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CY Venture, Startup, M&A, etc.
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127 #opensource #media #ai #rounda

AI-driven open-source intelligence (OSINT) platform for detecting inauthentic accounts that are spreading disinformation and fake news. Company has developed a proprietary algorithm that examines over 800 behavioral parameters identifying bots, sock puppets, and trolls and helps to understand narratives, discover trends, and impact public opinion.

Unlike competitors, the solution identifies disinformation as an issue which has layers of true and false information intertwined. The offering is unique in that it does not only determine the truth of a specific post, but also understands how it fits into a larger disinformation campaign and within minutes, helps devise the correct mitigation strategy.

Geography:
Country of incorporation – Israel
Geography of business – Globally

Investment opportunity:
Series A+
Pre-money Valuation – $28M
Allocation – $1M with checks starting from $200k

Financials:
Revenue (2022) – $3.6M
YoY Revenue growth – 13x (!!)
TCV – $10M+

Why is it a good investment?
• SaaS-model (cloud-based solution) with subscription priced yearly and higher
• Company is targeting a cumulative total addressable market (TAM) of ~$42B.
• Investment proceeds usage: 1,5+ years of runway, product speed & scale, new markets
• Contractual Profitability (MRR > Gross Burn Rate) by EOY of 2023
• Diversified exit strategy (M&A): Big Data Integrators, SIs, MSPs, Social Platforms
• 4000+ press coverage generated in 2022

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2023-04-07 17:44:43


126 #startup #mentaltech #angel

We are biulding real-time employee mental health analytics for managers who work remotely built for slack & zoom.

Remote work & Tech Layoff lead to 78% of software developers suffering from burnout, it costs companies $359 bln YoY

Startup is post revenue 2 deals at $2k MRR/month, 100+ free users, ranked #5 Product of the Week on PH
Founders are Ex-Google, Ex Adidas, 11 years in B2B SaaS marketing, product management, Nonviolent Communication; CEO,

Launched paid pilots with 2 US startups ($24k ARR); 5 free pilots; waiting list: 7 companies ($200k ARR opportunity)

Customized Transformer model: 55% to 85% accuracy in 6 months; LLAMA fine-tuned for precise emotion, need, and conflict detection.

We are raising angel investments to launch 30 additional paid demos, with a Pre-Seed round planned for year-end.
Checks from $20 000

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2023-04-03 13:21:59


125 #startup #seed #fintech #horeca

Fintech super app of the future in the HoReCa market, which includes QR menus and QR payments, E-tips, loyalty and Pre-order system, custom gamification and much more.
Our mission is to digitize 100% of the relationship between the business and the end consumer.
This is a very deep and thoughtful product that will be released in Central Asia and the MENA region as early as this year.

In 4 months we went from an idea to mvp release and pilot in restaurants.

Seed: $300k at valuation cap $2.5m
Min.check: $25k

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2023-04-03 13:17:35


124 #saas #ai #gamedev #preseed #b2b #safe

🛠 **Figma-like platform for crafting game assets 6x faster powered by generative AI**.

The team follows a unique path by focusing on:
– a specific use case (scaling 2D/2.5D assets in a style of a game), and
– real-time collaboration integrating the platform into game studios’ processes and enabling Product-led Growth.

3 serial founders with tech, product, gamedev, and VC backgrounds passionate about games, game dev, and the future of AI.

Building an MVP, 7 studios (100+ artists) on the waitlist.

Raising a $600k pre-seed, got the first commitment. Checks from $30k.

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2023-04-03 13:15:44


123 #startup #b2b

A platform that helps companies launch B2B sales in several international markets simultaneously. We provide a set of comparable and controllable go-to-market tracks: fundraising, market fit search, clients search, suppliers search and ect. Our subscription costs not more than your dedicated employee and doubles faster.

Our revenue is $30k/year, we have built a roadmap and we know exactly how to move forward, but currently there's not enough of a side funding. We are actively looking for an acceleration in the US, and also taking a part in projects and conferences within the EU.

We are looking for $300k funding.
Min $100k

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2023-03-28 07:27:18


122 #series_b #fintech #saas

Company specializes in supporting SMEs and mid-market companies with their working capital financing needs by providing an innovative worldwide receivables securitization solution that makes raising funds simpler and more cost-effective.
The Company’s unique solution enables banks to hold less capital and have lower operational costs when funding SMEs through the Company’s structure than if they were doing it directly.

