Adam Compain

General Partner, ASC Venture Capital · 2 appearances on the record.

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Adam Compain was the founder and CEO of ClearMetal, a predictive supply chain visibility platform that was acquired by project44 in 2021. He currently serves as a General Partner at ASC Venture Capital, investing in early-stage startups across supply chain, logistics, commerce, and infrastructure technology.

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Their most notable supported claim

Assertion Supported
Compain: ClearMetal pivoted from logistics providers to enterprise shipper brands
“We started selling our software to the logistics providers themselves prior to us evolving the business to sell to The brands and suppliers whose goods are being carried by those logistics providers.”
Adam Compain Jul 31, 2020 ▶ 13:13 Big brands, manufacturers with raw material (oil plastic) where going factory to warehouse.

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Insight
Compain: SaaS Series B rounds typically require $5M-$12M ARR
“I mean, I'd say companies are on Silicon Valley and SAS. We're seeing anywhere between You know, five to twelve million of ARR annual recurring revenues per year is typically that striking point of a series B, which would be, you know, 20 to forty million of a…”
Adam Compain Jul 31, 2020 ▶ 16:02 Big brands, manufacturers with raw material (oil plastic) where going factory to warehouse.
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Compain: ClearMetal is growing roughly 4x year-over-year
“We're, I mean, we're looking at probably four X year over year.”
Adam Compain Jul 31, 2020 ▶ 19:22 Big brands, manufacturers with raw material (oil plastic) where going factory to warehouse.
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Compain: ClearMetal has had zero customer churn to date
“We have not to date had a customer churn after subscribing to our software.”
Adam Compain Jul 31, 2020 ▶ 21:47 Big brands, manufacturers with raw material (oil plastic) where going factory to warehouse.
Disclosure
Compain: ClearMetal contracts range from mid six figures to low seven figures
“Typically we're looking at, I'd say low to often mid six figures and then you know, low seven figures per year.”
Adam Compain Jul 31, 2020 ▶ 3:52 Big brands, manufacturers with raw material (oil plastic) where going factory to warehouse.
Disclosure
Compain: ClearMetal contract fees are 50% to 60% fixed platform fees
“I mean, typically, you know, we're talking probably call it 50, 60% of the fee would be a fixed. And the variable component is often a lesser component of that.”
Adam Compain Jul 31, 2020 ▶ 6:57 Big brands, manufacturers with raw material (oil plastic) where going factory to warehouse.
Disclosure
Compain: ClearMetal raised about $25M across three funding rounds
“We've now gone through three rounds of capital with a total investment of around twenty five million or so.”
Adam Compain Jul 31, 2020 ▶ 9:26 Big brands, manufacturers with raw material (oil plastic) where going factory to warehouse.
Disclosure
Compain: ClearMetal sales reps carry $1M to $2M annual ARR quotas
“Yeah, I think, you know, typical for our kind of stage and size SaaS, you know, as we move forward, you know, reps carry anywhere between a million or two million per year.”
Adam Compain Jul 31, 2020 ▶ 12:09 Big brands, manufacturers with raw material (oil plastic) where going factory to warehouse.
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Compain: ClearMetal works with 25% of Gartner's top supply chains
“Not only did Gartner name us a cool vendor and AI supply chain, But a quarter of all those top supply chains have actually engaged us for further help on digitizing their supply chain.”
Adam Compain Jul 31, 2020 ▶ 15:14 Big brands, manufacturers with raw material (oil plastic) where going factory to warehouse.
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Compain: ClearMetal converts 85% of phase-one trials to subscriptions
“80% of folks that we engage with in a phase one deployment, actually 85%, convert to full subscription contracts in the event that we have to do trials.”
Adam Compain Jul 31, 2020 ▶ 21:35 Big brands, manufacturers with raw material (oil plastic) where going factory to warehouse.
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Compain: ClearMetal sees about 30% expansion in existing accounts
“I'd say generally the easy number, it looks like about 30% growth in existing accounts.”
Adam Compain Jul 31, 2020 ▶ 22:43 Big brands, manufacturers with raw material (oil plastic) where going factory to warehouse.
Disclosure
Compain: ClearMetal serves fewer than 100 enterprise customers
“So less than a hundred customers because it's high price big enterprise sales to some of the largest companies in the world.”
Adam Compain Feb 8, 2019 ▶ 6:11 1294 Predictive Supply Chain Company Closes 7 Figure Deals, $12m Raised
Assertion Not checkable as stated
ClearMetal customers sign three-year enterprise contracts without cancellation clauses
“So we, you know, honestly, our customers are all signing up for three year contracts without any outs.”
Adam Compain Feb 8, 2019 ▶ 10:59 1294 Predictive Supply Chain Company Closes 7 Figure Deals, $12m Raised
Assertion Not checkable as stated
ClearMetal has closed seven-figure TCV customer contracts
“We do have total total contract value that is in the seven figures. Yes.”
Adam Compain Feb 8, 2019 ▶ 15:10 1294 Predictive Supply Chain Company Closes 7 Figure Deals, $12m Raised
Disclosure
ClearMetal plans to raise a Series B round by mid-2019
“We did a series A about a year ago, and we would love to do a series B probably early to mid-two 1019. So we're, I think, nicely along that trajectory.”
Adam Compain Feb 8, 2019 ▶ 15:33 1294 Predictive Supply Chain Company Closes 7 Figure Deals, $12m Raised
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Compain: ClearMetal collected paying contract revenue in its first year
“We were under a commercial contract with first dollars collected within the first year we wrote code.”
Adam Compain Jul 31, 2020 ▶ 9:03 Big brands, manufacturers with raw material (oil plastic) where going factory to warehouse.
Disclosure
Compain: ClearMetal has 5 to 10 quota-carrying sales reps
“We've got today between five and 10, and we're hiring actively right now.”
Adam Compain Jul 31, 2020 ▶ 11:58 Big brands, manufacturers with raw material (oil plastic) where going factory to warehouse.
Assertion Supported
Compain: ClearMetal pivoted from logistics providers to enterprise shipper brands
“We started selling our software to the logistics providers themselves prior to us evolving the business to sell to The brands and suppliers whose goods are being carried by those logistics providers.”
Adam Compain Jul 31, 2020 ▶ 13:13 Big brands, manufacturers with raw material (oil plastic) where going factory to warehouse.
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Compain: ClearMetal headcount is 40 to 50 employees and hiring aggressively
“We have a team of you know, call it 40, approaching 50, and are hiring aggressively.”
Adam Compain Jul 31, 2020 ▶ 20:56 Big brands, manufacturers with raw material (oil plastic) where going factory to warehouse.
Disclosure
ClearMetal charges roughly $10 per container with volume discounts
“So this could be anywhere from call it 10 dollars per container. And then, you know, discounts for volume. That's typically what we're looking at.”
Adam Compain Feb 8, 2019 ▶ 3:21 1294 Predictive Supply Chain Company Closes 7 Figure Deals, $12m Raised
Disclosure
Compain: ClearMetal operates with a team of about 30 people
“Ah, so we've got about 30 people today. We're a post series A company.”
Adam Compain Feb 8, 2019 ▶ 7:15 1294 Predictive Supply Chain Company Closes 7 Figure Deals, $12m Raised

Appearances (2)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
Big brands, manufacturers with raw material (oil plastic) where going factory to warehouse Jul 31, 2020 13m
1294 Predictive Supply Chain Company Closes 7 Figure Deals, $12m Raised Feb 8, 2019 9m
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