Everything Alessandro Biggi said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.
CEO Alessandro Biggi holds less than 10% equity in Zooppa
“Pretty much, yeah.”
Biggi believes Zooppa can reach a $50M to $100M+ valuation
“I think right now there's a huge opportunity for Zupa to grow and to really make it become a big business, let's say in the 50, a hundred million or more value.”
Zooppa retains a 50% take rate on campaign transaction volume
“No, no, we usually, as I said, we usually keep 50% for ourselves and 50% goes to the grid.”
Biggi: Zooppa relies on a global network of 400,000 creators
“Basically instead of having our own internal creative department, we rely on technology to engage with a network of about 400,000 creators all around the world.”
Biggi: Zooppa project sizes range from $10k to over $150k
“When it's about open model, you know, we usually can go anywhere From, let's say, 40 K to a 150 or more. When it's more direct production, you know, you can start as low as 10 K and then of course grows grow up as a project becomes more complex.”
Zooppa is pivoting from a creative contest platform to an agency
“Zupa developed for many years as the contest platform for creatives. And right now, we're really, like, Pivoting, sort of developing, actually, I would say evolving as the market is also requiring us to evolve into an open creative agency.”
Biggi: Zooppa processed $4M to $5M in transaction volume in 2016
“So I would say it was around four to five million.”
Zooppa aims to achieve self-sustainability before raising additional capital
“We focus more on on the, on being able to sustain ourselves with our on our own. I think that's definitely my goal for the year. And I think it's totally achievable, totally doable.”
Zooppa executes 60 to 70 client creative campaigns per year
“Usually we run about 60 to 70 projects per year.”
Zooppa operates with a team of about 25 people
“We're about 25 people.”
Biggi's previous startup 20Lines raised $1M before expanding to SF
“We started in Italy, and then we raised about a million. We went to San Francisco.”
HarperCollins' acquisition of Biggi's startup 20Lines was a soft landing
“Yeah, no, no, definitely. It was more of a soft landing.”