Makrwatch (YC W15) — Scale new user acquisition with YouTube creators
Makrwatch helps D2C companies scale user acquisition with YouTube creators. Our clients see us as an alternative growth channel to Google/Facebook, by reaching their audience at a more efficient cost per acquisition and obtaining high quality customers that are more engaged.
Makrwatch is a Y Combinator company in the Winter 2015 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: Scale new user acquisition with YouTube Creators. The founders listed are Andres Felipe Diaz (Founder/CEO), Carlos Saavedra (Founder) (Y Combinator directory entry, November 17, 2014).
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Makrwatch helps D2C companies scale user acquisition with YouTube creators. Our clients see us as an alternative growth channel to Google/Facebook, by reaching their audience at a more efficient cost per acquisition and obtaining high quality customers that are more engaged.
Makrwatch has been growing 100%+ year over year, currently processes 2M-5M in billings and helps creators in over 60+ countries. We are reaching 20 team members in 6+ countries, have been fully remote for the past years and aim to reach 20M in billings with 10,000 sponsored videos within the next 18 months.
Andres Felipe Diaz
Founder/CEO
Carlos Saavedra
Founder
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