HeyMark
Pre-Seed Round · March 2026

Everyone needs to do marketing.
Almost no one can do it well.

Millions of businesses and content creators compete for the same attention on social media. And now that the barrier to launching products and competitors has dropped, standing out is harder than ever. But hiring an agency or a team is still absurdly expensive, and no one can tell you how much of that spend actually converts into sales.

The Problem

Marketing is expensive, fragmented, and inefficient β€” whether you're a creator or a company

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Expensive

A content creator can't afford an agency. A company spends $50K+/mo on marketing and doesn't know if it works. You pay the same whether it works or not.

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Fragmented

5+ tools to do marketing: one for design, one for scheduling, one for analytics, one for copy, one for email. More logins than results.

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Inefficient

From the solopreneur to the CMO of a retail company β€” everyone spends more time coordinating tools than actually doing marketing.

The Solution

Hey, I'm Mark

Your marketing agent. Analyzes your brand, creates content, publishes on your social channels, replies to messages, and adjusts your strategy β€” all from a chat.

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Connect your channels

Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, X, Pinterest, and email β€” Mark connects and reads your content, metrics, and audience.

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Analyze and learn

Studies your brand, your competitors, and your niche. Learns from every interaction.

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Create content

Videos, images, copy, carousels β€” all in your style and your tone.

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Publish for you

Schedules and publishes on your channels. Knows when to post for maximum performance.

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Reply to DMs

Replies to DMs with your brand's context. 24/7, without sounding like a bot.

Demo

Mark in action

Pre-Launch Traction

This is already happening β€” with zero spent on ads

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Waitlist in 2 weeks
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Combined founders audience
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Active beta clients
$0
Spent on paid ads
Opportunity

Market Opportunity

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TAM · Global digital marketing
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SAM · LATAM + US Hispanic
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Businesses and creators who need marketing

88% of companies already use AI tools. 77% say marketing is where they need them most.

Business Model

Mark does what an agency does: creates videos, writes copy, publishes on social media, replies to messages, analyzes competitors, and manages campaigns. All for a monthly subscription based on how many brands you manage and how much you use it.

What is a brand?

A brand is a business, a project, or an identity that Mark manages. It can be your restaurant, your online store, your personal brand, or a product line. Each brand has its own Brand Kit, connected social accounts, content history, and strategy β€” all separate and personalized.

Starter
$49/mo
1 brand · 5,000 credits

For creators and entrepreneurs who want to get started. ~68 interactions per month: chat, ideas, copy, images, and analytics. No video generation. No ads. Video and ads drive the natural upgrade to Pro.

Pro
$249/brand/mo
Multi-brand · 30,000 credits/brand

For SMBs and growing businesses. 6x more usage than Starter β€” enough for a daily content operation with video, UGC, competitive analysis, and DM automation. Can add additional brands β€” ideal for businesses with 2-3 product lines.

Business
$599/brand/mo
Multi-brand · 80,000 credits/brand

For scale-ups and agencies. 16x more usage than Starter β€” virtually unlimited content, premium video, voice cloning, ad management. An agency with 5 brands pays $2,755/mo and replaces a team of 3-5 people.

Enterprise
Custom
From $5,000/mo

For companies with 10+ brands across multiple countries. Everything in Business, plus: SSO, roles and permissions, uptime SLA, dedicated API, and priority support. Cencosud (14 brands, 5 countries) would pay ~$8K-$16K/mo.

Starter: everything you need to create content, analyze, and publish. No ads. Pro: adds ad management (Meta, Google, TikTok). Business: adds multi-user for teams and agencies. The difference between plans is functionality + usage volume (credits). Pricing scales naturally with client complexity: an entrepreneur with 1 brand pays $49. An agency with 5 brands pays $2,755. A holding company with 14 brands pays $8K+.

Market Comparison

8 capabilities that matter. Only Mark has them all.

