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Introduction – Businesses are undergoing a dramatic digital transformation. To reach their digital transformation goals, business needs to integrate more systems, people and things than ever before and importantly at unprecedented speed, to allow for a seamless sync of data and to have a “360” degree view of customer data across all departments in the company   The Problem - Without integrations, business workflows breakdown, employees can’t get real-time access to the customer, product and order information they need to do their jobs. Sales, Marketing and Service performance will fall short of customer expectations. The Solution - A next-gen 'Integration platform as a service' (I-PaaS); Aplynk simplifies the connection between apps … all without you writing even a single line of code!'     Aplynk syncs data between business-critical apps seamlessly so that the customer can focus on acquiring new customers than doing manual and error-prone data-entry activities Typical Use Cases     Value Proposition  Accelerate Integration Projects –  Reduce development time by 90% Go Live in days NOT months – Customers can choose the pre-built integrations and go live in days Ensure data accuracy – No duplication of data in business apps Reduced Integration Overheads – Aplynk commits to design – develop – deploy – maintain integrations Save Time, Effort & Money Revenue Model: Aplynk earns revenue from each Integration by Monthly Subscription: €30 - €200 One Time set up fee: €250 - €3000 Data Migration: €250 per batch of 1000 records. Our Journey Traction: Aplynk enjoys strong traction from Customers: 41 subscriptions with €2.000+ monthly recurring revenue (as per Jan 2018) & €60.000 as setup & data migration fees. Integrations: Aplynk already has 20+ connectors and adds a connector every week Software Vendors: Aplynk is live on Exact Online (NL, UK, USA, DE, BE, FR), Zoho, Economic, Teamleader marketplaces Team – Aplynk has a team of 13 dedicated employees working from in 3 global locations – The Hague, Bangalore & Brussels. Founders have a decade of experience in building companies in Enterprise B2B space, product development, and entrepreneurship.   The Offer – Aplynk is looking to raise €250.000 via the convertible loan at 10% annual interest and 15% discount on shares. Usage of Funds – Aplynk will use these funds to increase the resource capacity in product development and European Pre Sales teams which in turn increases the top line. Why Us? At Aplynk, we believe that as businesses move towards the cloud, companies will buy more and more cloud software to manage their business.  with this; Keeping data in sync with all the software would be one of the top challenges.  This throws a big opportunity for an integration player like Aplynk. We believe we can be the leading Data Integration player in Europe with a clear vision and focus.  

Dekoeko.com is an upcycling platform which is completely changing the way of thinking about waste. We cooperate with the best designers, startups and small manufacturers from all over the world to convert gobal companie's waste into well designed consumer products. We create brand value by transforming carefully selected used materials into high end products that consumers love.   OUR VALUE PROPOSITION We are miners in the waste industry. We focus mainly on non recyclable branded waste streams of the biggest companies e.g. marketing materials, ad banners, catalogues, leaflets, product samples, old collections of products or other unique resources that are of no current value for companies right now but are of great value for our designers - for example leather scraps or textile leftovers etc. With our unique ‘brand upcycling’ proposition we create the highest value jump for this kind of waste - from zero to a product which is ready to sell at the market. Brand upcycling is about giving a second life to a brand (adding brand value) through transforming its carefully selected waste streams into well designed commercial products. By our ‘circular marketing’ activities we supply global companies with employee engagement gifts, brand loyalty give aways for consumers and are creating new lines of upcycling products ready to sell at the market. But most of all we enhance customer’s trust and help to build sustainable love brands.   VALIDATION We have been operating in the Polish market for the last 4 years. We started our journey from creating the 1st upcycling e-commerce with the biggest designer’s network - 250 accounts, 3000 products. During our presence at B2C market we've noticed that big companies are also starting to gain interest in upcycling products and activities. This is connected with the fact that company’s value is more and more linked to sustainability image. That is why 1,5 years ago we introduced our unique business offer called “Brand Upcycling” and made a pivot to B2B market. Right now we have more than 15 global companies as regular clients, among which are IKEA, Orange, T-mobile, SUEZ, McDonald’s, H&M, etc. We have prepared thousands of upcycling products and activities for companies from several industries like: fashion, home interior, telecommunication, pharmacy, consultancy or recycling, dealing with several waste streams among which are: textiles, plastic bottles, electronic parts, glass bottles, old furniture, recycled wood, ad banners, catalogues, paper and many, many more. EXAMPLES OF OUR PROJECTS A few examples of our realizations for the biggest brands in Poland:   Upcycling accessories and jewelry made out of ORANGE mobile phones.   