Pendo Raises $100 Million at a $1 Billion Valuation To Help More SaaS Companies and Digital Enterprises Become Product Led

RALEIGH, NC-OCTOBER 17, 2019-Pendo.io, the product cloud company, today announced it raised $100 million in Series E funding to help companies become product led. Sapphire Ventures led the round, with participation from new investors General Atlantic and Tiger Global, along with existing investors Battery Ventures, Meritech Capital, FirstMark, Geodesic Capital, and Cross Creek. Pendo has now raised $206 million and will use the new funds to accelerate global expansion and drive product development to meet the growing demand for software that makes digital products easier to use. The company's valuation is now $1 billion.

'Product experience is how companies compete today, yet most digital products are still really hard to use,' said Pendo CEO and co-founder Todd Olson. 'Many product teams still lack the basic tools they need to understand what their customers want, why customers come back, or what drives them away. Companies can't deliver great digital products if they can't answer those basic questions. Pendo has built the most comprehensive platform available today to help any company that interacts with customers digitally to drive growth through better product experiences.'

The latest funding round occurs at a time when companies across all industries are looking to increase their investment in software tools for product management and product operations teams. According to a recent Gartner survey, 85% of companies are adopting a product-centric application delivery model. This reality has fueled Pendo's massive growth. The company has a three-year CAGR of 334% and now employs more than 375 people worldwide. The company's bookings grew 108 percent in the second quarter over the same period of the prior fiscal year; it now serves over 1,200 customers, including Verizon, Cardinal Health, RE/MAX, LabCorp, Bright Horizons, Okta, OpenTable, Salesforce, Zendesk and the Michigan Supreme Court. Earlier this year, Pendo completed its second acquisition with the purchase of UK-based Receptive.io; the company now has offices in Raleigh, New York City, San Francisco, London, Sheffield, United Kingdom, and Tel Aviv.

'As our global economy continues to transform digitally, product led companies have a clear strategic advantage. Over the last few years, software for product teams has emerged as an important new category, and Pendo as a clear leader,' said Rajeev Dham, managing director at Sapphire Ventures and Pendo board member. 'Pendo's business fundamentals, growth, product suite and incredible leadership team have set the company up to be a leading SaaS business for years to come.'

Earlier this year, Pendo was named to Forbes' Cloud 100 list for the second year in a row, and Inc. named Pendo number 73 on the Inc. 5,000, the magazine's annual list of the fastest growing companies in America. Pendo also recently began the development of its new 125,000-square-foot headquarters in downtown Raleigh, set to open in early 2022.

About Pendo

Pendo is a product cloud that helps digital product teams and application owners deliver software experiences that users love. Pendo customers include the world's leading software companies and digital enterprises, including Verizon, LabCorp, BMC, Coupa, Okta, Salesforce, and Zendesk. Founded by product people in 2013 in the heart of Raleigh, North Carolina, Pendo is backed by Battery Ventures, Spark Capital, Meritech Capital and Sapphire Ventures. Through its editorial site and community ProductCraft, sponsored events and podcast, Pendo aims to support the success of product people everywhere. For more information, visit: www.pendo.io