Geography :
Country of incorporation - Switzerland
Countries of business - UK, Netherlands, Australia, Switzerland

Investment opportunity:
Series B (that could be considered ‘Series A’ based on valuation)
Pre-money Valuation - $35M
Allocation - up to $1.5M, in an equity round of $10M

Financials:
Revenue'22 – $6M
YoY Revenue growth - 3x
ARR as of January 2023 – $10M+

Why is it a good investment?
• Highy innovative and tech-heavy platform for invoice factoring (basically, Fintech + SaaS + DeepTech all-in-one)
• Strong growth trajectory: 3x in 2022 with same growth projected in 2023
• Backed by top-notch banks and investors: Credit Suisse, Barclays, Berliner Volksbank, SIX Group, OurCrowd, Fintech Ventures, Rakuten (hard commitment)
• Attractive valuation – 1.5x 2023 revenue, very favorable for current investors due to company's willingness to speed up fundraising to secure $200M credit facility from a world leading bank
• This is a de facto a pre-IPO opportunity, and any further dilution is unlikely, as following current round the company should achieve break-even
• Exit prospects: IPO within 24 months (Lending business), M&A within 2-3 years (SaaS business), trade sale of separate country businesses

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2023-03-28 08:23:17


121 #startup #seed #saas #hrtech

B2b SaaS which empowers managers to make best hiring decisions in one interface by using world-class skills mapping, sourcing and applicant assessment tools.
Target audiences include large tech companies, growing seed+ stage tech startups, and recruitment agencies (different business model and go-to-market strategy for each target audience).

Our big vision is to become a standard extension for job boards like LinkedIn and make smart hiring, from sourcing to onboarding, available to every manager.

Currently attending the Microsoft for Cyprus Startups program and just started sales for phase I feature — the Job Profiler.
A diverse team with deep industry knowledge and extensive business experience.

We’re raising €350K seed stage through convertible loans, checks starting from €25K

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2023-03-28 08:23:20


120 #startup #safe #api #data

A universal API portal that lets both developers and non-developers connect to over 1,500 third party APIs on demand.

Team
- former investors, product managers, and MLOps experts with experience across Europe & the US.

Traction:
– 2,500+ users with no marketing (all organic)
– 150+ partnerships with enterprise-grade data providers & APIs
– $249 customer LTV
– Backed by a leading US VC

Raising $900k SAFE with $10k minimum ticket size.

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2023-03-28 08:23:24


119 #startup #preseed #healthtech #ai

A service (& an app), that addresses hormonal imbalances via continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) and human-assisted AI coaching.

Team - a 20 y.o. BSc in Molecular Dietetics who previously coauthored and sold a technology of express health diagnostics; ex-Noom and ex-Nike+

Traction:
– 53% MoM revenue growth in the last four months in the US
– 55% margin and 2.5 LTV / CAC they currently generate $20K in monthly revenue with a CGM check up product
– They have recently launched a new Continued Care product, and 50% of customers subscribe to a 12-month program at a price of $1788.

They are closing a $900K pre-seed round, with $600K already secured.
$25K is a minimum ticket size

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2023-03-28 08:23:26


118 #startup #seed #GPT #ai

Introducing GPT Chat - the faster and convenient alternative to ChatGPT.

Our turnkey solution offers real-time response times, natural language processing, and intelligent learning capabilities.
– 10x Faster than ChatGPT
– Available for any country even where ChatGPT is not available
– Picture generation directly in chat (coming soon)
– Aggregate and discuss news (coming soon)
– Draw diagrams and tables for data (coming soon)

- Seed
- $100000
- $10000

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2023-03-24 09:51:19


117 #startup #preseed #media #ai

Платформа для совместной работы над документами с помощью канваса с ИИ.
Проект тогда становится прозрачным для всех участников и взаимодействовать можно бесшовно с разными документами лежащими на канвасе (например, Google документы/таблицы, Figma, Miro, PDF, ссылки на сайты и т.д.).

Такое решение устраняет лишнее обсуждение сырых материалов и контента, передачу их вне контекста, а значит ускоряет и снижает количество ошибок. В работе помогает ИИ: пишет разные текстовые формы, резюмирует текст, сайты, переводит и еще кое какой функционал релизим каждую неделю. Органически растем х2 каждый месяц.

