Company Profile (AI Text)
Name: Lotus (YC S22)
Canonical URL: https://wefunder.com/lotusprivate
Updated at: 2026-06-22T05:03:39Z

Tagline: Automating custom usage-based pricing for businesses.

Key claims:
- Total raised on Wefunder: 36502 | citation: https://wefunder.com/lotusprivate#claim-total-raised
- Total investors: 53 | citation: https://wefunder.com/lotusprivate#claim-total-investors

Verified facts:
- Total raised on Wefunder: 36502 | observed_at: 2026-06-22T05:03:39Z | expires_at: 2026-06-23T05:03:39Z
- Total investors: 53 | observed_at: 2026-06-22T05:03:39Z | expires_at: 2026-06-23T05:03:39Z

Computed metrics:
- total_amount_raised: 36502
- total_investors: 53
- team_size: 2
- featured_investor_count: 1
- faq_count: 1
- recent_post_count: 0

Quick facts:
- Team of former quants from MIT | citation: https://wefunder.com/lotusprivate#claim-fact-1
- From first commit to launch in 3 months | citation: https://wefunder.com/lotusprivate#claim-fact-2
- $900k raised | citation: https://wefunder.com/lotusprivate#claim-fact-3
- 3 design partners already secured | citation: https://wefunder.com/lotusprivate#claim-fact-4

FAQ:
- Q: Hi - 1) Have you signed any customers since launching the product in Oct? If so, what is the current MRR? 2) Are there any direct competitors in the space? What are your advantages? 3) Why did you decide to start/build Lotus? 4) Have any VC's invested (other than YC)? Please a...
  A: Hi! 1) Yes we started signing on customers last month after months of Q/A and promoting the opensource project which we got to 500+ stars. We are still under 10k MRR and looking to close that around March. 2) Yes there are direct competitors, however we offer an open-core approach built on customization and in addition pricing & packaging experimentation, which are defining characteristics/features of Lotus. 3) We came from a background of data-driven pricing, and think there is a massive...