Kunduz (yc S18)

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Security Type
CAFES
Categories
Technology, Education, Retail, Other
Min Investment
$100
Location
San Francisco, CA
Offering Date
April 21, 2021
Expected Close Date
April 29, 2024
Target Raise
$50.00K-$124.00K
No. Investors
244
Security Price
$1
Website
kunduz.com
Number of Employees
37
Cash
$62,599
Revenue
$13,972
Short Term Debt
$147,339
Cost of Goods
$0
Long Term Debt
$0
Net Income
$-749,363

Company Description

📈 $310k MRR; growing 4.1x YoY in January 2021
🧠 Our AI can automatically answer 80% of student's questions and gives SaaS-level gross margins
🌎 40M questions answered by 35,000 tutors through Kunduz in 3 countries
📊 $120 LTC; $10 CAC; 77% gross profit margin
👫 30k paying users with 95% retention rate

Key Deal Facts

$310k MRR; growing 4.1x YoY in January 2021
Our AI can automatically answer 80% of student's questions and gives SaaS-level gross margins
40M questions answered by 35,000 tutors through Kunduz in 3 countries
$120 LTC; $10 CAC; 77% gross profit margin
30k paying users with 95% retention rate

Management Team / Advisory Board Bios

Basar Basaran, Co-founder & Co-CEO
Strategy & business development in 5 countries and 6 sectors; 3-year consulting and M&A in education; MBA & MA Education at Stanford; Ex-McKinsey; Most importantly, raised in an educator family.

Melih Sener, Cofounder & Co-CEO
Most recently, brand manager of Lays for 32 countries; Brand & P&L management at CPG; International marketing, product launch & competitive strategy

Baris Bilgic, Co-founder - CTO
3rd time entrepreneur in emerging markets and Europe w an exit; Full-stack dev. at global firms in London; 14 years of active development experience
Amount Raised : $533,782
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