PlatformPrice/moAI ChatGen. VideoAnalyticsSchedulingDM AutoEmail MktgComp. Intel.Brand Kit
HeyMark$49–customβœ“βœ“βœ“βœ“βœ“βœ“βœ“βœ“
Traditional agency$2K–10Kβœ—βœ“βœ“βœ“βœ—βœ“βœ“βœ“
HubSpot AI$800–3,600βœ“βœ—βœ“βœ“βœ—βœ“βœ“βœ—
Claude Code*$20–200βœ“βœ“βœ“βœ“βœ“βœ“βœ“βœ“
ChatGPT$20–200βœ“βœ—βœ—βœ—βœ—βœ—βœ—βœ—
Canva AI$13–15βœ—βœ“βœ—βœ—βœ—βœ—βœ—βœ“
Hootsuite$99–739βœ—βœ—βœ“βœ“βœ—βœ—βœ—βœ—
Jasper AI$39–125βœ“βœ—βœ—βœ—βœ—βœ—βœ—βœ“
Predis.ai$19–212βœ—βœ“βœ—βœ“βœ—βœ—βœ“βœ“
Buffer$6–120βœ—βœ—βœ“βœ“βœ—βœ—βœ—βœ—
ManyChat$15–435βœ—βœ—βœ—βœ—βœ“βœ—βœ—βœ—

*Claude Code can achieve all these capabilities, but requires configuring API keys, connecting multiple platforms, and having the technical know-how for each one. HeyMark is that same power, ready to use from WhatsApp β€” no code, no manual integrations.

Jasper reached $120M ARR selling only copy. HeyGen reached $100M ARR selling only avatars. Gamma reached $100M ARR selling only presentations. Mark does EVERYTHING β€” video, copy, analytics, scheduling, DMs, email, ads, competitors β€” in a single conversation.

Team

Full-time since January 2026 · Bootstrapped · $1M+ ARR generated across the 3

Pedro Cisternas

Pedro Cisternas

CEO

180K+ followers with $0 in ads. Co-created NutrIA ($120K ARR) with 100% organic marketing.

NicolΓ‘s Pirozzi

NicolΓ‘s Pirozzi

CTO

Created CherryMarket ($400K ARR) and co-created NutrIA. Lead architect of HeyMark.

Crescente MartΓ­nez

Crescente MartΓ­nez

CMO

Founded All In Agency: $600K ARR, 14 people, 30+ clients. Lived the pain that HeyMark replaces.

Francisco ZΓΊΓ±iga

Francisco ZΓΊΓ±iga

Lead Developer

First engineer at HeyMark. Builds and maintains the platform.

MartΓ­n Marcenaro

MartΓ­n Marcenaro

Blogger

HeyMark content creator. Content & Film.

Track Record

This isn't our first time

Before HeyMark, the founders already built real businesses with real revenue.

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NutrIA

#1 nutrition app in Chile

AI nutrition app created by Pedro and Nico. 100% organic growth, zero spent on ads. Profitable from day one and raising its own round.

Pedro Cisternas · NicolΓ‘s Pirozzi
$120K ARR (USD)
30x Growth in 10 months
3,200+ Paid subscribers
80K+ Downloads
4.8 ⭐ App Store rating
Day 1 Profitable since
nutria.dev β†’
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CherryMarket

B2B SaaS for cherry exporters

SaaS platform created by Nico with other partners. Management and traceability for cherry exporters. Founded October 2024.

NicolΓ‘s Pirozzi
$400K ARR (USD)
40 Active clients
cherrymarket.cl β†’
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All In Agency

Digital marketing agency

Agency founded and led by Crescente. Clients include Zapping, Chilexpress, VTR, Claro, Samex, Scanavini, among others. The experience running a real agency is the origin of the pain HeyMark solves.

Crescente MartΓ­nez
$600K ARR (USD)
14 People
30+ Clients
allingroup.io β†’
Distribution

We know how to distribute

Before selling, we distribute. Thousands of organic users on social media and 1,800 people on the waitlist. Zero spent on ads.

Instagram Pedro Cisternas
185K followers IG @pirucisternas
Instagram HeyMark
460K views/mo IG @heymark.ai
Instagram HeyMark TV
110K views/mo IG @heymark.tv
TikTok HeyMark
1,300 followers TikTok @heymark.ai
LinkedIn Pedro
2.4K followers LinkedIn Pedro
LinkedIn Crescente
6.2K followers LinkedIn Crescente
HeyMark Waitlist
1,800 on waitlist waitlist.heymark.ai
YouTube HeyMark
9,000 views/mo YouTube @heymarktv
We do marketing before selling. Mark does HeyMark's marketing. Every post you see on our channels was created or assisted by Mark. Our product is our best salesperson.

The right product at the right time

The market is shifting from tools to agents. HeyMark is not another marketing tool. It's an agent that executes.

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The age of agents

Jasper sells copy. Hootsuite sells scheduling. Mark does everything: analyzes, creates, publishes, responds, and optimizes. It's not a dashboard. It's your marketing team in a chat.

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Universal pain

Every business needs marketing. Almost none can do it well. The opportunity is massive, the timing is perfect, and we already know how to reach people.

