Let’s Make a Trade Enabling Global Trade for SME’s
SUMMARY
We hope you are well and staying safe. Some noteworthy items:
- We closed 2021 with US$2.1 million in annual revenue
- Last 2 months alone we did US$1.3 million in revenue
- Our MVP is live and trading
- We have US$11 million in purchase orders in our 2022 pipeline
- We have two new team members this month
- We are currently interviewing PR agencies to announce the round close and come out of stealth mode
Due to the global COVID supply chain disruptions and political landscape we are seeing companies looking to diversify their supply chain. We are also seeing an increase in funding and demand for supply chain innovation as outlined in this.
KPI’S
OUR TEAM IS GROWING
FINANCIALS SUMMARY
2018 Revenue: US$ 124,788 (actual)
2019 Revenue: US$ 406,168 (actual)
2020 Revenue: US$ 1,055,632 (actual)
2021 Revenue: US$ 2,100,000 (actual)
2022 Revenue: US$ 8,800,000 (forecast)
2022 YTD Revenue: US$ 1,300,000 (Jan & Feb)
We invested in sustainable luxury with Bhumi Australia. Every Bhumi purchase has a positive environmental & social impact. All their products are ethically made in Fairtrade factories using premium, organically grown cotton; No harmful pesticides, No toxic dyes, No child labour & Net Zero carbon emissions.
We help finance their supply chain from India to Australia. We love investing in small good quality businesses especially where we can increase efficiency in the supply chain, grow their market and have a positive social impact.
PRODUCT & TECHNOLOGY
Just a reminder that we are currently hiring:
▪ Head Of Engineering x 1
▪ Full stack Data Scientist x 1
▪ Product Manager x 1
▪ Backend Python Django developers x 5
▪ ReactJS front end developers x 3
▪ Data Scientist x 1
▪ Full stack ML Engineers x 2
▪ DevOps/Infra Engineer x 1
▪ QA x 2
We plan to start Series A tech demos by July! For an early sneak peek beforehand please feel free to sign up for an early Tech Demo here.
HOW CAN YOU HELP?
We are currently looking for:
- A Chief Operating officer with experience in Fintech or Logistics tech
- 2 x Digital partnerships director (US and UK)
- Strategic partnerships with Digital banks and platforms that deal with SME customers
- Strategic Investors to close out the existing round
Any help would be appreciated! Please feel free to email myself or Mike Donovan.
CLOSING
We would like to thank everyone for their support and guidance so far.
You can join other investors and book an early Tech Demo here, ahead of the Series A. Thanks!
Vishal H. Kewalramani
Chairman & CEO
Valkin Limited DBA OCEAN
https://www.thisisocean.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/vishalhk/
PS: Please feel free to drop any time in my calendar here to catch up.