The Want Engine

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The Want Engine
The financial information included in this presentation is
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ABOUT
SLYCE THE WANT ENGINE
Complete Product Solution
- Enable purchase at the moment of inspiration.
- Mobile app/web and desktop solutions
- Built for brands, retailers and publishers
- Social solutions to identify products within
anyone’s photos.
$28MM+ total funding
- Latest round of $12 million
- Slyce is publicly listed on the TSXV as SLC.V
with a market cap of $100 million+
Strong Adoption
- Currently working with six of the top 20
retailers in the world. (in active POC or trial.)
- Slyce has been featured in:
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ACQUISITION
POUNCE
The Want Engine
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September 16, 2014: Slyce acquired Pounce for
USD $5 Million.
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Pounce users snap images of 3D and 2D
objects
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Pounce supports matches from 7 US big box
retailers: Walmart, Best Buy, Target, Macy's
etc
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Provides customers with in-store and mobile
single swipe payment solution
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Slyce gains B2C app one year ahead of
schedule and object recognition solutions two
years in development
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PRODUCT
OVERVIEW
Snap-To-Buy
The Want Engine
Tag and Display
(Social)
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Physical
Advertising
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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:
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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
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PRODUCT
PHYSICAL ADVERTISING
ANY BRAND
Snap a photo
of WHAT YOU WANT
to shop now.
Ray Ban Women’s Sunglasses
$249.00
BUY NOW
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE:
Activating any physical advertisement
(i.e. print or billboards) via native app
or mobile web.
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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
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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
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MATCH FOUND
own brand of defiance.
3.
1.
The Want Engine
Our SDK integrates with the camera
fucntion within your Mobile App. Simple,
unobstrusive code.
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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.
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BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
Neiman Marcus
Slyce announced a contract with Neiman Marcus on October 28, 2014
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BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
SIGNED CUSTOMERS
Slyce also has announced
contracts with:
Slyce is also in discussion with
100’s of other business partners
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REVENUE MODEL
B2B
Licensing Model (SAAS)
Integration & Maintenance
B2C
Per Picture Fee
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Affiliate Fees
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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
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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
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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)
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS EXPANDED BIOS
Dale Johnson
Executive Chairman
of the Board and
Director
Mark Elfenbein
President
and Director
Erika Racicot
COO and Director
Dale has operated his own consulting business since 2007.
Prior thereto, he was the Executive Vice President and
President (Asia) for Optimal Payments Plc (formerly Neovia
Plc). Dale served as Chairman of Optimal Payments Plc from
2007 through 2013 and is currently a director of Vogogo Inc.,
Urthecast Corporation, and CanElson Drilling Inc. Mr.
Johnson obtained his Masters of Applied Science from the
University of British Columbia in 1968 and a Management
Diploma from the University of Calgary in 1991.
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 an 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 is the Chief Operations Officer for Slyce Inc. Ms.
Racicot is also the President of Business Instincts Group, a
venture creation firm focused on the development of techstartups. Previous to this, she served in various operations
management positions with a number of private
companies. Erika 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
Alistair 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, Alister was the founder, President and
CEO of Clarus Securities. He currently serves on the Board of Directors
of Ferrum Americas Mining Inc. and Stratton Resources Inc. Alister
obtained his Masters of Business Administration degree from the
Rotman School of Management.
Travis is the CEO of Screenvision Cinema Network, LLC, which
provides advertising, marketing, and media solutions. Prior
thereto, he was CEO for Digital Cinema Implementation Partners,
LLC. Travis obtained a Bachelor degree from California State
University Hayward School of Business and Economics.
Travis Reid
Director
Kevin Taylor
Director
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George is currently SAP's Financial Services Industry Principal. He is an
award-winning project executive focused on the transformation of
technology and process of leading global financial institutions. In
addition, George is the managing partner of The Creative Alliance, which
focuses on the creation and packaging of television and film concepts.
Prior thereto, he was an executive consultant with Loki Consulting.
George currently serves on the Board of Directors for STARCLUB
Interactive Networks Ltd. He obtained his Bachelor of Arts from St.
Mary's University in 1994.
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Kevin is the founder, President and CEO of Prism Equity Group and TEReI
International Limited. His firms provide financial consulting, merger,
acquisition and representation services to companies in the
telecommunications and renewable energy arena in the Americas. Prior
thereto, Kevin held roles as the President of Facey Telecom, and before
that, as Vice-President and General Manager for Nortel Networks carrier
business in the Caribbean and Latin America region. He continues to sit
on the advisory boards of several telecom start-ups. Kevin 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.
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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/
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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 throughout her career. Her passion began while working for a national retail chain
where she developed a keen 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 within the Starwood brand and Traveler’s Choice
Award for highest guest opinion ranking. Erika coordinated operations and logistics at 1-800-Got-Junk? during its explosive growth, a time that
solidified the company 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, especially in operations, product development, and marketing. Erika was involved in the initial management of Urthecast, a
company that is putting a HD video cameras on the International Space Station to 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 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 Drivetrain a, mobile-development agency.
Dan Grigsby
Chief Technical Officer
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MANAGEMENT & CONSULTING TEAM EXPANDED BIOS
Avital is a seasoned entrepreneur with broad knowledge of consumer applications, social web and e-commerce. He has a strong product orientation
with a deep technological background.
Prior to joining Slyce Avital was the Founder of Pounce, a 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 general manager of a 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.
Khurram has been the Chief Financial Officer of Slyce since November 1, 2013 and 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 (1990s), to UrtheCast, which
provides high resolution video of earth from space, streamed directly to the internet.
Cameron Chell
Co-Founder
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