Why Raise

What $500K in capital changes

HeyMark works without investment β€” the LATAM team makes us nearly self-sustaining by month 3. But reaching $3.2M MRR takes 3+ years without capital. With $500K, we do it in 18 months.

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Without Capital

Organic growth
$200K–$500K MRR at month 18
1,000–2,500 Users at month 18
~18+ months Time to $500K MRR
  • Organic only, no paid acquisition
  • No enterprise AEs β€” can't close large deals
  • 100% founder networks and word of mouth
  • Team limited to what revenue covers
  • No dedicated content marketing
  • Slow but sustainable growth
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With $500K

Base case
$3.2M MRR at month 18 (Base)
14,633 Users at month 18 (Base)
Month 6 Breakeven (Base)
  • Paid ads from M1 β€” $10K scaling to $180K M18
  • 2 AEs from M1-M2 (CMO's network, 30+ agency clients)
  • Team 9β†’22 people + 5-8 autonomous AI agents
  • Bear: $800K MRR, Bull: $7.5M MRR at M18
  • Series A in 12-15 months from a position of strength
  • Top-tier AI SaaS operational efficiency by M18
Milestone Without Capital With $500K (Base) Acceleration
MRR M1 $8K $18K 2.3x
MRR M6 $50K $250K 5x
MRR M12 $150K $1.1M 7.3x
MRR M18 $300K $3.2M 10.7x
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Paid Ads from M1
$10K M1 scaling to $180K M18. Jasper grew from $0 to $42M ARR in 12 months with aggressive ads + affiliates. Without capital, organic only β€” and organic has a ceiling.
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2 AEs from M1
CMO's network (30+ agency clients) = immediate enterprise pipeline. A single enterprise deal at $5K+/mo pays an AE's salary for 2+ months.
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Team 9β†’22 people
AI-amplified team. Top-tier AI SaaS operational efficiency. Each person multiplies their output 5x with AI tools.
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Series A in 12-15 months
$1M+ MRR positions us for a $10-20M Series A at $100M+ valuation. Without capital, that doesn't happen until 2029+.
The key point: HeyMark already works and generates revenue. $500K buys what $2.5M buys in Silicon Valley β€” our team of 22 people + AI agents costs $69K/mo total. In AI marketing, the first to achieve scale and cost efficiency wins the market.

The Ask

Pre-seed Round · SAFE post-money at $7.5M cap

$500K

We're not raising pre-product. By the time we close this round, HeyMark will already have revenue, paying users, and measured retention. $7.5M cap reflects a running business, not an idea.

$200K
Team + AI Tools
9→18 people in 12 months. Founders $2K→$3K. Engineers at $4K-$7K. Claude Code Max for every dev + 5 autonomous AI agents from M1.
$120K
Paid Acquisition + Affiliates
$10K-$120K/mo, Jasper playbook. Paid ads from M1, affiliate program, LATAM events.
$100K
Legal, Travel, Infra
Legal + SOC 2 ($3K-$12K/mo), travel SF/Europe ($2K-$4K/mo), D&O insurance, infra, compliance.
$80K
Operating Buffer
18+ months of runway even at 25% of plan. Cash never drops below $350K.
6.7% dilution. Breakeven at M6. $500K at $7.5M cap β€” less dilution than YC ($500K for 7%). Justified because at close we'll already have $35K-$65K MRR, 300+ paying users, and validated retention. Our team of 22 people + 8 AI agents costs $69K/mo β€” $500K buys what $2.5M buys in Silicon Valley.
Business Plan · Pre-Seed Round · March 2026

Hey, I'm Mark!
your community manager

A marketing agent that serves everyone from creators to enterprises. Four plans with clear capability tiers, and real unit economics backed by data from 25 beta customers.

Segments

Segment Hypothesis

The profiles we are validating. Each tier unlocks more capabilities. Usage is measured in credits.

Segment Who Current mkt spend Plan HeyMark Typical monthly ticket Volume Pre-opt margin
CreatorSolopreneur, influencer$0–50/moStarter $49/brand$49Very high~14%
SMBStore, restaurant$200–500/moPro $249/brand$249–$747High~46%
Scale-upGrowing team, agency$2K–10K/moBusiness $599/brand$599–$4,192Medium~46%
EnterpriseMulti-brand, multi-country$10K–200K+/moCustom from $5K$5K–$50K+Low~72%
Starter: everything you need to create content, analyze, and publish. No ads. Pro: adds ad management (Meta, Google, TikTok). Business: adds multi-user for teams and agencies. Each tier unlocks more advanced capabilities and usage is measured in credits. Starter with 5K credits can do ~68 text and image interactions. Pro with 30K can do ~145 interactions + 8 videos. Business with 80K can do ~295 interactions + 22 videos.

