Founder Interview Video
How Jiva.ai Raised a £1.3M Seed at a £4M Valuation With Zero Paying Customers and 12 Pilots in Progress (Interview with CEO Manish Patel)
Chapters
- 0:00Introduction and Background
- 0:23What Multimodal AI Means and Why Healthcare
- 1:14How Clinicians Use the Jiva Platform
- 2:08Proprietary Diagnostic Products as Proof Points
- 2:42Platform Pricing and Target Customers
- 3:09Founding Story and Going Full Time in 2019
- 4:48Three Co-Founders and the Equity Split
- 5:24Bootstrapping, the UK Grant and the £1.3M Seed
- 7:10Pilot Customers and the Path to First Revenue
- 8:37Raising Pre-Revenue and Pitch Preparation
- 9:41Burn Rate and Runway
- 10:19Team Structure and Early Hiring Philosophy
- 11:04Famous Five and Closing Advice