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Ramsey: Sauce Labs contract customers average $50k in ARR

Charles Ramsey · EP 612: Sauce Labs Raises $130M (At Great Valuation!) Helping 3500 Customers Execute Concurrent and Parallel High Fidelity Testing with CEO Charles Ramsey · Mar 28, 2017 · at 15:19

Sauce Labs CEO Charles Ramsey explains the average revenue generated from enterprise contract customers.

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“The 500 customers are the folks that I'm talking about that have an AR of, you know, 50 K.”

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Sauce Labs' 500 contract customers have an average annual recurring revenue (ARR) of approximately $50,000.

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Assertion Not checkable as stated

Ramsey: Sauce Labs generates ARR in the neighborhood of $30M+

“Well, that, that neighborhood, yes.”

Charles Ramsey Mar 28, 2017 ▶ 16:41 EP 612: Sauce Labs Raises $130M (At Great Valuation!) Helping 3500 Customers Execute Concurrent and Parallel High Fidelity Testing with CEO Charles Ramsey

Disclosure

Ramsey: Sauce Labs reached a $152M post-money valuation in funding round

“Well, our valuation was one 52.”

Charles Ramsey Mar 28, 2017 ▶ 16:58 EP 612: Sauce Labs Raises $130M (At Great Valuation!) Helping 3500 Customers Execute Concurrent and Parallel High Fidelity Testing with CEO Charles Ramsey

Disclosure

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Charles Ramsey Mar 28, 2017 ▶ 3:17 EP 612: Sauce Labs Raises $130M (At Great Valuation!) Helping 3500 Customers Execute Concurrent and Parallel High Fidelity Testing with CEO Charles Ramsey

Assertion Contradicted

Sauce Labs has raised over $130M in total funding

“One 30 something. Yeah, one 30 plus.”

Charles Ramsey Mar 28, 2017 ▶ 3:45 EP 612: Sauce Labs Raises $130M (At Great Valuation!) Helping 3500 Customers Execute Concurrent and Parallel High Fidelity Testing with CEO Charles Ramsey

Assertion Not checkable as stated

Ramsey: Sauce Labs has 3,500 customers, including 500 on annual contracts

“We have 3500 customers. 3000 of that are self-serve. 500 plus are contract, which means they're on a 12 month contract with us.”

Charles Ramsey Mar 28, 2017 ▶ 13:21 EP 612: Sauce Labs Raises $130M (At Great Valuation!) Helping 3500 Customers Execute Concurrent and Parallel High Fidelity Testing with CEO Charles Ramsey

Assertion Not checkable as stated

Ramsey: Sauce Labs kept annualized ARR churn below 10% for most of the year

“And the goal is to be sub 10%, and we were sub 10% most of the year.”

Charles Ramsey Mar 28, 2017 ▶ 19:21 EP 612: Sauce Labs Raises $130M (At Great Valuation!) Helping 3500 Customers Execute Concurrent and Parallel High Fidelity Testing with CEO Charles Ramsey

Ramsey: Sauce Labs contract customers average $50k in ARR

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