As a part of the cooperation with the company, we have acquired integrated circuits of phones for creative upcycling into various types of upcycling products and accessories. Electro-waste, including parts of telephones and computers, under the eye of our designers, turned into real piece of art.    Upcycling products out of IKEA catalogues, laptop cases out of mesh banners from IKEA shops, backpacks out of IKEA textiles leftovers.   We were asked to develop the concept and manufacture of upcycling products from waste materials entrusted by the client. Out of used textiles (leftovers from production) we created practical backpacks, IKEA catalogs turned into a phone case, and large-format mesh banners from IKEA's store have received a second life in the form of durable and original laptop covers.   Upcycling bags out of SUEZ ad banners.   Emphasizing the company's innovative approach to the issue of second-life of waste, we designed upcycling gifts out of raw materials from SUEZ. We symbolically gave the second life to the old, outdated promotional materials of the company, which were replaced with new ones. Roll-ups, tents, flags with an old logotype have been transformed into attractive shopping bags and posters, which delighted SUEZ customers with their idea, functionality and colors.   HOW WE WORK WITH OUR CLIENTS? The process is very simple. In Step 1 we come to the company and analyze its waste streams. In Step 2 we make a smart matching looking for the best designers who get inspired by chosen waste materials of the company. We make the first designs and prototypes of upcycling products. Step 3 – when the company choose the product that they like the most we organize the whole production and deliver ordered products to company’s doors.   REVENUE DRIVERS Our main revenue drivers are: Profit margin on every production made for our corporate clients (40-150%). Profit margin per every sold product via our e-commerce website (25% on average). We also provide our clients with consultancy services in terms of “brand upcycling” – especially: Waste analysis for upcycling purposes. Further customization of products. An example of price range including profit margins:   MARKET POTENTIAL We see the huge potential in the market as Circular Economy is booming right now which is connected also with pressure from EU regulations in terms of growing recycling rates among countries and seeking for innovative fresh ideas in the field of waste processing. It is estimated that sustainable products market will rise by at least 20% during next 5 years. From any European company we can find valuable waste streams for our designers to create high end consumers products.         OUR UNIQUENESS However Deko Eko operates in a unique and hard to copy niche of the upcycling market, which is based on combining 3 main competencies: we know consumers preferences well enough to make products they love we understand the waste flow and are cherry picking the most valuable materials for our designers we have already built the most powerful and largest network of upcycling designers Thanks to our uniqueness we are creating the highest value jump from zero to a product, which is ready to sell at the market, helping our clients to optimize their waste processing budgets to maximum.   WHAT IS NEXT? We are ready to scale up our business internationally with a starting point in Netherlands, as the Dutch market is perceived as the biggest circular economy hot spot in the world. We are already working on our first upcycling products/ideas for such companies as: America Today, Buy Bay, Canon, Otazu, Jakobs De, NN and Unilever.   DEVELOPMENT PLAN We are raising 90k of seed investment round for the next 6 months in order to: Finalize MVP for a new B2B online platform which is going to automate part of our selling and in-take process; experiment & design phase in order to validate our riskiest assumptions about introducing brand upcycling at Dutch market. Set up business operations in Amsterdam – office + 3 international team members (researcher, new business manager and marketing specialist). Acquire at least 5 new corporate clients for long-term cooperation in terms of upcycling. Basic marketing in social media, LinkedIn and Adwords. This is a bridge towards a larger (growth) round that we gonna start this year.   TEAM Our team is a mix of different competencies such as: design, marketing, technology and sustainability. We combine a unique set of competences in the field of Corporate Social Responsibility, eco-marketing and green advertising with practical knowledge in the field of sustainable design and production. Thanks to close cooperation with each other we are able to achieve all of our goals.  

