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Aleman: Servoy is on track for $30M ARR, targeting $40M next year

Jan Aleman · 1586 How He Built a $30M ARR Company With Just $1M Raised in PaaS Space · Nov 27, 2019 · at 15:33

Jan Aleman, founder of Servoy, discusses revenue milestones and plans to grow to $40M ARR on cash flow before raising outside funding.

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“Well, so this year we're going to do a 30, so for next year, if we, we're happy if we're going to hit 40 with our existing cash flow without external funding, and then we believe we're ready to make the next step.”

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