What it sells
Decentralised broadband connectivity.
Business model breakdown
Buyer: who owns the budget?
Individual buyers of Dabba Lite hotspots who earn token rewards; LCOs deploy and run them.
Trigger: what makes them buy now?
India is a greenfield, fast-growing data market (demand doubling roughly every 18 months); owners want daily token rewards.
Workflow: what inputs become what output?
Buy a Dabba Lite, pay onboarding fees and choose an LCO, LCO deploys hotspot at a location in India, owner earns daily rewards and manages hotspots via the explorer.
Economics: what it saves and how it charges
Hardware sales plus activation fees paid in the DBT utility token (token burn), with rewards as data is consumed; 7-year initial ownership period.
Distribution: how it reaches customers
Direct online sales of hotspots plus managed deployment through 100,000+ cable operators in India.
Funding history and coverage
| Round date | Stage | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Y Combinator Winter 2017 | — | Y Combinator | ycombinator.com |
Profiles summarize public reporting and company websites. Business-model notes are MaxBC's reading of that material, not confirmed facts; unknowns are left blank rather than guessed. Updated 2026-10-12.