Long time lurker, first time poster. I've been running a robots-as-a-service business for almost a year now in Canada. We're offering communications (facilitated video calling) and interactive programming, delivered via remote operator on a telepresence robot in seniors' facilities - think Netflix meets Peloton for seniors. We've been running a paid pilot at a local independent living facility since February with some success and are in talks with two more, so definitely getting traction. Not at product/market fit yet, but we're getting closer and our clients need to solve the problems related to social isolation and lack of engagement, so they've been very receptive to our experiments.However, we need to raise some money. There are gov't grant programs in Canada but many are more tailored to scaleups than businesses at this early stage. I'm in touch with quite a few local investor types and while they're interested, this market has historically invested in pure software or oil and gas. People find hardware /robotics investments scary (even though at this point we're buying our robots from Ohmnilabs, rather than building our own) and have difficulty grasping the idea of a service based on a robotics platform.I've always thought that reaching investors outside of Canada would be a good idea and was recently contacted by Fundable. What they're offering doesn't sound bad and while there's a price tag to get started, you have to spend money to raise money anyway. I can spend my time doing legwork or get them to do some of it. For info, they're asking for about $3000 USD up front.What do people on here think? Has anyone had a good or bad experience using them? I'd be grateful for any info you feel comfortable sharing. Thanks! see hubwealthy.com/wealthy
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