The Company and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and Estimates	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
The Company and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and Estimates
The Company and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and Estimates	1. The Company and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and Estimates Business Marketo, Inc. (Marketo or the Company) was incorporated in the state of California on January 20, 2006. The Company was reincorporated in the state of Delaware on December 17, 2009. The Company operates from its headquarters in San Mateo, California and has operating subsidiaries in Ireland, Australia, Israel, Japan and the United Kingdom. Marketo is a provider of the leading cloud-based Engagement Marketing software platform that is purpose-built to enable organizations to engage in modern engagement marketing. The Company’s platform is designed to enable the effective management, optimization and analytical measurement of marketing activities, enabling organizations to acquire new customers more efficiently, build stronger relationships with existing customers, improve sales effectiveness and drive faster revenue growth. On this platform, the Company delivers an easy to use, integrated suite of advanced applications. The Company generally offers its services on an annual subscription basis with quarterly or annual payment terms. Basis of Presentation The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes of the Company reflect all adjustments (all of which are normal and recurring in nature) that, in the opinion of management, are necessary for a fair presentation of the interim periods presented. The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Marketo and its wholly-owned and majority-owned subsidiaries. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The results of operations for the interim periods presented are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the entire year ending December 31, 2015. Certain information and note disclosures normally included in annual financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (U.S. GAAP) have been condensed or omitted under the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). These unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited financial statements and related notes presented in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 12, 2015. There have been no changes in the Company’s significant accounting policies from those that were disclosed in the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014. Use of Estimates The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting periods. Such management estimates and assumptions include the estimated selling price for the various elements in our customer contracts, the allowance for doubtful accounts, stock-based compensation expense, useful lives of intangible assets, redemption value of redeemable non-controlling interests and the valuation of deferred tax assets and acquired intangible assets. Actual results could differ materially from those estimates, and such differences could be material to the financial statements and affect the results of operations reported in future periods. Recent Accounting Pronouncements In April 2015, the Financial Accounting Standard Board (FASB) issued new accounting guidance, Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs. The guidance requires that debt issuance costs related to a recognized debt liability be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of that debt liability, consistent with debt discounts. The debt issuance costs guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted. The Company has elected not to early adopt. The adoption of the debt guidance is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements. In May 2014, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606), which requires an entity to recognize the amount of revenue to which it expects to be entitled for the transfer of promised goods or services to customers. The ASU will replace most existing revenue recognition guidance in U.S. GAAP when it becomes effective. ASU 2014-09 also specifies the accounting for some costs to obtain or fulfill a contract with a customer. Unless amended or delayed by the FASB, the new standard would be effective for the Company on January 1, 2017. Early application would be permitted. The standard permits the use of either the retrospective or cumulative effect transition method. The Company is evaluating the effect that ASU 2014-09 will have on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures. The Company has not yet selected a transition method nor has it determined the effect of the standard on its ongoing financial reporting.

1. The Company and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and Estimates

Business

Marketo, Inc. (Marketo or the Company) was incorporated in the state of California on January 20, 2006. The Company was reincorporated in the state of Delaware on December 17, 2009. The Company operates from its headquarters in San Mateo, California and has operating subsidiaries in Ireland, Australia, Israel, Japan and the United Kingdom.

Marketo is a provider of the leading cloud-based Engagement Marketing software platform that is purpose-built to enable organizations to engage in modern engagement marketing. The Company’s platform is designed to enable the effective management, optimization and analytical measurement of marketing activities, enabling organizations to acquire new customers more efficiently, build stronger relationships with existing customers, improve sales effectiveness and drive faster revenue growth. On this platform, the Company delivers an easy to use, integrated suite of advanced applications. The Company generally offers its services on an annual subscription basis with quarterly or annual payment terms.

Basis of Presentation

The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes of the Company reflect all adjustments (all of which are normal and recurring in nature) that, in the opinion of management, are necessary for a fair presentation of the interim periods presented. The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Marketo and its wholly-owned and majority-owned subsidiaries. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

The results of operations for the interim periods presented are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the entire year ending December 31, 2015. Certain information and note disclosures normally included in annual financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (U.S. GAAP) have been condensed or omitted under the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). These unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited financial statements and related notes presented in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 12, 2015. There have been no changes in the Company’s significant accounting policies from those that were disclosed in the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting periods. Such management estimates and assumptions include the estimated selling price for the various elements in our customer contracts, the allowance for doubtful accounts, stock-based compensation expense, useful lives of intangible assets, redemption value of redeemable non-controlling interests and the valuation of deferred tax assets and acquired intangible assets. Actual results could differ materially from those estimates, and such differences could be material to the financial statements and affect the results of operations reported in future periods.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In April 2015, the Financial Accounting Standard Board (FASB) issued new accounting guidance, Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs. The guidance requires that debt issuance costs related to a recognized debt liability be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of that debt liability, consistent with debt discounts. The debt issuance costs guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted. The Company has elected not to early adopt. The adoption of the debt guidance is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements. In May 2014, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606), which requires an entity to recognize the amount of revenue to which it expects to be entitled for the transfer of promised goods or services to customers. The ASU will replace most existing revenue recognition guidance in U.S. GAAP when it becomes effective. ASU 2014-09 also specifies the accounting for some costs to obtain or fulfill a contract with a customer. Unless amended or delayed by the FASB, the new standard would be effective for the Company on January 1, 2017. Early application would be permitted. The standard permits the use of either the retrospective or cumulative effect transition method. The Company is evaluating the effect that ASU 2014-09 will have on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures. The Company has not yet selected a transition method nor has it determined the effect of the standard on its ongoing financial reporting.