1. Tapgo is a startup founded in 2012 based in Taipei, Taiwan that focuses on integrating online and offline services in marketing and commerce through proprietary interaction technologies like Magic Code and a mobile app.
2. Magic Code uses digital watermarking to hide interactive content in images, accessible through Tapgo's app, providing a more aesthetically pleasing alternative to QR codes.
3. Tapgo's platform and app allows advertisers to easily create interactive campaigns linking offline users to online content and e-commerce through technologies like Magic Code, QR codes, sound recognition, and image recognition.
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About Tapgo
? Founded in April, 2012
? Based in Taipei, Taiwan
? Focused on the Integration of Online and Offline
Services in Marketing and Commerce
? Employees: 6
? Capital: USD $67,000
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Vision & Mission
? Vision
¨C Providing intuitive interaction technology for
people to obtain the information they need
anytime, anywhere
? Mission
¨C Eliminating the barrier between online and offline
media
¨C Bridging diverse media through appropriate
technologies
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CEO - Michael Wu
? Master of EE, NTU, Major in Cryptography
? Worked at: Chunghwa Telecom, Realtek, 3COM,
MediaTek, Getac and HTC
? Over 10 years of experience in System Architecture
Design and Integration
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Co-Founders
? Chi-sheng Jan
? MSc in Mathematics, Northwestern University
? Experienced in Business Analysis and Statistics
? Worked at: Business Intelligence Manager at TutorABC
? Tai Yuen Chen
? Founder of 172168.com Ò»ÆðºÈï‹ÁÏ°É
Internet Beverage Ordering Platform
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84% of users have
performed a mobile search
after seeing an ad
Source : Google, Our Mobile Planet 2012
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What If they don¡¯t have to
search at all ¨C why can¡¯t we
deliver what customers want,
when they want it ?
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Magic Code
? Magic Code is Tapgo¡¯s proprietary interaction technology
? Based on digital watermarking techniques, it hides information in a picture,
undetectable to human eyes
? This information can be accessed by a smartphone camera with our app
QR Codes provide
interactive content ¨C
At the cost of being
totally ugly
Magic Code is
completely
invisible¡
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What Is Magic Code
¡while providing the same rich interactive experience
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What Is Magic Code
? Tapgo¡¯s app provides scanning and decoding
for the technologies we provide
? After scanning a Magic Code, QR Code, or
receiving a sound recognition signal, we offer
a full set of interaction modules that
advertisers can easily choose from.
Still, the Tapgo App is
only half the story¡
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Magic Code QR Code Sound Recognition
Advertisers, Media Owners
End Users
Interactive Marketing Platform
Image Recognition
Digital Content, Electronic
Commerce
Tapgo¡¯s end-to-end solution, which
we call ¡°Tapgo Interactive
Marketing Platform¡±, provides the
tools that allow advertisers and
marketers to link offline users to
online content and EC portals.
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Service & Product
? Interaction Technology Solution Provider
¨C QR Code
¨C Magic Code
¨C Sound (high frequency) Recognition
¨C Image Recognition
? Tapgo Interactive Marketing Platform
¨C End to end campaign management and design
¨C Modularized interactive content
? Tapgo Scanner App
¨C Incentive for users to scan content
¨C Social Sharing
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System Architecture - Client
? Production of Interactive Content
Tapgo Interactive Marketing Platform
Generate Interaction Plan
Generate QR Code
Embed Watermark on
Interactive LocationDefine Interactive Plan
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Competitors and Advantages
? Competitors: Layar, Moodstocks, Sonic Notify¡and other
interaction technology solutions
? What sets Tapgo apart
¨C We are not focused on one single technology: we believe advertisers
should use whatever technology fits their current campaign
¨C We provide a complete set of interactions following user scanning:
from a simple redirect to rich mobile landing pages
¨C Our platform makes deployment of these technologies fast and easy,
no matter which interactive method the client uses
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Business Model - 1
? Integration with advertising and marketing
agencies
¨C Use of Tapgo branded app with scanning and
decoding capability
¨C Setup scanning actions and payoffs, linking to
existing digital content or Tapgo¡¯s solution
¨C Embed watermarks as requested by the campaign
strategy
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Business Model - 2
? Integration with publishers
¨C Integrate scanning capability into publisher¡¯s
existing mobile app
¨C Setup scanning action and payoffs, linking to
publisher¡¯s digital content and e-commerce service
¨C Embed watermarks as requested by publisher
campaign
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Strategy
? Short-term
¨C Establish relationship with advertising, marketing
agencies, and their sub-contractors
¨C Deployment of Tapgo branded app with scanner
and decoder
¨C Offer full campaign planning and execution using
Tapgo branded app
¨C Preloading of Tapgo branded app on new
smartphones
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Strategy
? Mid-term
¨C Engage large media and publishing groups in
Taiwan; integrate magic code and other interaction
technology in their publications
¨C Deploy watermarks and other interaction methods
en masse to establish market acceptance
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Strategy
? Long-term
¨C Transition from a primarily technology provider to
a marketing/advertising company with expertise in
interactive technology