Thomas Agaraté

Crowdfunding Startup Drone pilot Contact Me

  • STARTUP SURVIVOR | DRONE PIONEER
    CROWDFUNDING HACKER

     

  • A 28 years young free soul

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    I've always been trying to improve people's life, seeking for ideas that could change our way of living.

    I first started a business in the drone industry when I was 19, developed my own drones and stabilization camera heads mount to produce high quality video content for many industries as movies, extreme sports, advertising or TV series. I was the official Xgames' drone pilot.

     

    I then moved to San Francisco to run SLICK for 3 years, from crowdfunding, fundraising, R&D, manufacturing in China to worldwide distribution.

    I then realized that I was great at launching consumer product through crowdfunding, so I now focus my time on growth marketing.

     

    Exploring the world? Yes, 52 countries and counting!

     

    "If you don't realize your own dream, someone will hire you to realize theirs"

  • Crowdfunding Hacker

    Over $10M raised through 4 campaigns

    After raising $450,000 on Indiegogo in 2015 for SLICK. I wanted to challenge myself in 2019 and launched KABUTO. From shooting the video, designing the page for efficiency, finding the right influencers to finally raising $980K.

     

    Proud to say I cracked the code of Crowdfunding.

     

    I then applied the same formula to launch EYERIDE ($1,5M) in March 2020

     

    Followed by SUPERSTRATA ($7.5M) in September 2020

     

    I launched a step-by-step course to help you launch your crowdfunding campaign with my winning method.

    Check it out here 🚀

  • STARTUP ADVENTURE

    FOCUS ON ACTION

    Founder & CEO

    A motorized GoPro stabilizer

    SLICK revolutionized the action sport filming industry with its

    GoPro gimbal

    More info : www.slick.video

    Fund raising

    Indiegogo campaign & seed round

    SLICK raised $450,000USD on Indiegogo and exceeded goal by 500%

    SLICK closed a seed round of $1M USD

    Shot by customers

    SLICK has been shipped in 85 countries, adopted by travelers and action sport lovers

    Your GoPro, stable as F$CK!

    Don't be like Jong, be like Thomas

    Grab your SLICK, travel the world and capture what inspires you

  • DRONE PILOT since 2010

    Specialized in action filming. Car racing, risky flying, close up are my cup of tea. Don't ask me to film your wedding!

    Showreel

    2017

    From movies, tv series, commercials to Xgames

    Kitesurfing pro - Mavic Air 60km/h

    2018

    Greece, Morocco

    Series - That Drone Shot

    2015-2018

    Drone : Phantom4 & Mavic Air

    Flying through wholes slightly bigger than the drone itself...

    Brand ambassador: PARROT

    2018

    Traveling the world capturing videos with the Parrot ANAFI

  • The Blog

    Some impulsive and raw thoughts

    A startup story: When a great adventure comes to an end
    May 4, 2020
    Today, It’s with lot of emotions that i’m shutting down my first venture : SLICK. It’s been the most insane 5 years of my life. I couldn’t guess how much I would learn from this adventure. From developing a new technology, moving to California to sleep in a garage, running a crowdfunding...
    A startup story - Today I'm devastated
    January 29, 2020
    Today, i’m devastated. Building a startup from scratch is truly an emotional rollercoaster. Last week we started assembling the Slick at factory, this was literally the best week of my life. But today, i’m devastated. This story is a co-founder story. August 18th, 2015. I introduced a...

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