Hello Pal Intl Inc (HLLPF)

[Instrumentalist]

Lockdowns have fueled live-streaming numbers globally, growing a full 45% between March and April, and was up 99% year over year. Grandview Research is predicting the global video streaming market to hit +US$184 billion by 2027—a CAGR of 20.4% between 2020-2027.

Breaking through into these international markets is Hello Pal, a Canadian-based developer with strategically located alliances and offices in China, that’s already grown beyond the industry benchmark of 5 million users.

Unlike YouTube and Twitch, their platform is not blocked in China, but can also be downloaded and used in all parts of Asia and North America, and is set for a big push into the Middle East as well.

This company is rapidly growing its user base, and recorded monthly revenue growth of over 900% in 2020, and just posted $2.8 million dollars in January 2021 alone.

The Hello Pal International Platform is a proprietary suite of mobile applications built on a user-friendly live streaming video and messaging interface that focuses on social interaction, language learning and travel.

Some reasons why I love this company:

- Strong momentum of Record Monthly Revenue throughout 2020
- Nine consecutive monthly revenue of over CAD$1M
- Revenue for January 2020 was CAD$200,000. December 2020’s revenue came in at CAD$2.1 million – a 900% increase in monthly revenue!
- Total revenue for 2020 was CAD$10.2 million
- 2021 started strong with new monthly revenue record of CAD$2.7 million for January 2021
- Explosive growth of user base currently over 5.4 million users from over 200 countries
- +15,000 active daily users interacting with one another
- Stable Cash Position + Strong Cashflow now
- Recent successful financing through private placement and debt settlement
- Plans for future financings for platform and marketing expansions
- Expansion imminent, backed by established successes from live streaming in China, with strategic plan in place to move into future international markets—namely Middle East, India, Pakistan, and SE Asia
- Major Initiative in the works with 1-on-1 video chat matching
- Introduction of VIP membership revenue model focused on international market
- New team member (Vincent Chai) brought on to lead the initiative, bringing experience in launching an international 1-on-1 live streaming app, with commercial success
- Built-in translation tool, based on previous platforms such as Travel Pal and Language Pal, which are being primed for re-release within the platform
- Socially-based design to find new friends, with filtering and matching abilities through VIP model
- Moments feature that’s comparable to popular features in other apps such as WeChat and Instagram
- Strategic corporate alignment with strong ally Melot Group (Owner and Operator of the highly popular KK Livestream app).
- Melot Group is a China-based company whose live streaming services serve over 170M registered users and over 200,000 livestream hosts
- Hello Pal moved its operations into the KK Headquarters in Hangzhou, and will continue to grow together
- KK has allowed Hello Pal to switch to their servers and infrastructure providing cost savings
- Improving user experience with a more defined interface and less lag

As the platforms user growth accelerates, so does the possibility of enhanced monetization ramp up. Crossing the 5 million user benchmark enables Hello Pal to be examined more seriously among peers as comparables.

Instagram took nine months between October 2010 and June 2011 to hit the 5-million-user mark. It took another ten months for the company to hit 50 million users. By 2016, it had hit the 500 million users mark. Today, Instagram, which is owned by Facebook, has over a billion users.

I believe this platform has a unique path either to a major breakthrough in Asia, or perhaps even a very lucrative buyout from one of the industry giants looking for another edge.

But why take my word for it? Go check out the app for yourself.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hellopal.androidlive&hl=en_US&gl=US
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hello-pal-talk-to-the-world/id965758822