The Want Engine
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The Want Engine
1 DISCLAIMER This presentation is not, and nothing in it should be construed as, an offer, invitation or recommendation in respect of Slyce Inc.’s securities, or an offer, invitation or recommendation to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, the facilities or any of the Company’s securities in any jurisdiction. Neither this presentation nor anything in it shall form the basis of any contract or commitment. This presentation is not intended to be relied upon as advice to investors or potential investors and does not take into account the investment objectives, financial situation or needs of any investor. All investors should consider such factors in consultation with a professional advisor of their choosing when deciding if an investment is appropriate. The Company has prepared this presentation based on information available to it, including information derived from public sources that have not been independently verified. No representation or warranty, express or implied, is provided in relation to the fairness, accuracy, correctness, completeness or reliability of the information, opinions or conclusions expressed herein. These projections should not be considered a representation of the Company’s potential cash generation performance in any way. The Want Engine The financial information included in this presentation is preliminary, forward-looking, unaudited and subject to revision. All forward–looking statements attributable to the Company or persons acting on its behalf apply only as of the date of this document, and are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements included elsewhere in this document. The financial projections are preliminary and subject to change; the Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise these forward–looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that arise after the date made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. Inevitably, some assumptions will not materialize, and unanticipated events and circumstances may affect the ultimate financial results. Projections are inherently subject to substantial and numerous uncertainties and to a wide variety of significant business, economic and competitive risks, and the assumptions underlying the projections may be inaccurate in any material respect. Therefore, the actual results achieved may vary significantly from the forecasts, and the variations may be material. PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL ABOUT SLYCE THE WANT ENGINE Complete Product Solution - Mobile App/Web + Desktop solutions - Built for Brands, Retailers + Publishers - Social solutions to identify products within anyone’s photos. $28MM+ total funding - Latest round of $12MM as covered by: -Slyce is publicly listed on the TSXV as SLC.V with a market cap of $100M+ Fast-Paced Growth - Currently working with six of the top 20 retailers in the world. (in active POC or Trial) The Want Engine PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL ABOUT < HOME ACQUISITION POUNCE The Want Engine • September 16, 2014: Slyce acquired Pounce for USD $5 Million. • Pounce users snap images of 3D and 2D objects • Pounce supports matches from 7 US big box retailers: Walmart, Best Buy, Target, Macy's etc • Provides customers with in-store and mobile single swipe payment solution • Slyce gains B2C app one year ahead of schedule and object recognition solutions two years in development PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL RECENT ACQUISITION < HOME PRODUCT OVERVIEW Snap-To-Buy The Want Engine Tag and Display (Social) PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL Physical Advertising PRODUCT < HOME PRODUCT SNAP-TO-BUY By looking at the visual attributes of products, Slyce offers a relevancy engine that presents shoppers with the ability to truly find what they’re looking for. Our primary product offering integrates via private label within an existing mobile app or mobile website, activating our want engine. LEARN MORE The Want Engine You may also like: PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL SNAP-TO-BUY < PRODUCT < HOME PRODUCT TAG AND DISPLAY (SOCIAL) User uses any #hashtag on Instagram or Twitter to submit products from a retailer’s catalog as confirmed by Slyce. Output is a look book for your site. #YOURBRAND The Want Engine PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL TAG AND DISPLAY (SOCIAL) < PRODUCT < HOME PRODUCT PHYSICAL ADVERTISING ANY BRAND Snap a photo of WHAT YOU LIKE to shop now. Ray Ban Women’s Sunglasses $249.00 BUY NOW YOU MAY ALSO LIKE: Activating any physical advertisement (ie: print or billboards) via native app or mobile web. The Want Engine PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL