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Smartcat

15 statements across 1 episodes · 7 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement May 11, 2018 by Ivan Smolnikov · said 17 times in 1 episodes since 2018 · across every show →

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May 11, 2018 positive
Insight
Enterprise translation requires workflow automation, not just freelance marketplaces
“The difference is that first you don't have automation workflow technology on the platform, and without that, It can't work for big customers because if you're a big company with good budgets, you just can't deal today without automation technology. You can't …”
Ivan Smolnikov May 11, 2018 ▶ 2:10 1021 How He Solved Translation Marketplace Space and Grew 7x YoY to $24m in Revenue
May 11, 2018 bullish
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Smartcat monthly revenue exceeds $2 million
“We are above two millions.”
Ivan Smolnikov May 11, 2018 ▶ 9:21 1021 How He Solved Translation Marketplace Space and Grew 7x YoY to $24m in Revenue
May 11, 2018
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Smartcat's fully weighted CAC is between $1,500 and $5,000
“They cost us from thousand and a half up to 5000 to acquire them fully.”
Ivan Smolnikov May 11, 2018 ▶ 14:36 1021 How He Solved Translation Marketplace Space and Grew 7x YoY to $24m in Revenue
May 11, 2018
Disclosure
Smartcat raised a $4M seed after bootstrapping with $5M prior profits
“Right now, not much, actually just four million dollars because it was pre revenue around a year and a half ago. It was like seed round. But before that, we invested close to five million dollars from our own profits within two years when we started to develop…”
Ivan Smolnikov May 11, 2018 ▶ 5:13 1021 How He Solved Translation Marketplace Space and Grew 7x YoY to $24m in Revenue
May 11, 2018
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Smartcat customers spend an average of $10,000 monthly
“On average, it's about 10 K but there are customers who are paying us, like, 100 K or 200 K even.”
Ivan Smolnikov May 11, 2018 ▶ 3:23 1021 How He Solved Translation Marketplace Space and Grew 7x YoY to $24m in Revenue
May 11, 2018
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Smartcat hosts nearly 100k freelancers across 150 countries
“And close to 100,000 freelancers from 150 countries at the moment.”
Ivan Smolnikov May 11, 2018 ▶ 8:56 1021 How He Solved Translation Marketplace Space and Grew 7x YoY to $24m in Revenue
May 11, 2018 bullish
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Smartcat accounts expand by 30% to 35% year-over-year on average
“I would say close to 30, 35.”
Ivan Smolnikov May 11, 2018 ▶ 13:30 1021 How He Solved Translation Marketplace Space and Grew 7x YoY to $24m in Revenue
May 11, 2018
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Smartcat has close to 300 paying customers
“I would say close to 300 paying customers at the moment.”
Ivan Smolnikov May 11, 2018 ▶ 8:43 1021 How He Solved Translation Marketplace Space and Grew 7x YoY to $24m in Revenue
May 11, 2018
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Smartcat generates 85% of revenue from marketplace and 15% from SaaS
“Actually, around 10, 15% is coming from SaaS model, and around 85% is coming from marketplace model, because we are more focused on it right now.”
Ivan Smolnikov May 11, 2018 ▶ 4:31 1021 How He Solved Translation Marketplace Space and Grew 7x YoY to $24m in Revenue
May 11, 2018 neutral
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Smartcat operates without a sales team and relies on inbound adoption
“We don't have sales team because we have a lot of customers coming because of that technology, you know, and then we see if a customer is starting to grow, a customer success team is focusing on them to help them grow better.”
Ivan Smolnikov May 11, 2018 ▶ 13:51 1021 How He Solved Translation Marketplace Space and Grew 7x YoY to $24m in Revenue
May 11, 2018 bullish
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Smartcat grows 20% month-over-month and projects 7x revenue growth
“We have been growing 20% months to months. So this year we should complete these like seven, seven times growth compared to the beginning of the year.”
Ivan Smolnikov May 11, 2018 ▶ 17:04 1021 How He Solved Translation Marketplace Space and Grew 7x YoY to $24m in Revenue
May 11, 2018 positive
Insight
Free single-player SaaS solves the marketplace chicken-and-egg dynamic
“And that was our primarily idea to build something valuable for people, both for supply and demand and to give it away for free. Once we have it, people are coming to use our technology, both suppliers and customers. Suppliers are using our technology, even in…”
Ivan Smolnikov May 11, 2018 ▶ 9:46 1021 How He Solved Translation Marketplace Space and Grew 7x YoY to $24m in Revenue
May 11, 2018 bullish
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Smartcat retains approximately 95% of its paying customers
“Actually right now, because we have not so many paying customers, the retention is around 95%. If you mean lower retention.”
Ivan Smolnikov May 11, 2018 ▶ 13:08 1021 How He Solved Translation Marketplace Space and Grew 7x YoY to $24m in Revenue
May 11, 2018 positive
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Smartcat maintains an LTV to CAC ratio exceeding 10 to 1
“The ratio of lifetime value to cart is like more than 10 usually what we see right now.”
Ivan Smolnikov May 11, 2018 ▶ 15:52 1021 How He Solved Translation Marketplace Space and Grew 7x YoY to $24m in Revenue
May 11, 2018
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Smartcat has onboarded 20% of all global freelance translators
“And literally we have listed all of them already on our platform, and we have 20% of supply side, which is 20% of all freelancers globally.”
Ivan Smolnikov May 11, 2018 ▶ 16:34 1021 How He Solved Translation Marketplace Space and Grew 7x YoY to $24m in Revenue
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