Hardy Michel

Hardy Michel (Marloo): $10M Seed for AI-Powered Financial Advice

Michel announces Marloo's $10 million USD seed round twelve months after its first paying customer, with revenue compounding 40% month over month and paying customers in six countries. He traces his path from co-founding Sharesies in New Zealand (used by over 20% of the population) to Lightyear, then a year-long 'go slow to go fast' search into financial advice funded by Blackbird. Marloo targets advisors who spend 70-80% of their time on non-client-facing work, starting with notetaking as a wedge and cutting an eight-hour process down to 45 minutes. The new capital goes primarily to go-to-market with a deliberately small, high-output team—no product managers, roadmap, or backlog.

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