Interesting venture. Worth taking a look. The second / 3rd tier cities are heeding Central Govt's call to invest in clean tech infras play.
China Renewable Energy – ShanXi
(Waste to Energy)
Prepared by YGR Corp Pte. Ltd.
June 2009
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Executive Summary
China’s demand for energy is projected to grow in line with continuous economic growth of greater than 8% year on year for the next 10 years. This puts a large demand on energy production and increasingly China is looking at renewable energy to meet this demand. China is already one of the top renewable energy producers in the world. The current five-year plan (under the National Development and Reform Commission NDRC) calls for renewable energy - wind, solar, biogas and hydro power to account for 10 percent of the country's energy consumption by 2010 (up from 7.5 percent in 2005, the last year of the last five-year plan) and 15 percent by 2020.This is to reduce the dependence on and the pollution from burning coal. China’s target is to double Renewable Energy in the next 5 years to 205,875MW by 2012.
The plan states: "Developing and utilizing renewable energy shall be an important part of building a new socialist countryside," It also calls for the development of 50 entire counties including Shanxi province to be built by 2010 that get 50 percent of household energy from renewable sources.
In March 2008, NDRC 11th Renewable Energy 5 Year Development Plan set a target to achieve 5,500MW of Biomass produced electricity. In line with this directive China has enacted laws and economic incentives to encourage the use of biogas as a source of renewable energy, especially in the rural areas where there is a abundant supply of animal and agricultural waste as the feed source of biogas production.
Taking advantage of the increased demand for renewable energy in the rural areas, we have laid the foundation to design, build and operate a total of 7 biomass plants in the Shan Xi region. Our projections show a positive cash flow in the first year of operation (after construction) and a payback of after the 7th year based on worse case basis with a revised goal to be cash flow positive on the 5th year. At this time, work on securing support for the project has already started on land use, environmental and investment permits as well as securing the input (animal waste as feedstock) and off takes (electricity and fertilizer). This project meets the needs of the Chinese consumer, government and environmental demands for energy production, producing a consistent stream of revenue while enjoying the economic incentives and security offered by the Chinese government.
A 5year plan for the development of the venture is in 2 phases:
1. Year1 to Year 2:
1. Design, Build and Operate 1 biomass plant of 15MW capacity
2. Begin discussions with local government authorities ShanXi to identify and qualify 6 biomass plants, each with a capacity of 15MW. We want to have an execution plan to hit this additional 90MW in order to bring generate interest in the market.
2. Year 3 to Year 5:
1. Build and Operate 7 biomass plants identified in the previous 24 month period
2. Scale up the deployment by identifying other prefectures in ShanXi and beyond ShanXi province to build additional biomass plants with a total capacity of 200MW
When this is completed, we will be a significant player in the biomass renewable energy in North Eastern China. Going further, we have the option to further expand beyond these prefectures in Shanxi to other neighboring prefectures (within Shan Xi) and other provinces(eg Inner Mongolia, Sichuan, GuangXi,HeiLongJiang) that have a strong agriculture and diary farm base. There is a large upside in leveraging on the biomass plants to build up other forms of renewable energy in these provinces like biogas, biofuels, solar, wind and waste recycling management, all within areas of great strategic interest of the Chinese government, especially where they impact the lives of the rural population. We have the opportunity to be the largest renewable energy provider in China.
Business Overview
The planned biomass plants are located in Shan Xi, a north-western province of the People's Republic of China, Shanxi Province is located to the west of Taihang Mountain and east of the Yellow River. Shanxi neighbors on Hebei, Henan, Shaanxi and Inner Mongolia & Autonomous Region. This region holds the majority of China’s dairy farms. Shanxi occupies an area of 156,000 square kilometers (about 60,000 square miles) and has a population of over 32 million, including its minority ethnic population. Its capital is Taiyuan City. Many of China’s large diary farms and more than 13 Million diary cows are found in Shanxi and the surrounding province, providing ample supply of feedstock (waste) to power the biomass plant.
The products generating revenue stream from the biogas plants are:
* Electricity to be supplied to the provincial electric grid
* Carbon Emission offset credits
* Raw material for fertilizer and compost
Using the latest in gasification technology, heat is reused by the biomass plant and majority of the electricity will be sold to the local provincial grid. China’s 2006 renewable energy law provides for a premium of 0.25Yuan per kWh above the prevalent price paid to electricity providers.
With China as a signatory to the Kyoto Protocol in 1998 and an active participant of carbon emission offset via the Clean Development Mechanism [CDM], renewable energy especially biogas is advantages as the methane produced by the diary farms are rated at 21 times CO2 emissions, making the offset credits larger in value. By trading Certified Emission Reductions, China has developed an additional revenue stream to fund local emission reduction projects. According to the World Bank, China obtained 62.5 percent of the total UN-certified carbon credits in 2006. This amounted to US$3 billion
Summary of Financials
1. Operational profits over 10 years (15MW capacity and taking 1 year to construct and be ready for production) will reach U$23M with a revenue of U$65M
2. The most pessimistic scenario is to reach cash flow positive at 7th year but we are confident of bringing this down by 1 to 1.5 years to between the 5th and 6th year with more detailed cost analysis.
