Pitch Deck Teardown: Queerie's $300k Pre-seed deck

Pitch Deck Teardown: Queerie's $300k Pre-seed deck

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  2024 03 Is theworld ready for Queerie? Queerie Connections Platform Investment Deck 1 001 Queerie Your Life 20 24
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  We believe it'soverdue, darling. Investment Deck 2 002 20 24 Queerie Connections Platform Queerie Your Life 2024 03
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  We embarked onQueerie not just as a business venture, but as a commitment to invest our lives in something transformative. This deck is more than a presentation; it's a declaration of our dedication to making a lasting impact on the LGBTQIA+, or as we call it, queer community. Queerie Connections Platform: Introduction Investment Deck 3 003 20 24 Introduction Queerie Your Life 2024 03
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  The Problem Over 14million queer adults in the U.S. face loneliness, a feeling as harmful as smoking up to 15 cigarettes a day. Queer & Lonely More than half (61%) of LGBTQIA+ adults in the USA reported experiencing isolation and loneliness 61% 1 2020 study Queer Youth Young adults are twice as likely (79%) to be lonely than seniors (41%) 79% 2 Depression More than half (58%) of LGBTQ youth reported experiencing symptoms of depression 58% 3 Suicide Risk Nearly half of queer youth seriously considered attempting suicide in the past year Trevor Project 4 45% Investment Deck 4 004 20 24 Queerie Your Life Trevor Project Queerie Connections Platform: The Problem LGBT Hero 2020 2024 03
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  Our mobile apphelps our queer community easily find and connect with other folks and the experiences and support they need and desire. Queerie Connections Platform: The Solution Investment Deck 5 005 20 24 The Solution Queerie Your Life 2024 03
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  Market Size Investment Deck 6 006 20 24 The USmarket size for Queerie is mobile users currently utilizing dating platforms, or about $ 4.32 billion. We will initially focus on the $250 million NYC and $20 million DC markets. Queerie Connections Platform: Market Size Queerie Your Life 2024 03
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  How it Works Queerindividuals can find community where they feel valued, understood, and never alone. 01 Sign Up Users create a unique profile, highlighting their interests, passions, and what or who they’re seeking 02 Matchmaking AI-driven recommendations match users with similar interests, ensuring meaningful connections 03 Events & Groups Users discover events and join groups that resonate with them Investment Deck 7 007 04 Interact Build lasting relationships on and offline With Queerie, users transform from feeling isolated to being part of a vibrant, supportive community 20 24 Queerie Your Life Queerie Connections Platform: How it Works 2024 03
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  Strong Growth Traction Our alphaversion of the mobile app has 95 beta testers from our target audience and is adding 10X more customers by the end of June 2024 We’ve built and launched a closed version of the mobile app to a select subset of our community 2024.Q1 01 02 We’ve surveyed over 3k people in our social networks and there is high demand for new signups 2024.Q2 03 We will be implementing a referral program to grow our initial base to approx. 1000 users when our next version is launched in June 2024 2024.Q3 MVP Launch Investment Deck 8 008 Customer Demand 20 24 Queerie Your Life Queerie Connections Platform: Traction 2024 03
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  Queerie Grindr Hinge Cost-effective Community-focused Inclusive Well-being Competition Queerie standsout by being a cost effective, community-focused, inclusively-designed platform dedicated to the well-being of the queer community. Investment Deck 9 009 20 24 Queerie Your Life Queerie Connections Platform: Competition 2024 03
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  The Quuties (Team) MelvinAmaya (he/they) CEO, Experience Designer Nick Eskelinen (he/him) Co-CTO, System Architect Justin Schier (he/him) Co-CTO, Chief Engineer Alfredo Valiente (he/him) COO, Project Manager Investment Deck 10 010 Melvin Amaya combines 16+ years of UX/UI expertise and a creative vision for inclusivity, drawing from personal and professional experiences to spearhead Queerie. His leadership is rooted in a passion for crafting spaces where the queer community finds meaningful connections and support. Nick Eskelinen, with an 18-year legacy at Google, brings unparalleled technical prowess to Queerie. Specializing in distributed systems, his work is critical to building our platform's secure, innovative infrastructure, ensuring a seamless experience for all users. Justin Schier’s extensive background in developing consumer apps, coupled with his insights from Scruff, positions him as a tech visionary at Queerie. His expertise spans over 20 years and is instrumental in creating a platform that unites and uplifts the queer community through technology. With 20 years of experience in managing tech projects and a Harvard background, Alfredo Valiente ensures Queerie operates at peak efficiency. His commitment to the mission and strategic foresight drive the platform’s growth, making community and support accessible to all. 20 24 Queerie Your Life Queerie Connections Platform: The Team 2024 03
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  Funding We are raisinga $300k pre-seed infusion to complete our mobile app and acquire 3000 paying customers. 56% 23% 21% $ 170k $ 70k $ 60k App completion/Engineering Marketing/User Acquisition Operations/Management Investment Deck 11 011 Key Outcomes Mobile app in working beta to acquire 3000 premium subscribers. What’s Next Our mobile app will allow us to expand to more cities as we raise more capital. 20 24 Queerie Your Life Queerie Connections Platform: The Ask 2024 03
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  Financials We anticipate to beprofitable within 24 months. Investment Deck 12 012 20 24 Queerie Your Life Queerie Connections Platform: Financials 2024 03
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  Let’s Keep InTouch Telephone 202 779 4406 Address Site www.queerie.app NY & DC w/ Love Investment Deck 1 013 20 24 Queerie Your Life Queerie Connections Platform: Contact Us 2024 03