United Kingdom

also referred to as: uk

28 statements across 24 episodes · 13 bullish · 2 bearish · 23 people on the record · first statement Jan 28, 2016 by Kelvin Lockwood · said 476 times in 238 episodes since 2016 · across every show →

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2016 40 mentions in 19 episodes 2 per episode

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Everything said about United Kingdom, oldest first

Jan 28, 2016
Disclosure
Lockwood: Bundle Has Tested With 50 UK and 20 US Users
“So we've had about sort of 50 people in the UK and about sort of 20 here.”
Kelvin Lockwood Jan 28, 2016 ▶ 6:49 Getting 1m Users Fast with Kelvin Lockwood
Jan 23, 2017 positive
Assertion Supported
Santander InnoVentures invested early in Kabbage to launch a UK loan product
“It's a company we invested early on in, in the fund and we've been working with them in developing a working capital loans product for the UK that was just launched a few weeks ago.”
Manuel Silva Jan 23, 2017 ▶ 4:33 EP 548: $200M FinTech Fund Bullish on Kabbage with Santander Innoventures Partner Manuel Silva
Mar 12, 2018 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
CompStak operates in over 70 commercial real estate markets globally
“We're live in over 70 markets across the US and UK over 900 sub markets in over 8000 cities.”
Michael Mandel Mar 12, 2018 ▶ 2:00 961 How He Sells Commercial Real Estate Data to PE Firms for $5m+ in ARR
Jun 5, 2018
Disclosure
Enplug operates franchise offices in Brazil, Australia, Japan, and the UK
“So we have offices in Sao Paulo, Brazil Melbourne, Australia, Tokyo, Japan, and UK.”
Nancy Liu Jun 5, 2018 ▶ 6:02 1046 She Controls WeWork TV Screens, Passes $4.8m ARR
Sep 6, 2018 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Salmay: France, Germany, and UK are Tilkee's top markets
“We could just secure the French markets and go very slow on the German and UK market. That's our top markets today.”
Tim Salmay Sep 6, 2018 ▶ 4:07 1139 We're about to close $5m round for our sales document tool
Dec 9, 2018
Assertion Not checkable as stated
TransferWise's largest transfer volume corridors are between developed Western countries
“Most of our money goes from first world to first world. Our biggest corridor are between UK and US, UK and Spain, UK and Germany.”
Taavet Hinrikus Dec 9, 2018 ▶ 21:45 1233 With 4m Customers, $4b Transfered Every Month, is Transferwise The Cheaper Bank Of The Future?
Dec 9, 2018 bullish
Assertion Not publicly verifiable
TransferWise has captured over 15% of the UK money transfer market
“So in UK, we have more than 15% market share.”
Taavet Hinrikus Dec 9, 2018 ▶ 6:33 1233 With 4m Customers, $4b Transfered Every Month, is Transferwise The Cheaper Bank Of The Future?
Dec 9, 2018 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
The US will soon overtake the UK as TransferWise's largest sending country
“UK is still our biggest sending country. It will be overtaken by US very soon, but today UK is the biggest sending country, and the biggest corridor is from UK to Euros, to all over Europe.”
Taavet Hinrikus Dec 9, 2018 ▶ 21:57 1233 With 4m Customers, $4b Transfered Every Month, is Transferwise The Cheaper Bank Of The Future?
Feb 17, 2019 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Zinc used mandatory EU seller addresses for direct-mail marketing
“In the EU and UK legally sellers have to have their address on the listing. So that was even easier to get their contact information. We did a postcard campaign where we just mailed them postcards with some you know, information about Joe Lister and about Pric…”
Max Kolysh Feb 17, 2019 ▶ 12:43 1303 Ebay to Amazon Dropshipping Arbitrage CEO Makes $5.4M
May 3, 2019 positive
Prediction Not checkable as stated
US Market Projected to Overtake UK and Europe for Shorthand
“The US is kind of just coming up and maybe going to overtake that over the next 12 months.”
Ricky Robinson May 3, 2019 ▶ 12:34 1378 250 Content Producers Pay Him $6k/yr For Storytelling Drag and Drop Platform
Apr 24, 2020
Disclosure
Awareness Technologies acquired a UK business for over $3M
“When we bought the company in the UK we bought it for a little over three million, and we already had a million of debt at the time.”
Brad Miller Apr 24, 2020 ▶ 15:36 1735 Smarter to Buy vs Build, He bought Company for $10m, Now doing $20m in ARR 3 years later
Jun 26, 2020
Assertion Supported
Gerrie: E-commerce return rates reach 25% in UK, 70% in Germany
“In somewhere like the UK that rates about 25% in Germany, There might be 70% returns rate,”
Al Gerrie Jun 26, 2020 ▶ 6:22 ZigZag Hits $5m Revenue Helping Brands Like Gap Manage Returns
Jul 16, 2020
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Austin: Fresh Relevance Serves Nearly 500 Customers, Two-Thirds in UK
“And that's just coming up to 500 now. yeah. And about two-thirds of those are in the UK.”
Mike Austin Jul 16, 2020 ▶ 4:07 FreshRelevance Founders Put Up $500k To Start, Now $5m Revenue, 500 Customers
Oct 14, 2020 neutral
Opinion
Islay: European product companies lack sales investment and capital
“I think in Europe in particular, there's a lot of great product companies that have you know, don't have the capital to grow and have you know, like, Generally weak. You know, don't have the investment in the sales team. And also in their home markets, it's us…”
James Isilay Oct 14, 2020 ▶ 4:51 Cognism Prospecting Tool Hits $10m Revenue, 40% Of Last Round Was Secondary
Jan 12, 2021 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Globechain claims 34 UK enterprise customers and 10,000 taker members
