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Nutanix was generating $10 million per quarter when Aron departed

Mohit Aran · Inventor of Hyper-Convergence Sitting On $150m+ Valuation and $77m Raised with Mohit Aron of Cohesity EP 199 · Mar 9, 2016 · at 12:44

Mohit Aran, co-founder of Nutanix and founder of Cohesity, shares revenue figures from Nutanix around the time he left the company in early 2013.

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“Yeah, we were, I think we were doing approximately ten million a quarter by then.”

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The claim, plainly

Nutanix was generating approximately $10 million in revenue per quarter when Mohit Aran departed the company.

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Assessment

Mohit Aron departed Nutanix in early 2013 (around April 2013). According to Nutanix's Form S-1 SEC registration filings, Nutanix generated $30.53 million in total revenue for Fiscal Year 2013 (ended July 31, 2013), up from $6.59 million in FY 2012, before growing to $127.13 million in FY 2014. Across FY 2013, average quarterly revenue was approximately $7.63 million, with revenue scaling quarter-over-quarter toward an exit run-rate of $8 million to $10+ million per quarter by late FY 2013. Aron's approximate estimate of 'ten million a quarter' aligns accurately with Nutanix's audited historical financial trajectory around his departure.

Nutanix Form S-1 SEC filings report FY 2012 annual revenue of $6.59 million, FY 2013 annual revenue of $30.53 million, and FY 2014 annual revenue of $127.13 million.
Mohit Aron departed Nutanix in approximately April 2013 (Q3/Q4 of FY 2013), when quarterly revenue was scaling into the ~$8M to $10M+ range.

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[1] quora.com [2] sequoiacap.com [3] wikipedia.org [4] sec.gov [5] sec.gov [6] storagenewsletter.com [7] stockanalysis.com [8] nutanix.com

Nutanix Form S-1 SEC revenue fiscal 2013 quarterly OR "July 31, 2013" OR "January 31, 2013" "Mohit Aron" left Nutanix "January 2013" OR "February 2013" OR "March 2013" OR "April 2013" OR "May 2013" OR "June 2013" "Nutanix" "S-1" quarterly revenue 2013 "Mohit Aron" OR "Mohit Aran" "Mohit Aron" Nutanix "2013" founded Cohesity "June 2013" OR "January 2013" OR "early 2013" "30,533" Nutanix "October 31" OR "January 31" OR "April 30" OR "July 31" Nutanix S-1 filing revenue quarterly data 2012 2013

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