# BusinessOnBot (YC W21)

Automated sales and user acquisition on WhatsApp for businesses in India

## Elevator pitch
Businessonbot aims to help 30 million SMBs & brands in India acquire WhatsApp users and sell to them in their local language. We do this by offering WhatsApp storefront and attribution based marketing.

- Canonical URL: https://wefunder.com/businessonbot
- Entity ID: wefunder:company:83392
- Last updated: 2026-06-19T05:00:32Z
- Generated at: 2026-06-19T12:28:42Z

## Quick facts
- 📈 Growing at 25% WoW in MRR; $8,000 in booked MRR since we launched in Jan '21
- ✨Avg. 3X revenue growth in a quarter for our clients with 90% reduction in user acquisition cost
- 🇮🇳 Currently operating in India; $6B total addressable market
- 🤝Partnerships with 25 DTC brands like 1mg, Auric, Biggro etc and booked on-boarding 80 brands & 2000 SMBs in 6 weeks
- 💪 Founding team are graduates from IIT Madras. Mohit (CEO) worked as PM in a leading brand on their WhatsApp initiative

## Active fundraises
- wefunder:fundraise:44203: 4(a)(6) successful (USD)
- wefunder:fundraise:44212: 4(a)(6) successful (USD)

## FAQ
1. **How is this different than CHATBIZ (YC W21), in a way are your companies competitors but starting in different markets (Indonesia vs India) ?**
   - 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.
2. **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.**
   - 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.
3. **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 ?**
   - 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.
4. **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...**
   - Answered in question above. Burnrate comparison to $8K is $2.5K
5. **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...**
   - 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.

## Team
- Mohit Kumar (CEO)
- Aditya Chintapalli (COO)
- Kirushanth Kumar (CPO)

## Q&A
- Q: Is this investment open for indian residents as i am from india and invested in ur idea. Please do respond otherwise my investment will be useless.
  - A: We have freezed our fundraise on Wefunder.
- Q: what if i am from india and how to invest?
  - A: Replied in comments above
- Q: 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?
  - A: 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.
- Q: Hi Mohit, how are you? What is your recent MRR (May 2021), and how big is your immediate addressable market?
  - A: 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.
- Q: 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.
  - A: Hi Theodore, Sorry to hear that. If you have any concerns you can ping me on my mail id. I can address them there.
- Q: 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 !
  - A: 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.
- Q: 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
  - A: Answered in question above. Burnrate comparison to $8K is $2.5K
- Q: Are there any general updates? MRR?
- Q: Are there any updates?
- Q: Any updates management can share? Are you still in business?
- Q: Team , Could you pls explain the valuation and comparable companies ?
- Q: Are you still accepting investing on Wefunder?
- Q: Can you share latest numbers till August 2021. I have made commitments and transferred the money. I may commit additional amount based on progress
- Q: 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?
- Q: Why is the fundraise freezed ?