Anant Kale

Co-Founder and CEO, AppZen · 1 appearance on the record.

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Anant Kale co-founded AppZen in 2012 to automate enterprise back-office finance operations, expense auditing, and accounts payable using artificial intelligence. Prior to founding AppZen, he spent over a decade in enterprise software, serving as Vice President of Applications at Fujitsu America.

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Everything Anant Kale said on Top Founders that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →

Opinion
Kale: Co-founder equity splits should never be 50/50 in business
“So it's, I don't think it's ever 50 50 in, in any kind of business.”
Anant Kale Jul 28, 2016 ▶ 14:03 EP 369: 22 Customers Pay $50K/Year SaaS AppZen.com with Anant Kale
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Kale: AppZen grew revenue twelvefold in 11 months
“So we grew about you know, 12 times in the last 11 months or so.”
Anant Kale Jul 28, 2016 ▶ 3:58 EP 369: 22 Customers Pay $50K/Year SaaS AppZen.com with Anant Kale
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Kale: AppZen's average annual prepaid contract is $50,000
“Yes, so our average contracts that we sign these are all annual prepaid contracts, and the average size is around 50,000 dollars.”
Anant Kale Jul 28, 2016 ▶ 4:58 EP 369: 22 Customers Pay $50K/Year SaaS AppZen.com with Anant Kale
Disclosure
Kale: AppZen has raised $3 million in total funding
“But we have raised a total of about three million dollars so far.”
Anant Kale Jul 28, 2016 ▶ 5:43 EP 369: 22 Customers Pay $50K/Year SaaS AppZen.com with Anant Kale
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Kale: AppZen has experienced zero customer churn to date
“We haven't had any churn so far, which is great.”
Anant Kale Jul 28, 2016 ▶ 6:56 EP 369: 22 Customers Pay $50K/Year SaaS AppZen.com with Anant Kale
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Kale: AppZen's fully loaded CAC is under $18,000
“So, so far the CAC has been a little less than 18,000 dollars.”
Anant Kale Jul 28, 2016 ▶ 7:53 EP 369: 22 Customers Pay $50K/Year SaaS AppZen.com with Anant Kale
Disclosure
Kale: AppZen's $2M round was valued close to $10M pre-money
“Very, very close.”
Anant Kale Jul 28, 2016 ▶ 10:01 EP 369: 22 Customers Pay $50K/Year SaaS AppZen.com with Anant Kale
Disclosure
Kale: AppZen Targets Enterprises with at Least 500 Employees
“We sell this product to enterprises, mid and large companies, at least companies with 500 employees or more.”
Anant Kale Jul 28, 2016 ▶ 3:05 EP 369: 22 Customers Pay $50K/Year SaaS AppZen.com with Anant Kale
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Kale: Pre-AppZen salary at Fujitsu was close to $200,000
“Yeah, it was in a 200,000 or close to that, right?”
Anant Kale Jul 28, 2016 ▶ 14:36 EP 369: 22 Customers Pay $50K/Year SaaS AppZen.com with Anant Kale

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Appearances (1)

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EP 369: 22 Customers Pay $50K/Year SaaS AppZen.com with Anant Kale Jul 28, 2016 10m
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