The document outlines the history and funding of Chestnote, a startup that provides contextual messaging. It describes how the company was initially bootstrapped by the founders and received grants and funding from an incubator totaling around 200,000 EUR. After launching version 1.0 of their product, the company raised 500,000 EUR in seed funding. The document concludes by outlining Chestnote's plans for version 2.0 and future funding rounds as the company works to improve their product and grow their user base.

1. Chestnote

2. “How to get paid before getting paied.”

3. Funding is not the goal, only a means.

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Critical Success Factors for Early Stage Startups
1. A good team (of co-founders)
2. A good idea
3. A good growth strategy
4. A good funding strategy
5. A good advisory board

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3 ways to fund your startup
1. Bootstrap it
2. Get your customers to pay
3. Investors

6. The past

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Why ?
0,00 EUR

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How ?
Tom & Peter
Co-founders
+ 55.000 EUR
July 2015

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First mockups

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FFF

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Validation
+ 50.000 EUR
July 2015

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Grant

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Grant
+ 50.000 EUR
December 2015

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1st employee & MVP
Wouter
back-end
architect

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Incubator

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Incubator
+ 50.000 EUR
February 2016

17. The present

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Chestnote 1.0
Contextual messaging for iOS, Android & Webapp

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Succesful launch

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Seed capital
+ 500.000 EUR
November 2016

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Christophe
sales
Ananth
iOS
Wouter
back-end
Anne-Fleur
communication
Oussema
android
Tom & Peter
Co-founders
A dream team

25. The future

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Chestnote 2.0
Better user experience
More features
More content
More context
More clients
More users

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A round

29. Lessons learned

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Time Consuming

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Advice

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Hidden costs

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Believe

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Trust

35. Donwload CHESTNOTE
and join our
slow messaging
revolution!

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Thank you !
Tom Le Clef
0032 – (0)475/90.78.44
tom@chestnote.com