“We have around 34 customers in the UK. We've got 10,000 members. So they're the taking members the people that take the items and we're in UK, Spain. We actually just launched in New York last month. Just before Christmas. And we're in the UAE. We have a partn…”
May Alkaruni Jan 12, 2021 ▶ 6:49 GlobeChain Lists Waste Products, Does $1.6m in ARR in SaaS Enabled Marketplace Model
Jan 21, 2021
Assertion Partly supported
Finimize ranks among the top grossing finance apps in US and UK
“In the US, we are usually in the top 15, top 20 highest grossing finance apps, and in the UK, typically in the top three.”
Max Rafaga Jan 21, 2021 ▶ 19:16 Finimize Uses 1m Email List to Launch API SaaS, Grows to 30% of Total Revenue
May 12, 2021 bullish
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Weirich: RealLink reaches 500k units across 1,400 US and UK properties
“So we're actually pushing in 500,000 units now on the platform, which is great. So rolling that up on a property level, we're around 1400 individual properties using a platform between the U S and the UK.”
Matt Weirich May 12, 2021 ▶ 6:06 Virtual Leasing Tour SaaS Hits $5m Revenue, Sells 60% at $34m Valuation Bringing on New Strategic Partner
Nov 28, 2021
Disclosure
Fima.ai is working with 10 to 15 customers
“So right now I think we're working with about 10 to 15 customers but we are running a bunch of pilots in the UK at the moment.”
Tavi Tamiste Nov 28, 2021 ▶ 6:22 Camera Analytics SaaS Hits $6k MRR, Raised $1.5m at $4m Valuation
Jan 7, 2022 positive
Disclosure
Melkerson: PinMeTo hires UK expats in Poland to sell cheaply to UK
“So for example, we have quite a lot of people born and raised in the UK living in Poland today for different reasons. And we have them selling to the UK, which for us is way, way cheaper. To have people hired in Poland, but still they sell in UK and the custom…”
Daniel Melkerson Jan 7, 2022 ▶ 7:30 $5m Revenue On Just $5m Raised, Capital Efficient Founder!
Mar 19, 2022 negative
Opinion
Isilay: European tech companies lack capital and sales investment compared to US and UK
“I think in Europe in particular, there's a lot of great product companies that have you know, I don't have the capital to grow and have you know, like Generally weak. You know, don't have the investment in the sales team. And also in their home markets, it's u…”
James Isilay Mar 19, 2022 ▶ 4:13 Look Back: Cognism Prospecting Tool Hits $10m Revenue, 40% Of Last Round Was Secondary
May 11, 2022 neutral
Disclosure
SteadyPay's gig worker users average £2,000 in monthly net income
“So we're talking about 2000 pounds, call it 2.5 thousand dollars net into your bank account after taxes.”
Oleg Mukhanov May 11, 2022 ▶ 3:05 Fintech For Gig Workers Breaks $1m ARR, 10k Customers
May 25, 2022 positive
Disclosure
Yeply operates in Germany, Netherlands, and Austria, targeting UK expansion in 2022
“Then we're operating how in Germany, having nationwide coverage there, the Netherlands and then Austria at the moment, looking to open up the UK market still this year.”
Antti Kansanaho (Antti Consala) May 25, 2022 ▶ 2:51 He used software to fix 10,000 bikes last month, made $400,000 revenue
Oct 16, 2022 positive
Insight
Arrigoni: Off-season Southern Europe retreats are far more cost-effective than US or UK
“The entire Southern Europe is a perfect spot for all that kind of stuff. And of course you have people flying in from different places, but especially if you do it off season you know, you can kind of make the math work and it's so much harder to make it work …”
Massimo Arrigoni Oct 16, 2022 ▶ 3:02 Team Retreat Playbook: Why We Spend $2,500 per head for our SaaS team retreats
Dec 16, 2022 bullish
Opinion
US tax complexity makes it Earner's prime expansion target
“We think the US is a really interesting market when it comes to accounting and tax, probably even way more complicated than it is here. And the fact that everybody has to do a tax return there right here is mainly still small businesses is very interesting opp…”
Enzo Ottens Dec 16, 2022 ▶ 17:10 SMB Tax App hits $20k MRR by getting 1k+ Signups and Converting 20-50% to $35/mo paid accounts
Apr 3, 2023 bearish
Opinion
Naluichi: Selling corporate innovation in US and UK is too aggressive
“Teaching how to do innovation in US and UK is too aggressive, and so I decided to stay in niche market but anyway, very rewarding in terms of potential market share.”
Fabio Naluichi Apr 3, 2023 ▶ 4:30 $100m All Cash Exit, Bootstrapped. Now $50m in ARR growing 100% YoY
Nov 1, 2023 neutral
Assertion Partly supported
Olberg: UK firms with £3M+ payroll must pay 0.5% apprenticeship tax
“Every firm in the UK with a payroll of three million or more has to pay half a percent of that payroll into a tax that goes towards funding vocational training.”
Richard Olberg Nov 1, 2023 ▶ 2:53 He Hit $8m in Revenue Helping UK Companies Train Employees Faster and Comply with Regulation
Nov 1, 2023 bullish
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Olberg: Aptem is the UK's largest vocational training software provider
“There are 40 universities in this country who use our technology. We are the largest provider in the UK of technology for this type of training.”
Richard Olberg Nov 1, 2023 ▶ 3:25 He Hit $8m in Revenue Helping UK Companies Train Employees Faster and Comply with Regulation
Nov 1, 2023 neutral
Assertion Supported
Olberg: 500,000 people train annually across 1,500 UK vocational providers
“It's a big market, half a million people a year in the UK being trained, 1500 different organizations doing this training.”
Richard Olberg Nov 1, 2023 ▶ 1:36 He Hit $8m in Revenue Helping UK Companies Train Employees Faster and Comply with Regulation
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