Thomas Agaraté
STARTUP SURVIVOR | DRONE PIONEER
CROWDFUNDING HACKERA 32 years young free soul
I've always been trying to improve people's life, seeking for ideas that could change our way of living.
I first started a business in the drone industry when I was 19, developed my own drones and stabilization camera heads mount to produce high quality video content for many industries as movies, extreme sports, advertising or TV series. I was the official Xgames' drone pilot.I then moved to San Francisco at 22 to run SLICK for 3 years, from crowdfunding, fundraising, R&D, manufacturing in China to worldwide distribution in 85 countries.
I then focused on crowdfunding and raised $10M+ of pre-orders in 2 years.I co-founded AWA, an all-in-one solution to make your own soda at home, I left the company after 2 years to focus on Chatnode.ai, which I sold after 1 year for multiple 6-figures.
The next summer I made $1.5M selling fashion items (in 3 months)
Currently working on my new venture... to challenge the big tobacco!
Exploring the world? Yes, 56 countries and counting!
"If you don't realize your own dream, someone will hire you to realize theirs"
SLICK (2014-2019)
Motorized GoPro stabilizer for extrem sports
Founder & CEO
A motorized GoPro stabilizer
SLICK revolutionized the action sport filming industry with its
GoPro gimbal
More info : www.slick.video
Fund raising
Indiegogo campaign & seed round
SLICK raised $450,000USD on Indiegogo and exceeded its goal by 500%
SLICK closed a seed round of $1M USD
Shot by customers
SLICK has been shipped in 85 countries, adopted by travelers and action sport lovers
Your GoPro, stable as F$CK!
Don't be like Jong, be like Thomas
Grab your SLICK, travel the world and capture what inspires you
Crowdfunding Hacker (2019-2020)
Over $10M raised through 4 campaigns
Product launch
After raising $450,000 on Indiegogo in 2015 for SLICK. I wanted to challenge myself in 2019 and launched KABUTO. From shooting the video, designing the page for efficiency, finding the right influencers to finally raising $980K.
Proud to say I cracked the code of Crowdfunding.
I then applied the same formula to launch EYERIDE ($1,5M) in March 2020
Followed by SUPERSTRATA ($7.5M) in September 2020
I launched a step-by-step course to help you launch your crowdfunding campaign with my winning method.
Check it out here 🚀
CHATNODE (2023-2024)
AI Chatbot to solve customer support
(ACQUIRED for multiple 6-figures)
Co-Founder & CMO
AI Chatbot
Chatnode is a platform to train AI chatbots on your own data. You embed it on your website to automate customer support.
More info : www.chatnode.ai
Growth
Sold $300K of licenses in 2 months
We launched on Appsumo and became the #2 chatbot solution on the platform
DRONE Pilot & Engineer since 2010
Specialized in action filming. Car racing, risky flying, close up are my cup of tea. Don't ask me to film your wedding!
Showreel
2017
From movies, tv series, commercials to Xgames
Kitesurfing pro - Mavic Air 60km/h
2018
Greece, Morocco
Series - That Drone Shot
2015-2018
Drone : Phantom4 & Mavic Air
Flying through wholes slightly bigger than the drone itself...
Brand ambassador: PARROT
2018
Traveling the world capturing videos with the Parrot ANAFI
The Blog
Some impulsive and raw thoughts
Today, It’s with lot of emotions that i’m shutting down my first venture : SLICK. It’s been the most insane 5 years of my life. I couldn’t guess how much I would learn from this adventure. From developing a new technology, moving to California to sleep in a garage, running a crowdfunding...January 29, 2020Today, i’m devastated. Building a startup from scratch is truly an emotional rollercoaster. Last week we started assembling the Slick at factory, this was literally the best week of my life. But today, i’m devastated. This story is a co-founder story. August 18th, 2015. I introduced a...Drop Me a Line
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