Short presentation explaining how Crowd Equity Capital LLC is launching a combined crowd equity site, app and other services to serve both investors and entrepreneurs before, during and after their capital raise. This presentation is informational only and not a solicitation to make or not make any decisions to invest or raise capital.
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Crowd Equity Capital Introduction
1. Crowd Equity Capital LLC
“The space where entrepreneurs capitalize and investors monetize.”
2. Elevator
“The space where entrepreneurs capitalize and investors monetize.”
● Crowd Equity Capital targets market share in the exponentially growing crowdfunding
phenomenon that reached $35 billion globally last year.
● In 6 years crowdfunding has doubled year in year out.
● Financial industry giants Goldman Sachs expects trend to accelerate.
● “Crowd Equity” and “Crowd Debt” will dominate crowdfunding industry.
● Crowd Equity Capital plan creates a complete ecosystem nurturing entrepreneurs in its coworking
incubators, financing exciting startups on its dynamic crowdfunding platform and delivering
investors who fund these exciting ventures with high multiple ROI’s.
3. Market Opportunity
● 2009 global crowdfunding totaled $530 million.* In 2011 $1.5 billion. In 2015 over $35 billion.**
● According to recent Goldman Sachs 2015 “Future of Finance” report, the immediate addressable
market opportunity of crowdfunding is $1.2 trillion.
● Forbes has identified “co-working spaces” the fastest growing sub sector of the real estate
market, growing alongside the startup boom and hiding in plain sight.
● Crowd Equity Capital’s founders own and operate a licensed EU financial services company with
network of investors and entrepreneurs in North America, Europe and Dubai.
4. Traction
● Founders granted financial services license in EU April 2012
● Three corporations formally engage founders for funding in 2014 and 2015
● September 2015 plan launched to become serious equity crowdfunding player
● May 2015 Crowd Equity Capital, LLC registers official entity formation
● September 2016 opened discussions in Miami on 1st startup incubator location
● October 2016 enter into joint venture talks on EU coworking incubator
● November 2016 launch seed round funding campaign with Crowdfunder.com
5. Problems We Solve
● Equity crowdfunding replaces traditional sources of funding startups and small businesses which
disappeared after 2008 financial crisis.
● VC investment not available to most companies. Crowdfunding fills funding gap and gives
entrepreneur more control.
● Co-working incubator spaces streamline the costs and resource outreach inherent in startups.
● Investors seeking high multiple “ROI” may now access investment opportunities in the next
google or uber, once the domain of only investment banks and high net worth individuals.
6. Current Landscape
● Crowdfunding thriving due to advances in technology, shrinking labor pools.
● Equity crowdfunding is expanding exponentially attracting entrepreneurs and investors due to its
simplicity, transparency and the massive opportunity it presents.
● Co-working spaces are disrupting the global real estate market.
● It’s early days for crowdfunding. Today’s cutting edge features and services will become the basic
minimum consumers will insist upon a year from now.
7. Risks
● The equity crowdfunding landscape is becoming crowded.
● The pipeline of startups is growing exponentially, the larger challenge is finding and engaging
quality investors.
● Real estate asset bubble could effect location expansion plan
● Platforms reputational risk posed by unsuccessful campaigns
8. Strategy
● Open network of co-working startup incubators attracting entrepreneurs in high profile cities.
● Engage a team of local professional mentors (IT professionals, lawyers, accountants) and local
Universities to access interns to provide support to startups
● Organize events at startup incubators featuring speakers specializing in crowdfunding industry
● Invite local press and utilize live webinars at events.
● Engage early venture contacts from licensed advisory to fund via CEC crowdfunding platform.
● Engage and present investors with investment opportunities commensurate with risk v. reward.
● Create ecosystem transitioning startups seamlessly from co-working incubators to funding
platform.
9. Competitive Advantage
● Timing - Crowdfunding sectors growth is trending up doubling year in year out.
● Founders have an extensive background in the regulated financial services business, currently
operating a licensed EU financial services firm.
● Having resided in multiple high profile cities in North America, the EU and Dubai founders well
positioned to choose co-working spaces.
● Founders have resided and worked all over the world, maintaining strong time tested networks of
investors and entrepreneurs. Their reach is global.
● Founder Dario Zaccagnini is also an IT professional, founding a digital advertising company in
2000 which strategically positions Crowd Equity Capital’s digital platform.
10. Leaders - Dario Zaccagnini
● Managing Director of licensed financial services firm in Europe
● MBA & MSc International Finance & other Financial Industry training.
● Experienced around the activity of raising capital & marketing
investments PLUS financial regulations & compliance.
● Founded a London & Dubai based Internet Marketing Agency start-up in
2001
● Experienced in managing web application projects
“I have been around the business of marketing equities to investors of all size and
shapes for many years. I have been analysing tech companies since the Dotcom Digital
Revolution in the 90s and I have a personal passion for web and mobile technology
start-ups like Uber, AirBNB & Facebook & want to work on finding the next one early.
This makes me the right person to help run a licensed, regulated Investment Platform
Technology like Crowd Equity Capital LLC”
11. Leaders - Daryl Greco
● Managing Director of licensed financial service firm in Europe.
● Resume: private equity, equities and debt, securities trader, business
development executive and money laundering reporting officer (MLRO).
● Began financial career at Toronto Stock Exchange in the 1970’s and
continued in Miami, San Francisco, London, Amsterdam, Madrid,
Dublin and Malta.
● Published articles: New York Times, The Times (London) International
Herald Tribune.
“This project has me brimming with excitement. It’s has been evident to me there
has been a sea change in the global macro the past decade. This project is personal to
me as it now not only provides financial opportunity, it empowers people the world
over.”