2. SaaS Business Metrics Panel
2
Therese Tucker, CEO
Ron Kasner, CFO
Nick Mehta, CEO
Glenn Solomon, General Partner
Moderator
David Spitz, Managing Director
3. Traditional Perpetual License vs. SaaS
3
Traditional Perpetual
License Software
SaaS
o “One and Done”
o Revenues minus costs
essentially tell the story
o LTV and CAC
o Dollar Retention
o Land and Expand
VS. John
5. COMPANY METRIC METRIC FORMULA
Recurring
revenue
retention
rate
Retention
rate
(net dollar
retention
rate)
Annual
dollar
retention
rate
Recurring
dollar
retention
rate
Net churn
Note: Includes only customers with >$5k ACV and
annual / multi-year contracts
$ implied ACV
customers t-1 end
t end
$ implied ACV
customers t-1 end
t-1 end
Selected Public SaaS Company Churn Reporting Methodologies
5
Source: Company filings
COMPANY METRIC METRIC FORMULA
Subscription
revenue
retention
rate
Revenue
retention
rate
Renewal
rate
Annual
subscription
revenue
retention
rate
Dollar-based
net
expansion
rate
Note: Excludes commissions owed and customers with
sidekick-only subscriptions
$ sub revenue
customers q-4
q
$ sub revenue
customers q-4
q-4
( )Trailing 4
Qtr. Avg.
$ implied MRR
customers t-1 end
t end
$ implied MRR
customers t-1 end
t-1 end
$ recurring revenue
customers t-1
t
$ recurring revenue
customers t-1
t-1
# vehicles added
customers t beg
t
-
# vehiclescustomers t beg
t beg
# vehicles lost
customers t beg
t
)(
$ recurring rev
customers t-1 end
t
$ recurring rev
customers t-1 end
t-1
$ ACV non-renewing
$ ACV expiring
100% -
t
t
$ annualized sub revenue
customers t-1 end
t end
$ annualized sub revenuet-1 end
customers t-1 end
$ agg. MRR
customers t-1 end
t end
$ agg. MRR
customers t-1 end
t-1 end
$ contracted MRR
customers m beg
m end
( )Wtd
Avg. $ contracted MRR
customers m beg
m beg
* 12
Note: Excludes MRR of customers on starter plan
6. LTV vs. CAC
6
LTV CAC
?
ARR Gross Margin
Churn
$ Cost to Acquire
a Customer
7. CAC on New Customers vs. Upsells vs. Renewals
7
“How much do you spend on a fully-loaded sales & marketing cost basis
to acquire $1 of ACV from a customer?”
Source: 2014 Pacific Crest Private SaaS Company Survey
Note: Survey responses as of June / July 2014
Respondents: New ACV from New Customer: 159, Upsell to Existing Customer: 151, Renewals: 153
$0.60
$0.10 $0.06
$1.44
$0.46
$0.26
$1.07
$0.18
$0.12
$0.00
$0.25
$0.50
$0.75
$1.00
$1.25
$1.50
New ACV from New
Customer
Upsell to Existing
Customer
Renewals
75th percentile
25th percentile
Median
11. SaaS Business Metrics Panel
11
Therese Tucker, CEO
Ron Kasner, CFO
Nick Mehta, CEO
Glenn Solomon, General Partner
Moderator
David Spitz, Managing Director
12. Case Study: XYZ Corp.
12
Year 1 Year 2
Attractive Subscription
Revenue Growth
$54M $72M
(+33% growth)
Excellent Gross
Margins
76% 80%
Reasonable Monthly
Churn
1.3% 1.4%
Positive Trends in
Customer Count and
Average ACV
1,000
$50K 1,450
$55K
Sales & Marketing
Expense Ratios
Mirroring Many High
Growth Companies
63%
of revenues 83%
of revenues
Question: How attractive is this?