18-month roadmap. Three 6-month phases.
One pre-seed cheque. Seed-ready by month 18.
Find the first 500 paying users. Onboard 30 experts. Prove the engine works.
| Mano, founder (month 0) | ₹10 L$12 KAED 45 K |
| Co-founder / Head of Growth (joins month 1) | ₹20 L$25 KAED 90 K |
| Designer, part-time contract (joins month 3) | ₹5 L$6 KAED 22 K |
| Clinical advisor, retainer (month 1) | ₹1 L$1 KAED 4 K |
| Team payroll (above) | ₹40 L$50 KAED 185 K |
| Growth experiments (creators + Reddit + content) | ₹20 L$25 KAED 90 K |
| Expert seeding (sign-on, intro fees, training) | ₹10 L$12 KAED 45 K |
| Operations + legal (incorporation, TM, ToS, insurance) | ₹5 L$6 KAED 22 K |
| Infrastructure (AWS, LLM, tools) | ₹2 L$2 KAED 7 K |
| Buffer | ₹3 L$4 KAED 15 K |
| PHASE 1 TOTAL | ₹80 L$95 KAED 350 K |
Scale to 5,000 paying. Ship Hindi. Find the one channel that works.
| Mano + Co-founder (continuing) | ₹30 L$35 KAED 130 K |
| Designer (continuing) | ₹5 L$6 KAED 22 K |
| Senior engineer #2 (joins month 7) | ₹25 L$30 KAED 110 K |
| Growth analyst (joins month 9) | ₹10 L$12 KAED 45 K |
| Clinical advisor (continuing) | ₹1 L$1 KAED 4 K |
| Team payroll (above) | ₹70 L$85 KAED 310 K |
| Growth (Hindi launch + creators + first paid-ads test) | ₹25 L$30 KAED 110 K |
| Expert seeding (+50 experts onto platform) | ₹10 L$12 KAED 45 K |
| Operations + legal (Razorpay, accounting, advisory) | ₹5 L$6 KAED 22 K |
| Infrastructure (scaling LLM with 5K paying users) | ₹5 L$6 KAED 22 K |
| Buffer | ₹5 L$6 KAED 22 K |
| PHASE 2 TOTAL | ₹1.2 Cr$145 KAED 530 K |
Scale to 20,000 paying. Land the first B2B pilot. Walk into the Seed round.
| Mano + Co-founder + Designer (continuing) | ₹40 L$50 KAED 185 K |
| Senior engineer + Growth analyst (continuing) | ₹40 L$50 KAED 185 K |
| B2B sales lead (joins month 13) | ₹20 L$25 KAED 90 K |
| Community manager (joins month 14) | ₹10 L$12 KAED 45 K |
| Clinical advisor (continuing) | ₹1 L$1 KAED 4 K |
| Team payroll (above) | ₹1.1 Cr$130 KAED 480 K |
| Growth (performance ads + Tamil + Bengali launch) | ₹50 L$60 KAED 220 K |
| Expert network (top up to 100+ + tier-2 recruiting) | ₹10 L$12 KAED 45 K |
| Operations + legal (B2B contracts, SaaS terms, IP) | ₹10 L$12 KAED 45 K |
| Infrastructure (heavy LLM at 20K paying users) | ₹10 L$12 KAED 45 K |
| Buffer | ₹10 L$12 KAED 45 K |
| PHASE 3 TOTAL | ₹2 Cr$240 KAED 880 K |
A single pre-seed raise to fund all three phases. Every rupee tied to a milestone. Every hire tied to a phase. We do not come back to pre-seed investors; the next raise is a Seed round at month 15 to 18.