014. We did our series a at the beginning of 2015. So that was a 6.2 million dollar round.”
Allan Wille Dec 12, 2016 ▶ 7:54 EP 506: Klipfolio $7.9M Raised, 7000 Customers for Smarter Business Dashboards with CEO Allan Wille
Dec 12, 2016 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Klipfolio sees an 8-to-10 month CAC payback and 4:1 LTV-to-CAC ratio
“And if I take a look at my cap payback period, which is about eight to 10 months, or if I take a look at my LTV to cap ratio, like the lifetime value to cap, Ratio. It's healthy as well. It's about a four.”
Allan Wille Dec 12, 2016 ▶ 15:07 EP 506: Klipfolio $7.9M Raised, 7000 Customers for Smarter Business Dashboards with CEO Allan Wille
Dec 12, 2016 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Klipfolio grew customer base from 350 to 1,100 across 2013
“By the end of 2012, we had 350 customers and we were thrilled. By the end of the next year, by end of 20 13, we had 1100 customers.”
Allan Wille Dec 12, 2016 ▶ 7:04 EP 506: Klipfolio $7.9M Raised, 7000 Customers for Smarter Business Dashboards with CEO Allan Wille
Dec 12, 2016 positive
Opinion
Microsoft Power BI is Klipfolio's most formidable competitor
“I think the other one that is probably doing the most interesting stuff is probably Microsoft's Power BI product. I think they're probably our most formidable or most close competitor.”
Allan Wille Dec 12, 2016 ▶ 13:27 EP 506: Klipfolio $7.9M Raised, 7000 Customers for Smarter Business Dashboards with CEO Allan Wille
Mar 10, 2017 bullish
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Klipfolio reaches 7,000 paying customers, doubling its customer base annually
“7000. That's right. And that's about it. That's about a two X every year so far.”
Allan Wille Mar 10, 2017 ▶ 4:41 EP 594: Klipfolio Raises $12M on $45M+ PreMoney Valuation with 7000 Customers, $500k+ in MRR Helping With Business Dashboards with CEO ALlan Wille
Mar 10, 2017 positive
Disclosure
OMERS Ventures offered to preemptively lead an all-insider Series B
“I got a call from one of our insiders. This is from Omer's Ventures in Toronto, and Omer's is a huge fund as well. Really good guys. And they said, okay, we like your business. Let's make this, you know, short and simple. What would you say if we did an inside…”
Allan Wille Mar 10, 2017 ▶ 11:52 EP 594: Klipfolio Raises $12M on $45M+ PreMoney Valuation with 7000 Customers, $500k+ in MRR Helping With Business Dashboards with CEO ALlan Wille
Mar 10, 2017
Assertion Supported
Wille: Klipfolio raised a $12M Series B funding round
“So in fall, we went out to market and we came home with a twelve million dollar series B raise.”
Allan Wille Mar 10, 2017 ▶ 3:15 EP 594: Klipfolio Raises $12M on $45M+ PreMoney Valuation with 7000 Customers, $500k+ in MRR Helping With Business Dashboards with CEO ALlan Wille
Mar 10, 2017 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Klipfolio reports $2,300 LTV across 23-month lifespan
“So the 23 is right. The 34 was always more like 23 months.”
Allan Wille Mar 10, 2017 ▶ 7:27 EP 594: Klipfolio Raises $12M on $45M+ PreMoney Valuation with 7000 Customers, $500k+ in MRR Helping With Business Dashboards with CEO ALlan Wille
Mar 10, 2017 bullish
Disclosure
Klipfolio will focus marketing spend on SEO rather than paid advertising
“And then from the marketing side, we're actually not going to be pouring a lot of money into paid advertising. We're actually going to put a lot of effort into the content strategy, and we've had tons and tons of luck, and we know other small and mid-sized Foc…”
Allan Wille Mar 10, 2017 ▶ 9:07 EP 594: Klipfolio Raises $12M on $45M+ PreMoney Valuation with 7000 Customers, $500k+ in MRR Helping With Business Dashboards with CEO ALlan Wille
Mar 10, 2017 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Klipfolio CAC sits around $700
“Yeah, exactly. So CAC is still around 700 dollars.”
Allan Wille Mar 10, 2017 ▶ 6:37 EP 594: Klipfolio Raises $12M on $45M+ PreMoney Valuation with 7000 Customers, $500k+ in MRR Helping With Business Dashboards with CEO ALlan Wille
Mar 10, 2017 bullish
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Klipfolio surpasses $500k in monthly recurring revenue
“Yes, we have.”
Allan Wille Mar 10, 2017 ▶ 4:56 EP 594: Klipfolio Raises $12M on $45M+ PreMoney Valuation with 7000 Customers, $500k+ in MRR Helping With Business Dashboards with CEO ALlan Wille
Mar 10, 2017 positive
Disclosure
Klipfolio raised its Series B at a 6x to 8x ARR multiple
“Yeah, we got, you know, in that sort of six, seven, eight percent or times multiple.”
