Founder Interview Video
How involve.ai Grew to $2.2M ARR and 70 Customers with a Team of 12 (Interview with CEO Gaurav Bhattacharya)
Chapters
- 0:00Introduction and Company Overview
- 1:35Origin Story: Employee Experience Platform and Early Struggles
- 2:48Near Shutdown: $16,000 in the Bank
- 3:26Verizon Discovery and $1.45M Contract
- 5:15Revenue Growth: 2022 ARR and 2023 Run Rate
- 8:35Customer Story: Nintex and Early Warning for Churn
- 10:3670 Paying Customers, $52K ACV and the R2D2 Chrome Extension
- 14:16Team Composition and Co-Founder Split
- 15:04Series A Raise with Sapphire Ventures
- 17:04Age, Dilution and Why Capital Is Not the Lever
- 17:23AI as a Lever: Path to $10M to $20M ARR Without Raising
- 19:01Cash Position and Monthly Burn
- 19:44Famous Five: Books, Tools, and Lessons Learned