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Chaitanya Chakareti

Co-founder & CTO, Ozonetel Communications. On 1 show, 1 appearance. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.

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Chaitanya Chokkareddy co-founded Ozonetel and architected India's first cloud telephony platform, KooKoo, as well as its core CCaaS platform. He is recognized as a pioneer in the Indian SaaS ecosystem for advancing cloud communications, conversational AI, and call center automation.

1shows
1appearances
17statements
2resolved
1supported
1contradicted
50%fully supported

Everything Chaitanya Chakareti said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.

TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated
One new customer drove half of OzoneTel's $3M year-over-year growth
“Well, because you remember I said that last year we were at seven million and then this year we're doing ten million out of that, the half of it came from this new customer.”
Chaitanya Chakareti Jan 5, 2022 ▶ 16:11 Bootstrapped to $10m in India, Now Raising to Introduce Call Center Software to US
TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Contradicted
OzoneTel was the first cloud contact center service in India
“Basically, the cloud contact center market didn't exist in India when we launched in 2011. We were the first cloud contact center service.”
Chaitanya Chakareti Jan 5, 2022 ▶ 4:09 Bootstrapped to $10m in India, Now Raising to Introduce Call Center Software to US
US SaaS adoption is faster than India despite market size differences
“You are right in one sense that the market is certainly bigger, but then educating the market and the market adapting these new services is going to take longer. Whereas in the US the market, as well as the customers who are ready to take this year is much hig…”
Chaitanya Chakareti Jan 5, 2022 ▶ 12:50 Bootstrapped to $10m in India, Now Raising to Introduce Call Center Software to US
TOP FOUNDERS Disclosure
OzoneTel plans to raise $15M to fund its US expansion
“So we are planning on raising another fifteen million.”
Chaitanya Chakareti Jan 5, 2022 ▶ 13:15 Bootstrapped to $10m in India, Now Raising to Introduce Call Center Software to US
TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Supported
OzoneTel powers customer service for Indian grocery delivery giant BigBasket
“In India, for example, big basket, which is a sort of like a grow online grocery delivery service. They use our service to serve their customers.”
Chaitanya Chakareti Jan 5, 2022 ▶ 1:32 Bootstrapped to $10m in India, Now Raising to Introduce Call Center Software to US
TOP FOUNDERS Disclosure
Chakareti: OzoneTel charges $50 to $200 per agent per month
“So we start with the 50 dollars per agent. And we go up all the way up to one 50 to 200 dollars, depending on the features that they get.”
Chaitanya Chakareti Jan 5, 2022 ▶ 2:02 Bootstrapped to $10m in India, Now Raising to Introduce Call Center Software to US
TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated
OzoneTel's average customer size has grown to 200 agents
“Our average says when we started off, it was 10 agents back in 2011. But now we are at the 200 agent average.”
Chaitanya Chakareti Jan 5, 2022 ▶ 4:49 Bootstrapped to $10m in India, Now Raising to Introduce Call Center Software to US
TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated
OzoneTel averages approximately $8,000 in revenue per customer
“Our power is around like 8000 dollars.”
Chaitanya Chakareti Jan 5, 2022 ▶ 5:09 Bootstrapped to $10m in India, Now Raising to Introduce Call Center Software to US
TOP FOUNDERS Disclosure
OzoneTel raises $5M in funding after bootstrapping for 10 years
“We recently raised after 10 years of bootstrapping. We raised like four months back. So we raised five million dollars.”
Chaitanya Chakareti Jan 5, 2022 ▶ 5:21 Bootstrapped to $10m in India, Now Raising to Introduce Call Center Software to US
TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated
OzoneTel serves 2,000 customers globally and 8 in the US
“In the U S we are serving around eight, eight customers. We are around 2000 customers.”
Chaitanya Chakareti Jan 5, 2022 ▶ 6:47 Bootstrapped to $10m in India, Now Raising to Introduce Call Center Software to US
TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated
OzoneTel reaches approximately $10M in annual recurring revenue
“We are at about a million dollar era right now.”
Chaitanya Chakareti Jan 5, 2022 ▶ 7:04 Bootstrapped to $10m in India, Now Raising to Introduce Call Center Software to US
TOP FOUNDERS Disclosure
All $5M of OzoneTel's recent funding went to primary capital
“All went directly to the business.”
Chaitanya Chakareti Jan 5, 2022 ▶ 11:24 Bootstrapped to $10m in India, Now Raising to Introduce Call Center Software to US
TOP FOUNDERS Disclosure
OzoneTel diluted under 10% in its recent $5M funding round
“Under, under 10%.”
Chaitanya Chakareti Jan 5, 2022 ▶ 11:44 Bootstrapped to $10m in India, Now Raising to Introduce Call Center Software to US
TOP FOUNDERS Disclosure
OzoneTel's first funding round valued the company just under $100M
“Not above a hundred million, a little bit down.”
Chaitanya Chakareti Jan 5, 2022 ▶ 12:14 Bootstrapped to $10m in India, Now Raising to Introduce Call Center Software to US
TOP FOUNDERS Disclosure
OzoneTel sets annual sales quota for Indian reps around $200K
“Your quota would be around I would say 200 K.”
Chaitanya Chakareti Jan 5, 2022 ▶ 14:38 Bootstrapped to $10m in India, Now Raising to Introduce Call Center Software to US
TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated
OzoneTel's largest customer signed a $5M contract over three years
“We have a five million dollar contract over three years.”
Chaitanya Chakareti Jan 5, 2022 ▶ 15:38 Bootstrapped to $10m in India, Now Raising to Introduce Call Center Software to US
TOP FOUNDERS Disclosure
OzoneTel offers US channel partners a 25% to 30% cut
“Around the 25%, 25 to 30%, depending on the partner.”
Chaitanya Chakareti Jan 5, 2022 ▶ 8:21 Bootstrapped to $10m in India, Now Raising to Introduce Call Center Software to US

One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Chaitanya's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.

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TOP FOUNDERSLEDGER Co-founder & CTO, Ozonetel Communications 1 17 50% 1/2 full record on Top Founders →
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