We are Stampwallet, a Startupbootcamp Alumni, the technical front-runner in the loyalty landscape through offering a loyalty app as well as developing innovative tailored loyalty solutions. This way, we not only offer loyalty solutions to companies but also offer solutions to loyalty companies. We make your loyals feel like royals.     Introduction Loyalty programs. They have existed since the late 18th century in the form of copper tokens, later evolved in paper stamps, and now has the form of all kinds of currencies. They have become commonplace in today’s society. Traditional brick and mortar stores are using them to keep pace with the evolving e-commerce world, and e-commerce sites are using them to boost retention and drive down acquisition costs. While loyalty programs seem to be inseparable, there still isn’t a ‘golden’ solution that fits all. Often they are too expensive to implement, to hard to understand, too difficult to use, or simply generate too much friction with the consumer. Now that’s where Stampwallet does it differently. We offer ‘seamless’ loyalty solutions through our innovative hardware and software.   Our story Starbucks being your first customer that’s a dream for a lot of companies. But for Stampwallet this is a reality. The story of Stampwallet all started 2 years ago with Stampwallet’s CEO, Wouter, his previous media company, Media599, stationed in sunny Curacao. Every morning, before going to the office, he would drive up to Starbucks at the Mambo Beach Boulevard and get his regular coffee. To be honest, quite some money was spent there to get his early ‘wake up’ drink, but never was he rewarded for his undefined loyalty.   One day the manager sat down next to him. She was worried about her customers while Starbucks in Curacao was not able to use their famous corporate loyalty program. More and more customers would try out other coffee places. Knowing that Wouter had his media company, she asked him to come up with something that she could use to engage with her customers. And as Wouter accepted the challenge, in no time, Media599 had released an app that enables Starbucks Curacao to offer their customers a ‘digital stamp card’ to save for discounts and prizes and in return, the customer would register under their name and email address. Data started flowing in and the customers returned to purchasing coffees from Starbucks. After 3 months almost 10.000 customers already used the app and after sending a personalized message to them, they noticed an increase of 21% in retention rate.   Learn how the Stampwallet app works:     Word spreads fast among the islands of the Caribbean and before Wouter knew it, more and more companies started asking for the same type of program. They all wanted an easy way to reward their customers and to gather data, and thus, Stampwallet B.V. was born and founded. At first, only a platform on which merchants could easily create their own loyalty program in the form of a stamp card, low costs, customizable, and the insights in customer data.   Pretty soon, Wouter needed an additional pair of hands. Lauren, a hospitality management Bachelor with ample experience in the hospitality and service industry found his way in due to his passion for loyalty. “Hospitality is the foundation of loyalty. When someone goes beyond what you expect, that’s where you become loyal. It’s all about going that extra mile.”   Together Wouter and Lauren started building the business. Innovation is key to the loyalty industry business while competition is fierce. Therefore, the focus was mainly on growing the company and developing new methods to exchange loyalty currencies. QR codes and battery-driven beacons were the first solutions to be offered. However, the beacons had many flaws that hurt the business.   After looking for new ways to replace the beacon, a new strategic partner arose from Canada with an expertise in motherboards. Through this cooperation, a new in-house developed beacon was placed on the market called ‘the super-beacon’. A device that can be connected with printers and unmanned machines, such as parking, vending, and carwash machines, to generate loyalty transactions. With these endless possibilities, the development dams broke for Stampwallet. New solutions kept on being created and more and more hardware and software were developed after which the target market got bigger and bigger. The possibilities now had an implication on every type of industry in the world. In other words, a ton of tech to do amazing things with, but not a clear view of what the market exactly needs. Therefore, to bring back focus, the company moved to the Netherlands in February this year and joined the accelerator program Fintech & Cybersecurity Startup Bootcamp in Amsterdam. Now the company has turned itself into the tech frontrunner of the loyalty landscape.   