Preseed / 250k

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2023-03-23 16:13:56


116 #startup #seed #media #hobbytech

The easiest way to make your first step into a new hobby.

We are creating DIY kits with video masterclasses, instructions, and a community to try something new and find a new hobby and people, who share your passion.
It's a dividend business model, we will have profit in the first year.

We find a niche and check it with a crowdfunding platform to find early adopters (Kickstarter). After feedback — finalize the product and sell with marketplaces (Amazon, Etsy, etc). Create what people need. Increase sales. Decrease costs. Make money.

We bootstrapped our project for two years and made our first profit. Our revenue is $100k/year in a small local market and we made mistakes with our money. Now we understand how to make fast growth projects, and how to create a money-making machine, and we need an investment.

We are looking for $200k seed investments to increase selling in the US market (already incorporated in the US).
We are looking for a $20-$100k angel check.

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2023-03-23 15:03:39


115 #Startup #MentalHealth #AI #B2B #SAAS #preseed

Открыт синдикат в раунде US-oriented платформы психического здоровья сотрудников на основе AI для корп.заказчиков (проработка "синдрома самозванца", перегорания, тревожности и т.д.).
Сейчас многие компании заботятся о Sustainability и инвестируют в развитие внутренней эко-среды).

Продукт недавно запустили и уже появилось 3 корп.клиента (Borzo Delivery, Careerist и инкогнито) уже есть MRR ~ $2K и продолжает расти.

Сервис использует как обычные чат-боты с простыми механиками так и планирует предоставлять развитый инструментарий с Chat-GPT.

Один из фаундеров – руководитель отдела AI из Replica.
HR-ы заинтересованы в продукте не только из-за модных фишек в компенсационных пакетах для сотрудников, но и из-за действенного эффекта на результативность работы и повышение лояльности персонала.

NPS достаточно высок.

В основном раунд будет направлен на активное освоение американского рынка, развитие продукта и достижение MRR $15K-$30K, чтобы достичь майлстоунов для Seed Round.
Потенциальные инвесторы сами заявляют, что будут рекомендовать продукт в корпорации.

В раунде на $700К есть еще место на $300К - $400К.
Уже подписан американский фонд Pareto20

Условия синдиката:
Структурирование: Series LLC Delawer
Allocation: $400 000
Min ticket: $20 000
Pre-Seed SAFE ($4 500 000 CAP)

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2023-03-23 15:20:42


114 #startup #inheritance #crypto #seed

We are the first decentralized non-custodial inheritance protocol.
With our solution , you can bequeath tokens and NFT from your cryptocurrency wallet to the trusted wallets of your family and friends (or, for example, to your reserve wallet).

Problem
The capitalization of the cryptocurrency market has crossed the $1 trillion mark by far, with up to 20% of all cryptocurrency in inactive wallets. This is mainly due to the loss of access to the wallets and death of their owners. This is a global problem of a fast-growing market, and our protocol is the first to provide an effective solution.

Key Benefits
1. Decentralized:
Our solution t works through smart contracts. It avoids the trust system making WILLs decentralized, autonomous and trustworthy.
2. Simple and easy to use:
Our project is very easy to understandable and user-friendly. You can create a will with just a couple of clicks.
3. Transparent system:
Our algorithms are fully open to external audit at any time. 100% transparency of the protocol allows cryptocurrency to be bequeathed at an unprecedented level of reliability and security.
4. Full control over your assets:
Users' funds remain in their wallet and under their full control. Our solution has no technical ability to obtain these funds.
5. No expiration:
Our protocol do not have an expiration date and can work forever.

What we have now
- Project is already working! You can make your first Will right now
- At this time, the total amount of bequests is 360k$
- Certik security audit
- Project is available on all major chains: Ethereum Mainnet, Polygon, BSC, Avalanche, Optimism and Arbitrum
- Solid team with a lot of experience

What we're looking for
200k USD investment round for:
1. 1 more security audits
2. Legal issues
3. Development of new functionality
4. Business development and preparation for the next round
5. Marketing, marketing and marketing again and again

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2023-03-23 14:36:08


113 #startup #preseed #greentech #renewable_energy

Hundreds of millions of households around the world are struggling with high energy prices and inflation, they can’t afford PV system installation to stars saving money.

