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Abstrakt Revenue, Valuation & Funding (2024)

Abstrakt generated an estimated $5.3M in annual revenue in 2024. Source: GetLatka estimate

Abstrakt is a real-time conversational intelligence software company founded in early March 2020 and headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona. The platform uses natural language processing and Google's language library to deliver in-call coaching to sales representatives, surfacing suggested responses, questions, and objection-handling guidance during live conversations rather than after the fact.

Greg Reffner, the company's CEO, launched the product on April 1, 2021, after spending roughly a year building it with personal savings of $60,000 and a $130,000 pre-seed round. Abstrakt closed its first paying customer three weeks after launch and ended 2021 with $60,000 in ARR. By March 2022 the company had grown to 113 customer logos generating approximately $170,000 in monthly recurring revenue, a figure derived from 113 customers at an average contract value of $1,500 per month.

The company has raised a total of $620,000 across a pre-seed and seed round, keeping its valuation cap at $4,000,000. With two full-time employees in the United States and a lean contractor model for engineering and SEO, Abstrakt was generating roughly $1,000,000 in revenue per full-time employee as of March 2022.

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Abstrakt Revenue

Abstrakt generated $60,000 in ARR by the end of 2021, implying monthly recurring revenue of approximately $5,500 in December of that year. By March 2022, the company had reached 113 customer logos at an average contract value of $1,500 per month, producing approximately $170,000 in monthly recurring revenue. That figure was derived by the host and confirmed by Reffner on the call.

Abstrakt Revenue GrowthReported revenue / ARR over time · latest figure estimated$0$1.3M$2.5M$3.8M$5M$6.3M20202021202220232024$0$60K$2M$5.3MSource: GetLatka.com interview on Mar 24, 2022 with Greg Reffner
YearMilestoneSource
2024Abstrakt Hit $5.3m revenue in October 2024Estimated
2022Abstrakt Hit $2m revenue in March 2022Not recorded
2021Abstrakt Hit $60k revenue in January 2021Watch[1]
2020Launched with $0 revenue

The growth from roughly $5,500 in monthly revenue to $170,000 occurred over approximately four to five months, meaning nearly all of the company's revenue base was added in early 2022. Reffner attributed the acceleration to an inbound content and organic SEO strategy the team had been building for roughly a year and a half before it began converting at scale.

Abstrakt's first paying customer came three weeks after the April 1, 2021 product launch, ahead of the October or November 2021 timeline Reffner had originally projected. The company's sales cycle as of March 2022 was seven days, which Reffner linked to low competitive awareness: most prospects had not seen a real-time coaching product before and moved quickly once they did.

Abstrakt Valuation, Funding Rounds

Abstrakt reached a $4M valuation in 2021, set during its Seed round.

Abstrakt has raised $1.3M in total funding across 3 rounds, most recently a $620K Seed round in 2021.

Abstrakt Capital Raised & ValuationCumulative capital raised and post-money valuation by roundCapital raised (cum.)Valuation$0$0$1M$300K$2M$600K$3M$900K$4M$1.2M$5M$1.5M20202021$4M$4MSource: GetLatka.com interview on Mar 24, 2022 with Greg Reffner
YearRoundAmountValuation% SoldSource
2021Seed$620K--Not recorded
2021Seed$500K$4M13%Not recorded
2020Pre-Seed$130K$4M3%Watch[1]

Founder / CEO

Greg Reffner

CEO

Greg Reffner is the CEO and founder of Abstrakt. He started the company in early March 2020 and was 34 years old at the time of the March 2022 interview, turning 35 in June 2022. Before founding Abstrakt, Reffner worked in sales at Act On Software, a marketing automation company, where he was among the first users of Gong approximately seven years before the interview, placing that experience around 2015. He later worked at a company called Allbound, where he observed an inbound content strategy that he later replicated at Abstrakt.

