Rodrigo Dantas

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Rodrigo Dantas founded and led Brazilian recurring payments platform Vindi through its acquisition by Locaweb in 2020. An active angel investor, he also co-created the business podcast Like a Boss and writes the newsletter Sonho Grande.

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Dantas: Vindi Acquired First 10 Customers Through Inbound Marketing

“Our 10 customers came with us about inbound marketing.”

Rodrigo Dantas May 3, 2020 ▶ 4:44 1744 Zuora for Brazil Hits $5m ARR, Raising $2.5m on $25m Pre Money

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Dantas: 90% of Vindi's revenue is pure SaaS

“90% is SAS.”

Rodrigo Dantas May 3, 2020 ▶ 2:15 1744 Zuora for Brazil Hits $5m ARR, Raising $2.5m on $25m Pre Money

Disclosure

Dantas: Resultados Digitais and Thomson Reuters use Vindi's platform

“We have companies like Resultados Digitais using our platform, and they are in the middle of our price. And we have companies like Thomson Reuters, the biggest company of software in the world paying a lot of transactions per month.”

Rodrigo Dantas May 3, 2020 ▶ 2:40 1744 Zuora for Brazil Hits $5m ARR, Raising $2.5m on $25m Pre Money

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Dantas: Vindi has scaled to 4,000 customers

“We have 4000 customers.”

Rodrigo Dantas May 3, 2020 ▶ 6:49 1744 Zuora for Brazil Hits $5m ARR, Raising $2.5m on $25m Pre Money

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Dantas: Vindi is growing 100% year-over-year

“We are growing 100% year by year.”

Rodrigo Dantas May 3, 2020 ▶ 7:03 1744 Zuora for Brazil Hits $5m ARR, Raising $2.5m on $25m Pre Money

Disclosure

Dantas: Vindi acquired a payment facilitator and competitor Smartbill

“We acquired a fintech, a small fintech, a payment facilitator, and we acquired one of our competitors, whose name is Smartbill.”

Rodrigo Dantas May 3, 2020 ▶ 8:01 1744 Zuora for Brazil Hits $5m ARR, Raising $2.5m on $25m Pre Money

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Dantas: Vindi operates with a seven-month customer payback period

“Seven months payback.”

Rodrigo Dantas May 3, 2020 ▶ 10:11 1744 Zuora for Brazil Hits $5m ARR, Raising $2.5m on $25m Pre Money

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Dantas: Vindi maintains 2% monthly customer churn and 1.5% revenue churn

“Two, two percent is in quantity and the number of customers. And we have, One percent and a half of revenue.”

Rodrigo Dantas May 3, 2020 ▶ 10:55 1744 Zuora for Brazil Hits $5m ARR, Raising $2.5m on $25m Pre Money

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Dantas: Vindi will reach breakeven in two months

“We are very close to our breakeven. Maybe two months we are targeting our breakeven.”

Rodrigo Dantas May 3, 2020 ▶ 14:19 1744 Zuora for Brazil Hits $5m ARR, Raising $2.5m on $25m Pre Money

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Dantas: Vindi burns $3,000 per month

“3003 thousand dollars per month.”

Rodrigo Dantas May 3, 2020 ▶ 14:30 1744 Zuora for Brazil Hits $5m ARR, Raising $2.5m on $25m Pre Money

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Dantas: Vindi average SaaS ARPU is nearly 400 Brazilian reals monthly

“Almost 400, 400 Brazilian reals.”

Rodrigo Dantas May 3, 2020 ▶ 2:30 1744 Zuora for Brazil Hits $5m ARR, Raising $2.5m on $25m Pre Money

Disclosure

Dantas: Vindi raised $3M from Brazilian VC

“We raised three million dollars with a VC here in Brazil.”

Rodrigo Dantas May 3, 2020 ▶ 11:38 1744 Zuora for Brazil Hits $5m ARR, Raising $2.5m on $25m Pre Money

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Episode	Date	Speaking time
1744 Zuora for Brazil Hits $5m ARR, Raising $2.5m on $25m Pre Money	May 3, 2020	8m

Rodrigo Dantas

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