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Please do respond otherwise my investment will be useless.","author_name":"Adarsh GAMINI","votes":3,"created_at":"2021-07-07T16:40:10Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/businessonbot#question-156671","answers":[{"id":159066,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:159066","answer":"We have freezed our fundraise on Wefunder.","author_name":"Mohit Kumar","votes":0,"created_at":"2021-07-21T12:10:45Z"}]},{"id":156655,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:156655","question":"what if i am from india and how to invest?","author_name":"Adarsh GAMINI","votes":3,"created_at":"2021-07-07T15:51:31Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/businessonbot#question-156655","answers":[{"id":159068,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:159068","answer":"Replied in comments above","author_name":"Mohit Kumar","votes":0,"created_at":"2021-07-21T12:11:10Z"}]},{"id":153964,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:153964","question":"Hi. 1) How has the COVID crisis impacted growth to date? 2) How frequently will you communicate with investors after this round closes? 3) What is the use of proceeds from this raise?","author_name":"Howard M Hadley","votes":3,"created_at":"2021-06-17T17:03:11Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/businessonbot#question-153964","answers":[{"id":155358,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:155358","answer":"Covid has not impacted our start-up. In fact online ordering on WhatsApp has seen surge during WhatsApp. Post closure of Wefunder round, monthly update emailers along with asks will be sent. Majority of the funds will be used in hiring.","author_name":"Mohit Kumar","votes":0,"created_at":"2021-06-30T14:43:27Z"}]},{"id":153829,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:153829","question":"Hi Mohit, how are you? What is your recent MRR (May 2021), and how big is your immediate addressable market?","author_name":"David Kim","votes":3,"created_at":"2021-06-15T19:52:15Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/businessonbot#question-153829","answers":[{"id":153946,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:153946","answer":"Hi David, We have $12K MRR in June. For 1st year, our focus area is in India alone ($6B) and then LATAM and SEA market.","author_name":"Mohit Kumar","votes":0,"created_at":"2021-06-17T10:36:55Z"}]},{"id":153787,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:153787","question":"I originally invested over 10K in this crowdfunding campaign but after weeks of non-responsiveness to investor questions I am cancelling and withdrawing my investment. These founders have been ignoring investor questions for weeks now. I can only imagine how difficult they will be once the campaign is over and they have our money. Looks like you didn't pay attention during your YCombinator program.","author_name":"Theodore OSHMAN","votes":3,"created_at":"2021-06-15T06:41:43Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/businessonbot#question-153787","answers":[{"id":153945,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:153945","answer":"Hi Theodore, Sorry to hear that. If you have any concerns you can ping me on my mail id. I can address them there.","author_name":"Mohit Kumar","votes":0,"created_at":"2021-06-17T10:34:56Z"}]},{"id":152619,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:152619","question":"Hi Mohit Kumar, I have some of questions. 1. How did you come with 10 M valuation. 2. Can you provide more details about what is your repurchase rights and dissolution rights. 3. What is your road map and goal for next one year and five years. 4. How does your team look like and ownership split. Thanks !","author_name":"Malavya Sundeep Boyella","votes":3,"created_at":"2021-06-04T06:16:46Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/businessonbot#question-152619","answers":[{"id":155356,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:155356","answer":"The valuation has been decided by the major investors. This investment will happen in Delaware C corp via SAFE instrument as prescribed by Y Combinator. All investors in these round have signed the same. Roadmap for next 5 years is to expand to international market as well where WhatsApp penetration is high offering user acquisition and sales platform to D2C businesses. We also plan expand to expand to other channel i.e. FB messenger, Signal and Telegram but initial focus will be on WhatsApp.","author_name":"Mohit Kumar","votes":0,"created_at":"2021-06-30T14:37:57Z"}]},{"id":151600,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:151600","question":"Hi Mohit, I read through the details mentioned by you but still not sure how what's app will help acquiring customers using AI. Can you please redirect me to some content or Videos which can explain in better way. Also 11M valuation looks to be on higher side considering $8k revenue. What is your burnrate per month in comparison to revenue of $8k. Can you please share the roadmap for next 5 years along with some details on YC 21","author_name":"Ashutosh Goyal","votes":3,"created_at":"2021-05-29T01:07:06Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/businessonbot#question-151600","answers":[{"id":155357,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:155357","answer":"Answered in question above. Burnrate comparison to $8K is $2.5K","author_name":"Mohit Kumar","votes":0,"created_at":"2021-06-30T14:40:41Z"}]},{"id":241988,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:241988","question":"Are there any general updates? MRR?","author_name":"Laurenz Hemmen","votes":2,"created_at":"2023-04-07T09:13:41Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/businessonbot#question-241988","answers":[]},{"id":238545,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:238545","question":"Are there any updates?","author_name":"Justin Charles Mattson","votes":2,"created_at":"2023-03-12T21:24:15Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/businessonbot#question-238545","answers":[]},{"id":235465,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:235465","question":"Any updates management can share? Are you still in business?","author_name":"Howard M Hadley","votes":2,"created_at":"2023-02-18T21:53:19Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/businessonbot#question-235465","answers":[]},{"id":174417,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:174417","question":"Team , Could you pls explain the valuation and comparable companies ?","author_name":"Ramkumar Bharathan","votes":2,"created_at":"2021-10-16T19:23:49Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/businessonbot#question-174417","answers":[]},{"id":170901,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:170901","question":"Are you still accepting investing on Wefunder?","author_name":"Harish Damodhardas Asar","votes":2,"created_at":"2021-09-23T15:15:02Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/businessonbot#question-170901","answers":[]},{"id":169345,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:169345","question":"Can