elektra pitch deck (public)
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THE PROBLEMPEOPLE LOVE EVERYTHING
ABOUT CONCERTS EXCEPT ACTUALLY GOING.
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PROBLEM | market validation
LIVE+70%
share of consumer spending on experiences 1987-2015
MUSIC
2Xglobal recorded
music revenue to double by 2025
CONCERT
annual growth in US ticket sales (2011-2015)
+2%≠
The trends don’t add up; the gap is an opportunity. 3
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PROBLEM | roses & thorns
PHYSICALITY
We lovefeeling the
music.
The thorns outweigh the roses; so we don’t go.
COMMUTE
We hatedriving to dirty
unfriendly venues.
EXPENSE
We hatepaying $77per ticket.
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THE SOLUTION
WEARABLE SLEEVES
THAT LET YOUFEEL THE MUSIC.
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SOLUTION | case of use (feel better)
A businesswoman returns from a busy day at work on public transit and is trapped between two millennials taking selfies. The sleeves let her kill time, destress from work, and ignore the irritants around her.
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SOLUTION | case of use (feel connected)
A group of friends settle in for an evening and listen to music. The sleeve lets them experience something new and bond over music. It’s shisha circle meets rave, all in the comfort of your living room.
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SOLUTION | case of use (feel louder)
Two friends go to a concert. The sleeve lets them feel a surge where they touch and immerses them deeper into the music.
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SOLUTION | competition
immersive
fix
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po
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ble
non-immersive 10
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SOLUTION | why we’re better
AFFORDABLE
for less than a festival pass
PORTABLE
anywhere you go
IMMERSIVE
a full-bodyexperience
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FOUNDERScompany |
• MPP Paris Institute of Political Studies
• Founded language exchange and medical research companies
• Poet, published in Bodega Magazine
CEOArsh Haque
• 27 years project management at a Fortune 500
• Six Sigma Blackbelt• 6 years small
business owner• India manufacturing
consultant
COONazmul Haque
• BS Computer Science & Electrical Engineering
• Experience in gesture-to-music hardware & proofs of concept for cloud software
• Fluent in Esperanto
CSOBen Douglas
• PhD Psychology• MS Computer
Science & Electrical Engineering
• Runs DARPA-funded AR lab
• Boston Marathonqualifier
CTOSophie Searcy
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TIMELINEand milestones
JAN APR JUL OCT JANOCTJULAPRJAN
Marketing & Kickstarter
Product Dev.
Intellectual Property
July 2016
–Proof of conceptFebruary 2017
–Incorporation
–MVP completeDecember 2017
–Provisional patents filed
–Beta product completeMay 2018
–Kickstarter beginsJune 2018
–Kickstarter endsDecember 2018
–First batch ships
–Final patents filed
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company |
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MARKET SIZE | kickstarter
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9.5kunits $100x $950kcost / unit initial sales
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April 2017-August 2017
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MARKET SIZE | the sleeve
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$23.7B2019 projections forworldwide revenue
from live music ticket sales
$6.9B2015 totallive music
ticket sales inNorth America
$290MProduct sales (Fitbit proxy)
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MARKET SIZE | elektra
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$6.8B2015
$19.5B2022
haptics industry proxy
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50kspring & summer budget
• Contractors & Salary ($21k)2 developers, attorneys, fundraiser
• Product Dev. & Research ($14k) Beta product & proofs of concept
• Patents ($12k)4 provisional patents & valuation
• Trademarks (3k)Company & product name
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campaign budget
180kproduct development
50kintellectualproperty
200koperations & marketing