We believe that every family should have access to green energy and low carbon solutions and we make the transition affordable for hundreds of millions of households around the world.

We develop Bluefish as an end-to-end solution, which makes it easy and with no initial investment for householders to get a PV system connected and start saving money on energy bills.

– Pre-Seed EUR 300K
– EUR 50K min.

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2023-03-23 14:20:20


112 #startup #edtech #rounda

We're a SEA-focused EdTech company that teaches in-demand skills and helps people get jobs in IT.
Our mission is to help 1M+ people to get a job in 5 years thanks to our product.

No1 educational platform in the Philippines and No5 in Indonesia (12M and 20M people TA respectively).

Key metrics of our business:
- Earned $8 mln in revenue in 12 months from the launch,
- CSAT (customer satisfaction rate) 97%

We're currently raising round A ($8 mln).
The minimum investment ticket is $1 mln.

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2023-03-23 13:59:20


111 #startup #preseed #mentaltech #healthtech

Burnout prevention for organizations

We evaluate the current level of burnout within the organization and identify employees who are at a high risk of experiencing burnout. We provide these employees with a specialized program that includes educational videos, exercises, as well as one-on-one online sessions with coaches and therapists.

— On average, companies with 100 employees lose $435,000 per year due to burnout.
– Our solution costs $13,662 to alleviate employee burnout in such an organization.

We are a team with extensive experience in Fintech, Mobile and Psychology.

— We are raising a $400k pre-seed round, which we believe will be sufficient to reach break-even (SAFE, Delaware).
– Minimum check 25k$

***
Since our last post here, the following updates have occurred:

— We are excited to announce that our team has grown to include a co-founder/Chief Science Officer. This individual has research experience from both Harvard University and Tel-Aviv University and is a recognized science educator, author of 7 online courses, and scientific editor of 20 books.
— We have successfully raised 100k USD.
— We have also signed 3 letters of intent with organizations ranging from 200-700 people

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2023-03-23 13:54:35


Небольшой отчёт о работе CY Venture за прошедшие 2+ года

110 – проектов опубликовано
274 – запросов питчдеков
84 – прямых интро сделано

Всего подтвержденных полученных инвестиций – около 9% от всех проектов 🦄
На мой взгляд – результат хороший.

Количество инвестиций могло/должно быть больше, но есть вот такие факторы:
– несколько крупных инвестиций отменилось/заморозились из-за войны и последующих изменений в оценке рисков.
– часть проектов забывают дать информацию об успешном завершении переговоров.
– и самый основной фактор – это моя личная "расфокусировка" последние 1.5 года, в результате чего часть ваших сообщений остались без ответа (причину этой расфокусировки можете прочитать у меня в ФБ) 😔

CY Venture работает дальше, проекты продолжают публиковаться и находить своих инвесторов и партнеров

И прошу вас – если ваш запрос остался без моего ответа – просто пингуйте меня ещё 🤝

Подать заявку на публикацию проекта – venture.cy
Запрос питчдека проекта или интро –
olegcyprus.t.me

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2023-03-22 13:23:04


110 #startup #seed #gamedev #b2b #ai

AI Workspace for GameDev companies.

We combine 25 AI networks in a NoCode tool to accelerate the workflow of game assets creation by 200% and reduce the cost of assets creation by up to 70%.

We are supported by Nvidia Inception Program and Microsoft for Startups, have grant by AWS.

Traction highlights:
- Gross Revenues 2022 $200k
- 1000 alpha testers
- 10% CRR to paying users

Seed stage. MVP
1500000 $ all
100000 $ min

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2023-03-02 06:52:51


109 #gamedev #seed #startup

We are developing a narrative-driven stealth-action game and seeking investment from angel and super-angel investors to bring the project to completion.

Set in a fictional empire during the revolution at the beginning of the 20th century, players will use their inventory to hide, stun, or eliminate enemies, avoid traps, solve puzzles, and explore the environment.

The central message of the game is an anti-war theme, inspired by titles such as Plague Tale: Innocence, This War of Mine, Death's Door, and Valiant Hearts.

We already have a solid prototype in place, with 600 wishlists on Steam without any promotion.

The development setup will be based in Armenia.

We are aiming to raise 320,000 USD.
The minimum investment ticket is 10,000 USD, and the founders have already invested 120,000 USD

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2023-02-28 17:50:54

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