Created by Rishabh Srivastava, Founder of Loki.ai
This summary was largely done for my own note-taking, sharing it just in case it adds more value to other people.
I have no affiliation whatsoever with anyone in this note. This is a summary largely taken for my own reference, and may contain errors :)
Context
Source URL: (Sent by Shashank)
Why is it important: Contains interesting startup pitches, which contains seeds of ideas that I can build upon
Keywords
Startup, Ideas
Summary
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Highlights
Idea 1
Good On You: Sustainability rating platform for fashion brands
Business model: get paid by brands and retailers for a rating
Emma Watson is on board and acts as a model
They are both a data aggregator and a collector
Idea 2
Mys Tyler: Women are unsatisfied with the fit of their clothing when they shop online. Their FIT algorithm finds clothes with the right fit for women by looking at what fits women that have similar bodies (Find your celebrity body double!)
28,000 app installs at a CAC of $0.56
Currenly seeking $1M in seed capital
Monetization: Commissions from brands (10-15%) when someone buys from them, as well as paid partnerships to help brands grow their audience on Instagram
Idea 3
Vpply: Apply for jobs with video
Assumption: Video applications allow individuals' personality and passion to shine AND immediate first impact from video will help identify whether there's a cultural fit
Seeking $300k in funding for 15% of company
Sales cycle is currently based on personal connections. Don't currently have much of a cycle beyond that
Idea 4
RightPaw: marketplace that connects breeders and pet buyers, with trust and safety built in
Assumption: Can build into downstream products and services. Breeders and Shelters market is $7M. General dog-care market is $1.4B
3 Revenue Streams:
- Breeder CRM (Monthly subscription)
- Marketplace fees (5-8% commission)
- Affiliate for products & services
Raising $500k right now
Idea 5
Skilligi: Online classes for kids with a focus on soft skills
Currently have $4k MRR. Aim is to have 2500 subscriptions in 18 months to do MRR of $200k
Rasing seed round of $600k for product dev and marketing
Who does content creation? Will outsource it or use free resources at the start
Ideal customers: families where both parents are working parents
Idea 6
sana.live: make it easier for your parents (old people) to do more exercise
Personal Health Assistant/Wearable for old people (basically an Alexa skill that connects to your fitness tracker)
Idea 7
MyWhanau: Family Calendar Assistant App. Basically a calendar that helps you track happenings and key dates for your kids
They ask schools to pay for this. Each school pays $7k/year for this
Idea 8
Activeplace: Health-focused social network
Stage 1: Purely content based
Stage 2: Virtual & IRL events + insurance
Idea 9
Larki: Exceptionally detailed 3-d surveys for architecture
Know the world in high-res 3d. You can measure, navigate, adn crop
There are only 100 site data points in paper. Larki has 30 million poins in 3d
$2M of leads in sales pipeline [?]. Growing at 68% revenue. Most revenue right now is one-off revenue from data. But hope to add more recurring platform revenue in the future
How do you actually do the 3-d modelling?
- Planes flying over, cars driving down the road, drones. Aggregating everything
Idea 10
M8buy: Social buying layer integrated on any ecommerce store (basically Pinduoduo for non-China markets)
- Invite friends to form a shopping group
- Each friend has 24-48 hours to make their order
- As more friends buy, each group member gets an instant "cash back" reward when the time is up
It helps retaiers sell far more
- Existing customers bring new customers
- Buy now, not later
- Only pay a commission for guaranteed sales
Currently doing their first pilot
$177M ARR opportunity
Looking for $250k to facilitate growth
MICROPITCH IDEAS
- Vloggi: Make video pitches easy
- Railer: Uber for trucking
- Liathus: Addressing the financial burden that families face after losing a loved one (insurance?)
- Future: Connect people based on their life goals, rather than their past & present. Be held accountable for your life goals
- FSA Data: Analytics to make water infrastructure more efficient
- Josh Mason: Human wisdom at scale (seems like a Tony Robbins type?)
- Skoutli: Help content creators find easily affordable and unique locations for ads and photoshoots
- Unhedged: Hedge Fund returns for the everyday investor
- Filmo: Help you decide what to watch on Netflix in less than 2 minutes
- Airtracker: hardware for hyperlocal/ambient air quality analysis
- Belly Food: Cloud kitchen focused on healthy food