Per-user annual pricing range
“it's $48 a user a year is what we start at. And that goes all the way up to about $80 a user a year, depending on what modules you use from us.”
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How Kadence Pivoted From Wireless Charging to 130% Net Dollar Retention
Dan Bladen explains how Nasdaq's request turned Chargifi into a hybrid workplace platform, and how he reset the cap table to fund it.
Dan Bladen · Kadence
Published April 15, 2026About this resource
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Dan Bladen, cofounder and CEO of Kadence, explains how he turned the wireless charging company Chargifi into a hybrid workplace platform after Nasdaq asked to use its software to manage a move to hybrid work. He covers per-user pricing of $48 to $80 a year, the options increase he used to reset the cap table after being diluted to about 15%, and net dollar retention north of 130% at roughly $15M ARR.
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Nasdaq's desk cut sparks pivot
“NASDAQ say, hey, we're going to go from three buildings to one building. We're going to reduce in Manhattan. We're going to reduce the number of desks we have by 49%.”
Options increase to protect ownership
“The way to protect everybody's ownership, keep you guys all in, is to do an options increase.”
Agents cut months to days
“we basically built agents around this work that enables our VP workplace that we typically work with to go from a three month window for getting this kind of stuff done to about quote unquote a three day period”
Events beat search for new customers
“most of our customers aren't googling us anymore. Back at the start of the pandemic, it was desk booking Microsoft Teams like that was like the keyword that we defended to the hill.”
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