Luke Beatty

And so I didn't start working as the CEO and joining Steve and the brand folder team until about…

seven months ago.

And until before that, I had been really just the board chair and really sitting on the board and participating from an investor and board perspective.

So I think the indication of Velocity was more around just, you know, I'd never seen a company that had built such a clean and clear and concise product that fit a very perfect niche

with such an incredible customer base.

I think, um, you know, it was also a company that was, you know, after tooling around for three and four years and really trying to find its product market fit had gotten to cashflow positive and really was a great thing.

And I felt like, Hey, you know, I can, I can come in, raise a quick round of financing and we can, we can grow this thing into how much total has been raised.

Uh, our, our early stage kind of tech stars, um, uh, angel stuff, I think amounted to about, uh, 1.5.

And then I just raised, uh, uh, around a little bit North of $5 million.

And now I think we're probably close to seven.

I put the first money into the company.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Me and other people.

Yeah.

Not by myself.

Yeah.

And I spent my, you know, I spent my weekends and stuff working with these guys on it.

And, you know, it's been a real, a real pet project for me.

I think, you know, it's funny.