PHYSICAL ADVERTISING < PRODUCT < HOME PRODUCT ATTRIBUTION MODEL 1) Product SKU is provided 2) Unique Product Attributes are created based on photo ✓ Orange ✓ Logo ✓ Thin Laces ✓ Black Trim 3) Data is made available to you for use across all platforms. - Enhance your product descriptions - Maximize SEO opportunities - Better search results increase purchase conversion The Want Engine PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL ATTRIBUTION MODEL < PRODUCT < HOME TECHNOLOGY API OVERVIEW 2. Store This function allows users to photograph products in the real world, and Slyce’s API returns matching products from any ingested retailer catalogue. Store SHAUN WHITE SIGNATURE SERIES HOLBROOK™ With his brother Jesse acting as his creative director, snowboarding superstar Shaun White worked closely with Store Oakley during the creation of Holbrook. Together they went Store back to vintage styles like the original Oakley Frogskins® then set out to distill their own vision of American cool. Holbrook is a timeless classic that echoes the screen heroes from the Store Store API 1940s, 50s and 60s, the icons who inspired youth with their own brand of defiance. SHAUN WHITE SIGNATURE SERIES HOLBROOK™ SHAUN WHITE SIGNATURE SERIES HOLBROOK™ With his brother Jesse acting as his creative director, SHAUN WHITE SIGNATURE snowboarding superstar Shaun White worked closely with SERIES HOLBROOK™ With his brother Jesse acting as his creative director, Welcome to Our Store Oakley during the creation of Holbrook. Together they went snowboarding superstar Shaun White worked closely with With his brother Jesse acting as his creative director, back to vintage styles like the original Oakley Frogskins® then Oakley during the creation of Holbrook. 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The Want Engine Our SDK integrates with the camera fucntion within your Mobile App. Simple, unobstrusive code. PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL Slyce can interact with your own product API to provide unique results or serve them directly to users. It’s incredibly easy to customize a use-case. API OVERVIEW < TECHNOLOGY < HOME BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT Neiman Marcus Slyce announced a contract with Neiman Marcus on October 28, 2014 The Want Engine PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT < HOME BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SIGNED CUSTOMERS Slyce also has announced contracts with: Slyce is also in discussion with 100’s of other business partners The Want Engine PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT < HOME REVENUE MODEL B2B Licensing Model (SAAS) Integration & Maintenance B2C Per Picture Fee The Want Engine Affiliate Fees PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION < HOME CAP TABLE SHARES VALUATION % Total Slyce Shares - issued & outstanding 106,008,473 87.67% Options, Warrants & Other Issuance Obligations 14,907,675 12.33% Fully Diluted 120,916,148 100% Slyce Valuation* $118.7 M *Based on $1.12 as of November 24, 2014 The Want Engine PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL CAP TABLE < HOME MANAGEMENT & CONSULTING TEAM Mark Elfenbein Erika Racicot Dan Grigsby President & CEO COO & Co-Founder, Director Chief Technical Officer Avital Yachin Khurram Qureshi Cameron Chell Chief Product Officer Chief Financial Officer Co-Founder The Want Engine PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL MANAGEMENT TEAM < HOME BOARD OF DIRECTORS Dale Johnson Mark Elfenbein Executive Chairman of the Board and Director (Director Southtech, Urthecast, CanElson) President and Director Kevin Taylor Travis Reid Erika Racicot Director (President/CEO - Prism Equity Group, DERel international ltd.) Director (CEO - ScreenVision) COO and Director George Colwell Alistair Maxwell Director (Principal - Financial Services) Director (Chairman/CEO, Beacon Securities) The Want Engine PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS < HOME INDUSTRY VALIDATION “I would say [Slyce] is close to 95% accurate, if not better” Wanda Gierhart, CMO Neiman Marcus1 “In five years, we think 50 percent of queries will be on speech or images” - Andrew Ng, head of Baidu Research2 1http://www.emarketer.com/Article/CMO-One-to-One-Neiman-Marcus- Readies-Visual-Search-Shoes-Handbags/1011580#sthash.wh7xb5vB.dpuf 2 http://venturebeat.com/2014/09/20/ai-expert-predicts-half-of-web-searcheswill-soon-be-speech-and-images/ The Want Engine PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL INDUSTRY VALIDATION < HOME MANAGEMENT & CONSULTING TEAM EXPANDED BIOS Mark has over 15 years of senior level experience with both technology start-ups and publicly traded companies. Most recently, Mark spent 5 years in senior roles with Mood Media (MM-TSX). During his tenure the company’s revenue