- Companies
- Coupa
Coupa Acquisition, Valuation, Funding & Investors
Coupa was acquired by Thoma Bravo, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority and General Atlantic for $8B in February 2023, a 9.8x multiple on $818M of revenue.
Coupa acquisition price
$8B
Acquired by Thoma Bravo, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority +1 · Feb 2023
Coupa revenue at acquisition
$818M
Last twelve months · Feb 2023
Coupa revenue multiple at acquisition
9.8x
EV/Revenue · Feb 2023
Cumulative funding Coupa raised
$162M
across 7 funding rounds
About Coupa
Coupa is a Foster City, California-headquartered provider of cloud software for total spend management. Its platform covers procurement and sourcing, invoicing and accounts payable, travel and expense management, treasury and payments, and supply chain design and planning, and it applies AI to the spend data flowing through its customer community. Customers are mainly large and mid-sized enterprises across manufacturing, retail, financial services, life sciences and the public sector, which pay subscription fees. Coupa listed on Nasdaq in 2016 and grew partly through acquisitions such as supply chain design company LLamasoft in 2020. Thoma Bravo took the company private in February 2023 in an all-cash deal with an enterprise value of USD 8.0 billion, alongside a minority investment from the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, and Leagh Turner became chief executive in November 2023. Coupa was founded in 2006 by former Oracle executives Dave Stephens and Noah Eisner and was backed before its IPO by BlueRun Ventures, Battery Ventures, Crosslink Capital, Meritech Capital and T. Rowe Price.
Founded
2006
HQ
Website
Status
Acquired
Customer focus
B2B
Revenue model
Subscription
Revenue
$84M (Jun 2015)
Valuation
$1B (Jun 2015)
Coupa Acquisition
Coupa was acquired by Thoma Bravo, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority and General Atlantic for $8B on 28 February 2023.
The acquisition price implies a 9.8x revenue multiple on $818M of revenue.
Before the acquisition Coupa had raised $162M across 7 funding rounds.
Thoma Bravo agreed in December 2022 to acquire Coupa Software in an all-cash take-private with an enterprise value of USD 8.0 billion. Coupa shareholders received USD 81.00 per share, a 77% premium to the closing price on 22 November 2022, the last full trading day before media reports of a possible sale. The transaction included a significant minority investment from a wholly owned subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority. Shareholders approved the deal in February 2023 and it closed at the end of that month, when Coupa's shares were delisted from Nasdaq, where they had traded since 2016. Thoma Bravo's offer prevailed over interest from Vista Equity Partners. Coupa provides cloud business spend management software covering procurement, invoicing, expenses, payments, treasury and supply chain design for large and mid-sized enterprises. The company was founded in 2006 by Dave Stephens and Noah Eisner and is headquartered in Foster City, California.
| Acquirer | Date | Type | Price | EV/Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Feb 2023 | PE buyout | $8B | 9.8x |
Sources: thomabravo.com, en.wikipedia.org, sec.gov, thomabravo.com, generalatlantic.com, mergersight.com
Coupa Valuation
Coupa is currently valued at $1B, based on its Series G in June 2015. Read the announcement ↗
The $80M round was led by T. Rowe Price, with participation from ICONIQ Capital, El Dorado Ventures, Battery Ventures, Premji Invest, Rally Ventures and 1 other investor.
Coupa valuation by funding round
| Date | Stage | Valuation | Revenue Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2015 | Series G | $1B | 11.9x |
Coupa Revenue
Coupa's latest recorded revenue is $84M, as of its Series G in June 2015. At a $1B valuation, that implies a 11.9x revenue multiple.
Coupa revenue by funding round
| Date | Revenue * | Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Stage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2015 | $84M | $1B | 11.9x | Series G |
* Revenue (or ARR) figures are the values recorded alongside each funding round. Typically run-rate revenue at the time of the deal, or a reported LTM (last 12 months) revenue.
Coupa Funding History
Coupa has raised a total of $162M across 7 funding rounds.
Coupa's first fundraising round was a Series A in March 2007. The most recent completed round was a $80M Series G in June 2015.
