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Turns customer reviews and testimonials into website social proof that helps businesses convert more visitors.
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Arttu Haho started Trustmary in June 2016 as a project business producing authentic customer testimonial videos. The team had completed almost 4,000 projects for 1,500 companies. That service grew to about €2.5 million per year, but each year required selling the work again. Customers also asked for lighter review and testimonial tools, so the company developed software and bundled it with video projects. By the interview, 208 customers paid for the software, with €208,000 in annual recurring revenue. Haho said the company had about 30 people, including seven focused mainly on software, two of them engineers, and roughly ten people in sales. The business was bootstrapped and profitable, with profits reinvested. Trustmary had just introduced monthly plans after initially selling annual subscriptions. The strategic transition was still underway: the company was narrowing its software positioning and seeking product-market fit while its established service business funded the effort.
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Join the Unicorn Club — $5/moCancel anytime, in one clickData credibility: Founder-reported in a Top Founders interview. Haho reported 208 software customers and €208,000 ARR, as well as about €2.5 million in annual revenue for the combined business. The transcript contains ambiguity around average software pricing and does not provide third-party financial verification, audited statements, customer acquisition cost, or a reliable churn figure.
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