Description of Business

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Description of Business

1. Description of Business

SciQuest, Inc. (the Company) provides leading cloud-based business automation solutions for spend management. The Company’s solutions include procurement solutions that automate the source-to-settle process, spend analysis solutions that cleanse and classify spend data to drive and measure cost savings, supplier management solutions that facilitate our customers’ interactions with their suppliers, contract lifecycle management solutions that automate the complete contract lifecycle from contract creation through maintenance and accounts payable solutions that automate the invoice processing and vendor payment processes. The Company’s solutions are designed to meet customer needs to reduce costs, simplify and improve visibility into key business processes, further strategic initiatives, enhance control over spending decisions and improve compliance and risk management. By simplifying and streamlining cumbersome, and often manual, processes and creating a comprehensive view of spending and compliance across the organization, organizations can identify and capitalize on opportunities to reduce costs by gaining control over suppliers, contracts, purchases and payments. The Company is headquartered in Cary, North Carolina.