Oracle Startups
2 case studies with real revenue and traction data from oracle startups.
ShipHawk is a transportation management system and fulfillment software for mid-market e-commerce retailers, manufacturers, and distributors (typically $10M-$500M ARR). Launched in 2013, the company has grown to serve 300+ paying customers including Grove Collaborative, achieving negative 15% net revenue churn and over 100% year-over-year growth. The company raised $12.5M in capital and generated south of $8.4M in ARR as of 2017, with most customer acquisition driven through platform partnerships with mid-market ERPs.
Interweave is a bootstrapped CRM integration platform founded in 2006 that connects financial systems, billing platforms, and databases in a configurable hub-and-spoke model. With 4,000 paying customers averaging $125/month ($500K MRR), the company has achieved 30% year-over-year growth and 115% net revenue retention through 40% gross expansion revenue offsetting 25% churn. Bruce McGown's 18-person team (split between Toronto and Russia) is currently focused on a major rebrand positioning Interweave as an intelligent CRM integration platform targeting emerging vendors like ORO CRM and BPM Online.