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Rok Sever

Co-Founder & CEO, PredictLeads · 1 appearance on the record.

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Rok Sever is the co-founder and CEO of PredictLeads, a data intelligence platform backed by Y Combinator. Based in Slovenia, he initially self-funded the startup using revenue from an earlier lifestyle business.

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1 supported 0 partly supported 0 contradicted 6 not checkable as stated how the 7 claims stand · each chip opens the sources

7 assertions · 1 insight · 3 disclosures · every statement was checked. The predictions and assertions are the 7 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 1 is resolved, and 6 name no date, number or outcome precise enough to check. Everything else (opinions, insights, what ifs, disclosures) can never be settled by the record, so it carries no assessment.

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What the tape says about how Rok argues and how the claims held up. Everything they said, and everything said about them, is in the tabs below.

Their most notable supported claim

Assertion Supported
Sever: Predict Leads gave 8% equity for $15K to Startupbootcamp
“We gave eight percent equity for 15 K.”
Rok Sever Jan 29, 2019 ▶ 4:25 1284 How He Uses Lifetstyle Business To Fund SaaS Startup

Everything Rok Sever said on Top Founders that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →

Insight
Sever: Small country founders should target major markets immediately, skipping local
“When we're building out previous startups, they thought we are, since we're based in Slovenia they told us, or even we thought so that it's good to start out locally and as a pro and as a product locally, and if it works, expand to bigger markets. And I would …”
Rok Sever Jan 29, 2019 ▶ 17:27 1284 How He Uses Lifetstyle Business To Fund SaaS Startup
Assertion Supported
Sever: Predict Leads gave 8% equity for $15K to Startupbootcamp
“We gave eight percent equity for 15 K.”
Rok Sever Jan 29, 2019 ▶ 4:25 1284 How He Uses Lifetstyle Business To Fund SaaS Startup
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Sever: Every trial user decides to integrate with Predict Leads
“So basically any client that gives us a try, they decide to take a next step and basically integrate with us.”
Rok Sever Jan 29, 2019 ▶ 8:16 1284 How He Uses Lifetstyle Business To Fund SaaS Startup
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Sever: Predict Leads has zero churn on its data API product
“So for the data part, we have not yet lost a customer. We pivoted a bit. First, we were providing our clients with leads. Now we're just providing them with data. So those clients that we were providing them with leads, those have churned off a bit, but the on…”
Rok Sever Jan 29, 2019 ▶ 10:05 1284 How He Uses Lifetstyle Business To Fund SaaS Startup
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Sever: Predict Leads funded 18 months R&D via lifestyle business and grants
“European Union has grants for more innovative companies. We also, our previous startup allows, allows us also to work on, on this one full time. So yeah, with the combination of both, we were able to go basically a year and a half without any money basically.”
Rok Sever Jan 29, 2019 ▶ 5:02 1284 How He Uses Lifetstyle Business To Fund SaaS Startup
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Sever: Predict Leads has generated around $150,000 in revenue year-to-date
“So basically annual, so till today we've so for We did a 150 K around there.”
Rok Sever Jan 29, 2019 ▶ 6:48 1284 How He Uses Lifetstyle Business To Fund SaaS Startup
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Sever: Predict Leads checks over 12 million websites for job openings
“We actually check more than twelve million websites and we check their career, career sites, like job opening sites and extract that information.”
Rok Sever Jan 29, 2019 ▶ 13:06 1284 How He Uses Lifetstyle Business To Fund SaaS Startup
Disclosure
Sever: Predict Leads contracts range from $6K to $50K annually
“Have annual contracts that start with six K per year and go up to 50 K per year.”
Rok Sever Jan 29, 2019 ▶ 2:56 1284 How He Uses Lifetstyle Business To Fund SaaS Startup
Disclosure
Sever: Predict Leads average contract is around $12K annually
“Average would be around, I guess, 12 K.”
Rok Sever Jan 29, 2019 ▶ 3:07 1284 How He Uses Lifetstyle Business To Fund SaaS Startup
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Sever: Previous lifestyle startup generates around $100k annually
“It's a hundreds of thousands, around a 100,000 per year.”
Rok Sever Jan 29, 2019 ▶ 5:30 1284 How He Uses Lifetstyle Business To Fund SaaS Startup
Disclosure
Sever: Predict Leads would not sell for a 2x ARR all-cash buyout
“No way.”
Rok Sever Jan 29, 2019 ▶ 15:52 1284 How He Uses Lifetstyle Business To Fund SaaS Startup

Appearances (1)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
1284 How He Uses Lifetstyle Business To Fund SaaS Startup Jan 29, 2019 8m
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