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Pugliesi: Hi Platform is Brazil's top chatbot provider with 150+ clients
“So in the last two years, we are the number one chat bot here in Brazil. We have over 150 clients.”
Marcelo Pugliesi Jan 4, 2019 ▶ 3:04 1259 Brazilian SaaS Raising $5m on $20m Pre, $9m in ARR, 20% yoy Growth
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Hi Platform generates approximately $750,000 in monthly recurring revenue
“We are actually doing, our MRR is about 750,000 dollars.”
Marcelo Pugliesi Jan 4, 2019 ▶ 4:03 1259 Brazilian SaaS Raising $5m on $20m Pre, $9m in ARR, 20% yoy Growth
Opinion
Pugliesi: Brazil lacks growth-stage VC funds despite abundant early-stage capital
“In Brazil we have lots of VCs and early stage money, and we don't have more funds specific to growth money or to stages that are later stages.”
Marcelo Pugliesi Jan 4, 2019 ▶ 7:12 1259 Brazilian SaaS Raising $5m on $20m Pre, $9m in ARR, 20% yoy Growth
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High Platform's 4 co-founders started with only 20% equity combined
“We actually had 20% of the company.”
Marcelo Pugliesi Jan 23, 2023 ▶ 6:47 $13m ARR company gets $7m raise done on $40m Valuation for Customer Success SaaS
Assertion Not checkable as stated
High Platform founders doubled their ownership to 40% via buybacks
“We've doubled our participation in the last two years, so we've we bought shares from other minorities.”
Marcelo Pugliesi Jan 23, 2023 ▶ 7:24 $13m ARR company gets $7m raise done on $40m Valuation for Customer Success SaaS
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High Platform Reaches 1,700 Customers and $1.1M in MRR
“Right now we had 1.7 thousand different customers and we do have 1.1 million dollars in MRR.”
Marcelo Pugliesi Jan 23, 2023 ▶ 9:27 $13m ARR company gets $7m raise done on $40m Valuation for Customer Success SaaS
Assertion Partly supported
High Platform Raised $7M in Its First External Funding Round
“We actually raised money last tag, last August. We raised seven million dollars. That was our first round.”
Marcelo Pugliesi Jan 23, 2023 ▶ 11:04 $13m ARR company gets $7m raise done on $40m Valuation for Customer Success SaaS
Assertion Not publicly verifiable
High Platform Was Valued at $40M in Its $7M Raise
“Yeah, forty million.”
Marcelo Pugliesi Jan 23, 2023 ▶ 11:45 $13m ARR company gets $7m raise done on $40m Valuation for Customer Success SaaS
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Puglisi: High Platform grew revenue 28% last year
“We actually grew 28% the last year.”
Marcelo Pugliesi Jan 23, 2023 ▶ 12:31 $13m ARR company gets $7m raise done on $40m Valuation for Customer Success SaaS
Disclosure
High Platform's monthly sales quotas range from $3k to $6k
“Each of them has 3000 dollars per month as the initial quota, and the senior ones, they have 6000 dollars per month.”
Marcelo Pugliesi Jan 23, 2023 ▶ 14:48 $13m ARR company gets $7m raise done on $40m Valuation for Customer Success SaaS
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Hi Platform serves over 800 total customers across its suite
“We have over over 800.”
Marcelo Pugliesi Jan 4, 2019 ▶ 4:29 1259 Brazilian SaaS Raising $5m on $20m Pre, $9m in ARR, 20% yoy Growth
Disclosure
Hi Platform aims to raise $5M-$7M at a $20M pre-money valuation
“This time we were trying to raise about five five million between five and seven million dollars at this very moment. ... We're trying to make 3.5 times our revenue. So it's about seventy-five million dollars. Sorry, seventy-five million reais in dollar. I thi…”
Marcelo Pugliesi Jan 4, 2019 ▶ 6:28 1259 Brazilian SaaS Raising $5m on $20m Pre, $9m in ARR, 20% yoy Growth
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Hi Platform's CAC is between $1,500 and $2,000
“Our CAC is about two, 2.5 between 1.5 and 2000 dollars.”
Marcelo Pugliesi Jan 4, 2019 ▶ 11:50 1259 Brazilian SaaS Raising $5m on $20m Pre, $9m in ARR, 20% yoy Growth
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Hi Platform's average CAC payback period is around eight months
“Our CAC payback is about the average CAC payback is about eight months.”
Marcelo Pugliesi Jan 4, 2019 ▶ 12:00 1259 Brazilian SaaS Raising $5m on $20m Pre, $9m in ARR, 20% yoy Growth
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Pugliesi: New Hi Platform customers typically start between $400 and $500 monthly
“So they start, they mainly start with 500 dollars, between 405 hundred dollars.”
Marcelo Pugliesi Jan 4, 2019 ▶ 14:22 1259 Brazilian SaaS Raising $5m on $20m Pre, $9m in ARR, 20% yoy Growth
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Hi Platform experiences a 2.5% net MRR churn per month
“Churn is 2.5 percent per month.”
Marcelo Pugliesi Jan 4, 2019 ▶ 14:45 1259 Brazilian SaaS Raising $5m on $20m Pre, $9m in ARR, 20% yoy Growth
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Pugliesi: Hi Platform grew sales 20% to 22% year-over-year
“We improved our sales in 20%, 20, 22%.”
Marcelo Pugliesi Jan 4, 2019 ▶ 8:21 1259 Brazilian SaaS Raising $5m on $20m Pre, $9m in ARR, 20% yoy Growth
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