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Tuesday, May 21 2019 - 22:00
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Ivalua Exceeds $1B Valuation in New Funding Round to Accelerate Global Expansion & Technology Innovation
REDWOOD CITY, California, May 21, 2019 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --

-- Investments from Tiger Global Management & Ardian Growth to drive growth in 
$20B+ Spend Management software market

Ivalua, a leading provider of global Spend Management ( 
https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=2472401-1&h=3106643905&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ivalua.com%2Fsolutions%2Fprocess%2Fcomplete-source-to-pay%2F&a=Spend+Management 
) cloud solutions, today announced that it has raised $60 million in growth 
equity funding to further accelerate its rapid growth. This capital raise 
values the company at a 'unicorn' level of more than $1 billion. Ivalua 
recently announced ( 
https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=2472401-1&h=4180034355&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ivalua.com%2Fnewsroom%2Fivalua-sees-accelerating-momentum-with-another-record-year-in-2018%2F&a=recently+announced 
) that it is on pace to exceed $100 million in annual revenue in 2019.

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Investors in this round include Tiger Global Management, a new investor in 
Ivalua, and Ardian Growth, one of Ivalua's early investors who increased its 
overall investment level. Tiger Global Management joins Ivalua's founders, KKR 
and Ardian Growth as shareholders. Ivalua's management retains a majority stake 
in the company to ensure stable, long term planning and a continued focus on 
customers.

Spend Management software has emerged as an increasingly strategic tool for 
businesses, boosting profitability by streamlining procurement processes, 
improving collaboration with suppliers and optimizing cash flow. The Spend 
Management market is sized at more than $20 billion and continues to develop 
rapidly as one of the most dynamic segments of the broader 
software-as-a-service (SaaS) market.

Ivalua has continued to increase its market share due to the unique advantages 
of its platform. The depth and breadth of its fully unified suite, combined 
with the unique combination of rapid delivery and unmatched flexibility, allow 
it to support customers at every stage of their digital transformations. The 
flexibility allows it to rapidly and uniquely develop and launch 
industry-specific solutions while maintaining a single code base. Customers 
realize more and faster value and never outgrow the platform, which allows 
Ivalua to consistently boast the industry's highest retention rate, at over 
98%, while also rapidly acquiring new customers. 

Ivalua has grown while maintaining profitability. The additional funding will 
support future investments in organic product innovation, global expansion and 
possibly strategic acquisitions. David Khuat-Duy, CEO and Founder of Ivalua, 
said, "This investment by one of the world's leading investment funds is a 
further testament to Ivalua'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."

Laurent Foata, Head of Ardian Growth added, "We have been supporting Ivalua 
since 2011, at the start of their global expansion. We see Ivalua as the future 
leader in the large and fast growing Spend Management market. I am extremely 
grateful to Ivalua's founders for their long term trust, and congratulate the 
team for this tremendous journey in which they remain the majority shareholder."

About Ivalua

Ivalua is the Procurement empowerment platform. Recognized as a Leader by 
Gartner and other analysts, Ivalua's Source-to-Pay suite is leveraged by over 
300 leading companies across the globe to manage over $500 Billion in direct 
and indirect spend. The platform's combination of ease-of-use, depth, breadth 
and flexibility ensures high employee and supplier adoption, rapid time to 
value and the ability to meet unique or evolving requirements, evidenced by the 
industry's leading 98%+ retention rate. Realize the possibilities at 
www.ivalua.com. Follow us at @Ivalua.

About Tiger Global Management

Tiger Global Management, LLC is an investment firm that deploys capital 
globally. The firm's fundamentally oriented investments focus primarily on the 
global Internet, software, financial technology, consumer and industrial 
sectors. The private equity strategy has a ten-year investment horizon and 
targets growth-oriented private companies. Such investments have included 
Spotify, Juul, Harry's, Warby Parker, Peloton, JD.com, Facebook, LinkedIn, 
Yandex, Mail.ru Group, Despegar and Ola. The public equity efforts emphasize 
deep due diligence on individual companies and long-term secular themes. Tiger 
Global Management, LLC was founded in 2001 and is based in New York with 
affiliate offices in Hong Kong, Singapore, Bangalore and Melbourne.

About ARDIAN

Ardian is a world-leading private investment house with assets of US$90bn 
managed or advised in Europe, the Americas and Asia. The company is 
majority-owned by its employees. It keeps entrepreneurship at its heart and 
focuses on delivering excellent investment performance to its global investor 
base.

Through its commitment to shared outcomes for all stakeholders, Ardian's 
activities fuel individual, corporate and economic growth around the world.

Holding close its core values of excellence, loyalty and entrepreneurship, 
Ardian maintains a truly global network, with more than 590 employees working 
from fifteen offices across Europe (Frankfurt, Jersey, London, Luxembourg, 
Madrid, Milan, Paris and Zurich), the Americas (New York, San Francisco and 
Santiago) and Asia (Beijing, Singapore, Tokyo and Seoul). It manages funds on 
behalf of around 880 clients through five pillars of investment expertise: 
Funds of Funds, Direct Funds, Infrastructure, Real Estate and Private Debt. 
www.ardian.com 

CONTACT: Michael Gallo, ivalua@luminapr.com 

SOURCE: Ivalua