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Hoard Pitch Deck
Hoard is a cryptocurrency app aiming to simplify access and transactions for digital assets, addressing issues of complexity and accessibility in the crypto space. The platform features an end-to-end solution for seamless investments, payments, and trading, supported by a decentralized exchange protocol called Smaug. The team has grown significantly, secured funding, and is nearing the release of its MVP app, while focusing on compliance and partnerships to enhance user experience.
Hoard Pitch Deck
- 1. HOARD The cryptocurrency app youcan bank on! 1 Jason Davis, Hoard, Inc. 2018
- 2. HOARD “a stock orstore of money or valued objects, typically one that is secret or carefully guarded” 2
- 3. HOARD Our vision 3 People demandeasier access, simpler tools, and faster transactions. Hoard empowers anyone, anywhere to hold, transfer, and transact with any digitized assets from their mobile device, instantly. We’re not building a bank, we’re reinventing them.
- 4. The Problem Simplicity Complex crypto-tech stiflesconsumer adoption and blocks usage. Accessibility Access to cryptocurrency and the crypto economy is limited. Fungibility The majority of cryptocurrencies are not spendable like fiat currencies. 3 main problems arise in consumer finance on blockchain with cryptocurrency 4
- 5. Rethink Everything Re-engineer consumer facingapplications and deploy scalable blockchain protocols. The Solution Design an end-to-end platform that removes the friction found across the cryptocurrency environment. and much more… Ubiquitous wallet Instant payments Effortless investing Simplified trading 24/7 customer supportHacker-proof storage 5
- 6. The Competition Cash markets Oftencharacterized as centralized, slow, expensive, complicated or uselesss. Cryptocurrency wallets Trading platforms 2nd Layer Protocols 6
- 7. The Team Founding team JasonDavis / Co-founder & CEO Founding advisors 7 Wells Fargo Interaction, interface, & strategy designer Dan Lipert / Co-founder & CTO Department of Defense (DoD) DevOps, engineering, & artificial intelligence Kyle Ellicott / Startup Advisor ReadWrite Labs Co-founder & Chief labs officer Chris Maddern / Mobile + Payments Advisor Venmo / Button Head of Engineering / Chief product officer Ryan Williams / Legal Advisor Orrick, Morrison & Forester Lead Counsel / Raised +100M in ICO’s George Worrell / Co-founder & CPO Wells Fargo / Morgan Stanley Product architecture & UX engineering Hoard is currently home 8 full time technical employees, 6 highly experienced advisors, and 10 dedicated project contributors
- 8. The Traction How we’redoing so far… Our team has grown over 25 strong while we near our first release. Most of our growth to date has been organic. We recently completed our accelerator program. 10,000 on waitlist & 5,000 following us Raised $700,000 private equity Securing bank & exchange partnerships MVP app releasing soon Over 12 publications Grew team 8 FT / 6 Advisors INV FinTech Accelerator Idea CEO + CTO 8
- 9. The Roadmap Wallet 9 Portfolios Swaps Fiat gateway Rule-basedinvesting Zero Knowledge DEX (Smaug) Cash markets Trading floor Artificial intelligence Compliance. MSB. Broker/Dealer. Start Finish Q4 2017 Q1 2018 Q2 2018 Q3 2018 Q3 2018 Q1 2018 Q3 2018 Q3 2018 Q4 2018 Q3 2017 Kickoff Product
- 10. 10 The Advantage The SmaugNetwork is a decentralized zero-knowledge exchange protocol. It’s the backbone of Hoard’s advanced product infrastructure. Powered by decentralized blockchain technology Faster, lighter and supported by master node community Feeless trades, swaps, spends and sends Enablement pipes put us at the top of the financial stack Native coin creates instant, trustless and dustless transactions Smaug
- 11. Fiat Gateway Trading Tradepairs + swaps ACH only InvestingPayments 0.00% /tx + spread Merchant POS 2.25% /tx Debit + ACH 2.25% / tx 0.00% /tx + spread The Model Hoard’s revenue models float between fixed rates and market spreads depending on the transaction type. 11
- 12. 12 The Experience Automated investing Self-custodywallet Simplified payments
- 13. The Strategy Send engine Sendcrypto payments to anyone through email, SMS, messenger Partnerships Token Allocation Partner with financial institutions and cryptocurrency companies Launch a private and public token offering and distribution event. 13
- 14. The Compliance Our legaland compliance teams are currently working on the appropriate federal and state filings for money service business licensing. International compliance underway. 14 Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey Pending Active Not filed
- 15. The Opportunity Blockchain andtheir native cryptocurrencies serve multiple sectors including; health, legal, finance and everything in between. 2% 98% Market capitalization US stock market Global coin market 5% 95% Market usage Global TAM Current usage 2% 2% 95% 1% Growth rate 2014 2015 2016 2017 15
- 16. 16 Currency symbol =OAR Token allocation = 80,000,000 Max supply = 120,000,000 Soft cap = $3,000,000 USD Hard cap = $30,000,000 USD Industry = FinTech Platform = Ethereum, then Smaug Public price = $0.50 The Coin
- 17. 17 The Utility Why HODLOAR Transact any value instantly across the Smaug Network Earn masternode rewards by staking OAR to run a Masternode Make your transactions private within the Smaug network Guarantee Fiat <-> Crypto exchanges for instant cash settlements Act as a "market-maker" for decentralized swaps by running a Market Masternode Stake your OAR to provide network liquidity and eliminate transaction fees
- 18. The Proceeds 7% 13% 13% 67% Token saleallocation Token distribution Masternodes 5% 10% 15% 25% 45% Token sale proceeds Engineering & Design Legal & Compliance 18 Team Reserve Marketing & Operations Customer Support Community
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