Sequoia

Zapier bootstrapped to $60-70M ARR on ~$1M raised, then valued at $5B

Sam highlights Zapier as a bootstrapping outlier: it reached roughly $60-70M in recurring revenue quickly on minimal funding, then raised at a $5 billion valuation with only 350 employees and remote since day one.

“First, they bootstrapped it to like $60 to or $70 million in recurring revenue, and they did it very quickly. They recently raised a little bit of, uh, funding at a $5 billion valuation by, uh, I believe Sequoia. They currently have 350 people.”