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Spresso

by Jared YamanLaunched 2023via Nathan Latka Podcast

Spresso is an enterprise ecommerce software platform spun out of failed public company Boxed in 2023. Founded by Jared Yaman, it transformed from low-margin ecommerce operations to high-margin enterprise SaaS, growing from $2.5M ARR at spinout to $5M ARR in 2025 by serving 15 enterprise customers with $2M+ contracts.

Key Takeaways

  • Used partnerships as primary growth channel
  • Got first customer via founder-led sales and existing network relationships
  • Most effective channel: founder-led sales and existing network relationships became the primary GTM channel post-spinout
  • Monetizes with subscription pricing

Revenue

Current ARR$5.0M
Pricing Modelsubscription

Traction

First Customer Channelfounder-led sales and existing network relationships
Most Effective Channelfounder-led sales and existing network relationships became the primary GTM channel post-spinout
Traction Patternpartnerships

Tech

Why They Built It

Spun out of Boxed's infrastructure to monetize existing technology through implementation fees and modular SaaS subscriptions, fundamentally changing the economics from low-margin ecommerce to high-margin enterprise SaaS.

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