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record can support or contradict it. opinions and what-ifs never can, and 0 checkable
ones are still open, waiting for their date. predictions held up or didn't;
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Assertion Not publicly verifiable
Coupa's ACV grew for 34 straight quarters, reaching millions in enterprise
“Well, that's gone up virtually every quarter now for 34 quarters in the mid-market, it's anywhere from, you know, 50,000 to maybe 200,000 or so dollars a year, so annual subscription. And in the enterprise, it's hundreds of thousands, in many cases, a couple o…”
Assertion Supported
Coupa priced its IPO at a unicorn valuation, avoiding a down round
“No, no, no. That's not our good either. We were somewhere in that same neighborhood. It was just like roughly unicorn kind of thing. And we entered in at the same place and then it went up to I don't know, 1.7 billion or something. And it's, so it's been aroun…”
Assertion Supported
Coupa expanded margins for 34 consecutive quarters and achieved cash flow positivity
“So we've expanded our margins for virtually every quarter for 34 quarters, both scripture margin, gross margin. And we've been now cash flow positive for the last trailing 12 months.”
Assertion Supported
Coupa achieves 95% gross and 110% net revenue retention
“So our revenue retention is been roughly around 95% for years. And with add on business, which we're not focused on at all, it's nearly about a 110%.”
Assertion Partly supported
Coupa's gross margins expanded from 30% to nearly 70%
“We didn't know that gross margins have carefully expanded also for about 34. I mean, they were at a 30% now, you know, we're touching 70%. Subscription is 90 something. So we don't have an issue there.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Coupa shrank from 19 to 6 employees during its 2009 turnaround
“No, actually one gentleman from Oracle left, started the company. They got it to about 19 people. And that's why I said to you, January or nine, that's why I came in. Remember that was a very tough time. I've taken the company down a lot. And three months late…”
Assertion Partly supported
Bernshteyn: Coupa raised $180M pre-IPO and holds a couple hundred million in cash
“We've raised the total of, I think now I think about a 180, and then we did an IPO. So after the IPO was about 75, we did a secondary. So a few hundred million, and you know, we've got a couple hundred million in the bank right now, too.”