With $60 million funding round, Ivalua reaches ‘unicorn’ status of $1 billion valuation

伊瓦卢瓦Founder and CEO David Khuat-Duy speaks at the Ivalua NOW customer event in Chicago on April 30, 2019. (Ivalua photo)

伊瓦卢瓦可能是私人持有的源代购套件技术提供商的最快增长最快，周二早上宣布，最新的资金回合，通过达到10亿美元的估值来获得“独角兽”的初创企业。

It raised $60 million from a new investor, Tiger Global Management, and Ardian Growth, one of Ivalua’s early investors that raised its investment level. Tiger Global joins Ivalua’s founders, KKR and Ardian as shareholders, theannouncement说。

“伊瓦卢亚的管理层保留了公司的多数股份，以确保稳定，长期规划和持续关注客户，”宣布表示。

IVARUA以其支出管理解决方案而闻名，可以帮助企业提高其采购业务的效率，从而节省金钱并将阶段设定为战略增长。公告称，支出管理的整体市场被视为超过200亿美元。

公司也是公司最近宣布了that it is on pace to exceed $100 million in annual revenue in 2019.

David Khuat-Duy, Ivalua’s CEO and founder, appreciated that the new funding provides support for the company’s long-term strategy and business model.

“This additional capital will allow us to deliver ever more value to our customers and secure future growth,” he said in Tuesday’s announcement, which also said the investment will fuel product innovation, global business growth and, possibly, strategic acquisitions.

The move is important for the market and Ivalua’s future, said Jason Busch, the founder of Spend Matters and Azul Partners’ managing director of strategic and transactional advisory.

“因为伊维拉州强化其资产负债表，我们希望它在合同管理，融资/支付和服务采购和无机扩张等领域的有机研发方面变得更加激进，”BUSCH说。“但同样重要的是，创始人和管理团队无意放弃控制他们的愿景和以自己的条款和自己的时间表执行它的道路。”

Khuat-duy表示，在芝加哥的4月在芝加哥的客户活动中，Khuat-duy表示，该公司有大计划。

“We have this long-term strategy of building a very big company with a fantastic product that we can offer to the market. And this is our vision,” Khuat-Duy said. “We don't have a short-term vision, like exiting or doing something different. We have thisambitious vision。“

在芝加哥会议之后，花费事项首席研究官Pierre Mitchell认为是伊瓦卢的万博体育下载app“the next procurement megavendor to step out of the shadows.”

“Ivalua will be the next break-out vendor, following on the heels of SAP Ariba and邮费（在软件/ SaaS收入基础上，至少）“Mitchell写道。

“Ivalua is like the tortoise in the race with the hare, but in this case, the tortoise has been putting on roller-skates and building a jet pack into its upgraded shell (161 upgrades to be exact).”

Avalua SolutionMap分析今年的Solutionmap分析表示，源代理提供商，直到最近，“没有得到其能力会建议值得on the global stage.”