Snapfix

2022年5月8日

Snapfix创始人将注意力转移到佛罗里达是一回事你认为一个聪明的商业理念,这是另一件事把它推向市场。更具有挑战性的是采购风险投资给产品寻找客户。所以致敬保罗麦卡锡(56),他在2016年建立了Snapfix和最近宣布一个€1.75 m一轮融资,其中包括美国投资者Sator格罗夫。2020年底提交账户显示Snapfix有限公司曾提出€2.3米,《盗梦空间》以来的累积损失€1.1。Snapfix之前,软件工程师麦卡锡已经绕着街区,与雇主ICL,全国终端在澳大利亚,融合系统和视觉咨询在纽约,和爱尔兰e-buying平台马拉喀什。麦卡锡的想法是WhatsApp原则应用于建筑维护。Snapfix应用程序使用照片、瓷砖和消息监控维护,消防安全,内务,清洁、装修和装备。美丽的想法很简单:任何员工都可以使用自己设备上的应用程序来标记需要注意管理的问题。当他五十多岁的企业家很幸运Snapfix蓝图概念Cathal Greaney应用发展。在软木Greaney以前曾与苹果,他喜欢这个概念,在2019年,他加入了创业的首席技术官。 Though he had worked in a lot of businesses, McCarthy had never started one, so he enrolled on the Enterprise Ireland New Frontiers training programme, and came top of the class. More importantly, New Frontiers facilitated an introduction to funding advisor Barry Brennan. “Barry sat me down to explain that Snapfix was embarking on a 10-year road,” McCarthy recalls. “The first step was seed funding, which we sourced from our friends and family network. One person committed €150,000, and then others followed, and the initial raise totalled €750,000.” The main Snapfix target market is hospitality, and two years ago McCarthy took to the road, demonstrating the app to hotels around Ireland. Then Covid happened, staff were let go, and a plan B was quickly formulated, with a wider focus on facilities managers. Snapfix’s trade debtors at the end of 2020 amounted to only €20,000, but despite the Covid whack the company was still able to get away a €1.5m share issue. Snapfix shareholders invest through nominee accounts, and McCarthy describes one of the faithful as a “total legend”. When this individual coughed up for a second time, other investors followed-on too. In the autumn of 2021, McCarthy and Brennan presented to various business angels and VCs. “We were too early for some, and too late for others, and some wanted to see more traction. Then one of our investors introduced us to Paul Buser of Sator Grove , and I flew to London to meet up. He loved the idea, we had a wonderful afternoon, and he made a quick decision." Buser was involved in manging the Notre Dame endowment fund and recently relocated from Indiana to Florida. Snapfix too is going to double down on the Sunshine State, where there are c.4,000 hotels. “We've set ourselves a mission for the next decade to build a global brand, starting with building infrastructure and equipment. We are creating a new language so that everyone in the world can now communicate using photos and our green, yellow and red traffic lights," he adds. ___