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Jose Caldera

Founder & CEO, Yanez Compliance · 1 appearance on the record.

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Jose Caldera is the founder and CEO of Yanez Compliance. Previously, he co-founded IdentityMind Global and served as Chief Product Officer at Acuant following its acquisition of IdentityMind.

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Acuant generates 60% to 70% of total revenue from SaaS
“Oh, it's mostly SAS. I would say, you know, somewhere around 60, 70% is SAS business.”
Jose Caldera Feb 10, 2021 ▶ 3:34 Why Acuant Sold to Private Equity, New CEO Vision for Identity Space Targets 50% yoy Growth
Disclosure
Acuant contracts range from $10,000 for startups to multi-million dollars
“A small fintech, for example, could go from, I don't know 10 to 15,000 dollars a year, right? And a large enterprise could be multi-million dollars.”
Jose Caldera Feb 10, 2021 ▶ 4:05 Why Acuant Sold to Private Equity, New CEO Vision for Identity Space Targets 50% yoy Growth
Disclosure
Acuant charges $1 to $3 per user for identity validation
“Depending on the sort of the tolerance of risk of the use case, we probably are talking about, you know, somewhere between a dollar per user to, if you go all the way to transaction monitoring and so forth over time, you're probably talking about two and a hal…”
Jose Caldera Feb 10, 2021 ▶ 5:02 Why Acuant Sold to Private Equity, New CEO Vision for Identity Space Targets 50% yoy Growth
Disclosure
Acuant targets 40% to 50% year-over-year revenue growth
“Percentage wise, I think we're looking somewhere between 40 and 50.”
Jose Caldera Feb 10, 2021 ▶ 18:12 Why Acuant Sold to Private Equity, New CEO Vision for Identity Space Targets 50% yoy Growth
Disclosure
OEM partnerships drive a substantial portion of Acuant's revenue
“And we're talking very large partners that take an OEM, our technology, and then they sell it all over the world. And that is a very substantial part of our business in terms of how we sell through, through partners.”
Jose Caldera Feb 10, 2021 ▶ 6:22 Why Acuant Sold to Private Equity, New CEO Vision for Identity Space Targets 50% yoy Growth
Disclosure
Acuant sells AML directly but routes document verification through OEMs
“So in general, for example, if we're talking anti-money laundering, transaction monitoring, prior anti-money laundering, we usually go direct. And, but if we are selling our document verification and biometrics and I can detail identities concepts, those are b…”
Jose Caldera Feb 10, 2021 ▶ 6:48 Why Acuant Sold to Private Equity, New CEO Vision for Identity Space Targets 50% yoy Growth
Disclosure
Acuant employs approximately 180 total people
“About a one, 180.”
Jose Caldera Feb 10, 2021 ▶ 10:59 Why Acuant Sold to Private Equity, New CEO Vision for Identity Space Targets 50% yoy Growth
Disclosure
Two-thirds of Acuant's sales force carry a direct quota
“Two thirds of our sales force probably carry a quota.”
Jose Caldera Feb 10, 2021 ▶ 11:35 Why Acuant Sold to Private Equity, New CEO Vision for Identity Space Targets 50% yoy Growth
Disclosure
Acuant employs a sales force of approximately 40 people
“Probably about 40 people.”
Jose Caldera Feb 10, 2021 ▶ 11:40 Why Acuant Sold to Private Equity, New CEO Vision for Identity Space Targets 50% yoy Growth

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EpisodeDateSpeaking time
Why Acuant Sold to Private Equity, New CEO Vision for Identity Space Targets 50% yoy Growt Feb 10, 2021 10m
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