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I’ve watched several videos that link Vatom to BlockV. Is the VEE token required to conduct transactions on Vatom? If so, does Vatom’s success directly increase the value of the VEE token? Does investing in Vatom also expose investors to BlockV in any way? Given the strong network and connections you seem to have, why did you choose crowdfunding instead of raising funds through traditional VCs?","author_name":"T Yigo","votes":4,"created_at":"2025-06-24T03:32:04Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/vatom#question-310111","answers":[]},{"id":314705,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:314705","question":"Love what you’re building. i am curious, what’s been the hardest part of getting more people to invest?","author_name":"Marigold Ellison","votes":3,"created_at":"2025-09-10T15:40:09Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/vatom#question-314705","answers":[]},{"id":303493,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:303493","question":"Where can I see the company historical financials and projections?","author_name":"Eric Greenberg","votes":3,"created_at":"2025-03-05T14:59:32Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/vatom#question-303493","answers":[]},{"id":308467,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:308467","question":"Why crowdfunding now?","author_name":"John Butterfield","votes":2,"created_at":"2025-05-22T16:13:13Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/vatom#question-308467","answers":[]},{"id":307967,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:307967","question":"Hey there, I run a community round focused venture fund and have a few questions for you that I'd love to ask 1 on 1 if possible. What's the best way to reach you before end of the community round for a zoom meeting?","author_name":"Tristin Chambers","votes":2,"created_at":"2025-05-11T03:57:39Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/vatom#question-307967","answers":[{"id":309995,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:309995","answer":"Hi Tristin, thanks for the comment. Please email invest@vatom.com, happy to discuss further - Ben","author_name":"Ben Lappen","votes":0,"created_at":"2025-06-21T02:36:37Z"}]},{"id":309161,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:309161","question":"Good day, I was truly moved by your fundraising campaign story. As a crowdfunding Expert, we help impactful campaigns like yours grow through compelling storytelling and donor outreach. With our community that has over 10,000+ active supporters and proven crowdfunding strategies, we’d love to help boost your results. Feel free to reach out to us via WhatsApp at +66 958 104 655. If you're truly interested working with us. Looking forward for possibly collaborating.","author_name":"Digital  Marketing Advantage","votes":1,"created_at":"2025-06-04T20:04:40Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/vatom#question-309161","answers":[]},{"id":304540,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:304540","question":"Web 3 is being defined by what already works! Web 2 would be sufficient for any adverting unless some people are supposed to be left out. Users trust the current Web 2 otherwise, if the companies using their data would misuse it, these companies would be brought down. 20 year's worth of cookies what data is left to mine?! With Web 3 there would be no enforcer and we can bet people's accounts would be hacked. There would have to be a government agency formed and then involved. We just don't need something more to police! The Harvard Review was not favorably impressed with Web 3 and some of those guys are smart. There is no improvement over what already exists: just exclusion. Web 2 is good enough for now.","author_name":"John Feazel","votes":1,"created_at":"2025-03-23T21:22:20Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/vatom#question-304540","answers":[]},{"id":333141,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:333141","question":"great job thus far. few questions as I look at your past 3 months. revenue averaging $81 a month operating expenses $138,072 and cash on hand is 15k as of last month. how are you surviving? 81 a month, that is low especially looking at operating expenses. I have seen people make more than that selling girl scout cookies. how is your operating expenses so high relative to revenue? then you have an early valuation of over 106 million dollar. I have 173 companies in my portfolio, you can imagine how many companies I passed on, you have the 3rd highest pre money valuation I have ever seen. you need to hit a grandslam for investors to make anything, everything has to be perfect. do you have any examples of companies that got acquired in your space? you the past 3 months are losing money and barely have any revenue. trying to understand your valuation. you don't have revenue or nothing to justify it. for example, some companies doing 50 plus million may say 2 times revenue. even though their profits typically aren't that good.","author_name":"John Webster","votes":0,"created_at":"2026-05-06T16:21:35Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/vatom#question-333141","answers":[]},{"id":330342,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:330342","question":"Quick question: are you currently leveraging any structured outreach (email lists or press distribution) to drive external traffic into the campaign? The reason I ask is because campaigns like yours tend to underperform not due to product quality, but due to limited exposure beyond platform discovery. I’ve worked on similar projects where we introduced a targeted email + press release system, bringing in highly relevant backers within a short window.","author_name":"Mike Daryl","votes":0,"created_at":"2026-04-07T15:00:15Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/vatom#question-330342","answers":[]},{"id":328087,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:328087","question":"What is the exit plan (acquisition, IPO, merger, etc.) in which investors will be able to see a ROI?","author_name":"bugg logg","votes":0,"created_at":"2026-03-18T19:12:06Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/vatom#question-328087","answers":[{"id":328229,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:328229","answer":"Hi Bugg, I am happy to get you all the exciting details here is a link to schedule a good time to connect. https://calendly.com/vatom","author_name":"Christian Weller","votes":0,"created_at":"2026-03-19T15:31:22Z"}]},{"id":319303,"entity_id":"wefunder:comment:319303","question":"Any updates on the company?","author_name":"Adam Sampson","votes":0,"created_at":"2025-11-10T20:29:27Z","canonical_url":"https://wefunder.com/vatom#question-319303","answers":[]}],"faq":[{"question":"Hey there, I run a community round focused venture fund and have a few questions for you that I'd love to ask 1 on 1 if possible. 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