grew from $5M to $500M and it became the global leader in providing in-store music and visuals to over 560,000 retail locations. Mark helped build partnerships with some of the world’s largest retailers including Macy's, Levi's, and Abercrombie & Fitch. In addition, he negotiated technology partnerships with Yahoo, Shazam, Shopkick and Tripadvisor to help transform the in-store space. Prior to Mood Media, Mark co-founded SkillJam.com (the primary asset of publicly traded Fun Technologies). Fun disrupted the online games industry and became the internet’s largest pay to play skill games business with over 25 million registered users. During this period Mark formed partnerships with the Internet’s largest companies including AOL, MSN, and eBay. Fun was acquired by Liberty Media in 2007 for $450M. Mark Elfenbein President & CEO Mark’s family founded iconic Canadian company, K-tel International in Winnipeg, a global TV marketing business that at the time disrupted the music and consumer products industry. Erika has been focused on operational execution and excellence her entire career. Her passion began while working for a national retail chain where she got an understanding of the importance of customer service. Erika’s attention to detail and customer service contributed to the Starwood Group flagship locations being recognized for several awards such as Hotel of the Year with in the Starwood brand and Traveler’s Choice Award for highest guest opinion ranking. Erika coordinated operations and logistics at 1-800-Got-Junk? during their explosive growth, a time that solidified them as the industry leader in the Junk removal Industry. Erika Racicot As a founding partner at Business Instincts Group and PODIUM Ventures, Erika has spent the past 5 years working on the development and growth of companies in all areas but most specifically working in areas of operations, product development, and marketing/PR. Most recently, Erika was involved in the initial management of Urthecast a company that is putting HD video Cameras on the Space station and streaming live footage of earth directly to the internet. COO & Co-Founder Dan has been focused on bringing small businesses online by offering turnkey commerce solutions since the early 2000’s. Dan was founder and CEO of Merchant Planet, acquired by LinkExchange and then Microsoft. Dan left Microsoft to found payMe.com a successful early-day competitor to PayPal. Dan also founded Mobile Orchard, a leading iPhone developer news-site and podcast. Dan is an active leader in the Minnesota technology scene, receiving the Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal’s “40 under 40” Award. He has been the entrepreneur-in-residence at the Carlson School of Management and is a partner at the mobile-development agency Drivetrain. Dan Grigsby Chief Technical Officer The Want Engine PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL EXPANDED BIOS < MANAGEMENT TEAM < HOME MANAGEMENT & CONSULTING TEAM EXPANDED BIOS Avital is a seasoned entrepreneur with broad knowledge of consumer applications, social web and e-commerce. I have strong product orientation with deep technological background. Prior to joining Slyce, Avital was the Founder of Pounce, mobile shopping app that surfaces deals from retailers, as well as a way to shop print ads and catalogs from your smartphone, Avital was the GM Social Commerce at Sears Holdings, where he led their 150-person digital commerce R&D team., He joined Sears, after his Company (Delver) was acquired by Sears). Avital Yachin Chief Product Officer Khurram qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1990 and has held senior positions in a variety of small and medium sized public companies. He has been a key member on several merger and acquisition teams, while working in industry. Khurram has been the Chief Financial Officer of Slyce since November 1, 2013. A partner at CQK Chartered Accountants LLP since April 2007. He has also held the Chief Financial Officer position at Augustine Ventures Inc and Lingo Media Corporation since January 2012 and August 2011, respectively. Khurram Qureshi Chief Financial Officer A serial entrepreneur and author with 25+ years of experience, Cameron’s career has been shaped by his tireless passion for discovering, developing and growing companies whose offerings revolutionize the way that the world uses technology. Cameron is a co-founder of Business Instincts Group, a business accelerator that works with rapidly growing organizations to strategically grow and focus their strengths through a proprietary management process he created called the RIPKIT®. Over his career, Cameron has founded numerous companies, from Futurelink, the original cloud computing company (1990’s) through to most recently, UrtheCast which provides high resolution video