Joint Venture Structure and local partner role
The structure of the proposed project is based on:
1. Joint venture between He Qing Agricultural (a China registered company) and Investor, with He Qing Agriculture holding a majority share of 51%. The exact majority share is determined concurrent with the JV agreement discussions.
2. JV is registered in Hong Kong with its own board and financial reporting and governance.
He Qing Agricultural is the local Chinese partner, committed to these tasks:
1. Provide 100 acres 3rd Class industrial land (currently the cost of land is RMB1,230 Y/m3 in the Shanxi province). This land is available at no charge to the JV for 30-year use.
2. To secure and procure waste effluent (feedstock), agricultural waste products, compliance with local government laws for design, build and environmental approval, to secure all revenue streams: electric feed in tariffs, fertilizer off take and to register and approval for carbon credits
3. Expansion of additional biogas and incineration plants at other sites – to secure land for each biogas and incineration plant and feed stock, right to operate, obtain all local Government approvals and business support (E.g.: electric tariffs, water etc)
4. Secure renewable energy investment incentives for the JV company in the form of:
* favorable rates for any loan by JV
* lower value add tax (13% vs. 17%) and income tax (15% vs. 33%)
* direct subsidies from local/central government for renewable energy investments by foreign investors
Role of Investor and Funding milestones
There are 2 partners in this venture: Investor and He Qing Agriculture Limited. The investor shall:
1. Provide the initial equity of U$8M to be used in combination with bank loan of U$13M a start up the venture. The proceeds shall be used for:
1. Design, build and operate the first biomass biogas plant, including but not limited to: manpower, consultancy, equipment, administrative charges for the necessary permits
2. Securing the feedstock and the transportation to the plant
3. The investor’s risk is mitigated with the following safeguards:
1. No substantial sum is committed to the procurement of assets until relevant local and central government bodies have approved all permits. These include: transfer of land lease to the JV, securing the long term commitment of the feedstock,
2. Explicit support and commitment from the local authorities on availability of attractive loans, direct incentives for renewable energy and preferential tariffs for in take as well as the long term expansion of more biogas plants in the province
2. Raise another U$4M to build and operate additional 2 biomass plants. This expansion phase also take 24 months. This will bring the total number of plants to 3, which is the projected capacity to handle most of the animal and agricultural waste in the province. The building of the 3rd and biomass plant (and subsequent 3 plants) is conditional upon:
1. Financial success of the 1st pilot plant. In general this means that the plant has proven itself to be viable in the logistics and provision of feedstock, the revenue streams to be reliable and predictable and the general investment climate to renewable energy is conducive to expanding the project
2. Availability of financiers and market capital resources to raise the required amount. This amount may change due to new technology that may be more cost effective, availability of feedstock or land available for lease as well as the ongoing relationship with the local provincial authorities.
3. Once the 3rd biomass plant in the province has been proven successful (financially successful and general investment climate is conductive) the investor shall (together with He Qing) proceed to raise the 3rd round, U$63M to build and operate 3 biomass plants of equal capacity. The phase will take up to 24 months. This will bring the total number of plants to 6. Again, this phase will start to kick in only if:
1. Financial success of the previous 3 biomass plants, that they generate profits and the long-term outlook for such waste to energy projects are promising in the long term and over a larger area.
2. Funds are available to finance the 6 combined plants.
Exit
He Qing intends to exit its shareholding either by a Public Offering or a vendor sale of its share subject to the regulations that govern sale of Chinese owned stakes in a JV renewable energy company. The partner investor will have the first right subject to agreements on price and terms. A Public Offering is expected to offer a larger quantum but will take a longer period (we estimate 3 to 5 years depending on market conditions and financial success of the project at that time) and requires more resources to be deployed. He Qing, as a partner will take into account the desires and needs of the investor when approaching the issue of divesting its stake holding. He Qing will also consider, with the investor to fully divest the JV should this option become attractive and available.
Current Situation
He Qing Agriculture Company Ltd has actively engaged the local and provincial Chinese government and authorities for the last 6 months and has achieved the following:
* Identified 100 acres of land for the first biogas plant over a 30-year lease. This site is:
o About 1 km off main highway (4 carriage ways) via good 2-lane asphalt road.
o 6km away from the provincial electric grid distribution infrastructure.
* Agreed off take of fertilizer for He Qing plantation (or to other buyers)
* Support from local and provincial investment officials who want to start this project to be the first to implement a project under the NDRC “Renewal Energy Program and Policy”. He Qing has started official discussions with the local authorities on their commitment and support for biogas projects.
The immediate task is to form a legal JV entity (registered in Hong Kong) in order to engage the local provincial authorities in getting formal support as well as to assign the 100-acre land to the JV. With this, the JV can secure the feedstock via agreements with the various farms with support from the local authorities. At the same time, we can start to submit building plans for approvals and engage the investment divisions for incentives and loans.
