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Martin Tobias

11 statements across 4 episodes · 1 bullish · 7 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Aug 30, 2023 by Maryam Braima · across every show →

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Aug 30, 2023
Disclosure
Braima: Kimoyo Insights Is Raising on a $6M Valuation Cap
“Yes, a six million dollar cap.”
Maryam Braima Aug 30, 2023 ▶ 10:54 "The $2.2 Billion Opportunity: African Consumer Insights Driving Tech Hubs in Africa"
Aug 30, 2023 bearish
Opinion
Tobias: Kimoyo Insights Is a People Business, Passing on Investment
“This is not, this is a people business where you're basically renting people, and for that reason, it doesn't fit my thesis and I'm out.”
Martin Tobias Aug 30, 2023 ▶ 13:25 "The $2.2 Billion Opportunity: African Consumer Insights Driving Tech Hubs in Africa"
Sep 13, 2023 negative
Insight
Tobias: Funding an Interim Business Model Toward a Pivot Is Too Hard
“And you're being asked to fund a, an interim business model towards the pivot, which is just too hard.”
Martin Tobias Sep 13, 2023 ▶ 18:50 “VCs React to a Bold True Crime Startup—Is Crowdsourced Crime Solving the Future?”
Sep 13, 2023 negative
Disclosure
Martin Tobias Passes on Uncovered Due to Lack of B2B Traction
“Unfortunately, I invest in B to B software companies, and I like to see traction on that B to B type of thing, so I would love to hear when you have more of that kind of traction, and this round's not a fit for me, so I'm out.”
Martin Tobias Sep 13, 2023 ▶ 14:49 “VCs React to a Bold True Crime Startup—Is Crowdsourced Crime Solving the Future?”
Mar 4, 2025 bearish
Opinion
Tobias: Kimoyo is a 'people renting' business, not software
“This is not, this is a people business where you're basically renting people. And for that reason, it doesn't fit my thesis and I'm out.”
Martin Tobias Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 13:48 #116 Kimoyo: Is This African Startup Venture Backable?
Mar 4, 2025 bearish
Prediction Open · timeframe Mar 2028
Tobias predicts Kimoyo will exit for mid-double-digit millions, not $100M+
“I don't think it ends up being a billion dollar exit, or even a hundred million dollar exit. I think it ends up being a maybe mid double digits exit.”
Martin Tobias Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 20:20 #116 Kimoyo: Is This African Startup Venture Backable?
Mar 4, 2025 negative
Insight
Tobias: Startups in foreign countries backed only by US VCs raise concerns
“I get a little concerned when I see only US VCs in an, in a foreign country.”
Martin Tobias Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 17:37 #116 Kimoyo: Is This African Startup Venture Backable?
Mar 4, 2025 neutral
Insight
Tobias: Consulting Companies Sell at 3x to 5x EBITDA
“Consulting companies sell at three or one X revenue, maybe three or five X EBITDA.”
Martin Tobias Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 19:00 #116 Kimoyo: Is This African Startup Venture Backable?
Mar 4, 2025
Disclosure
Tobias has invested in waste-sorting technology twice before
“I've been thinking about this problem for a while. I've invested in it twice, and I think we are at a time where we've got a convergence of technologies that could potentially create another wave of this kind of thing, because it's so easy, like doing it on yo…”
Martin Tobias Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 14:08 #124 ECGO: Turning Trash Into Treasure With AI
Mar 4, 2025 positive
Insight
Tobias: Campus apps need bottom-up engagement to sell enterprise licenses
“If she had a bottoms up strategy, she could also then go and get the money from the campus, because you go to USC and go, look, you know, there's already eight sororities that are competing against each other. Why don't you buy a site license because they're a…”
Martin Tobias Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 17:08 #124 ECGO: Turning Trash Into Treasure With AI
Mar 4, 2025 negative
Insight
Enterprise demo deals fail when nobody owns end-user acquisition
“I know you're, you say that they're responsible for it, but I've seen these kind of things where, you know, you sign a demo deal and then nobody's really responsible for customer acquisition, and at the end of the LOI, everybody's like, this thing didn't work.”
Martin Tobias Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 8:23 #124 ECGO: Turning Trash Into Treasure With AI
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