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How FreeD Group Hit $35M Revenue and 80 Customers in 2022 (Interview with Co-Founder Abel Zhao)

Abel Zhao (Co-Founder of FreeD Group) spoke to Nathan Latka on January 5, 2023.

FreeD Group figures from the interview

Total Revenue (2022)
$35M
Recurring Revenue (2022)
$15M
Customers (2023)
80
Team Size (2023)
250
Year Founded
2016
“Sure. So basically, are a typical SaaS company, but actually we're using a little bit different approach in comparison to a typical SaaS company actually available on the market.”
“Oh, I have both, actually. So from the those big player side, we basically charge a SaaS fee. And then from distributor side, the product owner side, basically, we we earn the commission.”
“We're talking about it could be between $100 to $1,000 that kind of range. And then there's a big guys out there. So the governments or telcos or airports and stuff like that, that could actually go from $100,000 to all the way to $7,000,000 per project. That's basically the largest one we have, which is a smart city project now in Korea.”

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Company

FreeD Group

Hong Kong, Hong Kong · Founded 2016

Revenue
$35M
Team size
250
Customers
80

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