Louis Têtu, CEO of AI search platform Coveo, is asked by Nathan Latka whether Coveo will reach $100M ARR.
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Têtu: Coveo averaged 158% 24-month net revenue retention over six years
“And net, net overall this is a number we've published, because that's the actual measurement we're at about, net of that churn, we're at about 158% over 24 a month on average for the past six years.”
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Têtu: SaaS LTV modeling beyond five years hits a mathematical plateau
“When you do what's called an NPV, a net present value, if you type that in with that type of IRR, what you'll realize is that looking way, looking beyond five, six, seven, actually beyond eight years out, it's plateau. It's a plateau basically, because if you …”
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Têtu: Coveo average contract value is around $200k ARR
“More around 200,000 ACV annual recurring revenue for the software.”
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Têtu: Coveo has slightly over 1,000 customer installations
“We have about a thousand installations, a little more than a thousand actually mostly in the high tech sector, financial services, and manufacturing.”
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Têtu: Coveo recently raised $125M from a Palo Alto investor
“We recently raised an additional one hundred and twenty five million from a large Palo Alto investor.”
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Têtu: Coveo powers Salesforce AppExchange and embeds in Adobe Photoshop
“We power the AppExchange you know, at Salesforce, and you know we're embedded within Adobe Photoshop, and you know, we power a lot of the self-service sites of a lot of the software companies.”