Benchmarks: Canva and HubSpot differentiate by functionality per tier. Lovable, Cursor, and Vercel monetize by usage. HeyMark combines both: functional tiers (content β†’ ads β†’ multi-user) + credits for usage volume.

How Mark Charges

Simple: you pay per brand and per usage. Each brand is a business or project that Mark manages β€” with its own social accounts, Brand Kit, strategy, and history. Each plan unlocks more capabilities: Starter creates content, Pro adds ads, Business adds multi-user. Usage is measured in credits.

What are credits?

Credits measure how much you use Mark. Every video, post, analysis, or DM consumes credits. Text and analysis cost little. Premium video and avatars cost more. Starter creates and publishes content. Pro adds ad management. Business adds multi-user. Each tier unlocks more capabilities with more volume.

Starter
$49
/mo · 1 brand

5,000 credits/mo. ~68 interactions: chat, ideas, copy, images, analysis. No video generation β€” video is what drives the natural upgrade. For a creator who wants to systematize their marketing with text and images.

Pro
$249
/brand/mo · multi-brand

30,000 credits/brand/mo. ~145 interactions + 8 videos/mo: 4 simple clips, 2 premium clips, 1 UGC avatar ($15), 1 full production ($20). Real daily content operations. Can add brands β€” an agency with 3 clients pays $747/mo.

Business
$599
/brand/mo · multi-brand

80,000 credits/brand/mo. ~295 interactions + 22 videos/mo: 10 simple clips, 5 premium, 4 UGC avatars ($15 each), 3 full productions ($20 each). For scale-ups and agencies at industrial scale. 5 brands = $2,755/mo, replaces a team of 3-5 people.

Enterprise
Custom
From $5,000/mo

For companies with 10+ brands across multiple countries. Everything in Business, plus SSO (corporate login), team roles and permissions, guaranteed uptime SLA, and dedicated API. A holding company like Cencosud (14 brands in 5 countries) would pay ~$8K-$16K/mo β€” a fraction of what they spend on agencies.

How does pricing scale with brands?

In Pro and Business, each additional brand is charged at the plan price. Starting at 4 brands, a 20% volume discount applies. Pricing scales continuously β€” there is no "gap" between $599 and Enterprise.

ExamplePlanPrice/brandMonthly totalEquivalent to...
Creator with 1 projectStarter$49$49Less than 1 hour of freelancer
Restaurant with 1 brandPro$249$24910% the cost of a community manager
Agency with 3 clientsBusiness$599$1,797Less than 1 junior employee
Scale-up with 5 brandsBusiness (20% disc.)$479$2,755Replaces a team of 3-5 people
Retail with 8 brandsBusiness (20% disc.)$479$4,19210% the cost of an agency
Holding, 14 brands, 5 countriesEnterpriseCustom$8K-$16K3-5% of current agency spend
Upgrades happen naturally through two paths: features and usage. A creator on Starter who wants to run ads upgrades to Pro. A growing agency that needs team access upgrades to Business. And within each tier, usage grows with success β€” more credits, more brands. Revenue scales with the customer, without friction and without sales calls.
Real Costs

What Mark Costs Under the Hood

Real production data from 25 beta customers, not estimates.

$0.48
Average cost per interaction
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Of cost is chat (Sonnet + Opus)
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Average tokens per Sonnet call
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Rich Context
90+ tools, persistent memory, brand kit, competitors β€” this is what makes Mark truly useful.
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Deep Conversations
Each interaction loads the full conversation history + system prompt for contextually rich responses.
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Ongoing Optimization
We already use prompt caching and compaction. Still pending: model routing (Haiku for simple tasks) and more aggressive cache optimization.
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TODAY
$0.48/msg
Prompt caching + compaction active
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6 MONTHS
$0.20-0.30/msg
Model routing + optimized caching
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12 MONTHS
$0.10-0.15/msg
Natural API cost reduction (~10x/yr)
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18 MONTHS
$0.05-0.08/msg
Local models + continued decline

But not everything costs $0.50 β€” video is a whole different story

When Mark uses a tool (image, analysis, video), it pays the Sonnet cost ($0.50) plus the tool cost. A simple chat costs $0.50. A full video with avatar, voice, and lip sync can cost $15-$20. This is what makes credits work as a natural gate β€” expensive operations consume credits much faster.

