CrowdRound aims to connect startups, investors, and mentors through its software platform and services. It currently operates APStartup in Hong Kong and China, which collates Asian startup funding deals. CrowdRound wants to develop offshore crowdfunding capabilities and license its private label software to different startup communities. It is raising $200,000 through a seed round to expand its team and operations in Belize to develop these crowdfunding capabilities. CrowdRound believes this will help startups crowdfund and connect investors with global investment opportunities.
2. Startup
Ecosystem
Entrepreneurs
Investors
Mentors &
Advisors
Service
Providers
Advice and
Mentorship, network
introductions
We currently have APStartup, a
portal based in HK, China that
collates Asian startup funding deals
We aim to rollout a similar
software platform on private label
to connect major players within
the different local communities of
the Startup Ecosystem
We are developing crowdfunding
capabilities with offshore model
and onshore models, where
selected projects can be migrated
for crowdfunding.
Mission and Objectives
HOW IT WORKS
3. Individuals Startups Groups
Our technology developed so far
Entrepreneurs, Investors,
Mentors and & Advisors,
Service Providers
Any type of business,
company or organization
Private Groups, clubs and
associations, local angel
groups, VC firms
4. Serial Entrepreneur
TIE Mentor
TEN member
Cocoonian
Startups
E-Finet.com (8317.hk)
Fortitude Securities
New Media Research
Career
Thomson Financial
SBC Warburg
Offshore Banking
Family Office mgmt.
About the Founder
download Tony Cha’scareer bio
5. What we need
• WHAT WE NEED
• We need to raise seed round
of USD200,000
Setup our offshore
crowdfuningoperations in
Belize
Recruit a team of marketing
people
Recruit a full time team of
developers to enhance our
technology
• WHAT WE OFFER
Pre-money valuation of
USD1.0m
Tranches of USD50,000 for
5% equity
Seeking 2 seed angel -
strategic investors.
CrowdRound our own
investment, 10% for 100K
• WHAT IS THE POTENTIAL
Anticipated 2nd round funding
of USD2-3m at valuations of
USD5-8m within 18 months.
6. Use of Funds
• Operating Capital
Setup our offshore crowd
funding operations in Belize
Recruit a team of marketing
people
Recruit a full time team of
developers to enhance our
technology
• Deposit for Belize
Securities Trading License
USD100,00 deposit in Belize
Bank
License issued by Belize
Financial Intl. Financial
Services Commission
(regulator)
Allows us to handle
securities and funds on be-
half of clients
Further info here
7. Our Own CrowdRound
• Company
APCrowdRound Capital is a
Belize IBC company beneficially
owned by founder Tony Chan
Director is Carlo Mason, a
qualified attorney based in
Belize
Authorized shared capital of
100,000 shares
Currently issued shares is 1
share to See Profit Ltd
See Profit Ltd, a BVI is
beneficially owned by founder
• Terms
Issue of 100,000 class A
shares in a SPV
SPV is seeking max 50
crowdfund investors.
USD1 per share.
Minimum share tranche is
5000 shares – USD5,000
8. Our Objectives
Private Label software for startup communities Apps for Startups
DealFlow for Investors Crowdfunding for Companies
9. APStartup.com
Create, Build, Promote and Fund
WE ARE CURRENTLY…
• A social network
platform for
Entrepreneurs
• Apps For Startups
• DealFlow for
Investors
10. Our Products
Crowdfunding capabilities PRIVATE PORTAL SOFTWARE
Developing offshore crowdfunding capabilities
to enable any early stage company to
crowdfund.
We license our software to customers (investors,
startup clubs, associations)
www.tiprojects.hkwww.tenprojects.hk
11. Our positioning
• Rewards based Portals
– many in the market
• Lending based Portals
– Many in the market
equity based
crowdfunding
Lending based
crowdfunding
software
platforms for
collating projects
rewards based
crowdfunding
Degreeofdifficulty
Degree of competition in market
The market
for APStartup
• Equity Based portals
– NONE
• Collating projects software
– Few players in market
12. Tony is founder and CEO
of APStartup based in Hk
and China. He has
worked for 10 years
within the finance and IT
industry. He is a serial
entrepreneur with 2
successful startups in the
finance and IT space.
Tony is also a TIE mentor
and has an MBA from
Strathclyde University i
Bharat is the project
manager for
APStartup platform
development and
business development
in India. He is an
expert in web based
technologies for 5
years. He has an MBA
from Gujarat
University
Iain Reed is an ex-
investment banker
and successful
entrepreneur in
financial software.
He is president of TIE
HK Chapter and a
graduate of
Cambridge
University
Management Team
Tony Chan
CEO
Bharat Koryia
CTO
Iain Reed
Advisor
13. The Crowd Round
The Crowd Round is an early
round of funding taken by
means of international
crowdfunding
We take up to 10% of any
startup’s shares and transfer
them into an offshore SPV
holding company for
international crowdfunding.
