Again in the summertime of 2015, Antony Gorin and I co-founded ManyChat with a imaginative and prescient to rework how companies talk with their prospects. We believed that messaging apps created a possibility to attach prospects and companies in a radically new approach and produce the pace, comfort, and interactivity of chat not solely to our private conversations but additionally to our conversations with manufacturers.
Seven years and billions of messages later, I’m blissful to share that this imaginative and prescient got here to life. Our journey has led us from a naked bones product on Telegram – a chatbot for constructing chatbots with out an app or an internet site – to integrating with Fb Messenger, Instagram, WhatsApp, SMS and constructing the main and strongest chat advertising and marketing platform on this planet. From being rejected by 40 buyers whereas making an attempt to boost our seed spherical to elevating an $18M Collection A from Bessemer Enterprise Companions. From two co-founders with $0 income to a rising enterprise with 150+ superb, proficient folks throughout the US, UK, and Armenia.
All of the credit score for ManyChat’s accomplishments goes to the ManyChat dream group that has made this potential. Our group are the true heroes that put their blood, sweat, and tears to pioneer Messenger Advertising and marketing, Circulate Builder, Hybrid Communication Mannequin, Instagram DM Automation, WhatsApp Advertising and marketing, Unified Buyer Profile, and different merchandise/innovations, a lot of which have develop into trade requirements.
I need to take a second to thank the ManyChat group and the broader ManyChat neighborhood for his or her resilience, energy, and creativity that allowed them to adapt to a consistently altering surroundings and thrive over time.
At the moment, with ManyChat being break-even, well-funded, and with our latest channels like Instagram and WhatsApp shortly rising, I need to take this chance to make an even bigger announcement.
After 7 years of working the present, I’ve determined to cross the torch to Sunny Manivannan, who joins ManyChat as CEO to drive the way forward for our affect and success.
Sunny is the right chief for ManyChat given his 10+ years of B2B SaaS management expertise, throughout which he has been part of two IPOs, first at Coupa and extra lately at Braze. Sunny has a confirmed observe report of constructing high-performing, cohesive groups, and I do know that he has the talents and expertise essential to speed up ManyChat’s mission to rework how companies and prospects talk world wide.
Listed here are just a few phrases from Sunny:
“From the primary time I met Mike, I knew that he and the group had constructed a particular firm. I’m delighted to have the chance to assist ManyChat obtain its full potential within the coming years, and I’m excited for the work forward”.
As for myself, I’ll proceed to information ManyChat each strategically because the Chairman of the Board and operationally because the Head of Product so as to make sure the success of this transition.
With the rising recognition and depth of utilization of chat functions, our imaginative and prescient is stronger than ever and now’s the right time to grab the following frontier of this chance. With our unimaginable group and Sunny main the corporate, we’ll carry the facility of chat not solely to the following million SMBs but additionally to the largest worldwide manufacturers making billions of buyer conversations extra interactive, participating, and enjoyable.
I elevate this glass to ManyChat’s success! 🥂
Thanks,
Mike Yan
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