OperationSonnet+ ToolTotal costPre β†’ Post opt
Simple chat (ideas, copy, strategy)$0.50$0$0.50$0.50 β†’ $0.15
Generate image$0.50$0.13$0.63$0.63 β†’ $0.30
Competitor analysis (scraping)$0.50$0.02$0.52$0.52 β†’ $0.17
Simple video clip (b-roll, 5-8s)$0.50$1.00$1.50$1.50 β†’ $0.80
Premium video clip (ads, 8-10s)$0.50$3.20$3.70$3.70 β†’ $2.00
UGC Avatar (script + voice + avatar + lip sync)$0.50 Γ—3$13.50~$15$15 β†’ $8
Full production (script + voice + video + lip sync)$0.50 Γ—4$18.00~$20$20 β†’ $10
Video is the natural upgrade trigger. A Starter with 5,000 credits can do ~68 text interactions OR ~3 full-production videos β€” not both. As soon as a user wants to generate video regularly, they need Pro or Business. No features are locked: costs do the work. Post-optimization, chat costs drop 70% (model routing) and video costs ~50% (cheaper models), pushing margins from 15-45% to 67-77%.
Bottom-Up · Real Data

Unit Economics by Segment

COGS breakdown: chat + text vs video. Video is ~35-46% of COGS but is what makes Mark worth $249-$599/mo.

PRE-optimization β€” Current production costs

PRE-optimizationStarter $49Pro $249Business $599
Text interactions/mo~68~145~295
COGS chat + text ($0.50/msg)$38$80$160
Videos/mo0822
COGS video (clips + UGC $15 + prod. $20)$0$48$154
Stripe + infra$3$9$19
Total COGS$41$137$333
Margin15%45%44%

POST-optimization β€” Chat -70%, Video -50%

Model routing (Haiku for simple queries) drops chat from $0.50 to $0.15. Video models drop ~50% per year. The result: margins that climb from 15-45% to 67-77%.

POST-optimizationStarter $49Pro $249Business $599
COGS chat + text ($0.15/msg)$13$24$50
COGS video (-50%)$0$25$80
Stripe + infra$3$9$19
Total optimized COGS$16$58$149
Optimized margin67%77%75%

Video mix by plan

Video typeCostStarterPro (8/mo)Business (22/mo)
Simple clips (b-roll, product, 5-8s)$1.50β€”410
Premium clips (ads, cinematic)$3.70β€”25
UGC Avatar (script + voice + avatar + lip sync)$15β€”14
Full production (full pipeline)$20β€”13

CAC / Churn / LTV

Starter $49Pro $249Business $599Enterprise
CAC$50-150$100-400$300-1K$5K-20K
Monthly churn10%5%3%1%
LTV (post-opt)$329$3,843$14,975$937K+
LTV:CAC (post-opt)3.3Γ—15.4Γ—23.0Γ—47-187Γ—
Starter is the acquisition funnel (15% margin) — no video, designed to hook. As soon as the user wants video, they need Pro or Business. Post-optimization, margins climb to 67-77% because chat costs drop 70% and video costs drop 50%. The business is in Pro→Enterprise: Business with 3.5 brands generates $2,097/mo per user at 75% margin. If Starter→Pro conversion is slower than expected, the business still works: 96% of revenue comes from Pro, Business, and Enterprise.

Three scenarios, calibrated against real benchmarks

How the business evolves at month 6, 12, and 18. The base case is our operating plan β€” ambitious but calibrated against real companies.

Revenue

BearBaseBull
MRR at month 6$80K$250K$550K
MRR at month 12$350K$1.1M$2.8M
MRR at month 18$800K$3.2M$7.5M
ARR at month 18$9.6M$38.4M$90M

Users and average ticket

BearBaseBull
Users at month 184,28814,63330,004
Monthly ARPU$179$212$244

Profitability and cash (at month 18, with $500K raised)

BearBaseBull
Monthly EBITDA+$434K+$1.93M+$4.68M
Cash on hand$2.44M$9.40M$23.86M
EBITDA breakevenMonth 9Month 6Month 3
Are these numbers realistic? Our base case at M12 ($13.2M ARR) sits between ArcAds ($6M ARR at M12 with 10 people and $0 raised) and Gamma ($15M ARR at M12 with $23M raised) β€” two of the most capital-efficient AI startups in history. Jasper reached $42M ARR at M12 with aggressive paid ads. We don't claim to be Lovable (absolute outlier) or Cursor ($0 in marketing). We're a marketing team building a marketing product β€” with our own distribution, paid ads from M1, and an enterprise network of 30+ clients.
What could go wrong? Starter→Pro conversion could be slower (96% of revenue doesn't depend on Starter). Churn could be 2x higher (bear case accounts for this). AI costs may not drop as fast (our pre-optimization margins are already positive on Pro and Business). Enterprise could take longer (that's why it's no more than 9% of revenue in the base case). None of these scenarios kill the business — they slow it down.

