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Yuval Ben Itzhak

General Partner, Evolution Equity Partners · 1 appearance on the record.

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Yuval Ben-Itzhak is a cybersecurity and enterprise software investor who previously co-founded KaVaDo, where he invented the Web Application Firewall. He served as CTO of AVG Technologies and Outbrain, and was CEO of Socialbakers until its acquisition in 2020.

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6 assertions · every statement was checked. The predictions and assertions are the 6 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 1 is resolved, and 5 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.

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What the tape says about how Yuval 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
Socialbakers raised $34M across three rounds
“Overall, the company raised thirty four million in three rounds.”
Yuval Ben Itzhak Mar 15, 2018 ▶ 4:17 964 How SocialBakers Went From $27m to $35m in ARR Over Last 12 Months

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

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Socialbakers hits mid-$30M ARR at 25% YoY growth with positive EBITDA
“We are in the range of the mid-thirty in terms of ARR, mid-thirty million in ARR, going at about 25% year over year, and even leaving some EBITDA, so it's very healthy.”
Yuval Ben Itzhak Mar 15, 2018 ▶ 3:42 964 How SocialBakers Went From $27m to $35m in ARR Over Last 12 Months
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Socialbakers averages $1,500 to $1,600 MRR per customer
“We're seeing about 1516 hundred MRR from customers. Large brands of the world go to six and seven digits, but if we look average, that's where the average lands.”
Yuval Ben Itzhak Mar 15, 2018 ▶ 2:47 964 How SocialBakers Went From $27m to $35m in ARR Over Last 12 Months
Assertion Supported
Socialbakers raised $34M across three rounds
“Overall, the company raised thirty four million in three rounds.”
Yuval Ben Itzhak Mar 15, 2018 ▶ 4:17 964 How SocialBakers Went From $27m to $35m in ARR Over Last 12 Months
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Socialbakers has about 2,700 global customers
“We are about 2700 customers around the world.”
Yuval Ben Itzhak Mar 15, 2018 ▶ 5:45 964 How SocialBakers Went From $27m to $35m in ARR Over Last 12 Months
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Socialbakers operates at 90% gross and 120% net revenue retention
“No, that's a revenue retention. It's around 90, and we are net retention of was the 120.”
Yuval Ben Itzhak Mar 15, 2018 ▶ 10:38 964 How SocialBakers Went From $27m to $35m in ARR Over Last 12 Months
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Ben Itzhak: Socialbakers' LTV reaches tens of thousands in enterprise
“So if I'm trying to look on the different side, like in the enterprise market, you see them in the tens of thousands of dollars lifetime value on average and the SMB will see them in the in the low tens of thousands of dollars.”
Yuval Ben Itzhak Mar 15, 2018 ▶ 11:46 964 How SocialBakers Went From $27m to $35m in ARR Over Last 12 Months

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Appearances (1)

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964 How SocialBakers Went From $27m to $35m in ARR Over Last 12 Months Mar 15, 2018 7m
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