Next Steps
We propose the following timelines and milestones:
* Immediate (1-4 weeks)
o Sign Non Disclosure Agreement and document due diligence scope of work for both parties. This sets the agenda for the next 8 weeks of discussions and agreements.
o Meet with local and provincial party officials, He Qing and site visit in Shanxi as part of due diligence to investigate the permits for land use, environmental issues, structure of government incentives as well as confirm commitments of local authorities
o Formalize partnership with MOU
* Next (4-7 weeks):
o Project funding commitment, project governance structure and responsibilities
o Complete and sign project agreements and commitments from both parties
o Incorporate legal JV entity (structure, accounting and financials) in Hong Kong
Detailed Summary of Financial Sizing
Per Plant Revenue (Yearly):
1. Electricity:
1. U$6,500,000
2. Carbon credit:
1. U$700,000 CERs at U$10/ CER from Biomass.
3. Fertilizer:
1. This is not used for our financial model as the value is uncertain at this time
4. Total Revenue Yearly: U$6.48M
Per Plant Cost (Yearly):
1. Feedstock and Logistic Cost: U$2,000,000. This is estimated to be very conservative.
2. Salary and Benefits for manpower = U$302,000
3. Support and Maintenance: U$478,000
4. Total Yearly Recurrent: U$2,780,000
Amortization, business tax etc not included.
Dependencies for the profit and revenue streams:
1. Low cost of feedstock and no escalation of these prices.
2. Able to maintain electrical tariffs for the electricity feed in
3. Government provides infrastructure to connect to grid (8km away)
4. Necessary government approvals and permits to operate the plant
5. The carbon offset credits can be justified
6. The financing cost of capital is not included.
Diagram of a typical Biomass plant
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SOURCE: Singapore Investment Network
TITLE: iCabTV network in Taxis
SYNOPSIS:
ICabTV is founded, owned and managed by Uzonemedia Singapore Pte
Ltd
1. In Singapore, iCab TV is a revolutionary mobile interactive
infotainment Taxi network platform that offers advertisers an alternative
to reach in-taxi passengers.
2. We
PROPOSAL SUMMARY:
Dear Sir,
I am a Senior Business Development Consultant with Uzone Media Singapore Pte Ltd. We manage, build and market iCab TV in Taxis with one of the most reputable international transportation company here in Singapore, Comfort Delgro.
ICabTV is founded, owned and managed by Uzonemedia Singapore Pte Ltd
1. In Singapore, iCab TV is a revolutionary mobile interactive infotainment Taxi network platform that offers advertisers an alternative to reach in-taxi passengers.
2. We are using a location based (GPS) technology to reach audience at the right place.
3. We are also first in the industry to offer campaign effectiveness tracking accurate reports and measurement capability.
In addition iCAB TV media can also implement the following mechanisms in Taxis.
- Broadcast Welcome / Thank You messages to their passengers
- Track your taxis or offer a complete taxi dispatching system
- Snapshot of customer for each ride for security purpose
In brief,
We have been in touch with India, Dubai, Macau, Taiwan, Europe and North America, Indonesia and Malaysia on a potential business partnership and venture to have our media platform “iCabTV” available in taxis in these countries and they are very keen to partner us in this potential business opportunity.
Hence, we are looking for Investors to invest in our business expansion in these countries and also expand our taxi fleets with iCabTV from the current strength of 1000 taxis in Singapore.
We’ll be happy to make a trip to Dubai or vice-versa to meet with your good self to explore and present this business opportunity.
I sincerely look forward to hearing from you soon.
AMOUNT REQUESTED: $1,000,000
MINIMUM INVESTMENT AMOUNT: $200,000
REGION: Singapore
INDUSTRY 1: Transportation
INDUSTRY 2: Service - Business
INVESTMENT REASON: Working Capital
POSTED: June 4, 2009
anyone interested in mining?
i am setting up a global mining fund and hope to have your support on this
1) should you know of any interest from potential investors at minimum tranche around USD 25 million , do let me know
A)$B!!(Bfor the kind of target investors , refer to point no .5 at end of PITCH
2) we will also pay a referral fee to introducers upon a successful close
3) meanwhile if there are interested investors ; we can set up a conference call in the interim and then meet with my founding partner when he next arrives in Hong Kong /china early June
4) The following is an ELEVATOR PITCH for the fund we can use briefly to introduce the global mining fund in a few minutes before they read the 30 pager attached in this mail
a) depending on the risk profile of the potential LPs , we will skew this pitch accordingly
PITCH
1) The Fund Principals are experts in Valuation & evaluation of mining projects, having been responsible for establishing the Canadian Mining Valuation Standards. The founding partner also received several industry accolades including the Canadian Mineral National Economics award for mining valuation.
2) The Fund will scout for value in mis-priced, undervalued mining projects in both public and private markets, in resource rich developed markets with low political risk including Canada, Australia, Chile, Peru, and the US
3) Management team has extensive “on the ground” mining evaluation skills with over 90 years of cumulative experience backed by extensive Geological, Exploration and Mining Experience, and also extensive Knowledge of the Mining Finance Business,
4) Out of the global mineral universe of approximately 13,000 targets, the team’s unique mining matrices and valuation models has identified 675 mineral projects in the Feasibility/Pre-production stage, with majority being gold and copper dominant projects. The team has the ability to immediately invest in these targets
5) The fund will use its China relationships to co-invest or pre-invest with Chinese enterprises as they invest internationally.
