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Max Pechersky

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
106 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 403: $650k Raised, Finland SaaS Copmany, 600 Customers with PromoRepublic.com

So now this is about 6K.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 403: $650k Raised, Finland SaaS Copmany, 600 Customers with PromoRepublic.com

However, during the first half of the year, 2016, we made another pivot.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 403: $650k Raised, Finland SaaS Copmany, 600 Customers with PromoRepublic.com

We pivoted in terms of market, in terms of product, and we're building pretty many things in terms of R&D.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 403: $650k Raised, Finland SaaS Copmany, 600 Customers with PromoRepublic.com

At the moment, 600, 400 from our previous stage.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 403: $650k Raised, Finland SaaS Copmany, 600 Customers with PromoRepublic.com

Those are owners of small businesses in Europe.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 403: $650k Raised, Finland SaaS Copmany, 600 Customers with PromoRepublic.com

And we managed to onboard approximately 200

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 403: $650k Raised, Finland SaaS Copmany, 600 Customers with PromoRepublic.com

marketing freelancers from US.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 403: $650k Raised, Finland SaaS Copmany, 600 Customers with PromoRepublic.com

Yeah, but really differently.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 403: $650k Raised, Finland SaaS Copmany, 600 Customers with PromoRepublic.com

We managed to hire prices on US market a lot and also create additional value for freelancers.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 403: $650k Raised, Finland SaaS Copmany, 600 Customers with PromoRepublic.com

So those guys, owners of small businesses in Europe are still paying 12 to 20 bucks a month.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 403: $650k Raised, Finland SaaS Copmany, 600 Customers with PromoRepublic.com

However, in the US, our package starts with $50.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 403: $650k Raised, Finland SaaS Copmany, 600 Customers with PromoRepublic.com

And the first payments were sold for 200.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 403: $650k Raised, Finland SaaS Copmany, 600 Customers with PromoRepublic.com

So our last round was 500,000 euro.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 403: $650k Raised, Finland SaaS Copmany, 600 Customers with PromoRepublic.com

In total, it is now like approximately 650, 700 euro for the whole period of our existence.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 403: $650k Raised, Finland SaaS Copmany, 600 Customers with PromoRepublic.com

That's quite an interesting model that we had.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 403: $650k Raised, Finland SaaS Copmany, 600 Customers with PromoRepublic.com

It was partly on convertible capital loan.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 403: $650k Raised, Finland SaaS Copmany, 600 Customers with PromoRepublic.com

And the other part is capital from Finnish state fund that supports the startups and co-invests together with private capital.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 403: $650k Raised, Finland SaaS Copmany, 600 Customers with PromoRepublic.com

So convertible capital loan is clear.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 403: $650k Raised, Finland SaaS Copmany, 600 Customers with PromoRepublic.com

Those guys from Finnish state agency, it is both a grant and a soft loan that can be converted in grants in future or can be paid back if everything goes well.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 403: $650k Raised, Finland SaaS Copmany, 600 Customers with PromoRepublic.com

Okay, so we've dived into the churn thing quite deep.