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Making life easier. Finding things to BUY is HARD!. The web has grown up. Big business and amalgamators dominate. Massive amounts of irrelevant choices. Daunting – too many places to look. Time-consuming. Frustrating – failed enquiries. Incomplete – No humans, too much automation. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Page 1: Making life easier

Making life easier

Page 2: Making life easier

Finding things to BUY is HARD!

Found

•The web has grown up.•Big business and amalgamators dominate.•Massive amounts of irrelevant choices.

•Daunting – too many places to look.

o Time-consuming. o Frustrating – failed enquiries.

•Incomplete –

o No humans, too much automation.o Some sellers can’t afford to be found.o Some put off completely.

Missed

Total Market

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Advertise what YOU’RE BUYING.Be FOUND by all the market

1. Buyers advertise what they want to buy. 2. We Match to sellers stock/profile using algorithms, & inform matching sellers.3. Buyers choose from their responses – no obligation.

•Buyers get more real choice. Greater reach.•Very little effort, making the market work. •Process is controlled & secure.

Web site

Total Market

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Approach

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Free.

Source.

• Pay Per Click- for matches.• Partnerships for traffic – in talks now.• Social media & Apps.

Where we fit.

• They tell us what they want to buy.• Additional service - works differently• They may search too.

UK Car Buyer market

• Total buyers. 8m p.a. (2m new)• FY breakeven. 55,000 p.a.

Buyers

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TRIAL RESULTS

Car buyers 18,000

Funnel conversion 6%

Buyer Recruitment cost £5

47% Female, 20% New Cars.

• Results robust over all 10 months.• Six times better than expected.• Reflects popularity of service.

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£30 subscription per month.

• Low churn.• Low cost barrier for more buyer choice.• Barrier to emulators.

Recruitment.

• Direct.• Telesales.

Where we fit.

• Current marketing – for inbound sales.• When no inbound calls – FindsYou for

outbound sales.

The seller market.

• Total dealers. 15,000• Breakeven.

4,000

Sellers - Dealers

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22

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TRIAL RESULTS

Dealers recruited 3,000 on a free basis.

Dealers paying 1,400

or agreeing to pay in 6 weeks at end of trial.

“Using FindsYou is a no brainer”

Allen Scott – Marketing Director Inchcape

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Phase 2: UK Cars – Key Metrics

Gross Revenue based on metrics for buyers needed for average dealer subscription.

FindsYou Profitability

•75% gross margin, and will improve.•6 times better than expected.

Car Dealers Costs

•Spend average £2,000 p.m on Classifieds.•Lead cost a fraction of lead gen services.

£5 Cost of Acquiring a Buyer.Proven, robust & will trend downwards.

£20 Gross Revenue

Proven demand, Will trend upwards.

£30

Monthly Subscription Cost.

£1 - £2 Cost per Lead.ROI is off the scale..

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Competition

We are a new and unique activity for buyers and sellers.

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Phase 2 UK Cars: ForecastUsing only proven metrics

£000 Year One Year Two Year Three

Total Revenues 710 2,058 2,978

Total Costs 911 1,398 1,622

EBITDA -201 660 1,355

•Dealers join slower than expected.

•Dealers join quicker than expected.•Private sellers.•Site performance increases.•Alliance deals and natural traffic.

Downside risk.

Upside Potential.

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Phase 2: Next Steps

Other areas in car sector:

EuropeAmericaAsiaMid EastRussia

Other areas in car sector:

EuropeAmericaAsiaMid EastRussia

New SectorsNew Sectors

New sectors say:

Accommodation.Domestic propertyCommercial propertyVenue Hire.

New sectors say:

Accommodation.Domestic propertyCommercial propertyVenue Hire.

Non UK CarsNon UK Cars

Licensing/Franchising Health

OthersJobs Tradesmen

Social CausesSocial

Causes

OtherOpportunities

OtherOpportunities

Related UK Sectors:

After salesClassicsCommercialsMotorbikesTrade Only.

Related UK Sectors:

After salesClassicsCommercialsMotorbikesTrade Only.

Hyper LocalUK Cars UK Cars

Students Others

PartnershipsPartnerships

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Flex – Private Sellers and Dealers

15,000 per month is 6% of private sellers p.a.12,200 dealers is 80% of total dealers.Ignores all other variables.

Year 3 EBITDA

Private sellers per month

Dealers

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Current Web Sites

UK Accommodation

UK cars

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Team

Guy Walker – CEOPrice Waterhouse, Yule Catto plc – Audit and Corp Finance.

CFO/COO Marketing & Media businesses. Turnarounds and building by acquisition and organic growth.

CFO/COO Initiative Media Inc. Re-engineer for profits - $125m p.a. positive swing.

Matt Seaman – COODixons Retail, BSkyB, ITV. Sales and management.

Director Virgin, Freeview; Management of business units.COO Top Up. Exec team that made £60m+ for backers.

Nick O’Connor –Sales/Promotion/DigitalTeleWest, ITV Digital, Head of Trade marketing. Gained 70% market share.

MD Kizoom. Managed for growth and exit.Director Caboodle – All marketing and development.

Jim Lee – Sales & Motors ManagementSales within and media sales to the motor trade.

Founder member Motors.co.uk – classified ad company.Publisher WhatCar.Media Sales Haymarket Motors Division.

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Funding - Use of Funds

Seeking £300k out of £500k EIS Pre-approved. Lead investor in place. £200k Committed.

Use of Funds Sales to Dealers 45%Sales to Buyers 30%Overhead and Tech 25%

Exit Trade sale in 3-5 years. To struggling media business with weak digital model. Many such businesses exist.

Valuation on Exit 10 X EBITDA should be easily achievable.

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1. Very popular & proven model for buyers and sellers.– Makes life easier – people use things like this.– How the web should work

2. First mover, ready to move. – Unique position in all markets.– Immune from giants – barriers against emulators.

3. High potential returns.– Scalable and Applies to many markets and geographies.– Network effect. Ideal for mobile applications.– Profitable model.

Where what you’re looking for