TARGET INVESTORS
a) apart from financial investors who are our targets, this fund will also appeal to corporate who desire to acquire overseas assets but have little mining expertise to do so; and they will have access to these projects by investing in our global mining fund
should you need a Chinese translated document , please let me know
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Best Regards
PM
This is a great company started by ex-Google staff. Taking Search to a new level.
Click here for free invites.
http://vark.com/s/7qdT
Great company which is fund-raising. Any interest?
Comments from Daryl:
Overall suggestion: Take a second look at the business plan.
1. Competitors are gaining traction in relatively large consumer markets, this direct approach seems to be gaining more traction than Fotegrafik's B2B business model. With the extension to the video segment, Fotegrafik has potential to recapture market share from competitors.
2. No clear pain point. It seems that the most probably anchor customers would be security or event companies (such as youth olympic games), which may result in scalability problems if the company grows. Fotegraphik has yet to generate its first sale dollars, but with the current security concerns, has great potential to gain anchor customers in this segment.
3. There is a good balance within the management team between business experience and technical knowledge.
Aspiring global leader in the search and automatic meta-tagging of visual content
Fotegrafik wants to be a global leader in visual search and automatic meta-tagging technologies
- applied to digital images and videos - that can be licensed or sold as a service.
The Company started in 2007, as an image bank business based in Singapore, offering
photographers and other digital media providers a platform for monetization of their content.
Realizing immediately the important challenges of acquiring, managing, sorting, indexing and
searching new and existing libraries of visual assets, the Company decided to refocus on
building innovative solutions to address them, in partnership with a team of world leading
experts in the field of computer vision.
Together they co-developed cutting-edge image understanding technologies that analyze images
and assign them a unique digital signature comprising of color position, textures and shapes,
faces, quality metrics and keywords. This allows powerful visual searches and automatic metatagging
to be performed, a breakthrough capability creating a substantial business opportunity
for Fotegrafik .
Very large addressable market worldwide, growing exponentially
In 2008, the digital storage universe was estimated at roughly 281 billion gigabytes, of which
80% was made of digital images (Source: EMC2). Fotegrafik estimates that 90% of these
images are not key-worded and therefore cannot be searched nor found with the traditional
keyword meta-tag based methods used by the likes of Google, Yahoo, Flickr. In addition the,
common way to keyword an image is labor-intensive, therefore expensive, slow and subjective.
The Company addresses 3 major segments:
• Owners and resellers of visual content, namely stock photo/news agencies (Getty,
Corbis, Thomson-Reuters..) TV and movie studios, public and private libraries, which
typically manage large media libraries. Fotegrafik allows them to acquire and process
more images in a faster way, hence dramatically reducing cost, increasing monetization,
improving the visual quality of their content, helping detect copyright infringement. It
also provides their end-users with easier, faster ways to find and purchase content.
• Social networks, search engines, photo or movie online services, such as Facebook,
Google Flickr. Fotegrafik allows the automatic keywording of visual content, and
searching for images based on visual characteristics; this helps create stickiness for the
sites. In addition, it allows them to automatically generate relevant advertisements next
to content with no (or wrong) keywords.
• Homeland and private security agencies, which collect and monitor large volumes of
digital images and videos. Fotegrafik allows them to search and filter by visual
characteristics and quickly draw links between images or videos, hence creating critical
information that can be acted upon.
Solutions tailored to the needs of the various segments
Fotegrafik offers tailored solutions:
• An integrated enterprise solution model, licensed-based, running on resident servers at
the client: revenues to come from licensing, post sales services (project management,
installation, training), warranty, support and maintenance, and potentially revenue
sharing.
• A SaaS platform model for organizations that prefer initially not to commit to an
investment in an enterprise solution, or want to evaluate Fotegrafik’s solutions prior to
licensing: revenues to come from revenue sharing and/or based on usage.
I really like this company which has a lot of potential in the gaming space.
2Evolved Pte Ltd is a company that specializes in the development of high quality, innovative games that
focus on gameplay, storytelling and scalability for the worldwide market. The company plans to
manufacture and distribute products that captivate the masses with story content through animations,
novels and e-books.
Just a few highlights on the traction I've achieved so far..
1. Hooked up with another game company that is taking my license to produce an online browser game on their own expense. We will do cross marketing between the online game and the physical TCG. We'll both earn thru profit-sharing.
2. Got a media company to produce a 3-min animated trailer worth at least SGD $230K at their own expense so that I can pitch to TV Networks like Disney Asia and Warner Bros.
3. Gotten DC Comics interested to produce and distribute a comic series based on the Men At Sea IP. Currently still in discussion but it looks pretty positive.
Cheerios
Cedric
2Evolved Pte Ltd
Hello Yinglan,
Thank you for your past interest in iVation, LLC. To keep you abreast of iVation’s progress, I want to make sure to update you periodically.
