TA Associates

6 statements across 4 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Dec 18, 2016 by Henry Schuck · said 43 times in 4 episodes since 2016 · across every show →

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Everything said about TA Associates, oldest first

Dec 18, 2016
Assertion Supported
DiscoverOrg bootstrapped to $25M ACV and 100 employees before raising capital
“So first of all, we self-funded through twenty five million in ACV. Which is incredible. Yeah. Annual contract value. And so we were on a twenty five million dollar run rate when we took the funding. And I think we sort of got to a place where we had a hundred…”
Henry Schuck Dec 18, 2016 ▶ 5:04 EP 512: $70M ARR B2B SaaS with DiscoverOrg CEO Henry Schuck
Nov 11, 2017
Assertion Not publicly verifiable
Nardone: TA Associates Deal Injected Zero Primary Capital into Flashtalking
“No, no, no influx of cash at all. All that money went to the founders. So there's no outside capital in flash talking.”
John Nardone Nov 11, 2017 ▶ 5:06 840: Ad Tech: $400m from Apple? Deal! FlashTalking Doing 15-40b Impressions/month
Nov 11, 2017
Assertion Partly supported
Nardone: Flashtalking Founders Sold 60% Stake to TA Associates in 2013
“Never took outside capital. Founders built the company from the ground up, funded it out of their own pockets, and then sold a 60% stake in the company to TA Associates.”
John Nardone Nov 11, 2017 ▶ 4:03 840: Ad Tech: $400m from Apple? Deal! FlashTalking Doing 15-40b Impressions/month
Sep 19, 2019 positive
Assertion Supported
DiscoverOrg reached $120M–$130M run-rate ARR before The Carlyle Group invested
“We were twenty five million when they invested. And from a run rate perspective, we're probably one 21 30 when Carlisle came in.”
Henry Schuck Sep 19, 2019 ▶ 5:36 1517 How $165M ARR DiscoverOrg Sales Operation Works
May 2, 2022 positive
Assertion Supported
DiscoverOrg received a $2B buyout offer four years after TA's investment
“So TA made this invest investment at two hundred and seventy five million dollars, and now we're four years into the future. This offers for 1.5 billion. We ended up taking an offer at two billion, which TA ended up selling a portion of what they owned and the…”
Henry Schuck May 2, 2022 ▶ 14:26 Henry Schuck turned down $40m for 70% when he was 24
May 2, 2022 neutral
Disclosure
TA Associates bought 50% of DiscoverOrg at a $275M valuation in 2014
“They built sort of the marketing material, started talking to private equity firms, and then we brought in our first institutional capital, a firm called TA Associates, who bought 50% of the business at a two hundred and seventy five million dollar valuation.”
Henry Schuck May 2, 2022 ▶ 11:42 Henry Schuck turned down $40m for 70% when he was 24
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