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Ryan Urban

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
730 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Wunderkind Raising $100m+ at $1b+ Valuation As They Eye IPO Market in 2023

Yeah.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Wunderkind Raising $100m+ at $1b+ Valuation As They Eye IPO Market in 2023

I mean, our one that can advertise has only been around for five years.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Wunderkind Raising $100m+ at $1b+ Valuation As They Eye IPO Market in 2023

So our SaaS business has been around for nine.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Wunderkind Raising $100m+ at $1b+ Valuation As They Eye IPO Market in 2023

So it's different.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Wunderkind Raising $100m+ at $1b+ Valuation As They Eye IPO Market in 2023

And one works with publishers.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Wunderkind Raising $100m+ at $1b+ Valuation As They Eye IPO Market in 2023

One works with commerce companies.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Wunderkind Raising $100m+ at $1b+ Valuation As They Eye IPO Market in 2023

But we're connecting the two.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Wunderkind Raising $100m+ at $1b+ Valuation As They Eye IPO Market in 2023

We're connected to because Facebook and Instagram are really well, but they're getting really expensive.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Wunderkind Raising $100m+ at $1b+ Valuation As They Eye IPO Market in 2023

And we're and I every commerce company world will love ads that work in addition to Facebook and Instagram.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Wunderkind Raising $100m+ at $1b+ Valuation As They Eye IPO Market in 2023

So we're we're taking that power and we're we're building into the rest of the Internet.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Wunderkind Raising $100m+ at $1b+ Valuation As They Eye IPO Market in 2023

So we're and I think we have advertising that's even better than Facebook advertising.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Wunderkind Raising $100m+ at $1b+ Valuation As They Eye IPO Market in 2023

So we're that's that's we're unleashing everywhere next year.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Wunderkind Raising $100m+ at $1b+ Valuation As They Eye IPO Market in 2023

So.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Wunderkind Raising $100m+ at $1b+ Valuation As They Eye IPO Market in 2023

Actually, I mean, the first four years, I funded it myself at the beginning and the co-founders.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Wunderkind Raising $100m+ at $1b+ Valuation As They Eye IPO Market in 2023

So the C was fully funded by us.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Wunderkind Raising $100m+ at $1b+ Valuation As They Eye IPO Market in 2023

And then we took a very small $1.5 million venture round in 2013 after we had a million ARR.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Wunderkind Raising $100m+ at $1b+ Valuation As They Eye IPO Market in 2023

So we went the first five years on very, very little venture money.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Wunderkind Raising $100m+ at $1b+ Valuation As They Eye IPO Market in 2023

And some of that $75 million, it's a combination of equity and debt.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Wunderkind Raising $100m+ at $1b+ Valuation As They Eye IPO Market in 2023

So actually, we put very little equity into the business.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Wunderkind Raising $100m+ at $1b+ Valuation As They Eye IPO Market in 2023

Say it's about half and half.