I know one of the founders. A couple of guys working in megacorps saw an opportunity, each stumped up a smallish amount of capital to start a company which grew

I know one of the founders. A couple of guys working in megacorps saw an opportunity, each stumped up a smallish amount of capital to start a company which grew to ~20 full time employees at the time of acquisition. No outside investment was needed or taken. Sure there is an element of luck, like anything, but hats off to a very well executed strategy by an Enterprise focused startup.