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Thibaut Clément

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Thibaud Clément is the co-founder and former CEO of Loomly, a social media marketing platform he grew to eight figures in annual run rate prior to its acquisition by ASG. He also founded Candyscovery, ran an advertising agency, and authored the book Se Lancer Sans Attendre.

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2 supported 0 partly supported 0 contradicted 8 not checkable as stated how the 10 claims stand · each chip opens the sources

1 prediction · 9 assertions · 1 insight · 4 disclosures · every statement was checked. The prediction and assertions are the 10 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 2 are resolved, and 8 name no date, number or outcome precise enough to check. Everything else (opinions, insights, what ifs, disclosures) can never be settled by the record, so it carries no assessment.

The record, in short

What the tape says about how Thibaut argues and how the claims held up. Everything they said, and everything said about them, is in the tabs below.

Their most notable supported claim

Assertion Supported
Clément: Loomly has raised slightly over $3M in equity
“A bit above three million dollars in equity.”
Thibaut Clément Feb 6, 2021 ▶ 13:00 How Loomly Hit 7k Customers, $4.2m SaaS Revenue Starting With An Agency

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

Insight
Clément: Founders should enter crowded spaces because competition proves market demand
“I'm actually on the team that says if it's crowded space, you should go because it means, you know, there is a, there is demand.”
Thibaut Clément Feb 6, 2021 ▶ 16:10 How Loomly Hit 7k Customers, $4.2m SaaS Revenue Starting With An Agency
Disclosure
Husband-and-wife co-founders maintain an exact 50/50 equity split
“Well, we are exactly on part. Fifty-fifty.”
Thibaut Clément Feb 6, 2021 ▶ 2:22 How Loomly Hit 7k Customers, $4.2m SaaS Revenue Starting With An Agency
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Loomly operates profitably while maintaining 100% year-over-year growth
“We're good on both fronts. We are good on growth. We are good on, on profits. So we have found like the right balance for us. The board is on board.”
Thibaut Clément Feb 6, 2021 ▶ 14:48 How Loomly Hit 7k Customers, $4.2m SaaS Revenue Starting With An Agency
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Clément: Loomly conservatively forecasts 100% annual growth and could exceed it
“You know, the hundred percent growth rate is, is our conservative you know, forecast. We feel like we can do better than data as we keep improving the product and then the KPI can also improve.”
Thibaut Clément Feb 6, 2021 ▶ 15:28 How Loomly Hit 7k Customers, $4.2m SaaS Revenue Starting With An Agency
Disclosure
Clément: Loomly's four-person board maintains uneven voting power
“It's not because there are, there's an even number that people that we have an even number of voices or votes.”
Thibaut Clément Feb 6, 2021 ▶ 2:56 How Loomly Hit 7k Customers, $4.2m SaaS Revenue Starting With An Agency
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Clément: Loomly customers pay an average of $50 per month
“50 bucks on average.”
Thibaut Clément Feb 6, 2021 ▶ 4:18 How Loomly Hit 7k Customers, $4.2m SaaS Revenue Starting With An Agency
Disclosure
Clément: Loomly was bootstrapped using marketing agency cash flow
“So I wrote the first line of code in August, 2015. And, you know, we only incorporated what is now Loomly in July, 2016. So during that entire time, we were kind of working by day on the agency. And then, you know, with whatever money we were making, we were k…”
Thibaut Clément Feb 6, 2021 ▶ 6:56 How Loomly Hit 7k Customers, $4.2m SaaS Revenue Starting With An Agency
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Loomly serves over 7,000 paying customers and is approaching 8,000
“Over 7000, actually going to 8000.”
Thibaut Clément Feb 6, 2021 ▶ 9:04 How Loomly Hit 7k Customers, $4.2m SaaS Revenue Starting With An Agency
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Clément: Loomly grew ARR 100% in 2020 to reach $4M to $5M
“We are between four and five, and last year, you know, I mean, we are already in twenty-twenty-one. So I would say end of twenty-nineteen, we were at around two million dollar in AR. So we grew a hundred percent in twenty-twenty.”
Thibaut Clément Feb 6, 2021 ▶ 10:38 How Loomly Hit 7k Customers, $4.2m SaaS Revenue Starting With An Agency
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Thibaut Clément: Loomly maintains an LTV to CAC ratio well above 3x
“We are well about the famous LTV over CAC ratio of three.”
Thibaut Clément Feb 6, 2021 ▶ 12:30 How Loomly Hit 7k Customers, $4.2m SaaS Revenue Starting With An Agency
Assertion Supported
Clément: Loomly has raised slightly over $3M in equity
“A bit above three million dollars in equity.”
Thibaut Clément Feb 6, 2021 ▶ 13:00 How Loomly Hit 7k Customers, $4.2m SaaS Revenue Starting With An Agency
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Loomly experiences monthly churn at the lower end of 3% to 7%
“It's on the lower end of the benchmark for which, you know, is between three and seven percent for reference. So we are on the lower end of that.”
Thibaut Clément Feb 6, 2021 ▶ 17:21 How Loomly Hit 7k Customers, $4.2m SaaS Revenue Starting With An Agency
Disclosure
Loomly reached $4M ARR with a team of just seven employees
“No, we are seven. There are, I kind of oversee the product, and there are three engineers with me, and then Noemi kind of oversees everything on the marketing side, and there are two customer success managers with her, and we are kind of, we are currently open…”
Thibaut Clément Feb 6, 2021 ▶ 7:53 How Loomly Hit 7k Customers, $4.2m SaaS Revenue Starting With An Agency
Assertion Supported
Clément: Loomly raised multiple rounds between 2016 and 2019 from identical investors
“No, it was a couple of rounds. And it was, you know, between 2016 and 2019 all with the same investors.”
Thibaut Clément Feb 6, 2021 ▶ 13:48 How Loomly Hit 7k Customers, $4.2m SaaS Revenue Starting With An Agency
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Loomly's highest-paying customer pays around $20,000 per year
“Something in the, like the range of 20,000 per year.”
Thibaut Clément Feb 6, 2021 ▶ 18:11 How Loomly Hit 7k Customers, $4.2m SaaS Revenue Starting With An Agency

Appearances (1)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
How Loomly Hit 7k Customers, $4.2m SaaS Revenue Starting With An Agency Feb 6, 2021 10m
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