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Subscription management platform taken private at $1.7B by Silver Lake/GIC Oct 2024; $419.9M ARR at 103% NRR with 451 enterprise customers competing with Chargebee and Stripe Billing for subscription billing automation.
Zuora, Inc. is a Redwood City, California-based subscription management and billing platform — taken private in October 2024 in a $1.7 billion acquisition by Silver Lake and GIC (Singapore's sovereign wealth fund) at $10/share (formerly NYSE: ZUO) — providing SaaS companies, IoT manufacturers, media publishers, and enterprises transitioning to recurring revenue models with quote-to-cash automation, usage-based billing, revenue recognition compliance, and subscription analytics. At the time of acquisition, Zuora had $419.9 million in ARR (+6% year-over-year), 451 large enterprise customers, and a 103% net revenue retention rate — metrics that validated the subscription business management platform's unit economics for Silver Lake's private market value creation thesis.
$23M Series C March 2024 (Fulcrum/Godwin); 3B API requests/day; Edmunds/Klarna/Delivery Hero customers; Retail Media Cloud platform; ad server infrastructure leader
Kevel is an ad infrastructure platform that provides APIs and tools for publishers, marketplaces, and retailers to build and operate their own ad serving and monetization systems. The company serves digital publishers, e-commerce platforms, and app developers who want to control their own advertising technology stack rather than relying on third-party ad networks. Kevel offers customizable ad serving, real-time bidding, reporting, and yield optimization tools that enable businesses to create branded ad experiences, maintain data ownership, and maximize advertising revenue while controlling user experience.
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