Coupa funding rounds
| Date | Stage | Investors | Raised | Valuation | Deal Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2015 | Series G | T. Rowe Price (lead); ICONIQ Capital; El Dorado Ventures; Battery Ventures; Premji Invest; Rally Ventures; Crosslink Capital | $80M | $1B | Coupa Software closed an USD 80 million financing round in June 2015, its Series G, led by funds and accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Associates and by ICONIQ Capital. Premji Invest joined as a new investor, and existing backers Crosslink Capital, Battery Ventures, El Dorado Ventures and Rally Ventures also participated. The round was reported to value Coupa at more than USD 1 billion and took total funding raised to more than USD 165 million. Coupa said the capital would fund continued expansion of its cloud spend management platform, including international growth. The company sells cloud software that lets finance teams control procurement, invoicing, expense management and payments in one platform, and it went public on Nasdaq in October 2016, about a year after this round. Coupa was founded in 2006 by former Oracle executives Dave Stephens and Noah Eisner and was based in San Mateo, California at the time, with Rob Bernshteyn as chief executive since 2009. |
| Mar 2014 | Series F | Meritech Capital Partners (lead); Northgate Capital; Mohr Davidow Ventures; El Dorado Ventures; Battery Ventures; Icon Ventures; BlueRun Ventures; Rally Ventures; Crosslink Capital | $40M | - | Coupa Software, a provider of cloud-based business spend management platforms, raised $40 million in its Series F funding round in March 2014, led by Meritech Capital Partners, with participation from Battery Ventures, BlueRun Ventures, Crosslink Capital, El Dorado Ventures, Mohr Davidow Ventures, Northgate Capital, and Rally Ventures. The funding aimed to fuel continued growth, innovation in its product suite, and to help it compete with larger players like SAP in B2B financial tools and spending control. This brought Coupa's total financing to approximately $87 million at that point. Coupa had previously completed earlier rounds, including a Series D of $12 million in February 2011 led by Mohr Davidow Ventures to accelerate growth and expand its customer base. |
| May 2012 | Series E | Crosslink Capital (lead); Mohr Davidow Ventures; El Dorado Ventures; Battery Ventures; BlueRun Ventures | $22M | - | Coupa Software closed a USD 22 million Series E round in May 2012 led by new investor Crosslink Capital. Previous investors Battery Ventures, BlueRun Ventures, El Dorado Ventures and Mohr Davidow Ventures also committed to the round, which came on top of a USD 12 million Series D in February 2011. Chief executive Rob Bernshteyn said Coupa could be profitable within a month if it cut back its investments, but was raising the capital to expand its product and move into new markets. By then Coupa had around 250 customers, including Salesforce, Pandora, Rent-A-Center and thousands of Subway and McDonald's franchise locations, using its software to see and control where they spent on operating resources. The company offered cloud procurement, invoicing and expense management tools that give businesses a consumer-style view of their spending. Coupa was founded in 2006 and was headquartered in San Mateo, California. |
| Feb 2011 | Series D | Mohr Davidow Ventures (lead); El Dorado Ventures; Battery Ventures; BlueRun Ventures | $12M | - | Coupa Software closed a USD 12 million Series D round in February 2011 led by Mohr Davidow Ventures, with participation from previous investors El Dorado Ventures, Battery Ventures and BlueRun Ventures. In conjunction with the financing, Mohr Davidow general partner Bryan Stolle joined Coupa's board of directors. The company said it would use the funds to accelerate adoption of its cloud spend management solutions, which covered e-procurement and expense management. Coupa was then a San Mateo, California-based developer of cloud spend management software sold on a subscription basis to mid-sized and large enterprises. The round followed a USD 7.5 million Series C in 2009 and preceded a USD 22 million Series E in 2012 led by Crosslink Capital. Coupa was founded in 2006 by former Oracle executives Dave Stephens and Noah Eisner and was led by chief executive Rob Bernshteyn. |
| Sep 2009 | Series C | El Dorado Ventures (lead); Battery Ventures; BlueRun Ventures | $8M | - | Coupa Software completed a USD 7.5 million Series C financing round in September 2009 led by El Dorado Ventures, an early-stage investor in disruptive technologies and business models. Previous investors BlueRun Ventures and Battery Ventures, both of Menlo Park, California, also participated. TechCrunch reported that the round doubled the total the San Mateo-based company had raised to about USD 15 million. Coupa sold on-demand e-procurement software that helps companies control spending and generate savings; it was built on Ruby on Rails and offered predictive spend dashboards and short implementation times compared with legacy procurement suites. El Dorado general partner Charles Beeler argued that other e-procurement solutions were undifferentiated while Coupa's approach was not. The company had been founded in 2006 by Dave Stephens and Noah Eisner, and Rob Bernshteyn had become chief executive earlier in 2009. |
