Avalara

About

Avalara is a cloud-based platform that provides tax compliance software and automated solutions.

Seattle,Washington,United States
1001 - 5000
http://www.avalara.com

Highlights

Details

Last Funding Type: Private Equity（PE）
Last Funding Money Raised: $100M
Industries: Compliance,E-Commerce,Financial Services,Sales,Software
Founded date: Jan 1, 2004
Number Of Employee: 1001 - 5000
Operating Status: Active
Stock Symbol: nyse:AVLR
Legal Name: Avalara, Inc.

Avalara helps businesses of all sizes get tax compliance right. In partnership with leading ERP, accounting, ecommerce, and other financial management system providers, Avalara delivers cloud-based compliance solutions for various transaction taxes, including sales and use, VAT, GST, excise, communications, lodging, and other indirect tax types.

It was founded in 2004 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds

Total Funding Amount

11

$498.47M

Avalara has raised a total of $498.47M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Jun 12, 2018 from a IPO round.

Announced Date	Round	Money Raised	Number of Investors	Lead Investors	Post Valuation
Jun 12, 2018	IPO	$157.50M	—	—	—	Detail
Sep 22, 2016	Series D	$96M	6	Warburg Pincus	—	Detail
Jan 20, 2015	Series D	$42.30M	2	TCV Warburg Pincus	—	Detail
Nov 10, 2014	Private Equity（PE）	$100M	2	Warburg Pincus	—	Detail
May 13, 2014	Series Unknown	$26.30M	1	—	—	Detail

Investors

Number of Lead Investors

Number of Investors

9

11

Avalara is funded by 11 investors. Warburg Pincus and Agile Equity are the most recent investors.

Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round
Warburg Pincus	Yes	Series D
Agile Equity	Yes	Series A
Arthur Ventures	—	Series D
Battery Ventures	—	Series D
Pioneer Venture Partners	—	Series D
Sageview Capital	—	Series D
TCV	—	Series D
Employee Stock Option Fund	—	Private Equity（PE）
Benaroya Capital	—	Series A
Buckhead Investment Partners	—	Series A

Employee Profiles

Number of Employee Profiles

43

Avalara has 43 current employee profiles, including Executive Tim Gaylor

Executive

Executive

Board member

Employee

Employee

Acquisition

Avalara has acquired 16 organizations. Their most recent acquisition was Taxcient on Jan 27, 2010. They acquired Taxcient for 0.

Date Company Name	Industry	Acquisition Type	Price
Jan 27, 2010 Taxcient	Compliance	merge	—	Detail
Dec 12, 2014 VATlive	Information Services	acquisition	—	Detail
Mar 4, 2015 HotSpot Tax	Enterprise Software	acquisition	—	Detail
Jun 2, 2015 EZtax	Software	acquisition	—	Detail
Jun 16, 2015 VAT Applications	Apps	acquisition	—	Detail