Thawj Kev Ua Lag Luam Sab Nraud Hauv 30 Xyoo Ua Rau Lub Neej Sciences Software Firm A Unicorn

Most software startups nrhiav venture funding nyob rau hauv thaum ntxov theem. MasterControl, uas muab cov software zoo thiab tsim khoom rau cov tuam txhab tshawb fawb txog lub neej, tau tos ze li 30 xyoo. Tam sim no nrog nws thawj kev nqis peev sab nraud, rau $ 150 lab los ntawm Sixth Street Growth, lub tuam txhab hauv qab-radar muaj nqis txog $ 1.3 billion, CEO Jon Beckstrand qhia. Forbes.

Beckstrand hais tias, "Peb tau sim kom loj hlob sai li peb tuaj yeem ua tau, cov nyiaj tau los cuam tshuam, rau 30 xyoo dhau los," Beckstrand hais. "Nws tau nthuav qhia zaj dab neeg rau cov neeg koom tes nrog nyiaj txiag xyoo dhau los."

Founded hauv 1993 raws li lub tuam txhab tswj cov ntaub ntawv, Salt Lake City-based MasterControl bootstrapped rau xyoo, nws thiaj li nyiam ntau dua 1,100 cov neeg siv khoom thoob ntiaj teb, suav nrog cov loj loj xws li Pfizer.PFE
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. Nws cov nyiaj tau los ib xyoos ib zaug, lossis ARR - qhov kev ntsuas nyiam los ntawm cov tuam txhab software uas ua haujlwm raws li kev sau npe - yog ntau dua $ 100 lab. Nws cov nyiaj tau los txhua xyoo rau kev suav nyiaj yuav tsum nyob nruab nrab ntawm $ 120 lab thiab $ 140 lab rau xyoo 2022.

MasterControl's software aims kom cov txheej txheem smoother rau cov tuam txhab tshuaj thiab kho mob-device. Nws cov khoom qub tau tsim los pab cov neeg siv khoom taug kev nyuaj ntawm Food and Drug Administration cov txheej txheem kev tswj hwm-pom zoo thaum software tshiab ua haujlwm los tawm tsam qhov tsis zoo uas ua rau muaj teeb meem zoo thiab cov khoom lag luam qeeb. Cov nyiaj tshiab los thaum cov tshuaj- thiab cov cuab yeej tsim khoom ntsib kev tsim khoom tsis tu ncua thiab cov khoom siv-chain snafus. Beckstrand hais tias "Peb saib nws yog peb txoj haujlwm los pab kom tau cov khoom lag luam sai dua ntawm cov khoom zoo dua thiab tus nqi qis dua," Beckstrand hais.

Beckstrand, 54, uas yog ob tus kws lij choj thiab tus accountant, thawj zaug koom nrog lub tuam txhab ua tus thawj coj tom qab nws txiv, Richard Beckstrand, tus neeg ua lag luam ntev thiab tus neeg ua lag luam ntiag tug, tau nqis peev xyoo 1998 hauv kev lag luam me me. Xyoo 2002, tom qab tus txwj laus Beckstrand yuav tawm lwm tus tswv, Jon Beckstrand tau los ua CEO. Nws hais tias "Kuv yuav los ua CEO kom txog rau thaum peb pom lwm tus, thiab nws tsis yog ib ntus," nws hais.

Lub tuam txhab Salt Lake City-based life sciences software tuam txhab tau ya hauv qab-tus-radar rau ntau xyoo lawm. Tam sim no nws muaj nqis txog $ 1.3 billion.

Tom qab FDA tau pib tso cai rau cov tuam txhab kev tshawb fawb txog lub neej siv cov ntaub ntawv hluav taws xob, MasterControl tau hloov nws lub hom phiaj rau kev lag luam ntawd.

Ib tus neeg siv khoom, Fagron, uas nws lub lag luam tab tom muab cov khw muag tshuaj thiab cov tshuaj kho tus kheej, dov tawm MasterControl cov software zoo hauv xyoo 2017. Ua ntej ntawd, $ 950 lab (kev lag luam cap) cov tuam txhab lag luam lag luam tau siv "cov ntawv luam tawm, ntawv, cov ntawv sib txawv, cov tshuab tsim hauv tsev, ” hais tias Matthew Seitz-Paquette, tus kws tshaj lij kev tswj hwm zoo hauv North America. Nws suav tias Fagron txuag qhov nruab nrab tsib feeb ntawm ib txoj haujlwm los ntawm kev ua kom nws cov txheej txheem zoo, uas ua rau $ 300,000 nyiaj txuag nyiaj txhua xyoo. Lub tuam txhab tam sim no tab tom sim MasterControl cov software tsim khoom, uas nws npaj yuav nthuav tawm hauv thawj qhov chaw nyob rau lub Ib Hlis. Qhov kev cia siab nyob ntawd, Seitz-Paquette hais tias, yog $ 10 lab hauv kev txuag nqi nyob rau tsib xyoos tom ntej. Nws hais tias, "Peb yuav muaj qhov yuam kev tsawg dua hauv cov ntaub ntawv," thiab qee zaum qhov yuam kev loj txaus uas koj yuav tsum muab pov tseg tag nrho.

Tus kab mob kis thoob qhov txhia chaw hais txog cov teeb meem uas cov kws tshawb fawb txog lub neej thiab cov cuab yeej siv kho mob tau ntsib nrog lawv cov kev cia siab txuas ntxiv ntawm daim ntawv, hais tias Sixth Street tus thawj coj Nari Ansari. Nyob nruab nrab ntawm cov khoom lag luam-chain bottlenecks thiab cov teeb meem tsis zoo, nws hais tias, "nws tau pom lub teeb pom kev ntawm qhov chaw muaj qhov tsis txaus." Nws suav tias tag nrho cov chaw nyob thoob ntiaj teb rau MasterControl cov khoom lag luam software uas twb muaj lawm saum toj kawg nkaus $ 10 billion.

Armed nrog cov nyiaj tshiab, lub tuam txhab npaj tsim tawm nws cov software nrog kev txawj ntse thiab kev kawm tshuab kom muaj peev xwm kwv yees thiab tiv thaiv cov teeb meem zoo. Nrog rau qhov muaj peev xwm poob qis looming, Beckstrand hais tias nws pom cov cim ntawm kev ceev faj nrog ntau qhov kev txiav txim tau tuav ntawm CFOs 'desks dua li yav dhau los. Tab sis nws suav tias MasterControl qhov tsom mus rau kev tshawb fawb txog lub neej, uas tsis tshua muaj kev lag luam nce thiab nqis, yuav pab tsis tau nws los ntawm kev lag luam qeeb. Ntxiv rau, nws hais tias, "kev poob qis yog lub sijhawm zoo los nqis peev hauv R & D."

San Francisco-based Sixth Street Partners, uas yog ib zaug koom nrog TPG, tswj ntau dua $ 60 nphom hauv cov cuab tam. Nws tsis ntev los no tau nce $ 4.4 billion rau kev nqis peev hauv cov tuam txhab software loj hlob kom tau txais txiaj ntsig ntawm kev lag luam tsis tu ncua. Ansari hais tias pab pawg txhim kho thev naus laus zis tau siv ntau dua $ 1 nphom hauv 10 kev nqis peev peev txij thaum pib ntawm lub xyoo.

"Muaj ntau lub tuam txhab zoo li no dua li qhov koj xav tias tab tom tsim cov khoom nyuaj," nws hais. "Koj yuav tsis pom lawv hauv Silicon Valley. Koj yuav tsum mus rau Salt Lake thiab Atlanta thiab Chicago. "