Monthly Projection β€” Base Case

18 months broken down monthly · The engine: brand multiplier in Business

MonthUsersMRRARPUARR equivalent
M1148$18K$122$216K
M3461$65K$141$780K
M61,300$250K$192$3.0M
M92,757$580K$210$6.96M
M124,975$1.1M$221$13.2M
M158,390$1.88M$224$22.6M
M1814,633$3.2M$219$38.4M

Revenue composition β€” M18 Base Case

Segment% Users% MRRInsight
Starter $4960%4%Acquisition channel β€” massive funnel
Pro $24918%27%Profitable self-serve
Business $59918%59%Revenue engine β€” 3.5 brands Γ— $599
Enterprise Custom3%9%Large deals, long cycles
Agency WL1%1%White-label for agencies
Total100%100%Business = 59% of revenue with 18% of users
Business = 59% of revenue with just 18% of users. The brand multiplier (3.5 brands Γ— $599) is the engine. We don't need millions of users β€” we need the ones who join to manage multiple brands.

Speed to each milestone β€” where we stand vs benchmarks

MilestoneHeyMark (Base)GammaArcAdsJasperHeyGen
$1M ARRM4~M6M5M2M7
$10M ARRM10M12M18M6~M8
$100M ARRβ€”M30β€”M24M31
We're in the Gamma-ArcAds corridor. We don't claim to be Lovable (absolute outlier) or Cursor ($0 in marketing). We're a marketing team building a marketing product β€” with our own distribution and paid ads from M1.

Runway & Burn Analysis

$500K in capital · Breakeven M6 (base) · Includes hidden costs: legal, travel, AI tools, insurance

18+
Months of runway
Month 6
Breakeven (base)
~$39K
Initial monthly burn
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Projected cash month 18 ($M)
CategoryMonth 1Month 6Month 12Month 18
Team (salaries + office)$21K$40K$55K$64K
AI Tools (Claude Code Γ— team + agents)$2.4K$3.2K$4.4K$5.4K
Paid Ads$10K$40K$120K$180K
Legal, accounting, insurance$3K$5K$8K$12K
Travel (SF, Europe, events)$0$2K$3K$4K
Infra, tools, office, other$3K$4K$5K$6K
Total Costs (excl. COGS)$39K$92K$195K$275K
Revenue$18K$250K$1.1M$3.2M
COGS (AI APIs + Stripe)$8K$107K$374K$832K
EBITDA-$29K+$51K+$531K+$2.09M
These numbers include everything startups typically forget: legal ($3K-$12K/mo including SOC 2), travel to SF and Europe ($2K-$4K/mo), D&O and cyber insurance ($500-$1K/mo), payroll processing, AI development tools (Claude Code Max Γ— entire team + 5 autonomous agents from M1), equipment for new hires, and banking/FX fees. Cash-negative M1-M5, breakeven M6. Cash never drops below $370K in the base case.

Hiring Plan

Every team member has Claude Code Max ($200/mo) and 5+ AI agents work 24/7 from day 1.

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MONTH 1
9 people + 5 AI agents · $27K/mo
3 founders ($2K) + Francisco ($2K) + 2 engineers ($4K each) + AE ($3K) + filmmaker ($1K) + blogger ($500). Every dev with Claude Code Max ($200). 5 autonomous AI agents ($1K/mo) working on code, testing, and content.
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MONTH 2-3
13 people + 5 AI agents · $41K/mo
+senior engineer ($7K) + AE2 ($3K) + marketing ($2K) + Sr/DevOps ($3.5K). Francisco moves to $3K. 7 devs with Claude Code + 5 AI agents.
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MONTHS 4-6
14 people + 6 AI agents · $47K/mo
Founders move to $3K + CS ($2.5K). +1 extra AI agent ($200/mo). Breakeven M6.
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MONTHS 7-12
18 people + 6 AI agents · $57K/mo
+eng ($3K) + AE3 ($3K) + eng2 ($3K) + marketing2 ($2K) + ops ($2.5K). 4,975 users. $1.1M MRR.
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MONTHS 13-18
22 people + 8 AI agents · $69K/mo
+eng, +CS2, +AE4, +eng2. 14,633 users. $3.2M MRR. Revenue per employee: $1.75M ARR.

