Marketo Named to JMP Securities' Hot 100: Best Privately Held Software Companies List

San Mateo, CA (PRWEB) May 11, 2009 -- Marketo (www.marketo.com), the fastest growing provider of marketing automation (http://www.marketo.com/b2b-marketing-software/) software and best practices, today announced its inclusion in JMP Securities' May 2009 report, "Hot 100: The Best Privately Held Software Companies." The report profiles 100 of the leading private companies in the software industry, as identified by the software research team at JMP Securities. JMP Securities is a full-service investment bank.

"We're thrilled to be recognized by JMP Securities as a Hot 100 player in the Sales and Marketing software category," said Marketo's CEO Phil Fernandez, a 26-year veteran of the marketing applications industry who served as President and COO at Epiphany before co-founding Marketo in 2006. "Marketo is transforming the way marketing and sales teams work together to identify the best leads (http://www.marketo.com/b2b-marketing-software/lead-management-software.php), nurture (http://www.marketo.com/b2b-marketing-software/lead-nurturing-software.php) relationships that are not sales ready, and share the right information at the right time to ignite revenue growth. I would like to personally thank our fast growing community of Marketo customers and partners for propelling us to this honor."

Fernandez will kickoff the Technology track at the Eighth Annual JMP Securities Research Conference by sharing Marketo's vision and advice on how to ignite the Revenue Cycle (http://blog.marketo.com/blog/2008/07/the-revenue-cyc.html) and stimulate marketing and sales collaboration. Marketo is one of only eight Hot 100 privately held companies to get invited to speak at this year's JMP Securities Research conference. Fernandez' presentation is scheduled for Monday, May 18 at 8:00 Pacific time at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in San Francisco.

About Marketo

Marketo is the fastest growing provider of marketing automation and best practices. Our SaaS-based solutions empower marketing and sales teams to collaborate throughout the revenue cycle from demand generation and lead management (http://www.marketo.com/b2b-marketing-software/lead-management-software.php) to revenue and beyond. Our award-winning portfolio of email marketing, lead nurturing, lead scoring, and sales effectiveness (http://www.marketo.com/b2b-marketing-software/sales-lead-insight.php) tools ignite explosive revenue growth. Voted '2008 Best Marketing Automation Application' by Salesforce customers on the Force.com AppExchange, Marketo is tightly integrated with salesforce.com for the best overall user experience and the fastest time to value.

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