you share latest numbers till August 2021. I have made commitments and transferred the money. I may commit additional amount based on progress","author_name":"Sandeep Batra","votes":2,"created_at":"2021-09-15T02:03:57Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/businessonbot#question-169345","answers":[]},{"id":168698,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:168698","question":"Where are you tracking on MRR as of July/August? Do you anticipate hitting the full $1.5mm raise target between Wefunder and outside investors?","author_name":"Howard M Hadley","votes":2,"created_at":"2021-09-09T14:23:16Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/businessonbot#question-168698","answers":[]},{"id":159572,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:159572","question":"Why is the fundraise freezed ?","author_name":"Adarsh GAMINI","votes":2,"created_at":"2021-07-23T08:29:57Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/businessonbot#question-159572","answers":[]},{"id":153798,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:153798","question":"Hello, can you give latest numbers for mar to may. I have made commitments and any more details will help make it firm . I can see you are working on multiple platforms simultaneously.. can you provide details of total raise .","author_name":"Sandeep Batra","votes":2,"created_at":"2021-06-15T13:20:11Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/businessonbot#question-153798","answers":[{"id":153944,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:153944","answer":"Hi Sandeep, We are raising $1.5M at $10M cap via convertibles. We are closing this raise this week. All investors have been on-boarded on same terms.","author_name":"Mohit Kumar","votes":0,"created_at":"2021-06-17T10:31:01Z"}]},{"id":153572,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:153572","question":"Is there a reason that there has been complete silence for 2 weeks now and investor questions not answered?","author_name":"Theodore OSHMAN","votes":2,"created_at":"2021-06-11T18:11:25Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/businessonbot#question-153572","answers":[{"id":159067,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:159067","answer":"We have freezed our fundraise on Wefunder.","author_name":"Mohit Kumar","votes":0,"created_at":"2021-07-21T12:10:53Z"}]},{"id":141005,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:141005","question":"Hello, who are your competitors in India? What are plans to scale up and how are you going to earn money from businesses? What is your ultimate goal for the company .. to be acquired ?","author_name":"Sandeep Batra","votes":2,"created_at":"2021-04-10T17:57:14Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/businessonbot#question-141005","answers":[{"id":141420,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:141420","answer":"There are no direct competitors in India who are helping businesses acquire users and automate sales in local languages. Ultimate goal is to make a company that can go public.","author_name":"Mohit Kumar","votes":0,"created_at":"2021-04-13T07:32:24Z"}]},{"id":140846,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:140846","question":"Hello, Any plans/thoughts for introducing this on Application similar to whatsapp (like Signal?). Pardon if already mentioned, would help to know what are your Gross margins till now.","author_name":"Dhiraj Sachdev","votes":1,"created_at":"2021-04-09T22:15:22Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/businessonbot#question-140846","answers":[{"id":141421,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:141421","answer":"Our platform can work on other channels like Telegram, Signal etc., but our focus is on 490M WhatsApp users in India. Our gross margin is 65% on flat SaaS fee.","author_name":"Mohit Kumar","votes":0,"created_at":"2021-04-13T07:34:29Z"}]},{"id":140105,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:140105","question":"How is this different than CHATBIZ (YC W21), in a way are your companies competitors but starting in different markets (Indonesia vs India) ?","author_name":"Amit Sinha","votes":1,"created_at":"2021-04-06T15:00:47Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/businessonbot#question-140105","answers":[{"id":140274,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:140274","answer":"Yes, market is different. We help businesses with automated sales (vernacular support, Eg. Hindi, Telugu, Tamil etc.) and new user acquisition through attribution based marketing to drive sales.","author_name":"Mohit Kumar","votes":0,"created_at":"2021-04-07T09:11:26Z"}]}],"faq":[{"question":"How is this different than CHATBIZ (YC W21), in a way are your companies competitors but starting in different markets (Indonesia vs India) ?","answer":"Yes, market is different. We help businesses with automated sales (vernacular support, Eg. Hindi, Telugu, Tamil etc.) and new user acquisition through attribution based marketing to drive sales."},{"question":"Hello, Any plans/thoughts for introducing this on Application similar to whatsapp (like Signal?). Pardon if already mentioned, would help to know what are your Gross margins till now.","answer":"Our platform can work on other channels like Telegram, Signal etc., but our focus is on 490M WhatsApp users in India. Our gross margin is 65% on flat SaaS fee."},{"question":"Hello, who are your competitors in India? What are plans to scale up and how are you going to earn money from businesses? What is your ultimate goal for the company .. to be acquired ?","answer":"There are no direct competitors in India who are helping businesses acquire users and automate sales in local languages. Ultimate goal is to make a company that can go public."},{"question":"Hi Mohit, I read through the details mentioned by you but still not sure how what's app will help acquiring customers using AI. Can you please redirect me to some content or Videos which can explain in better way. Also 11M valuation looks to be on higher side considering $8k r...","answer":"Answered in question above. Burnrate comparison to $8K is $2.5K"},{"question":"Hi Mohit Kumar, I have some of questions. 1. How did you come with 10 M valuation. 2. Can you provide more details about what is your repurchase rights and dissolution rights. 3. What is your road map and goal for next one year and five years. 4. How does your team look like a...","answer":"The valuation has been decided by the major investors. This investment will happen in Delaware C corp via SAFE instrument as prescribed by Y Combinator. All investors in these round have signed the same. Roadmap for next 5 years is to expand to international market as well where WhatsApp penetration is high offering user acquisition and sales platform to D2C businesses. We also plan expand to expand to other channel i.e. FB messenger, Signal and Telegram but initial focus will be on WhatsApp."}]}}}