In the past couple weeks we have solidified distribution in 6 States with Dewmar International. The six States include Texas, Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas and Tennessee. We now have access to over 20,000 stores, 10,000 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) accounts and 10,000 Wholesalers in our distribution network.
We have already shipped product to Dewmar International and they are going to start selling immediately.
We also have 4 representatives in Southern and Northern California who will be selling our FIVE FORTY products (both our all natural sports drink and energy shot) in the coming month.
Last week we had a presence at ‘BevNET Live Event’ in New York City. Please see http://www.bevnet.com/news/2009/5-18-2009-bevnet-live. Out of 60 new companies that were there, we stood out with our unique brand and position. We got amazing feedback regarding the taste, unique bottle design and overall brand. We were one of the very few companies that hardly had any product left at the end of the event. We were also one of the only companies that had distribution channels lined up for success.
We are currently looking for our A round of $1 Million to expand and grow within our already large distribution network. We are very excited that we have accomplished this huge milestone. If you are interested about investing in the opportunity, please don’t hesitate to contact me. Also, if you know anyone that may be interested, please feel free to pass this email along.
Thanks so much for you consideration,
Tony Hanak
Founder & CEO
Cell# 415-722-5859
tonyhanak@drink540.com
www.drink540.com
Hello Yinglan,
Thank you for your past interest in iVation, LLC. To keep you abreast of iVation’s progress, I want to make sure to update you periodically.
In the past couple weeks we have solidified distribution in 6 States with Dewmar International. The six States include Texas, Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas and Tennessee. We now have access to over 20,000 stores, 10,000 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) accounts and 10,000 Wholesalers in our distribution network.
We have already shipped product to Dewmar International and they are going to start selling immediately.
We also have 4 representatives in Southern and Northern California who will be selling our FIVE FORTY products (both our all natural sports drink and energy shot) in the coming month.
Last week we had a presence at ‘BevNET Live Event’ in New York City. Please see http://www.bevnet.com/news/2009/5-18-2009-bevnet-live. Out of 60 new companies that were there, we stood out with our unique brand and position. We got amazing feedback regarding the taste, unique bottle design and overall brand. We were one of the very few companies that hardly had any product left at the end of the event. We were also one of the only companies that had distribution channels lined up for success.
We are currently looking for our A round of $1 Million to expand and grow within our already large distribution network. We are very excited that we have accomplished this huge milestone. If you are interested about investing in the opportunity, please don’t hesitate to contact me. Also, if you know anyone that may be interested, please feel free to pass this email along.
Thanks so much for you consideration,
Tony Hanak
Founder & CEO
Cell# 415-722-5859
tonyhanak@drink540.com
www.drink540.com
Interesting venture in the retail payment space.
Hello Tan;
Thanks for the add. If I recall correctly, you asked me to send you some information on my company. The following link gives you the elevator pitch we're using today, when talking to potential investors:
If you want further information, please don't hesitate to contact me.
Best regards,
Helgi Viggosson.
PS: Links to some product info:
Cofus – An Elevator Pitch
Cofus is a start-up company, which has been developing Customer Intelligence based loyalty marketing and sales solutions for retail, during the past 4 years.
Its key product, Cofus Commerce Server (CCS), is a comprehensive suite of revenue generating application components for retailers, which are easy to integrate into current environments. A strong competitive edge, apart from supporting the conventional e-channels, is a focus on enabling the most important channel, the brick and mortar store itself, by transforming the cash register into an advanced e-commerce device by the means of the CCS EPOS plug-in which facilitates a comprehensive integration to the CCS backend and the online world. The flagship CCS component, AMR (Automatic Marketing for Retail), enables retailers to deliver targeted, personalized messages to customers in the store – on a receipt, at the register, by follow-up e-mail, on the web, by digital signage or on any appropriate device in the store. By using advanced data mining and artificial intelligence technology Cofus AMR can precisely target customers according to their purchasing history, and other relevant data such as demographics, or on the content of their shopping basket, ensuring that the offer will be well received.
NTC, the largest fashion retail chain in Iceland (18 prime location stores), has already installed CCS for its loyalty club (NTC+ Club), and been in operation since early 2008.
Currently Cofus is working on a fast-track sale process to sell its solutions to one of the payment services companies in Iceland, based on a proposal about establishing a loyalty community for all cardholders and major retailers in Iceland – probably the first social loyalty marketing scheme to be established, where the Web 2.0 is integrated to the physical world, backed by a sound revenue plan. It will be a unique in many other aspects, e.g. by utilizing the features of the CCS Profile Management system to enable collaborative (open-loop) loyalty schemes, and private ones, as well as mixture of both, thus bringing best of “both worlds” benefits to the stakeholders. The goal is to establish a stimulating reference case, which will open the doors for Cofus, at payment services companies all over the world.
