# Ythalo Silva

> Ythalo Silva is the co-founder and CEO of Vobi, a Y Combinator-backed (W22) project and construction management platform built for small construction businesses across Latin America. He turned a struggling home-renovation marketplace called HomeHero into a SaaS product that helps contractors, architects, and remodelers cut manual budgeting and procurement work in half. A serial founder out of the MAR Ventures venture builder, he previously co-founded Modiax, acquired by Foxbit in 2019.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Vobi
- **Organizations:** Vobi, MAR Ventures, Modiax, eGenius Founders, HomeHero
- **Nationality:** Brazilian
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads Vobi, a Y Combinator W22 construction management SaaS., Co-founded Modiax, acquired by Foxbit in 2019., Executed a marketplace-to-SaaS pivot (HomeHero to Vobi) and got into Y Combinator doing it.

## Career timeline

- **pre-2019** — Co-founded Modiax and worked as a partner across the MAR Ventures venture builder and eGenius Founders.
- **2019** — Modiax acquired by Foxbit.
- **2020** — While running the HomeHero renovation marketplace, identified that contractors, architects and engineers shared the same budgeting and payment pain.
- **2021** — Co-founded Vobi in January with Guilherme Guerra, Fabio Witt and Murillo Freitas, pivoting from marketplace to SaaS.
- **2022** — Vobi joined Y Combinator's Winter 2022 (W22) batch and announced its seed round.

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads Vobi, a Y Combinator W22 construction management SaaS.
- Co-founded Modiax, acquired by Foxbit in 2019.
- Executed a marketplace-to-SaaS pivot (HomeHero to Vobi) and got into Y Combinator doing it.
- Raised a seed round (reported around R$7 million) led by Y Combinator with backing from MAR Ventures and the Corona (Smart Fit) and Goldfarb (Lojas Marisa) families.
- Grew Vobi to 35,000+ users managing over R$1 billion in projects within its first year.

## Latest updates

- **2022-03** — Vobi publicly joined Y Combinator's W22 batch and announced its funding round.

## Links

- Website: https://vobi.com.br
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ythalosilva/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/ythalos12
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/vobibr/

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