Forget Roaming Charges. RedDogFish Is Rewriting the Rules for Startup Travel
There is something quietly frustrating about the way the telecom industry has worked for years. You pay for data you do not use. You get hit with charges you did not expect. And when something goes wrong at midnight in a city you have never been to before, you often end up with a chatbot and an FAQ page.
For founders, startup teams and anyone building across borders, that friction matters. Travelling for pitch days, events, investor meetings or remote team management already comes with enough moving parts. Connectivity should not be one of them.
That is where RedDogFish comes in.
We are proud to welcome RedDogFish as a new partner of the Cascade Funding Hub community: a startup helping travellers stay connected through flexible, transparent and easy-to-activate global eSIMs.
RedDogFish
Meet Oleksii Lykhochas, Founder of RedDogFish
We sat down with Oleksii Lykhochas, CEO and Founder of RedDogFish, to understand what is driving the company and why partnering with the Cascade Funding Hub community felt like a natural step.
Oleksii leads RedDogFish with one clear focus: making connectivity simple, transparent and reliable for anyone crossing a border. What came through clearly in our conversation was not only product ambition, but also a real frustration with an industry that has often made travel connectivity more complicated than it needs to be.
"We built RedDogFish because we were tired of the old telecom playbook — rigid packages, surprise roaming charges, and zero transparency. Our mission is to disrupt the traditional telecom industry and create a new standard for how people stay connected when they travel."
More Than a Travel eSIM
The name RedDogFish is hard to ignore. It is bold, memorable and intentionally different in a market often filled with generic telecom brands.
But behind the name there is a simple idea: connectivity should feel natural, not stressful. RedDogFish is not only focused on selling data. The team wants to remove the anxiety that comes with landing in a new country and not knowing whether your internet will work, how much it will cost or who can help if something fails.
"We're not selling gigabytes — we're erasing the stress and anxiety that comes with being abroad without internet. We want our users to arrive in Tokyo or Lisbon or Nairobi and feel completely at home, online, instantly. The brand exists to make that feeling the norm, not the exception. We're building a cult of connectivity — one that people genuinely feel a part of."
A More Flexible Approach to Travel Connectivity
RedDogFish provides global travel eSIMs across 190+ countries. But what makes the product interesting for startup users is the level of control it gives them.
Instead of fixed packages, users can choose:
- the destination,
- the amount of data,
- and the number of days they actually need.
There are no contracts, no hidden fees and no need to find a physical SIM card after landing. The eSIM can be activated in under two minutes, before the trip even starts.
"Most eSIM providers hand you a fixed package and say take it or leave it. We do the opposite. Full plan customisation — you choose your destination, how many gigabytes you need, and how many days you want coverage. No bloated bundles, no paying for data you'll never use."
The Hold Feature: Because Travel Rarely Goes to Plan
Travel rarely goes exactly as planned. Flights get delayed. Schedules change. A founder may spend one day offline, extend a stay or move between cities at the last minute.
RedDogFish’s Hold feature solves this in the most straightforward way possible: if you’re not using your plan, you pause it. When you’re ready to reconnect, you pick up exactly where you left off. Your days and data wait for you.
For startup teams that travel often and need to manage costs carefully, this is a practical feature: days and data do not disappear simply because plans changed.
"The Hold feature is genuinely unique: if your trip gets delayed or you take a day off the grid, you can pause your active plan and pick it back up later. Your days and data don't just evaporate."
Real People, Not Ticket Queues
Product flexibility is only part of the story. The other part is support.
Most platforms solve for the average case and leave edge cases to automated systems. RedDogFish made a deliberate choice to go the other way: every customer gets access to real human support, around the clock, with no bots standing between them and a solution.
For a founder mid-trip with a critical call in the morning, that’s not a small thing.
"When you're stuck in an unfamiliar city at 2am and your connection drops, the last thing you want is a chatbot. Every RedDogFish customer gets access to real human support, 24/7. No bots, no ticket queues. A real person who gets you back online fast."
Why Startups, Specifically
RedDogFish chose to partner with the Cascade Funding Hub community because they understand the reality of early-stage companies.
Oleksii is clear on this point: RedDogFish is a startup. They know what it feels like to be early-stage, where every partnership carries weight and every resource matters. That shared experience is what makes this partnership relevant for our community.
For startups applying to open calls, attending European innovation events, pitching internationally or managing distributed teams, reliable connectivity is not just a convenience. It is part of how work gets done.
"We haven't forgotten what it feels like to be in the early stages — every euro counts, every partnership matters. The founders going through Sploro's programmes today are the future enterprise clients, co-founders, investors, and brand advocates of tomorrow. We'd rather grow alongside them than wait until they've already scaled."
What’s Ahead
RedDogFish is building toward deeper integrations across travel apps, loyalty programmes and business platforms. Their API-first infrastructure could make it possible for other products to include seamless eSIM connectivity as part of their own services.
For startup and enterprise teams with people working across countries, this opens the door to more scalable ways of managing connectivity for distributed workforces.
The goal is simple: help people avoid losing time, money or momentum because of connectivity problems.
"Don't let connectivity be the thing that slows you down. The big problems you're solving deserve your full attention — leave the internet to us."
What’s in It for Our Community?
Cascade Funding Hub members get access to an exclusive discount as part of this partnership. Visit reddog.fish and apply your partnership code to activate it.
Here’s what RedDogFish brings to the table:
- 190+ countries covered — one eSIM for wherever the work takes you
- Fully custom plans — you pick the destination, the data, the days
- Hold feature — pause and resume your plan when your schedule shifts
- Activation in under 2 minutes — no stores, no physical cards, no waiting
- 24/7 human support — real people, always, no exceptions
- Primary SIM stays active — your local number and bank codes stay untouched
For founders and startup teams on the move, RedDogFish adds something simple but valuable: one less thing to worry about while building across borders.
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