Sramana Mitra: From a revenue point of view, where are you? What kind of revenue and growth rate are you trying to raise money on? Alexandre Cagnoni: Our revenue in 2016 was $7.5 million. We’re seeing a growth of approximately 30% year per year. I think if we get investment, we can accelerate this over
Sramana Mitra: Is that the reason why you’re in the US? If you’re selling in Brazil and Asia, being in the US doesn’t make a lot of sense. Alexandre Cagnoni: There are a few reasons we came to the US. First of all, Brazil is quite complicated in terms of taxes and how they handle
Sramana Mitra: Lastly, what about the e-commerce sector where you said you just started offering services? Alexandre Cagnoni: It happens to everybody all the time. I was recently on a trip to Indonesia. My card was refused when checking into the hotel and it was locked. It was identified by the system as a potential
Sramana Mitra: Are your customers large enterprises or mid market? Where is the sweet spot of your audience? Alexandre Cagnoni: I would say that it would be medium and large enterprises. In the financial sector, we have both medium and large banks that have millions of devices. We have customers with 10 to 20 users
Alex bootstrapped Datablink from Brazil to $7.5 million addressing cyber fraud. He discusses the trends in his current markets – Brazil and East Asia – as he gets ready to penetrate other markets. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start by introducing our audience to yourself as well as to Datablink. Alexandre Cagnoni: I’m was born in Brazil