AMADILLO
00Pre-seed · UAE launch programme

5,000 scooters. One launch market.

Amadillo sells a 9.9 kg folding e-scooter direct to commuters in the UAE. This round funds one complete launch programme: sourcing, landing, customs and marketing. First sales are planned 5 months after close.

Pre-seed · pre-launch · pre-revenue · external capital to date AED 0

01Product

A 9.9 kg scooter that folds in 8 seconds and carries in its own backpack.

Design targets for the production version. The images are visualisations, not photos of the final product.

92.0 cm107.0 cm25 L · 9.9 kg · on your back

Riding position. 92 × 47.5 × 107 cm, 9.9 kg.

The Amadillo X6 on a city plaza: open, folded, and in the backpack on a rider’s back.
Visualisation · design study
Weight
9.9 kg
Fold time
8 s
Folded
67.5 × 13 × 30.5 cm
Pack volume
25 L
02Unit economics

One customer contributes AED 1,310 before marketing and fixed costs.

Plan figures for direct online sales. Move the sliders to test them.

net revenue per customer
AED 2,415
before marketing and fixed costs
AED 1,310
contribution margin
54%
planned paid acquisition cost
AED 400
5,000
AED 400
Net revenue
AED 12.08M
Before marketing and fixed costs
AED 6.55M
Paid marketing
AED 2.00M
After marketing, before fixed costs
AED 4.55M

Plan figures, not results. The contribution is after landed and post-sale variable costs, and before marketing and fixed costs. It is not EBITDA, and this calculator is a simplification, not a forecast.

03The plan

From one batch to a repeatable business.

Plan, not results. Amadillo is pre-revenue and there is no independent valuation.

net revenue, year 1 · 3,000 units
AED 7.2M
net revenue, year 3 · 8,000 units
AED 19.4M
EBITDA, year 3
AED 6.2M
04Use of funds

Where the money goes.

  • ProcurementAED 3.83M 63.8%
  • Logistics, marketing and paymentAED 1.15M 19.1%
  • Product readinessAED 0.38M 6.4%
  • Extra marketing and reserveAED 0.38M 6.4%
  • CustomsAED 0.19M 3.2%
  • BufferAED 0.07M 1.1%
Indicative split of AED 6M for 5,000 units, from our financial plan.
05Gates

Five gates, from golden sample to scale.

  1. G1

    Lock the product

    Golden sample, CAD, bill of materials, final weigh-in

  2. G2

    Clear the launch

    Certification, battery safety, QA, service plan

  3. G3

    Place the PO

    Supplier terms, staged inspection, freight and customs

  4. G4

    Prove Dubai

    Deposits, acquisition cost, conversion, return and service load

  5. G5

    Scale UAE

    Repeatable economics, B2B pilot evidence, replenishment

06Team

Three founders. The plan: full time in the UAE once funded.

  • David von Brück

    CEO

    Strategy, finance and technical coordination

  • Elias Kollböck

    CMO

    Brand and marketing

  • Jannik Siebel

    CDO

    Design and digital product presentation

07Data room

Request the data room.

Deck, financial model and 33 due-diligence answers. We open access after a short intro call.