Zuora

Zuora is an enterprise software company that creates and provides software for businesses to launch and manage their subscription-based services. Zuora’s applications are designed to automate recurring billing, collections, quoting, revenue recognition, and subscription metrics.[3][4][5] Tien Tzuo, a founder of the company, has served as its CEO since 2007.[4]

Zuora, Inc.
Public
Traded asNYSE: ZUO (Class A)
Russell 2000 Index component
IndustryEnterprise software
Founded2007
FoundersK.V. Rao
Cheng Zou
Tien Tzuo
HeadquartersRedwood Shores, California
Key people
Tien Tzuo (CEO)
Tyler Sloat (CFO)
Revenue US$167.9 million (2017)[1]
-US$47.2 million (2017)[1]
Number of employees
1,249 (2020)[2]
Websitezuora.com

History

Launch and IPO

In 2007, K.V. Rao and Cheng Zou (engineers at WebEx) and Tien Tzuo (an early executive at Salesforce) founded Zuora.[6][7] The name of the company derives from a combination of their three surnames. The concept behind the company was a cloud-based billings platform to alleviate the need for online businesses to develop their own billing systems.[7]

On 16 March 2018, the company filed for an initial public offering.[6][8] On 12 April 2018, Zuora listed in NYSE under the ticker symbol ZUO.[9][10] The company generated $154 million in the offering,[4] and entered the market as a public company at a $1.4 billion valuation.[11] By the end of April 2018 the company was valued at over $2 billion.[12]

In 2016, Zuora launched the Subscription Economy Index, which tracks revenue growth of subscription businesses, comparing the growth to sales benchmarks. The index is based on data from hundreds of businesses on Zuora's platform. The index is updated twice a year.[13][14][15]

Zuora hosts a conference series called Subscribed, covering topics related to the subscription economy and taking place in various cities each year.[16][17][5]

Acquisitions

On 20 May 2015, Zuora acquired Frontleaf and launched Z-Insights, combining information from its subscriber invoicing and billing platform with customer usage information.[18] In 2017, Zuora purchased Leeyo Software, a revenue recognition platform.[19][20]

Funding

On 17 December 2007, Zuora announced it had raised $6 million in Series A funding.[21] Zuora announced $15 million in Series B funding on 15 September 2008;[22] $20 million in Series C funding in October 2010;[7] $36 million in Series D funding on 4 November 2011;[23] $50 million in Series E funding on 5 September 2013;[24] and $115 million in Series F funding on 11 March 2015,[25] bringing its total funding to $250 million.[26] Investors include Benchmark Capital, Greylock Partners, Redpoint Ventures, Index Ventures, Shasta Ventures, Vulcan Capital, and Next World Capital.[26] Private investors include founder and CEO of Salesforce Marc Benioff[27] and former PeopleSoft vice-chair and founder and co-CEO of Workday, Dave Duffield.[26]

Products

Zuora sells a subscription management SaaS platform for businesses utilizing a subscription-service model.[1] The Zuora Central platform lets companies keep track of subscription payments, billing, collections, pricing, product catalogs, and accounting.[6][26][28] In addition to Zuora Central, Zuora's four primary SaaS applications are Zuora Billing, for recurring billing operations; Zuora RevPro, for revenue automation; Zuora CPQ, sales quoting for subscription businesses; and Zuora Collect, for payment collections.[29] Zuora's app marketplace, Zuora Connect, allows partners to develop and list apps built on the Zuora Central platform.[30]

On 5 June 2018, Zuora announced Subscription Order Management, designed to help customers process renewals and more complex deals. It addresses the shift from subscription growth related to acquiring new customers to growth from existing customers.[31]

References
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