Tuesday, January 23, 2024

The startup - Pipeline

The founders - Zak Ahmed & Shivam Mahajan

The nugget - Pipeline is looking for beta users. Reach out if you want to alleviate the time you spend prospecting.

The founders

Pipeline helps early-stage founders reach out to relevant potential customers based on buying signals in their target market.

Industry: Sales software
Headquarters: Toronto, Ontario
Year founded: 2023
Employees: 2
Funding: Pre-seed
Business Model: Revenue generated from each email sent
Early Traction: 6 design users from companies like Salesforce, Gitlab and Deel

Competitors:

• Instantly.ai is a US-based bootstrapped company. They went from 0 to 8-figure annual recurring revenue in 18 months. Read about the strategy they used here.

• Smartwriter is an Australian-based bootstrapped company

• AI SDR is backed by Y Combinator, Rebel Fund, SID Venture Partners, Pioneer Fund, SCM Advisors, Bluepointe Ventures, and angels ($3M raised).

The founders

Zak Ahmed (Founder). LinkedIn. Email.

Shivam Mahajan (Founder). LinkedIn. 

The problem they see: Founders juggle multiple tasks. Constant context-switching makes it difficult for them to find relevant signals to cold email potential customers.

How they solve it: Pipeline automates cold emails based on buying signals from your audience.

The nugget - how you can help

If you’re interested in startup jobs…

Pipeline is not currently hiring.

If you’re an investor…

Pipeline is not fundraising but is open to meeting investors.

Reach out to Zak to learn more.

If you’re interested in helping Pipeline find design users…

Forward this email to your contacts who are founders of startups or those who run lead generation agencies.

More Klondike resources

• Click here to request access to Klondike’s Fundraise Database

• Click here to request access to Klondike’s Job Board Database

Happy panning, 
David Riley
Chief Batea

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