macOS Startups

Scalefusion is a mobile device management platform helping SMBs configure and secure employee devices without IT expertise. After 3 failed startup attempts, founder Harishanker Kannan leveraged his kiosk technology experience to build a simple, affordable solution that grew organically to $400k/month through SEO and customer support excellence.

Habitify is a multi-platform habit tracker app that grew from $0 revenue in its first 6 months to $21K/month with 1M downloads. After struggling initially with no sales, the app gained traction through a Product Hunt launch, followed by an Apple App Store feature that drove exponential growth. The team discovered that content marketing and affiliate marketing provided sustainable, long-term growth with superior customer lifetime value compared to paid advertising.

Dev Slopes is a learn-to-code platform founded in March 2016 that generated $600k in first-year revenue primarily through affiliate partnerships on Udemy (90% of revenue) with over 100k students. They recently launched their own SaaS subscription model at $20/month, acquiring 130 subscribers in the first month ($2.6k MRR), with a goal to reach $1M annual revenue. The company raised $500k total ($190k from Kickstarter and $300k from private investor) and operates with an 8-person team.