We sell shares in the Belize
company to crowdfunding
investors , upto 50 investors
are allowed
CrowdRound.bz
website in development, est launch early Oct
14. Why offshore
• Hedge funds use offshore
Resolves the complex
regulatory rules of different
jurisdictions
Tax efficient
Cost efficient
High scalability
• Regulation
Lighter regulation on
marketing and compliance
Increase benefit of
• Why Belize
Recognized offshore
jurisdiction for companies
and funds
Former UK territory with
common law
• Partners on Belize
Belize Bank
Belize Lawyers
Belize licensed service
providers
15. Crowd Round - How it works
Belize SPV owns
10% of target co
investor1 Investor 2 Investor 3 Investor 4
Target company
seeking
fundraising
Investors buys shares
directly in the SPV
Target co issues 10-
20% of shares to SPV
for crowd round
Shares Registrar, share issued
Articles, Certificate of Incorporation
Shareholders agreement of SPV
Belize Protected Cell company
16. Belize Securities Trading Licence
Regulation
• Regulated by Belize International Financial
Services Commission
• The License shall at all times comply with
the provisions of the Act, the Amended
Act and the Regulations made there
under, as amended from time to time, as
well as the IFS Practitioners (Code of
Conduct) Regulations, 2001, as amended
from time to time
• The Licensee is required to fully
disclose to customers the charges for
services performed by registered firms
in connection with securities
transactions and shall not be
discriminatory between customers.
List of approved Services
• Money brokering.
• Money lending and pawning.
• Money exchange.
• Safe custody services.
• Accounting services
• Brokerage, consultancy or advisory.
Formation or management of
international business companies
or other offshore entities.
• asset protection and management.
• International collective investment
schemes (such as mutual funds,
unit trusts, etc).
• Money transmission services
• Payment processing services
17. Summary of CrowdRound
• Benefits to Company
Cost effective way to pursue
Crowdfunding
Less compliance issues with
developing onshore regulations
Raise a global profile and not just
investors in your own backyard
Benefits to Investors
Can look at truly global projects
Can build a portfolio of
investments
Convenience and anonymity of
investing offshore
• Benefits of CrowdRound
Faster process than doing
Angel rounds
Good way of building enough
investorbase for an IPO
Building a userbase for your
products also
Efficient and high impact way
of fund-raising
Allows accesss to world-class
startups and early stage
businesses
19. Forecasts
• Income is based on
Deals income and
Apps subscription
income
• Apps income is more
secure and reliable
than deal income
•Deal income has
higher risks of closure
• Low cost (mostly
online) business
-100,000
-50,000
-
50,000
100,000
150,000
200,000
12
Q1
12
Q2
12
Q3
12
Q3
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8
Incom
e
USD Y1 Actual Y2 Y3 Y4
Apps income - 43,221 230,149 575,371
Deal income - 137,500 355,000 887,500
Income - 180,721 585,149 1,462,871
total salaries -46,500 -175,500 -210,000 -525,000
Other costs -18,000 -49,950 -102,000 150,000
total costs -64,500 -225,450 -312,000 -375,000
Net profit -64,500 -44,730 273,149 1,087,871
20. Deal Brokerage
(revenue forecast)
• Deal brokerage will be
done via crowdround.bz
• Expect to close 2-3 deals
per Quarter
• Expected commission
rate is 5% on funds
raised.
• Each deal needs careful
due diligence and
selection for
crowdfunding.
• No of deals to accelerate
as experience and
credibility is gained. 0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
0
20000
40000
60000
80000
100000
120000
5% Q1 Q3 Q5 Q7
Expected
No of…
21. Risks and pivots
Risk Factors Pivots
IT issues (as we choose to
outsource our IT instead of
develop in-house)
Went through this is Y1, bad IT meant poor
implementation. Had to completely re-write the
system and re-launch in y2
Security hacks Because we are using open source software we need
to be vigilant of security holes
Deal Quality of startups Only 30% of startups meet investment quality. We use
the platform as a dealflow system to filter out good
deals
Risk of deal closing Deal closing is a low probability business. We mitigate
this by focusing on quality deals and also a wider
investor network attracted onto the platform
Risk of deal circumvention This is not easy to protect as deals are not exclusive.
We protect only the leads we introduce to investors.
All deals we take on has a non-circumvention and
finders fee agreement signed. We use legal escrow for
completion of transactions.
22. Competition analysis
equity based
crowdfunding
Lending based crowdfunding
Degreeofdifficulty
Degree of competition in market
APSTARTUP AND
CROWD-ROUND
software platforms for collating projects rewards based crowdfunding
Note - We have only added dominant players in each category for reference only
25. Thank You !
AP CrowdRound Capital Ltd
Registered address :
Hutson Street & Marine Parade Boulevard,
Belize City, Belize
Tel +825 2570 1161
Fax +825 3020 1086
tonyc@apstartup.cm