22 people + 8 AI agents at month 18 managing ~$3.2M MRR β€” $1.75M ARR per employee, Gamma/ArcAds tier. The full team (salaries + AI tools) costs $69K/mo β€” less than what 3 senior engineers cost in San Francisco. The LATAM + AI agents arbitrage is our operational superpower.

Go-to-Market

Enter through creators, grow toward enterprise

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Creator ($49)
Creator uses Mark, content performs well
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Creator recommends to the brand that pays them
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SMB ($249-$599)
The brand adopts Mark for its marketing
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Enterprise ($5K+)
The brand grows, upgrades plan
~$200-500
CAC via creator funnel
~$3K-5K
CAC via enterprise sales
80-90%
Savings vs direct sales

5 channels, all based on real companies

ChannelPlaybookFromEvidence
DogfoodingArcAdsM0Mark does HeyMark's marketing. Every post we make is a product demo.
Paid AdsJasperM1$10K→$180K/mo. Jasper: $42M ARR at M12 with 9 people and ex-agency founders.
Creators / AffiliatesGamma + JasperM125% recurring commission. Gamma: 50%+ of growth came from creators.
Agency PartnersHubSpot + CMOM1CMO's network (30+ agency clients). HubSpot: 45% of revenue via partners.
Category CreationHubSpotM0Define "Agentic Marketing". HubSpot coined "Inbound Marketing" β†’ $3B ARR.

Wow moment without signup: you land on heymark.ai, enter your IG handle, and Mark analyzes your account in real time. No signup, no paywall. You see the analysis, the recommendations, and what Mark would do with your brand. The product sells itself. Same playbook as Gamma: the wow moment happens in 30 seconds, before any commitment.

The flywheel: Mark does HeyMark's marketing β†’ users see real results β†’ they sign up β†’ Mark learns and improves β†’ better results β†’ more users. Ads M1-M5 funded by the raise (~$100K). Ads M6+ funded by post-breakeven revenue.

Path to Series A

Concrete milestones

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Q2 2026
Launch + 300 users
Validate product, measure churn and engagement. Paid ads from M1.
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Q3-Q4 2026
PMF Signal · $250K+ MRR
<8% blended churn, NPS >30, first enterprise deals. Business as revenue engine.
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Q1 2027
$500K+ MRR · Unit economics proven
>50% gross margin, CAC payback <6 months. Brand multiplier validated.
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Q3-Q4 2027
$1M+ MRR · $13M+ ARR
Series A of $10-20M at $100M+ valuation. 74%+ post-opt margin. Operational efficiency at top-tier AI SaaS level.
If we don't find PMF in 12 months, we have a long runway to pivot. If we do, the base case takes us to $3.2M MRR having raised only $500K β€” capital efficiency that positions us for a Series A of $10-20M at $100M+ valuation.

The Ask

Pre-seed Round · SAFE post-money at $7.5M cap · 6.7% dilution

$500K

We're not raising pre-product. By the time we close this round (~M2-M3), HeyMark will already have $35K-$65K MRR, 300+ paying users, and validated retention. $7.5M cap is a ~10-18x multiple on ARR run-rate at close, within the standard range for AI SaaS pre-seed with early traction. Less dilution than YC ($500K for 7%).

$200K
Team + AI Tools
9→18 people in 12 months. Engineers at $4K-$7K. Claude Code Max for every dev ($200/mo) + 5-8 autonomous AI agents ($1K-$1.6K/mo). Founders $2K→$3K.
β†’ 22 people + 8 AI agents at M18, $1.75M ARR per employee
$120K
Paid Acquisition + Affiliates
$10K-$120K/mo, Jasper playbook. Paid ads from M1, affiliate program, LATAM events.
β†’ 14,633 users (base), paid channels validated
$100K
Legal, Travel, Infra
Legal + SOC 2 ($3K-$12K/mo), travel SF/Europe ($2K-$4K/mo), D&O insurance, infra, compliance. Includes all the costs startups typically underestimate.
β†’ Margins from 15% to 67% (Starter), 44% to 75% (Business)
$80K
Operating Buffer
18+ months runway even at 25% of plan. Cash never drops below $350K.
β†’ Breakeven M6 (base), M9 (bear)
6.7% dilution. Breakeven at M6. $7.5M cap because by the time we close we'll be a revenue-generating business, not an idea. These numbers include ALL costs: legal, travel, insurance, AI tools, payroll processing, equipment β€” not just salaries. Base target: $3.2M MRR, 14,633 users, ~$8.4M cash on hand at month 18. Series A from a position of strength.
Product

Mark in detail

Every capability of Mark in detail.

