The Partao Method – Silicon Luxembourg

Partao, founded by two former Amazon execs, a machinery parts e-commerce startup is already making noise—raising €3 million just months after launch. COO Virginia Strong explains.

Early traction: You had just launched when you raised €3m — what did you show investors so early that gave them conviction? 

Virginia: We had created a pilot marketplace with 300K SKUs which showed high SEO and customer traction. However, we found that investors were more interested in 1) Who we Were (Our Team slide moved to the first slide in our…