Some bullet points:
· The plan
· Implement an exceptional reference case in Iceland with one of the major payment services company in Iceland – 6-9 months
· Business planning and preparation for international sales
· First round financing – new investors possibly invited
· Road Show among potential international buyers – the Icelandic credit card company’s international network exploited
· Important facts
· Iceland is the best test market possible for a solution like this:
§ Has the highest payment card usage per capita in the world
§ Concentrated modern society with all of the infrastructure elements of larger societies
§ Over 90% of the population has an Internet-connection – 96% of the age group 20-29 has an account on Facebook
· Only handful of competitors who provide similar solutions for the payment services industry. The CCS solution offers many important features which none of them has.
· This is a large market, and almost recession proof, since people don’t cease to use their payment cards, even though the situation gets though – which actually motivates them to join loyalty/reward schemes according to a recent study.
· Revenue models which can be built on the CCS solution are excellent for the payment services company, and other stakeholders.
· Upfront cost for the payment company can be slashed, and revenue-sharing model used instead, which should make the sale cycle shorter
Interesting venture in the retail payment space.
Hello Tan;
Thanks for the add. If I recall correctly, you asked me to send you some information on my company. The following link gives you the elevator pitch we're using today, when talking to potential investors:
If you want further information, please don't hesitate to contact me.
Best regards,
Helgi Viggosson.
PS: Links to some product info:
Cofus – An Elevator Pitch
Cofus is a start-up company, which has been developing Customer Intelligence based loyalty marketing and sales solutions for retail, during the past 4 years.
Its key product, Cofus Commerce Server (CCS), is a comprehensive suite of revenue generating application components for retailers, which are easy to integrate into current environments. A strong competitive edge, apart from supporting the conventional e-channels, is a focus on enabling the most important channel, the brick and mortar store itself, by transforming the cash register into an advanced e-commerce device by the means of the CCS EPOS plug-in which facilitates a comprehensive integration to the CCS backend and the online world. The flagship CCS component, AMR (Automatic Marketing for Retail), enables retailers to deliver targeted, personalized messages to customers in the store – on a receipt, at the register, by follow-up e-mail, on the web, by digital signage or on any appropriate device in the store. By using advanced data mining and artificial intelligence technology Cofus AMR can precisely target customers according to their purchasing history, and other relevant data such as demographics, or on the content of their shopping basket, ensuring that the offer will be well received.
NTC, the largest fashion retail chain in Iceland (18 prime location stores), has already installed CCS for its loyalty club (NTC+ Club), and been in operation since early 2008.
Currently Cofus is working on a fast-track sale process to sell its solutions to one of the payment services companies in Iceland, based on a proposal about establishing a loyalty community for all cardholders and major retailers in Iceland – probably the first social loyalty marketing scheme to be established, where the Web 2.0 is integrated to the physical world, backed by a sound revenue plan. It will be a unique in many other aspects, e.g. by utilizing the features of the CCS Profile Management system to enable collaborative (open-loop) loyalty schemes, and private ones, as well as mixture of both, thus bringing best of “both worlds” benefits to the stakeholders. The goal is to establish a stimulating reference case, which will open the doors for Cofus, at payment services companies all over the world.
Some bullet points:
· The plan
· Implement an exceptional reference case in Iceland with one of the major payment services company in Iceland – 6-9 months
· Business planning and preparation for international sales
· First round financing – new investors possibly invited
· Road Show among potential international buyers – the Icelandic credit card company’s international network exploited
· Important facts
· Iceland is the best test market possible for a solution like this:
§ Has the highest payment card usage per capita in the world
§ Concentrated modern society with all of the infrastructure elements of larger societies
§ Over 90% of the population has an Internet-connection – 96% of the age group 20-29 has an account on Facebook
· Only handful of competitors who provide similar solutions for the payment services industry. The CCS solution offers many important features which none of them has.
· This is a large market, and almost recession proof, since people don’t cease to use their payment cards, even though the situation gets though – which actually motivates them to join loyalty/reward schemes according to a recent study.
· Revenue models which can be built on the CCS solution are excellent for the payment services company, and other stakeholders.
· Upfront cost for the payment company can be slashed, and revenue-sharing model used instead, which should make the sale cycle shorter
Hi Tan, Celeste here… :) I see you are from the Singapore area…. that's nice! Never been there, but hopefully one day I will have the chance to travel too… :) I'm sure I can still be of value to you on my side of the world, especially because of my industry... :)
I'm based in Edenvale, Johannesburg, South Africa... just 2 minutes from the International Airport to be exact, and the reason I made contact with you is because I'm launching a BnB Guest House, and would love to extend to you the invitation to utilize us whenever you are in the area... :) Especially when you want a special "run-away" spot for special occasions.... :) You know what they say... "a change is as good as a holiday!" :)
Well, I'd like my Guest House to become for you & your family or colleagues… literally a "home-away-from-home", where you are happy to be, comfortable and relaxed, whenever you travel up to Jo'burg. A place that is fun, flexible & safe to be in, without loosing the "perks" of living a "catered for" life-style :) I've tried hard to bring about a unique combination of ALL that, here in my OWN home.