Reffner described himself as non-technical at the start and sought a technical co-founder through a platform called Co Founder's Lab, where he connected with John Bunting, founder of Beeso Studio in Omaha, Nebraska. Bunting and Beeso Studio built the initial product and retain a single-digit equity stake. Reffner noted that Bunting has since moved out of a day-to-day role, with the Indonesia-based Beeso development team continuing under contract.

Net worth was not discussed in the interview. No estimate can be responsibly derived from the available data, as ownership percentages beyond Bunting's single-digit stake were not disclosed.

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Customers

Abstrakt had 113 customer logos as of March 2022. Pricing is $100 per user per month, and the average customer uses approximately 16 seats, producing an average contract value of $1,500 per month. The company does not appear to offer a free tier based on the interview, though this was not explicitly addressed.

Reffner cited a seven-day sales cycle as of March 2022, which he attributed to low market awareness: prospects who see the real-time coaching product for the first time tend to move quickly because no other vendor is solving the same problem in the same way.

Abstrakt serves 113 customers.

Abstrakt Business Model

Abstrakt operates on a per-seat SaaS subscription model priced at $100 per user per month. With an average of 16 seats per customer and 113 customers as of March 2022, the implied monthly revenue was approximately $170,000. The company's revenue per full-time employee stood at roughly $1,000,000 on an annualized basis, with only two full-time employees in the United States at that time.

Operating costs disclosed in the interview include a monthly payment of $12,000 to $25,000 to Beeso Studio for the nine-person offshore development team in Indonesia, and $1,000 per month combined for two SEO contractors in India. Profitability was not discussed in the interview. Burn rate and runway beyond these cost figures were not disclosed.

Churn, gross margin, LTV, CAC, and net revenue retention were not discussed in the interview.

Point-in-time figures shared on the GetLatka podcast, each linked to the exact moment it was said on camera.

Customers (2022)

113

“Nathan Latka: How many customers are you serving now today? Greg Reffner: A 113. Nathan Latka: That's a 113 seats or logos? Greg Reffner: 113 logos.”

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Abstrakt Employees & Team Size

Abstrakt had two full-time employees in the United States as of March 2022: Greg Reffner and Claire Dobson, director of marketing. The company also employed two SEO contractors in India and a nine-person offshore development team through Beeso Studio in Indonesia, bringing the total extended team to 13 people. Reffner noted that the host's characterization of $1,000,000 in revenue per full-time employee applied to the two US-based employees.

Abstrakt employs approximately 29 people as of 2026, up from 21 in 2023, including 4 sales reps that carry a quota. It serves 113 customers that rely on its solutions.

Abstrakt Team GrowthReported headcount over time081523303820202021202220232024002929Source: GetLatka.com interview on Mar 24, 2022 with Greg Reffner
YearMilestoneSource
2024Reached 29 employees (October 2024)Not recorded
2023Reached 21 employees (July 2023)Not recorded
2023Reached 21 employees (July 2023)Not recorded
2023Reached 23 employees (January 2023)Not recorded
2022Reached 2 employees (March 2022)Not recorded
2021Reached 15 employees (January 2021)Not recorded

Frequently Asked Questions about Abstrakt

What is Abstrakt's revenue?

As of 2024, Abstrakt generated an estimated $5.3M in annual revenue.

What is Abstrakt's valuation?

As of 2021, Abstrakt was valued at $4M.

Who founded Abstrakt?

Abstrakt was founded by Greg Reffner.

When was Abstrakt founded?

Abstrakt was founded in 2020.

Who is the CEO of Abstrakt?

The CEO of Abstrakt is Greg Reffner.

How much funding does Abstrakt have?

Abstrakt raised $1.3M across 3 rounds.

How many employees does Abstrakt have?

As of 2024, Abstrakt had 29 employees.

Where is Abstrakt headquartered?

Abstrakt is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, United States.

Full Interview Transcripts

$25m Gong Acquisition? New Founder Hits $2m Run Rate in 5 MonthsMar 24, 2022

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