Founder & CEO
A motorized GoPro stabilizer
SLICK revolutionized the action sport filming industry with its
GoPro gimbal
More info : www.slick.video
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STARTUP SURVIVOR / DRONE PIONEER / CROWDFUNDING HACKER
THOMASAGARATÉ.
$450K ON INDIEGOGO ✦ $10M+ CROWDFUNDED ✦ SHIPPED IN 85 COUNTRIES ✦ CHATNODE ACQUIRED ✦
56 COUNTRIES AND COUNTING ✦ OFFICIAL XGAMES DRONE PILOT ✦ $1.5M IN 3 MONTHS ✦ CHALLENGING BIG TOBACCO ✦
00 — THE ORIGIN
A 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.
- 19
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.
- 22
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.
- 2 YEARS
I then focused on crowdfunding and raised $10M+ of pre-orders in 2 years.
- AWA
I co-founded AWA, an all-in-one solution to make your own soda at home,
- CHATNODE
I left the company after 2 years to focus on Chatnode.ai, which I sold after 1 year for multiple 6-figures.
- 3 MONTHS
The next summer I made $1.5M selling fashion items (in 3 months)
- NOW
Currently working on my new venture... to challenge the big tobacco!
- 56
Exploring the world? Yes, 56 countries and counting!
$10M+pre-orders raised
85countries shipped
56countries explored
$1.5Min 3 months
6-figureexit (Chatnode)
"If you don't realize your own dream, someone will hire you to realize theirs"
CHAPTER 01 — 2014–2019
SLICK (2014-2019)
Motorized GoPro stabilizer for extreme sports
Fund raising
Indiegogo campaign & seed round
SLICK raised $450,000USD on Indiegogo and exceeded its goal by 500%
SLICK closed a seed round of $1M USD
▶ WATCH FILM Indiegogo campaign & seed roundFund raisingShot by customers
SLICK has been shipped in 85 countries, adopted by travelers and action sport lovers
▶ WATCH FILM Shot by customersYour GoPro, stable as F$CK!
Don't be like Jong, be like Thomas
Grab your SLICK, travel the world and capture what inspires you
▶ WATCH FILM Don't be like Jong, be like ThomasYour GoPro, stable as F$CK!CHAPTER 02 — 2019–2020
Crowdfunding Hacker (2019-2020)
Over $10M raised through 4 campaigns
CROWDFUNDING$10M+
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 🚀
Check it out 🚀
▶ WATCH FILM Product launchCHAPTER 03 — 2023–2024
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
▶ WATCH FILM Sold $300K of licenses in 2 monthsGrowthCHAPTER 04 — SINCE 2010
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!
SINCE 2010 · XGAMES OFFICIAL PILOT · ACTION FILMING · 60 KM/H
Showreel
2017
From movies, tv series, commercials to Xgames
▶ WATCH FILM 2017ShowreelKitesurfing pro - Mavic Air 60km/h
2018
Greece, Morocco
▶ WATCH FILM 2018Kitesurfing pro - Mavic Air 60km/hSeries - That Drone Shot
2015-2018
Drone : Phantom4 & Mavic Air
Flying through holes slightly bigger than the drone itself...
▶ WATCH FILM 2015-2018Series - That Drone ShotBrand ambassador: PARROT
2018
Traveling the world capturing videos with the Parrot ANAFI
▶ WATCH FILM 2018Brand ambassador: PARROTCHAPTER 05 — JOURNAL
The Blog
Some impulsive and raw thoughts
Today a friend almost made me cry.
He told me that he went to a wedding in LA and saw the photographer was filming using a SLICK GoPro stabilizer. Sounds nothing to you. But to me, this means so much. To see someone using my product somewhere in the world was my ultimate dream and motivation when I was working on this project....
A startup story: When a great adventure comes to an end
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...
A startup story - Today I'm devastated
Today, 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...
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