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Marcelo Pugliasi

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
129 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1259 Brazilian SaaS Raising $5m on $20m Pre, $9m in ARR, 20% yoy Growth

Oh, yeah.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1259 Brazilian SaaS Raising $5m on $20m Pre, $9m in ARR, 20% yoy Growth

We're trying to make 3.5 times our revenue.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1259 Brazilian SaaS Raising $5m on $20m Pre, $9m in ARR, 20% yoy Growth

So it's about $75 million.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1259 Brazilian SaaS Raising $5m on $20m Pre, $9m in ARR, 20% yoy Growth

Sorry, $75 million.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1259 Brazilian SaaS Raising $5m on $20m Pre, $9m in ARR, 20% yoy Growth

In dollar, I think it's $20 million.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1259 Brazilian SaaS Raising $5m on $20m Pre, $9m in ARR, 20% yoy Growth

Yeah, that's right.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1259 Brazilian SaaS Raising $5m on $20m Pre, $9m in ARR, 20% yoy Growth

I think at this moment we are in an unusual position because in Brazil we have lots of VCs and early stage money and we don't have more funds specific to growth money or to later stages.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1259 Brazilian SaaS Raising $5m on $20m Pre, $9m in ARR, 20% yoy Growth

So we are actually talking to some funds in the US because we are kind of cheap and they have more track record working with companies that are not in the early stages.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1259 Brazilian SaaS Raising $5m on $20m Pre, $9m in ARR, 20% yoy Growth

and we are also speaking with very few people here in Brazil that can handle a company with our profile.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1259 Brazilian SaaS Raising $5m on $20m Pre, $9m in ARR, 20% yoy Growth

And actually we found out that here in Brazil we had to do private equity, but we are still small for them, you know?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1259 Brazilian SaaS Raising $5m on $20m Pre, $9m in ARR, 20% yoy Growth

So we are in an unusual spot that we are not big and not small anymore, you know?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1259 Brazilian SaaS Raising $5m on $20m Pre, $9m in ARR, 20% yoy Growth

That's it.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1259 Brazilian SaaS Raising $5m on $20m Pre, $9m in ARR, 20% yoy Growth

Uh, we, we, uh, improved our sales in 20%, 20, 22%.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1259 Brazilian SaaS Raising $5m on $20m Pre, $9m in ARR, 20% yoy Growth

And I think, uh, we are, we will have the same rate this year between 20 and 25%.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1259 Brazilian SaaS Raising $5m on $20m Pre, $9m in ARR, 20% yoy Growth

Uh, uh,

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1259 Brazilian SaaS Raising $5m on $20m Pre, $9m in ARR, 20% yoy Growth

Of course, as an entrepreneur, I see room to improve our sales, but it's not a bad rate.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1259 Brazilian SaaS Raising $5m on $20m Pre, $9m in ARR, 20% yoy Growth

For a company of our size, it's not a bad rate.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1259 Brazilian SaaS Raising $5m on $20m Pre, $9m in ARR, 20% yoy Growth

Yeah, that's right.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1259 Brazilian SaaS Raising $5m on $20m Pre, $9m in ARR, 20% yoy Growth

At this very moment, I think our challenge is to have money, to improve our sales and marketing teams, and to also improve our products.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1259 Brazilian SaaS Raising $5m on $20m Pre, $9m in ARR, 20% yoy Growth

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