Estym8 — Investor one-pager
Ask: $150–200K · post-money SAFE · ~12 months lean runway
Plan: get to market → revenue → make noise → strategic acquisition
Contact: Shannon Horn · shannon@estym8.ai · estym8.ai
What we built (without investors)
Estym8 is an AI-first construction preconstruction suite — folder-native plan reading on one spine powering Estym8 (takeoff/estimate + ROM/WAG), Bodi (ICT/BOD), ClearToPermit (cities), ClearToIssue (design agency / A/E QA), and Feasibility (parcel/zoning). Most of Estym8 is already built and self-financed. This raise funds development of the entire suite; Estym8 is the near-term revenue wedge.
One line: one plan-reading spine → takeoff, city review, design QA, ICT BOD, and feasibility — not five disconnected tools.
The ask
| Amount | $150–200K (illustrative close ~$175K) |
| Instrument | Post-money SAFE (valuation cap) — cash now, equity later at a cap |
| Runway | ~12 months at ~$10K/mo all-in (founder + AI compute + tools) |
| Profile | Angels / operator angels / warm intros — small checks welcome |
Use of funds (~$175K)
| Bucket | Amount |
|---|---|
| Lean ops (~$10K/mo × 12) | $120K |
| Marketing / attention | $25K |
| Legal (SAFE) | $15K |
| Key-person insurance | $5K |
| Reserve | $10K |
Not in this raise: new staff hires · ~$5M seed · board capital-raiser.
Team (lean)
| Who | Role |
|---|---|
| Shannon Horn | Founder & CEO — full-time product, engineering, fundraising |
| Jonas Burt | COO / equity partner — beta, demos, field GTM |
| Paul Vizgirdas | Industry equity partner — plan sets, intros, ClearToIssue discovery |
No new hires until revenue. Key-person life insurance on founder payable to investors.
Why now / exit
- Finish Estym8 calibration + UX (incl. ROM/WAG) → closed beta → Stripe revenue
- Advance suite MVPs on the same burn (ClearTo* pilots, Bodi feeds, Feasibility discovery) — suite backlog
- ~$25K marketing + network — make attention
- Strategic acquisition (Trimble / Procore / Autodesk-class) — hope sooner than 12 months; raise covers a full year
Return optionality: Estym8 seats first; suite breadth expands the strategic buyer story (suite value · valuation). We are not raising to IPO or fund a large independent scale-up.
Links (share these)
| Doc | URL |
|---|---|
| This one-pager | estym8.ai/docs/investor-one-pager |
| One-pager PDF | estym8.ai/docs/estym8-investor-one-pager.pdf |
| Pitch deck | estym8.ai/docs/pitch-deck |
| Pitch PDF | estym8.ai/docs/estym8-pitch-deck.pdf |
| Suite backlog | estym8.ai/docs/suite-backlog |
| Suite value & return | estym8.ai/docs/suite-value |
| Investor overview | estym8.ai/docs/investor |
| Valuation framework | estym8.ai/docs/valuation |
Discussion only · Not an offer to sell securities · Counsel sets SAFE terms.