The Unicorn; Apttus; 独角兽企业; 81/174

The Unicorn; Apttus; 独角兽企业; 81/174


81.Apttus

Company Information

Valuation $1.5 billion
Sector Software
Headquarters San Mateo, Calif.
Founded 2006
CEO Kirk Krappe
At Apttus, the category-defining and leading Quote-to-Cash (QTC) software provider, we’re driving the vital business processes between a buyer’s interest and the realization of revenue.  Apttus’ offerings are fueled by the Apttus Intelligent Cloud, which maximizes the entire revenue operation by driving behavior and providing prescriptive data to company decision-makers. No other enterprise-level application has ever used technology in this way, and as a result, Apttus is uniquely positioned to deliver successful customer outcomes, improving the realization of revenue from the top-down, while also solving symptomatic issues within the sales cycle.The Apttus Intelligent Cloud powers all of Apttus’ Quote-to-Cash solutions, including Configure-Price-Quote (CPQ), Contract Management, Omni-Channel E-Commerce, Revenue Management and more. These solutions are enhanced by Apttus’ Incentives Suite which including advanced promotions, sales compensation, and rebates. Using these tools, Apttus’ customers will motivate their prospects, customers, partners and sales reps to take the actions that best improve revenue at every stage of the sales cycle. Additionally, Apttus’ X-Author solution increases adoption of these tools across your organization by allowing the Microsoft Word and Excel to function as user interfaces for CRM platforms. The Apttus Intelligence Suite utilizes Deep-Learning capability, including artificial intelligence and machine learning, that dynamically recommends relevant, informed actions that improve revenue processes: the top percentile of every sales organization will serve as a model for the entire sales operation.

Only Apttus offers a complete automation of revenue operations from beginning to end, successfully transforming the Quote-to-Cash cycle for some of the largest and most complex businesses around the globe. As millions of users worldwide can attest, Apttus is the largest, most experienced and capable Quote-to-Cash provider, and has been committed to innovation and evolution throughout its long history. We are based in San Mateo, California, with additional offices across the globe.

Kirk Krappe

Kirk Krappe is a veteran of Enterprise Software with over two decades of SaaS experience and an EY Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist, having been involved in the very first instances of online enterprise applications. Kirk has extensive experience marketing, selling and delivering enterprise solutions to organizations worldwide.

In 2006, Kirk co-founded the SaaS company, Apttus. Apttus is the category-defining Quote-to-Cash software company that drives the vital business process between the buyer’s interest in a purchase and the realization of revenue. Applications include Configure-Price-Quote (CPQ), Renewals, Contract Management, Revenue Management and E-Commerce. The company has raised $186M in 3 rounds of funding from private growth equity, ICONIQ, K1 Capital, KIA and salesforce.com. Today, under Kirk’s leadership as CEO the company has over 500 customers, offices in several countries and multiple patents pending.

Previous to Apttus, Kirk held the role of Executive Vice President of Worldwide Markets at iMANY. Additionally, Kirk was Chief Executive Officer of Nextance, a privately-held contract management solutions provider. Kirk was also Senior Vice President at Corio through Corio’s initial public offering where he pioneered the original concept of SaaS before it became mainstream. Kirk also served as Vice President of Solutions Marketing with Oracle and Vice President of Industry Solutions with Siebel Systems. Kirk has an Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Degree from the University of London and an MBA from INSEAD, Europe’s leading business school.

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