Microsoft Teams Startups

Karma Bot is a SaaS platform for remote team engagement that started as an internal tool at a New Zealand-based web development agency and evolved into a $40,000 MRR business. Founded by Stas Kulesh and co-founder David, the product gamifies team recognition through a point-based rewards system integrated with Slack, helping distributed teams stay connected and celebrate wins together.

BOT platform is a no-code enterprise SaaS solution that enables HR and employee experience teams to build custom bots, digital assistants, and automated workflows within internal communication platforms like Microsoft Teams and Workplace from Facebook. Bootstrapped with only a small $300k friends and family round in 2018, the company has scaled to $110k MRR ($1.32M ARR SaaS + $800k in professional services) with 35 customers and strong 118% net revenue retention, maintaining founder control with 75% founder ownership.

Convano.de is a B2B SaaS employee engagement platform spun out from Trump (a German manufacturing company) by three co-founders. The platform helps organizations celebrate successes and increase employee appreciation through integrated rituals, currently serving 5 paying customers at approximately $2,500 MRR ($30,000 ARR). The team is pursuing a $500K funding round at a $2.5M post-money valuation, aiming to triple revenue by December.

Maddermore is an AI-powered SaaS platform designed to help remote sales managers improve team engagement and reduce sales rep stress through behavioral science and data integration. Co-founded by Matt Schenker (licensed therapist and management trainer) and an enterprise sales veteran, the company is currently in beta after a year of research involving 400+ sales team interviews. With a newly onboarded founding CTO from medical AI, they aim to launch an MVP within 6-9 months while running paid pilots with existing customers.