Zoho Startups

Message Desk is a SaaS platform for business text messaging that launched in February 2020 with just $200 MRR. By the time of this interview, they've grown to $14,000 MRR with 266 customers through pure organic SEO, ranking for high-intent keywords like 'scheduling text messages' and 'text to pay.' The team has raised $500k pre-seed and plans to reach $20k MRR before raising a $2M seed round.

Vervotech provides hotel data standardization and unique identification services for travel agencies sourcing inventory from multiple suppliers. Bootstrapped since launch in October 2018, the company grew from $150k to $240k MRR in the past year (70-75% YoY growth) with 200+ paying customers powering 1,000+ websites globally. Recently acquired by Constellation Software's Juniper Group travel tech portfolio.