| Jan 2008 | Series B | Battery Ventures (lead) | - | - | Battery Ventures led Coupa Software's Series B financing in 2008, its first investment in the company. Battery has said it backed Coupa because it recognised the large, untapped market the startup was targeting: purchasing and e-procurement software simple and affordable enough for small and midsized companies that could not justify traditional enterprise suites. Battery remained an investor through later rounds and advised the company at each inflection point until its Nasdaq listing. The size of the round is not stated in Battery's account of the investment. Coupa had been founded in 2006 by former Oracle executives Dave Stephens and Noah Eisner and sold on-demand procurement software from its base in the San Francisco Bay Area. The company later expanded into invoicing, expense management and payments, completed its initial public offering in 2016 and was acquired by Thoma Bravo in 2023 at an enterprise value of USD 8.0 billion. |
| Mar 2007 | Series A | BlueRun Ventures (lead) | - | - | Coupa Software announced in March 2007 that it had secured its Series A funding from early-stage venture firm BlueRun Ventures together with several private investors; the amount was not disclosed. Managing partner Jonathan Ebinger and principal Vineet Buch of BlueRun joined Coupa's board of directors alongside the two founders. Coupa said it would use the investment to accelerate its market and product development plans. The company had been founded in 2006 by Oracle veterans Dave Stephens and Noah Eisner to tackle what it saw as the main cause of failed e-procurement projects, employee non-compliance, by offering simple, affordable purchasing software that combines controls over departmental and employee spending with an easy shopping experience. At the time Coupa was based in Foster City, California. It later broadened into invoicing, expense management and payments, went public on Nasdaq in 2016 and was taken private by Thoma Bravo in 2023. |
Who has invested in Coupa?
12 investors have backed Coupa across its funding rounds, including Battery Ventures, BlueRun Ventures, El Dorado Ventures, Crosslink Capital, Mohr Davidow Ventures and Rally Ventures.
Lead investors include T. Rowe Price, Meritech Capital Partners, Crosslink Capital, Mohr Davidow Ventures, El Dorado Ventures and 2 other investors.
Coupa Investors
| Investor | HQ | Rounds | Role | First check |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Lead | Jan 2008 | ||
| 5 | Lead | Sep 2009 | ||
| 5 | Lead | Mar 2007 | ||
| 3 | Lead | Feb 2011 | ||
| 3 | Lead | May 2012 | ||
| 2 | Participant | Mar 2014 | ||
| 1 | Participant | Jun 2015 | ||
| 1 | Participant | Mar 2014 | ||
| 1 | Participant | Mar 2014 | ||
| 1 | Participant | Jun 2015 | ||
This data is available for Pro users. Sign up to see all 12 Coupa investors. Start Free Trial | ||||
Benchmark 350K+ Funding Rounds and Disclosed VC Valuation Multiples
Sign up to see data on 350K+ funding rounds and disclosed revenue and EBITDA valuation multiples, from seed, through growth stage, to pre-IPO.
Start Free TrialAcquisitions by Coupa
Coupa has acquired 22 companies to date.
Last acquisition by Coupa was on May 21st 2026. Coupa acquired Tonkean for undisclosed valuation.
Latest Acquisitions by Coupa
| Description | - | Rossum is a Prague-headquartered provider of AI-powered document automation for enterprises. The cloud platform processes invoices, orders, and statements, serving over 275 businesses worldwide including Siemens, Doordash, and Bosch. It extracts data from PDFs and images using cognitive capture, integrates with ERP systems like SAP and Oracle, and automates AP workflows. Founded in 2017, Rossum combines machine learning with human-in-the-loop validation. | scoutbee is a Berlin-headquartered AI-driven supplier discovery platform founded in 2015 and available at scoutbee.com. It analyzes millions of data points to match procurement teams with global suppliers, serving clients in Europe and the US. Recognized as a Gartner 2020 Cool Vendor in Sourcing and Procurement, it simplifies strategic sourcing processes. | Cirtuo is a Zurich-based provider of AI-powered procurement strategy software that streamlines category and supplier planning. The platform features Guided Strategy Creation to develop, validate, and implement strategies through collaborative workflows, benchmarks, and error reduction tools. Designed for procurement teams in enterprises, it translates high-level objectives into actionable agendas covering savings acceleration, risk mitigation, and value creation. Cirtuo supports organizations across industries with modules for stakeholder mobilization and performance measurement. | |
| HQ Country | |||||
| HQ City | - | Prague | San Francisco, CA | Graz | |
| Deal Date | 21 May 2026 | 12 May 2026 | 6 Oct 2025 | 13 May 2025 | |
| Valuation | undisclosed | undisclosed | undisclosed | undisclosed | |
| EV/Revenue | |||||
| EV/EBITDA | |||||
This data is available for Pro users. Sign up to see all Coupa acquisitions and their M&A valuation multiples. Start Free Trial | |||||
Coupa Competitors
Coupa competitors include listed companies like Arab Sea, Descartes Systems Group and Xero, and private ones like JD Digits, Enable and N26.
