Buchanan: CalReply had $1.5M to $2M in SaaS revenue at acquisition
Bruce Buchanan · 1047 Rokt CEO: Why We Acquired CalReply for $15m on $1-2m in ARR · Jun 6, 2018 · at 6:02
Rokt CEO Bruce Buchanan explains the financial profile of CalReply when Rokt acquired it.
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“Revenues, revenues of one and a half to two million sort of range on, on a SAS basis.”
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