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Bendov: Gong will not reach $100M run rate this year

Amit Bendov · Look Back: Is Gong looking to IPO? · Mar 22, 2022 · at 15:55

Amit Bendov, CEO of revenue intelligence platform Gong, responds to Nathan Latka asking if Gong will hit a $100 million ARR run rate within the current calendar year.

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“No, no, no. We're not we're not going to get to a hundred million. We're not.”

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The claim, plainly

Gong will not reach a $100 million ARR run rate in the current year.

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Assessment

On March 22, 2022, then-CEO Amit Bendov asserted that Gong would not reach a $100 million ARR run rate during 2022. Multiple independent SaaS financial trackers and market reports contradict this claim, establishing that Gong had either already reached or significantly surpassed the $100 million ARR milestone during 2022. The GetLatka database tracked Gong's ARR at approximately $100 million by mid-2021, ending 2021 at $120 million and 2022 at $178 million. Sacra estimated Gong's 2022 year-end ARR at $232 million. Additionally, Tech12 reported in September 2022 that Gong had attained 'Centaur' status by surpassing $100 million ARR.

GetLatka SaaS Financial Database reported Gong's ARR at $120M in 2021 and $178M in 2022, noting a ~$100M run rate as early as May/June 2021.
Sacra Private Company Research estimated Gong reached $232M ARR by the end of calendar year 2022.
Tech12/VC Cafe Israeli Centaurs report published September 22, 2022, confirmed Gong had reached the $100M ARR milestone by September 2022.

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[1] getlatka.com [2] getlatka.com [3] youtube.com [4] amazonaws.com [5] sacra.com [6] sacra.com [7] vccafe.com [8] vccafe.com

"Gong" "triple-digit YoY ARR growth in Q2 of this year" 2022 "Gong" Series E "$100 million ARR" OR "$100M ARR" "Gong.io" OR "Gong" ARR 2022 OR 2021 "100M" OR "100 million" "Gong" ARR reached 100M 2021 OR 2022 "Gong" "100 million" ARR OR "100M ARR" OR "100 million in ARR" "Gong" "100 million" ARR 2021 OR 2022 "Bessemer" OR "Tech12" "Gong" annual recurring revenue 2022 "100"

assessed as of 2026-09-02

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