| Company | HQ | Status | Revenue | EBITDA | Valuation | Revenue Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publicly listed | $14M | ($608K) | $99M | - | ||
| Private | - | - | $28B | - | ||
| Private | - | - | $1.1B | - | ||
| Publicly listed | $729M | $305M | $8.1B | 9.6x | ||
| Publicly listed | $1.5B | $441M | $8.6B | 4.7x | ||
| Private | $131M | - | $9B | 68.8x |
Coupa Public Comps
Coupa is no longer listed, but its public comps include Descartes Systems Group, ServiceTitan, Xero, Ingram Micro, BILL.com, Kinaxis, Wuchan Zhongda Group Co, HopeRun, TOTVS and SPS Commerce.
| Last FY | EV/Revenue | EV/EBITDA | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | EBITDA | Last FY | LTM | 2027E | Last FY | LTM | 2027E | |
| $729M | $305M | 10.6x | 9.6x | 25.3x | 20.8x | |||
| $961M | ($86M) | 7.8x | 6.8x | (86.7x) | 38.1x | |||
| $1.5B | $441M | 5.7x | 4.7x | 19.8x | 18.3x | |||
| $53B | $1.1B | 0.2x | 0.2x | 8.2x | 6.1x | |||
| $1.7B | $34M | 2.9x | 3.0x | 139.1x | 11.6x | |||
| $548M | $102M | 6.8x | 5.9x | 36.5x | 22.1x | |||
| $90B | $1.5B | 0.1x | 0.1x | 8.2x | 7.1x | |||
| $598M | $42M | 6.5x | 5.8x | 91.6x | - | |||
This data is available for Pro users. Sign up to see all Coupa competitors and their valuation data. Start Free Trial | ||||||||
Common questions about Coupa
| When was Coupa founded? | Coupa was founded in 2006. |
| Where is Coupa headquartered? | Coupa is headquartered in Foster City, CA, United States. |
| Is Coupa publicly listed? | No, Coupa was acquired by Thoma Bravo, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority and General Atlantic in February 2023. |
| Who acquired Coupa? | Coupa was acquired by Thoma Bravo, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority and General Atlantic in February 2023. |
| How much was Coupa acquired for? | Coupa was acquired for $8B in February 2023, a 9.8x revenue multiple. |
| What is Coupa's valuation? | Coupa was last valued at $1B in its Series G in June 2015. |
| How much funding has Coupa raised? | Coupa has raised $162M across 7 funding rounds. |
| What was Coupa's last funding round? | Coupa's last funding round was a $80M Series G in June 2015, led by T. Rowe Price. |
| Who are Coupa's investors? | Coupa's investors include Battery Ventures, El Dorado Ventures, BlueRun Ventures, Mohr Davidow Ventures, Crosslink Capital, Rally Ventures, ICONIQ Capital, Northgate Capital, Icon Ventures, Premji Invest and 2 others. |
| What is Coupa's revenue? | Coupa's latest recorded revenue is $84M (June 2015). |
| What is Coupa's revenue multiple? | Coupa's latest valuation implies a 11.9x revenue multiple ($1B valuation on $84M of revenue). |
| Which companies are comparable to Coupa? | Companies comparable to Coupa include Arab Sea, JD Digits, Enable, Descartes Systems Group, Xero and N26. |
| How many companies has Coupa acquired? | Coupa has acquired 22 companies, including Tonkean, Rossum, scoutbee, Cirtuo and Pana. |
| What was the largest acquisition by Coupa? | The $1.5B acquisition of LLamasoft in November 2020 is the largest acquisition Coupa has made to date. |
See companies similar to Coupa
Start Your
Free Trial Today
Try Multiples for free for 3 days. Got questions or need a demo? Schedule a call with us below.