We are a typical friendly South African family, including the granny and kids, hehehe (so definitely the "home" feel is there) that have a small but effective & beautiful Guest house, that boasts 3 x Double bedrooms-en suite with FULL bathrooms. It is private because it is situated in a "boomed-off" area, in a safe neighborhood, and rooms are separate from the main house, ensuring privacy within the environment as well. Breena BnB Guest House, is situated in Harmelia, Edenvale, just 2 minutes from the Airport, but OUTSIDE the "noise/landing zone" of the planes, that offers a "Bed and Breakfast" service, (AND offers dinner facilities if necessary), to travelers that want something more than just the "impersonal" hotel life style, experienced by most travelers, most of the time. It’s a place to "share space and enjoy good company" be treated like you ARE someone special! :)
I've combine a feel of "African Lodge" with the standard & professionalism of "Hotel" and combined it in a unique way that offers "up-market, catered-for accommodation" with a good, healthy dose of South African friendly hospitality!
Our rooms ( + 20m2+) boast Queen beds, tastefully decorated for the "discerning" corporate guest with a flare of Africa and a dash of luxury, LCD T.V.'s with full DSTV & DVD surround sound systems, bar fridge with Tea/coffee tray, hairdryer, Wireless internet connections, laminated flooring, and the facility is "load-shedding" safe! And will be ready by the end of this month, when we open the doors for business. :)
The rest of the facilities include a large Lapa & bar, furnished with comfortable couches and chairs, big enough to dance the night away or play games in all night long! We have MANY board games and lots of people dying to have some fun! Or there's a large fireplace feature were you can sit around and visit ALL night long if you want to. :) We have great "braai" (or barbeque) facilities, that we use for catering the evening meal with. What is South Africa without its BRAAI! :)
We also have a lovely salt pool that you can cool off in on hot days or nights with a bubbling "Jacuzzi/martini seat" where you can sit while enjoying the massaging effect of the water jets, while sipping drinks and just relaxing. :)
Our rates include being picked up and dropped off at the airport, but we also offer a "shuttle/ pick-me-up" service anywhere in and around the Jo'burg area for a minimal fee. We are close to all the major shopping centre's, like East Rand Mall, Festival Mall, Eastgate, Greenstone, Sandton City ect… where you can do everything from ice-skating to movies, from shopping to ten-pin bowling, from Action "mini" golf to casino's like Emperors Palace, Carnival and Monte Casino…. From live theater to rap jumping down our city buildings! …. Referring others who are visiting Jo'burg would be nice & should be FUN & rewarding! And the place you stay should make you feel like you are AT HOME! :)
So my dear, I'd love it if you would give us a try yourself sometime, I'm sure if you try us, you will come to LOVE us! :)
Lets turn passing strangers into lasting friends. :)
Kind Regards
Celeste
Hi Tan, Celeste here… :) I see you are from the Singapore area…. that's nice! Never been there, but hopefully one day I will have the chance to travel too… :) I'm sure I can still be of value to you on my side of the world, especially because of my industry... :)
I'm based in Edenvale, Johannesburg, South Africa... just 2 minutes from the International Airport to be exact, and the reason I made contact with you is because I'm launching a BnB Guest House, and would love to extend to you the invitation to utilize us whenever you are in the area... :) Especially when you want a special "run-away" spot for special occasions.... :) You know what they say... "a change is as good as a holiday!" :)
Well, I'd like my Guest House to become for you & your family or colleagues… literally a "home-away-from-home", where you are happy to be, comfortable and relaxed, whenever you travel up to Jo'burg. A place that is fun, flexible & safe to be in, without loosing the "perks" of living a "catered for" life-style :) I've tried hard to bring about a unique combination of ALL that, here in my OWN home.
We are a typical friendly South African family, including the granny and kids, hehehe (so definitely the "home" feel is there) that have a small but effective & beautiful Guest house, that boasts 3 x Double bedrooms-en suite with FULL bathrooms. It is private because it is situated in a "boomed-off" area, in a safe neighborhood, and rooms are separate from the main house, ensuring privacy within the environment as well. Breena BnB Guest House, is situated in Harmelia, Edenvale, just 2 minutes from the Airport, but OUTSIDE the "noise/landing zone" of the planes, that offers a "Bed and Breakfast" service, (AND offers dinner facilities if necessary), to travelers that want something more than just the "impersonal" hotel life style, experienced by most travelers, most of the time. It’s a place to "share space and enjoy good company" be treated like you ARE someone special! :)
I've combine a feel of "African Lodge" with the standard & professionalism of "Hotel" and combined it in a unique way that offers "up-market, catered-for accommodation" with a good, healthy dose of South African friendly hospitality!
