Founder Interview Video
How 8Base Closed a $10.6M Series A Led by Foundry Group and Grew to 60 People (Interview with CEO Albert Santalo)
Chapters
- 0:00Introduction and Founder500 Event Announcement
- 0:48Introducing Albert Santalo and 8Base
- 1:02Competitive Landscape for Low-Code Platforms
- 1:28Recap of 2021 Metrics: ARR, Customers, and ARPU
- 1:51How 8Base Has Changed: Product and Business Model Pivot
- 3:10Series A Raise and Shifting to Product-Led Growth
- 3:17Free Plan, Paywall, and Reverse Trial Structure
- 4:27Positioning for JavaScript Developers
- 8:008Base Academy and Content Strategy
- 8:52Organic SEO Through Video Transcription
- 9:50Series A Timing and Term Sheet Negotiation
- 11:28Foundry Group Partnership and Board Structure
- 15:17Team Size, Engineering Headcount, and Colombia Office
- 16:59Product Roadmap: Full-Stack Unification
- 18:36Closing Thoughts and MVP to Hyperscale