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Anoop Naik

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
164 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Car Technology SaaS Hits $1.2m ARR, Sold 14% for $500k

We being mobility startup, we being autonomous vehicle-related startup, Bosch plays a significant role in the roadmap of the company.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Car Technology SaaS Hits $1.2m ARR, Sold 14% for $500k

So Bosch is a global player, probably the best known name in the automotive industry, right?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Car Technology SaaS Hits $1.2m ARR, Sold 14% for $500k

Having them on your cap table, having them as your partners gives you many, much more strategic value than just money.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Car Technology SaaS Hits $1.2m ARR, Sold 14% for $500k

That's the reason the valuation is a little lesser than probably what we would have anticipated, but it's a fair bargain because the kind of the thought process and the strategic value Bosch brings to the table.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Car Technology SaaS Hits $1.2m ARR, Sold 14% for $500k

Over the period of three years.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Car Technology SaaS Hits $1.2m ARR, Sold 14% for $500k

2018 April when we launched, right?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Car Technology SaaS Hits $1.2m ARR, Sold 14% for $500k

We have taken small amount of debt every time whenever we needed it, right?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Car Technology SaaS Hits $1.2m ARR, Sold 14% for $500k

We have a partner company called iTriangle who kind of supplies the telematics device or the IoT devices.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Car Technology SaaS Hits $1.2m ARR, Sold 14% for $500k

So kind of we raised entire debt from them.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Car Technology SaaS Hits $1.2m ARR, Sold 14% for $500k

We did not go outside of them.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Car Technology SaaS Hits $1.2m ARR, Sold 14% for $500k

No, no.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Car Technology SaaS Hits $1.2m ARR, Sold 14% for $500k

There is no collateral.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Car Technology SaaS Hits $1.2m ARR, Sold 14% for $500k

There is an interest rate that we pay them.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Car Technology SaaS Hits $1.2m ARR, Sold 14% for $500k

Because the money has been borrowed in small instances or small, let's say, intervals every time, we have never given them any collateral against us.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Car Technology SaaS Hits $1.2m ARR, Sold 14% for $500k

We have paid interest over what we have raised.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Car Technology SaaS Hits $1.2m ARR, Sold 14% for $500k

What's the interest?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Car Technology SaaS Hits $1.2m ARR, Sold 14% for $500k

Yes.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Car Technology SaaS Hits $1.2m ARR, Sold 14% for $500k

So roughly around 7% to 9% interest.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Car Technology SaaS Hits $1.2m ARR, Sold 14% for $500k

If I go to a typical lender, let's say a bank or a NBFC, non-banking financial corporation, I have to give them collateral.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Car Technology SaaS Hits $1.2m ARR, Sold 14% for $500k

No, because this was a partner company who we were doing business with.