of earth, from space, streamed directly to the internet. Cameron Chell Co-Founder The Want Engine PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL EXPANDED BIOS < MANAGEMENT TEAM < HOME BOARD OF DIRECTORS EXPANDED BIOS Mr. Dale Johnson is a Director of Slyce Inc. Mr. Johnson has operated his own consulting business since 2007. Prior thereto, Mr. Johnson was the Executive Vice President and President (Asia) for Optimal Payments Plc (formerly Neovia Plc). Mr. Johnson served as Chairman of Optimal Payments Plc from 2007 through 2013 and is currently a director of Southtech Capital Corp., Urthecast Corporation, and Dale Johnson CanElson Drilling Inc. Mr. Johnson obtained his Masters of Executive Chairman Applied Science from the University of British Columbia in of the Board and Director 1968 and a Management Diploma from the University of Calgary in 1991. Mark Elfenbein President and Director Erika Racicot COO and Director Mr. Mark Elfenbein has over 15 years of senior level experience with both technology start-ups and publicly traded companies. Most recently, Mark spent 5 years in senior roles with Mood Media (MM-TSX). During his tenure the company’s revenue grew from $5M to $500M and it became the global leader in providing in-store music and visuals to over 560,000 retail locations. Prior to Mood Media, Mark co-founded SkillJam.com (the primary asset of publicly traded Fun Technologies). Fun disrupted the online games industry and became the internet’s largest pay to play skill games business with over 25 million registered users. Mark’s family founded iconic Canadian company, K-tel International in Winnipeg, a global TV marketing business that at the time disrupted the music and consumer products industry. Ms. Erika Racicot is the Chief Operations Officer for Slyce Inc. as well as a Director. Ms. Racicot is also the President of Business Instincts Group, a venture creation firm focussed on the development of tech-startups. Previous to this, Ms. Racicot served in various operations management positions with a number of private companies. Ms. Racicot obtained her diploma in Business Administration with a focus in Marketing from the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology in 2005. George Colwell Director Alistair Maxwell Director Mr. Alistair Maxwell is a Director of Slyce Inc. Mr. Maxwell is currently the Chairman and CEO of Beacon Securities, and has been active in the financial services industry for over 20 years. Prior to his role at Beacon Securities, Mr. Maxwell was the founder, President and CEO of Clarus Securities. Mr. Maxwell currently serves on the Board of Directors of Ferrum Americas Mining Inc. and Stratton Resources Inc. Mr. Maxwell obtained his Masters of Business Administration degree from the Rotman School of Management. Mr. Travis Reid is a Director of Slyce Inc. Mr. Reid is the CEO of Screenvision Cinema Network, LLC, which provides advertising, marketing, and media solutions. Prior thereto, Mr. Reid was CEO for Digital Cinema Implementation Partners, LLC. Mr. Reid obtained a Bachelor degree from California State University, Hayward, School of Business and Economics. Travis Reid Director Kevin Taylor Director The Want Engine Mr. George Colwell is a Director of Slyce Inc. Mr. Colwell is currently SAP's Financial Services Industry Principal. Mr. Colwell is an award winning project executive focused on the transformation of technology and process of leading global financial institutions. In addition Mr. Colwell is the managing partner of The Creative Alliance, which focuses on the creation and packaging of television and film concepts. Prior thereto, Mr. Colwell was an executive consultant with Loki Consulting. Mr. Colwell currently serves as on the Board of Directors for STARCLUB Interactive Networks Ltd. Mr. Colwell obtained his Bachelor of Arts from St. Mary's University in 1994. PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL Mr. Kevin Taylor is a Director of Slyce Inc. Mr. Taylor is the founder, President and CEO of Prism Equity Group and TEReI International Limited and his firms provide financial consulting, merger, acquisition and representation services to companies in the telecommunications and renewable energy arena in the Americas. Prior thereto, Mr. Taylor held roles as the President of Facey Telecom, and before that, as VicePresident and General Manager for Nortel Networks Carrier business in the Caribbean and Latin America Region. Mr. Taylor continues to sit on the Advisory Board of several telecom start-ups. Mr. Taylor obtained his Bachelor of Engineering Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Western Ontario and later graduated from Harvard Business School's Management Program. EXPANDED BIOS < BOARD OF DIRECTORS < HOME
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