Prasad Reddy

Most founders think fundraising starts with investor outreach. I’m learning it starts earlier with momentum. Shipped product. Got signals. Started conversations. Wrote about it here: open.substack.com/pub/prasadredd… #startup #Guide #Investors #Fundraise #Capital #entrepreneur

@Katerina_Modsen Sounds great, accepted your connection on LinkedIn. Let's continue the conversation there. Talk soon!

@PReddy2689 Makes sense, both are great events. I’m mainly looking to connect with companies building solutions for eCommerce and marketplaces, and explore partnerships. Btw, just dropped you an invite in LinkedIn, maybe it'd be more convenient to chat there.🤗

I'm excited to attend linkedin.com/company/gitexa… on 4-5 May 2026. Click here 👉p-2.link/p/rJkHYv1L6qk to get your visitor pass and let's meet up there! See you at #GITEXAIKazakhstan #GITEXAICAC #GITEXUniverse

I'm a solo founder. No tech background / connections / funding. In the last few months I've: → Validated with 37+ operator data points → Built a live product tool (globecart.one/calculator.html) → Designed a full product architecture → Started investor conversations that came to ME

🧵 Thread: 1 Everyone says "get warm intros" and "send cold emails" and "work your network." But at pre-seed, investors aren't betting on your pitch. They're betting on whether you can figure things out from zero. You prove that by figuring things out from zero. Not by emails.

The biggest lie in startup advice: "You need to spend 80% of your time fundraising." No. You need to spend 80% of your time building something worth funding. #startup #founders #preseed #execution #building #buildinpublic

Hello! Great to hear you’re planning to attend. I’m still finalizing my schedule, and currently I’m leaning toward attending Bits & Pretzels in Germany this year. Not fully locked in yet for GITEX, but I’d definitely be happy to connect and exchange notes either way. What are you hoping to get out of the event?

@PReddy2689 Hey! I'm also planning to attend the event. Would you mind catching up?

"Data exists. Reconciling it is the pain." Cross-border sellers have the numbers. They're just spread across 4-6 tools. What they actually made on an order? Nobody knows until weeks later. We show it before the sale happens.

If you sell (or plan to sell) from the US - Europe, I built a free tool you might find useful. It calculates your full landed cost before you ship: duties, VAT, shipping, FX - one breakdown for US, Germany, France, and Netherlands. No signup. No email wall. You can download the full report as a PDF. I built this because every seller I spoke to during validation said the same thing: "I don't know what my real margin is on cross-border orders until after I've already shipped." This won't fix that entirely, it's an estimate but it gives you a directional picture before you commit. Try it here: globecart.one/calculator.html Would love feedback from anyone who's actually shipping cross-border - are the estimates directionally right? What's missing? #ecommerce #crossborder #sellingtoeurope #landedcost #sellers #margin #VAT

The buyer experience in cross-border is broken: 1. Find a product you love 2. Order it 3. Carrier demands surprise duties at your door 4. Pay or refuse delivery Nobody wins. Millions of times a year. Completely avoidable with upfront landed cost calculation. #crossborder #delivery #order #ecommerce

Why build a cross-border marketplace as a first-time founder? Because after 36 seller conversations, I realized: Amazon optimizes for Amazon Shopify gives tools, not a marketplace Nobody builds trust infra for cross-border SMEs So I'm building it. globecart.one

Shipped GlobeCart’s First live MVP tool today. "US ←→ EU Landed Cost Calculator" Built for sellers who need margin clarity And buyers who want the real final price upfront. ✔ US / Germany / France / Netherlands ✔ Duties + VAT + shipping estimates ✔ Instant downloadable PDF report Try it: globecart.one #buildinpublic #startup #ecommerce #crossborder

"Death by small percentages layered on top of each other." Not one fee killing margins. Dozens of invisible ones stacking up. Most sellers don't know their true margin on an international order until weeks after the sale. GlobeCart shows it before checkout. #ecommerce #crossborder #shipping #logistics #margin

Amazon: 25-35% all-in Etsy: 20-25% eBay: 13-15% And none of them solve cross-border duties, VAT, or compliance. Sellers pay premium fees for domestic infra, then DIY the hard part. There's a massive gap here. #ecommerce #crossborder

Building in public. Building a cross-border marketplace update: ✓ 36+ validation conversations ✓ Landing page live ✓ Pricing: 8-12% (vs Amazon's 25-35%) ✓ US → EU first Next: first 5 sellers. If you ship internationally and want to keep more margin → globecart.one #crossborder #seller #emergingbrands #retailer #owner #ecommerce

"I don't mind paying fees. I mind not knowing what they'll be until after the sale." This is the difference between a Cost problem and a Trust problem. Costs you can optimize. Trust you have to build. #crossborder #trustfirst #global

Hello everyone, I’m Prasad R. I’m building globecart.one a trust-first global marketplace designed to remove the biggest barriers in cross-border e-commerce.. like unclear cost, delivery uncertainty and lack of protection for both buyers and sellers. By combining AI powered pricing transparency with a full stack sass infrastructure for sellers, we are making global trade as seamless as local - Working towards a “One world, One border” future.

I’m building globecart.one a trust-first global marketplace designed to remove the biggest barriers in cross-border e-commerce.. like unclear cost, delivery uncertainty and lack of protection for both buyers and sellers. By combining AI powered pricing transparency with a full stack sass infrastructure for sellers, we are making global trade as seamless as local - Working towards a “One world, One border” future.

Side project check in. What are you building right now? Add your link so we can have a look 👇

I’m building globecart.one a trust-first global marketplace designed to remove the biggest barriers in cross-border e-commerce.. like unclear cost, delivery uncertainty and lack of protection for both buyers and sellers. By combining AI powered pricing transparency with a full stack sass infrastructure for sellers, we are making global trade as seamless as local - Working towards a “One world, One border” future.

Only way for solo founder like me, to distribute product is to build in public. After 40 days of building in public: - I wrote 2.5k posts - Got 1710 followers - Viewed by 1.4M people - Connected to other builders - Learned a lot I would say things are going great so far. Love it. Are you building in public? 👇

Most small sellers won't touch cross-border. Not because it's expensive. Because it's unpredictable. You can absorb a known cost. You can't plan around a mystery. Building globecart.one to fix this.. #crossborder #ecommerce

@iuliatech Thanks, yeah it’s a tough space 😅 appreciate it!

@PReddy2689 Interesting project, sound challenging!

6 weeks of building in public: • 19 people on the waitlist • 1000 followers 🫶 • the app is almost ready to be published • social media marketing for the app is slowly gaining momentum If you’re also building, I’d love to know more about your progress. 🥂