Marcato Was Profitable With $2M ARR and 14 Employees When Sold
Darren Gallup · How Cyber SaaS Hit $2m ARR and 190 Customers So Fast · Aug 10, 2023 · at 7:05
Carbide CEO Darren Gallup details the profitability, team headcount, and customer base of Marcato prior to its sale.
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“Yeah, it was a profitable company at two, at a little over two million dollars in an ARR. A small team, like there's 14 people. We had like 300 events around the world that use some form of the platform and we sold that in 2018.”
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