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Instagram growth automation
Koalike promised to find people who cared about a brand and turn them into active followers through account analysis, targeting, and controlled engagement.
2015 to 2018 · Paris, France
Koalike
Founder
JC's first marketing automation venture: an Instagram growth SaaS that reached roughly $20k MRR, with a $29.99/month average plan and customers across North America, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.
Instagram growth loop
Image source: STATION F public website assets
Paris founder mode
The Koalike chapter should feel like a loud startup poster: actual Station F identity, direct founder context, real SaaS traction, and a marketing-automation thread that connects forward to Aranx.
social proof cue
@koalike_app
peak recurring revenue
$20k
MRR
avg plan
$29.99/mo
reach
global
Customers included the US, Canada, 13 EU countries, Australia, New Zealand, and other markets.
Work breakdown
Founded Koalike as an Instagram growth automation product for brands and creators.
Grew the product to roughly $20k MRR on a $29.99/month average plan, implying around 667 active subscriptions at that revenue level.
Built workflows that analyzed account content, used tags and interests to find relevant audiences, and performed controlled like, follow, and scheduled unfollow actions.
Served worldwide customers across the US, Canada, 13 EU countries, Australia, New Zealand, and other markets.
Shipped the operational SaaS surface around it: dashboards, action toggles, interests, pricing, subscriptions, account linking, support, admin, task queues, and analytics.
Participated in the early Station F ecosystem according to JC-provided context.
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Production SaaS machinery
The product reached roughly $20k MRR with a $29.99/month average plan, backed by Google App Engine services, APIs, Datastore models, task queues, Stripe billing, BigQuery analytics, dashboards, mobile account linking, and admin/support flows.
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Worldwide customer base
Customers came from the US, Canada, 13 EU countries, Australia, New Zealand, and other markets, giving Koalike a real international SaaS footprint rather than a local-only experiment.
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Marketing systems through-line
Koalike creates continuity with Aranx: audience discovery, automated growth workflows, measurable acquisition loops, and founder-led product execution.
Evidence notes
These are provenance cues for future polish. They keep the page specific without pretending every private archive is public proof.
- github.com/jclanoe/koalike
- Archived Koalike product copy
- JC-provided Koalike metrics
- societe.com
- Le Figaro Entreprises
- JC-provided Station F context