Our rooms ( + 20m2+) boast Queen beds, tastefully decorated for the "discerning" corporate guest with a flare of Africa and a dash of luxury, LCD T.V.'s with full DSTV & DVD surround sound systems, bar fridge with Tea/coffee tray, hairdryer, Wireless internet connections, laminated flooring, and the facility is "load-shedding" safe! And will be ready by the end of this month, when we open the doors for business. :)
The rest of the facilities include a large Lapa & bar, furnished with comfortable couches and chairs, big enough to dance the night away or play games in all night long! We have MANY board games and lots of people dying to have some fun! Or there's a large fireplace feature were you can sit around and visit ALL night long if you want to. :) We have great "braai" (or barbeque) facilities, that we use for catering the evening meal with. What is South Africa without its BRAAI! :)
We also have a lovely salt pool that you can cool off in on hot days or nights with a bubbling "Jacuzzi/martini seat" where you can sit while enjoying the massaging effect of the water jets, while sipping drinks and just relaxing. :)
Our rates include being picked up and dropped off at the airport, but we also offer a "shuttle/ pick-me-up" service anywhere in and around the Jo'burg area for a minimal fee. We are close to all the major shopping centre's, like East Rand Mall, Festival Mall, Eastgate, Greenstone, Sandton City ect… where you can do everything from ice-skating to movies, from shopping to ten-pin bowling, from Action "mini" golf to casino's like Emperors Palace, Carnival and Monte Casino…. From live theater to rap jumping down our city buildings! …. Referring others who are visiting Jo'burg would be nice & should be FUN & rewarding! And the place you stay should make you feel like you are AT HOME! :)
So my dear, I'd love it if you would give us a try yourself sometime, I'm sure if you try us, you will come to LOVE us! :)
Lets turn passing strangers into lasting friends. :)
Kind Regards
Celeste
We are in fundraising stage (Series A) of "LavaShore" company with the main starting business line of outsourcing in animation industry between US and East Asia specially Malaysia. We have got great team both in the US and Malaysia.
We are in fundraising stage (Series A) of "LavaShore" company with the main starting business line of outsourcing in animation industry between US and East Asia specially Malaysia. We have got great team both in the US and Malaysia.
A lot of vultures are emerging to swoop on failed companies.
Tan,
I am a Senior Assoiate who was once a girl with big dreams and someone took a chance on me. The Princeple's at Stone have extensive experience in both VC investments(early-stage) as well as distressed turnaround as evidenced in their deal portfolio. We are currently working with the FDIC and Delloitte in Recieverships of failed institutions. We are also in the business of preparing to bid (as aoon as we see a near bottom) ie., loans trading at 30-40% on the dollar (performing) before we start buying. However we have 600+ Asset Servicing Professionals at Stone and would be happy to invite anyone looking for employment, and or funding for a new venture. If the timing is right, the Principles will offer their advice and mentorship to you and your company (at no cost but that of paying it forward.) You have a great passion and desire to see others succeed and help them get there. I wanted to reach out to you with sincere desire to assist your business ventures any way I can and I've spoken with Brad and Kevin (the partners/princeples) and they support your company business plan as well. Again, no strings attached, just an offer that I extend to you "In Veritas." Please let me know how to RSVP and when and where so I can secure my spot and make arrangements.
A lot of vultures are emerging to swoop on failed companies.
Tan,
I am a Senior Assoiate who was once a girl with big dreams and someone took a chance on me. The Princeple's at Stone have extensive experience in both VC investments(early-stage) as well as distressed turnaround as evidenced in their deal portfolio. We are currently working with the FDIC and Delloitte in Recieverships of failed institutions. We are also in the business of preparing to bid (as aoon as we see a near bottom) ie., loans trading at 30-40% on the dollar (performing) before we start buying. However we have 600+ Asset Servicing Professionals at Stone and would be happy to invite anyone looking for employment, and or funding for a new venture. If the timing is right, the Principles will offer their advice and mentorship to you and your company (at no cost but that of paying it forward.) You have a great passion and desire to see others succeed and help them get there. I wanted to reach out to you with sincere desire to assist your business ventures any way I can and I've spoken with Brad and Kevin (the partners/princeples) and they support your company business plan as well. Again, no strings attached, just an offer that I extend to you "In Veritas." Please let me know how to RSVP and when and where so I can secure my spot and make arrangements.
We are pleased to report the we have completed a short video on our technology in describing its benefits and impact reducing pollution. We released the video as a "first release", and then learned of the EPA "proposed finding" that greenhouse gases contribute to air pollution.
This is a MAJOR shift for the US EPA and now declares that CO2 and Methane are both pollution, and will impact "sequestration" of both into the ground as well as being released into the air. Injecting pollutants in the ground or releasing them into the air require special and costly permits!
GasTechno's new process that is in final stages of development to convert methane into methanol with one single step IS THE ONLY KNOWN TECHNOLOGY to address this methane conversion problem at this scale and DOES reduce both CO2 and Methane emissions better than any other technology.
The video should give you some basic information here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryVI_NNwFQs
We will be adding more detailed information in regard to the methane and CO2 emissions reductions in our next release.
We feel that our technology has substantial benefits over all known competitors, and will be viewed, when demonstrated for commercial readiness, as one of the ONLY disruptive technologies to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions and pollution as defined by the US EPA.
"(Washington, D.C. – April 17, 2009) After a thorough scientific review ordered in 2007 by the U.S. Supreme Court, the Environmental Protection Agency issued a proposed finding Friday that greenhouse gases contribute to air pollution that may endanger public health or welfare."
We hope you enjoy the video clip. Please contact me if you are interested to learn more about our company.