Intelligence

Analyzes everything before creating

Mark connects to your social accounts, studies your content and your competitors', and researches opportunities. All backed by data.

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Social account connection

Mark connects to Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, X, and Pinterest. Reads your feed, stories, reels, engagement metrics, and audience data in real time.

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Account analysis

Analyzes your content performance, identifies what works, what doesn't, and generates actionable insights to improve your strategy.

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Video transcription and analysis

Mark transcribes your videos, analyzes the content, identifies the best-performing hooks, and extracts patterns from your top pieces.

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Competitive intelligence

Discovers and analyzes your competitors' accounts. Transcribes their videos, studies their strategy, engagement, and posting frequency.

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Web research

Mark browses the web looking for trends, news, and relevant opportunities for your niche that you can turn into valuable content.

Creation

Creates publish-ready content

From ideas to publish-ready pieces. Mark creates using the intelligence already gathered from your brand.

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Proposes ideas and schedules them

Based on the analysis of your account and competitors, Mark proposes content ideas and organizes them into an editorial calendar ready to execute.

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Video creation

14+ video engines. Mark generates UGC, avatars with cloned voice, and clips ready to publish in any format.

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Creatives and images

Generates images, creative variations, cutouts, and background removal. Creates ads and creatives ready for campaigns.

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Copywriting

Copy for posts, ads, emails, and carousels. Mark writes in your brand's tone because it loaded your Brand Kit.

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Brand Kit

Upload your brand's colors, typography, tone of voice, and personality. Everything Mark creates is aligned with your identity.

Distribution

Publishes across all your channels

Mark publishes for you on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, X, Pinterest, and email. All from a chat.

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Publishes across all your networks

Mark publishes to Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, X, and Pinterest. Reels, posts, stories, and carousels β€” without leaving the conversation.

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Smart scheduling

Schedules posts at optimal times for your audience. Mark plans entire weeks of content.

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Email marketing

Email campaigns with templates, segmentation, and integrated analytics. Custom domain with DKIM.

Engagement

Responds and automates 24/7

Mark never sleeps. Responds to messages, comments, and captures leads β€” like a team that never stops.

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Responds to DMs

Mark automatically responds to direct messages with context from your brand, products, and services. Natural conversations, not robotic replies.

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Responds to comments

Engages with your community by responding to comments intelligently. Keeps engagement active on every post.

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Native automation

ManyChat-style automation flows natively integrated. Comment-to-DM, keyword triggers, and lead capture sequences without external tools.

Your marketing manager on WhatsApp

Mark lives where you already are. No new apps, no learning curves.

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Just another contact

Mark shows up in your WhatsApp as just another contact. You message him whenever you want, like a colleague.

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Available 24/7

Send him a voice note at 2am with an idea. Have him schedule posts while you sleep.

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Accumulated context

Every conversation adds context. Mark remembers your brand, your tone, your preferences.

Why WhatsApp? Because 2B+ people already use it every day. We don't ask the user to change their habits β€” we insert ourselves into the one they already have.

Desktop: where it all comes together

When you open HeyMark on desktop, you see everything Mark has been doing β€” and you take control.

HeyMark Desktop β€” Chat + Infinite Canvas

The canvas that grows with you

Every interaction builds a visual map of your marketing strategy.

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Visual strategy

Posts, calendars, campaigns, metrics β€” all on a canvas you can browse and rearrange.

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Accumulated progress

After weeks, your canvas is the complete map of your marketing. Months of work visible at a glance.

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Natural exit barrier

Losing your canvas β€” months of built strategy β€” is what keeps anyone from leaving.

One flow, two surfaces

WhatsApp for speed. Desktop for depth. All synced.

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WhatsApp
You send Mark a message from your phone with an idea, a request, or an instruction
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Mark works
Mark executes: creates content, schedules posts, analyzes metrics, responds to comments
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Desktop
You open the app and see everything Mark did on your canvas. Review, adjust, and keep building

What Mark can do

90+ capabilities mapped

90+
Tools
14+
Video Engines
10+
Providers

Built on Anthropic, Google, Replicate, ElevenLabs, Creatify, and more.