Allan Wille Mar 10, 2017 ▶ 16:08 EP 594: Klipfolio Raises $12M on $45M+ PreMoney Valuation with 7000 Customers, $500k+ in MRR Helping With Business Dashboards with CEO ALlan Wille
Mar 10, 2017 positive
Disclosure
Klipfolio secured a rare two-year expiring anti-dilution clause in its Series B
“The other thing that was super cool and they did the same thing, and this is pretty rare, but again, it sort of speaks to the trust and the type of investors there was an anti-dilution clause that expires after two years.”
Allan Wille Mar 10, 2017 ▶ 17:14 EP 594: Klipfolio Raises $12M on $45M+ PreMoney Valuation with 7000 Customers, $500k+ in MRR Helping With Business Dashboards with CEO ALlan Wille
Mar 10, 2017
Disclosure
Klipfolio's initial insider Series B offer was a 5x ARR multiple
“So, so the lowball was, I think it was somewhere in the neighborhood of four to five, I think it was closer to five, five times ARR multiple.”
Allan Wille Mar 10, 2017 ▶ 13:47 EP 594: Klipfolio Raises $12M on $45M+ PreMoney Valuation with 7000 Customers, $500k+ in MRR Helping With Business Dashboards with CEO ALlan Wille
Mar 10, 2017 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Klipfolio aims to double MRR in 2017
“We're shooting for another two X and we feel very confident. Yep. That's right. So that is, that's the target that we're trying to hit.”
Allan Wille Mar 10, 2017 ▶ 5:02 EP 594: Klipfolio Raises $12M on $45M+ PreMoney Valuation with 7000 Customers, $500k+ in MRR Helping With Business Dashboards with CEO ALlan Wille
Jul 4, 2017 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Wille: Klipfolio maintains a $700 to $800 customer acquisition cost
“So CAC is still around 700 dollars, 700 or 800 dollars. So we're still running very, very efficiently. So LW to CAC is still relatively healthy, although that's come down a little bit as well as we spend more on advertising. Sure. And then our CAC payback peri…”
Allan Wille Jul 4, 2017 ▶ 15:57 710: How This SaaS Company is Using $20 Million to Scale
Jul 4, 2017
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Wille: Klipfolio customers expand from $70 to $115 over 12 months
“Customers come in at roughly 70 dollars. That's kind of their first the first bundle that they buy on average. And then over a course of about 12 months, they move up to about a 115 dollars.”
Allan Wille Jul 4, 2017 ▶ 9:34 710: How This SaaS Company is Using $20 Million to Scale
Jul 4, 2017 neutral
Insight
Wille: Inbound tech acquisitions start with product partnership talks, not corp dev
“What always happens first is you get a call from usually somebody in product. So product management reaches out and, you know, they say something like, hey, we're interested in learning more about your tech and, you know, potentially we're interested in a part…”
Allan Wille Jul 4, 2017 ▶ 8:12 710: How This SaaS Company is Using $20 Million to Scale
Jul 4, 2017 positive
Disclosure
Wille: Klipfolio raised a $12 million Series B inside round
“So in January, we announced a twelve million dollar raise. That was actually an inside round from our existing investors.”
Allan Wille Jul 4, 2017 ▶ 4:35 710: How This SaaS Company is Using $20 Million to Scale
Jul 4, 2017 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Wille: Klipfolio spends roughly $120k monthly on digital advertising
“So we've upped it to about a 120,000 per month.”
Allan Wille Jul 4, 2017 ▶ 14:34 710: How This SaaS Company is Using $20 Million to Scale
Jul 4, 2017
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Allan Wille: Klipfolio serves 8,500 SMB customers worldwide
“We've got the fortune of working with lots and lots of small and mid-sized businesses thousands of them, 8500 of them around the world who really use Clifolo to monitor all the things that matter inside of their business.”
Allan Wille Jul 4, 2017 ▶ 2:15 710: How This SaaS Company is Using $20 Million to Scale
Jul 4, 2017 neutral
Disclosure
Wille: Klipfolio gets acquisition inquiries but has never received formal offers
“We've never gotten to any sort of formal discussion where there's actually an offer on the table. We've had a lot of the, you know, the phone has been ringing, but we really haven't moved it forward just because we're not in a position where we're interested i…”
Allan Wille Jul 4, 2017 ▶ 9:06 710: How This SaaS Company is Using $20 Million to Scale
Jul 4, 2017 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Wille: Klipfolio generates 35% of its revenue via partner channels
“So 35% of our revenue comes through the partner channel, which is really awesome and healthy.”
Allan Wille Jul 4, 2017 ▶ 10:22 710: How This SaaS Company is Using $20 Million to Scale
Jul 4, 2017
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Wille: Klipfolio generates close to $600K in monthly recurring revenue
“Oh, we're doing about in between five and six. Probably close to six right now.”
Allan Wille Jul 4, 2017 ▶ 10:36 710: How This SaaS Company is Using $20 Million to Scale
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