Apart from the loyalty app proposition, development and sales have shifted towards 'tailor-made loyalty solutions' and 'products'. These products are a result of the tailored solutions with set APIs and pre-developed code. In such, they can be sold and implemented with just minor changes.    Their expertise in data, loyalty, digital customers, flexibility and speed of developing loyalty solutions is what makes them unique. Their strategy is to push their loyalty apps throughout their infrastructure of 6 agents, stationed all over the world, and focus on customized solutions in The Netherlands and the Caribbean. With this model, their flexibility and speed for innovation stay on a high level, while still having the ability to scale fast.   Our solutions Stampwallet loyalty app Branded apps (your own promotion in a company branded app) White labels (sell your own 'stampwallet') API integration in webshops, accounting software, and existing loyalty platforms Super Beacon to connect to every POS on the market POS integrations Receipt alterations (print loyalty rewards on receipts) Scanner app to quickly reward customers Receipt capturing Raffle tool Customized solutions Their latest solutions and innovations are the 'Stampwallet Loyalty Chatbot' for Facebook Messenger and WeChat (that together have 2.2B users) and the 'Personal Characteristic Recognition solution'. With the Loyalty Chatbot innovation, they can onboard users into your loyalty platform within 30 seconds. Without having to register or downloading an app! Unique in the world! Our 'Personal Characteristic Recognition' solution is an implementation of loyalty in which visually identifiable characteristics, such as facial elements and license plates, are used to create user accounts and to save automatically. This also led us to 'reverse loyalty'; a first-time reach-out to the consumer 'after' they have received enough points to be redeemed for incentives.      Traction Stampwallet has over 800 merchants listed in 6 different countries. They created a powerful distribution network of resellers in 6 countries that are reselling our app to their clients. This fits their mission perfectly: Think global but act local. The focus is on The Netherlands and the Caribbean, while their network of agents focuses on its own territories. Selling agents are now active in Sweden, Cambodia, Vietnam, South Africa, Brasil, and Panama. Additionally, they work directly with great companies like:     Revenue In 2017, Stampwallet managed to show a 100% increase in revenue for each quarter. All revenues come from the sales and development of white labels, subscriptions, licenses, and API integrations. Due to the auto-renewal subscriptions model for the Stampwallet app and their continuation on the contracts of white labels and licenses, most revenue is recurring with a churn rate of 1.24%. As the sales focus shifted towards 'tailor-made' loyalty solutions at the start of this year, so did the growth in revenue for this stream. All targets (as stated in the financial sheets) have been successfully reached.      The forecasted revenue for 2018 is based out of the contracts that 'already' have been signed, POCs that have been initiated, and leads that are in the pipeline. Therefore it is important to mention that the bar chart below illustrates the future of Stampwallet with the 'current' resources. in QR it is planned to hire a sales team and account manager.      Funding round Now is the time for Stampwallet to catapult their products and services into bigger markets. For his, the first step has been taken to move to The Netherlands. Since foot was set on Dutch soil, Stampwallet has already gained much business. New agents have been acquired, new products have been developed, new partners have been connected, and new contracts have been signed.   However, Stampwallet needs resources to meet their demands while demand is thriving. These clients need to be followed up to create revenue. The future of Stampwallet will move towards cooperation with bigger corporates, developing new innovative products to enhance loyalty experiences, and connecting a license based revenue model to it. With this strategy, the value will keep on growing with each new client.   Our funding will be used as followed: