2. Three Conferences, One Mission: Empower the European Digital Ecosystem
To provide a physical marketplace
that facilitates funding of
digital European companies
at all stages
Mission Mission Mission
Connecting
Capital with
Entrepreneurs
Connecting European
Champions
and Challengers
Connecting Israel’s Startups
with Large Corporates
and Investors
30-31 October 2018
Old Billingsgate, London
6-7 June 2018
Tempodrom, Berlin
13-14 March 2018
Haoman 17, Tel Aviv
To promote Israel - European
relationships and enable funding
To bring together future-shaping
executives and investors active
across segments driven
by digital revolution
3. 2
The revolution is here.
Blasting News is the first global, social news magazine.
A tech platform connecting top writers with engaged audiences.
Proprietary advanced tech platform.
• All the core processes are managed by technology: e.g., homepages are handled by a patent-pending
technology without human intervention.
• 40% of the team is IT/tech focused.
Curated
by professionals.
• News are produced by freelance
contributors (Blasters).
• Blasters are paid based on the
number of engaged readers.
• Every news is fact-checked
and curated by a quality team
of senior professionals.
Made by
the People.
• Top-quality news are
distributed by a global team
of 1,500 digital Influencers
(Social Blasters).
Distributed
by influencers.
4. 3
Unique proposition.
• Editorial freedom - but curated and fact-checked by seniors.
• All-round system - writers and video-makers have distributors, and vice versa.
• High commissioning - the top professional earns $20,000 per month.
Unique for the contributors and distributors.
• Distinctive tone of voice - made by the people, made for the people.
• Comprehensive and fresh content around specific topics – via the Channels.
• A place to discuss, not to get lectured – readers can interact with other people
through posts (social media platform).
Unique for the readers.
5. 4
6,0
26,0
46,0
66,0
86,0
106,0
Global Monthly Unique on-site Visitors, millions
Extraordinary growth (1/3).
Launched in mid-2013, Blasting News exceeded
100 Million monthly unique on-site visitors in 2017.
Source: Google Analytics, internal data, unless stated otherwise: (1) Alexa Ranking
2015
157° most
read website(1)
2,500 active
writers.
250M video
views / month.
200 channels
(communities).
KPI
25,000 news
/ month.
11,000 videos
/ month.
2017
100 million monthly unique visitors
6. 5
Extraordinary growth (2/3).
Source: Google Analytics, internal data, market data. https://www.cbinsights.com/blog/venture-capital-media-news/
Months it took to reach 100 million active monthly users
Blasting News has been growing faster than Facebook
and as fast as Snapchat in their respective start-up phases.
65
54
44
44
28
20 40 60
Twitter
Facebook
Snapchat
Blasting News
Instagram
7. 6
Extraordinary growth (3/3) – A Global Approach.
A Global Presence for a Global Coverage.
6 offices, 12 national editions – news in 8 languages, readers in 5 continents.
South
America: 60%
Hong Kong,
Since 10/2017
North
America: 10%
New York,
since 07/2016
APAC:
starting up
Europe:
30%
San Paulo,
since 09/2015
London
(HQ)
Source: Internal data
8. 7
Revenue Model.
Blasting News revenue model is based on three pillars
served with different brands.
Advertising.
Branded
content.
Tech
as a SaaS.
• Turn readers into Brand
ambassadors for the
advertisers.
• Video & Display advertising.
• Native ads.
• Provide the complete
technology to Brands that
want to become publishers.
9. 8
Key Financials and HR.
$10.0+M
(run rate)
$20.0MRevenues
2017 2018
$5.3M
2016
Source: Internal data
$1.6M
Break Even PositiveEBITDA $0.1M-$0.5M
2015
56 100FTE 3020End of the year
RoundFunds raised $3.5M
10. 9
Our next steps.
• Continue to invest in tech and
innovation:
• sustain Artificial
Intelligence projects to
support the whole value
chain.
• Open (more and more) the
platform to third-party content
and publishers as much as
Amazon did when it opened up
the doors of its platform to third-
party sites.
• People don’t want to be lectured by
content, people want to discuss it.
So, it is key to:
• give to people the tools for
discussion
• create communities around content.
Push for Tech
(Artificial Intelligence).
Be a curated platform. Put people first.
11. TO GET IN TOUCH: andrea.manfredi@blastingnews.com | +1 347 349 0855 | +39 335 8737411
Funding.
Clients.
Contributors.
12. Selected Completed NOAH Transactions
Focus on Leading European Internet companies
Covering over 400 companies across 25 online
verticals, a broad range of over 500 investors as
well as 100+ online-focused corporates
Deep understanding of industry dynamics
Ability to add value beyond banking advice
Facilitates overall process and minimizes
management distraction
NOAH Advisors is globally well connected
and has direct access to virtually all key
players in the industry
Knowledge of and strong relationships with
potential buyers’ key decision makers
Proactively finds and unlocks attractive
investment opportunities for leading investors
Annual NOAH Conference in its 8th year
Over 40 years of combined relevant M&A experience
Routine execution of M&A and financing transactions
with sizes of several billion euros
30 successfully completed NOAH Advisors transactions
underline successful transfer of M&A competencies to
the Internet sector
Entrepreneurial mind-set, focused on growing the
business and establishing a reputation for excellence
Ability to deliver top results in short time frames
Highly success-based compensation structures align
interests of clients and NOAH Advisors, and demonstrate
conviction to deliver top results
Creative deal solutions
December 2014
September 2014
October 2014
May 2014
Sale of 100% of
for $800m to
Exclusive Financial Advisor to
Fotolia and the Selling Shareholders
Sale of 100% of
for €80m to
Exclusive Financial Advisor to
Trovit and its Shareholders
Sale of controlling stake in
to
Exclusive Financial Advisor to
Facile.it and its Shareholders
sold 100% of
for $228m to a joint venture between
Exclusive Financial Advisor to Yad2
and its Shareholders
Unique Industry Know-How
Unmatched Network and Relationships
Strong Investment Banking Competence
Full Commitment - We Are Entrepreneurs!
EUROPE’S LEADING INTERNET
CORPORATE FINANCE BOUTIQUE
September 2016October 2016
December 2016
Financial Advisor to Oakley Capital
®
Marco Rodzynek
Managing Director & Founder
marco.rodzynek@noah-advisors.com
Jan Brandes
Managing Director
jan.brandes@noah-advisors.com
Justus Lumpe
Managing Director
justus.lumpe@noah-advisors.com
The NOAH Advisors Core Banking Team
Nikhil Parmar
Director
nikhil.parmar@noah-advisors.com
Acquisition of a Majority Stake in
by
from
at a valuation of €300m
Investment in
Exclusive Financial Advisor to KäuferPortal
and its Shareholders
by
84% Ownership
Financial Advisor to Silver Lake
Investment in
by
August 2017
Financial Advisor to EMK Capital
Acquisition of a Majority Stake in
by
at a valuation of $200m