Aria Systems

Aria Systems provides a cloud-based billing and monetization platform for enterprise companies that wish to sell products via subscription and usage-based and other recurring revenue business models. Notable Aria customers include Audi, Adobe, Pitney Bowes, Philips, and Roku.

Aria Systems was founded in Pennsylvania by 5 professionals, all of whom previously worked for LaserLink.net (an Internet Service Provider), which was acquired by Covad Communications Group in 2000.

In 2008, Aria Systems raised $10 million in Series B funding, led by Venrock.In 2009, the company moved its headquarters to Silicon Valley; completed SAS 70 Type II certification; achieved Level One PCI Compliance; and published "Subscription Billing for Dummies".

In 2011, Aria Systems closed a Series C investment round of $20 million, led by InterWest Partners.In 2012, Tom Dibble was appointed Aria Systems' new president and CEO, and the company more than doubled recurring billings and revenue compared to the same period in 2011.

In 2013, Aria Systems closed a Series D investment of $40 million led by Bain Capital Ventures.In 2016, Aria Systems Closed a Series E investment of $50 million.In September 2016, Aria released Aria Crescendo.

Aria Crescendo, released in 2016 is the latest release of Aria Systems' cloud-based billing and monetization platform. Aria Crescendo is designed to allow companies that utilize recurring revenue business models like subscriptions and usage-based products and services to provide their end-customers with more ways to buy products and pay for them.

In 2016, Aria also launched Aria for Connected Vehicles for the automotive industry and Aria for Communications for the telecommunications industry.

Aria Systems has been profiled in FORTUNE Magazine, Forbes, eWeek, SaaS in the Enterprise, TechJournal, CRM Magazine and CRM Buyer.

Tom Dibble, Aria Systems' president and CEO, has authored articles for CloudTweaks, Billing & OSS World, E-Commerce Times, Slashdot, and CRM Magazine. Co-founder Brendan O'Brien has been a guest columnist on WIRED, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, IotNow, Disruptive Views, and other publications.

Aria Systems was recognized as a 2016 Deloitte Fast 500 Company, a 2016 CV Magazine Technology Innovator, by Business Review Australia as a Top Ten Cloud Computing Company in 2016, by TMT Telecom as the Best Cloud-based Monetization Platform, by Forrester Research in 2015 as a leader in Subscription billing platforms, by AlwaysOn as one of the Global 250 Top Private Companies in 2012, and one of the Top 100 Private On-Demand and SaaS Companies in 2011; a TiEcon Top 10 Startup in the software category in 2010; and a “Rising Star” by CRM Magazine in 2008.