Widget Direct is an online marketplace that aims to disrupt the offline widget brokerage industry by connecting suppliers directly with purchasers. It offers an end-to-end delivery solution that is more convenient, cheaper and liquid than traditional options by cutting out middlemen. The company has achieved $1.2 million in annual run rate with 31% monthly growth and plans to raise $5 million in Series A funding to launch in new markets and reach a $10 million run rate within 18 months.
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Widget Direct
P r e p a r e d f o r R e d p o i n t F e b 2 0 1 5
2. 2? 2014 Redpoint Ventures.
Convenient
anticipatory widget marketplace with
end-to-end delivery
Cheap
cutting out widget middlemen
generates savings for both sides
Liquid
largest online market for fragmented
widget suppliers in launched markets
Widget Direct brings
widgets on demand
3. 3? 2014 Redpoint Ventures.
Expensive
Brokered
Slow
Manual
Fragmented
No National Brand
Buying widgets today is painful
6. 6? 2014 Redpoint Ventures.
Currently a XX B market growing YY% a year1
$WIDG- public widget listing based marketplace accounts for
only 5% of all transactions
$ZB TEV - $XB revenue – 10% take rate
Tens of thousands of offline suppliers2
top 20 account for <10% of all transactions
Widgets are a huge fragmented
market
1. Gartner
2. WIDG S1
10. 10? 2014 Redpoint Ventures.
Competition – only end-to-end
marketplace
Quality
Speed
Widget Direct
WidgGoogle
Manual Brokerage
11. 11? 2014 Redpoint Ventures.
Jane Doe – CEO 15 years widget industry experience
Martha Smith – CTO leading ads eng teams at Google
Mary Wu – COO lead ops for Tesla
6 Eng – 3 Business -
Team – Strong industry experience
married to technology
12. 12? 2014 Redpoint Ventures.
We’ve raised 2M seed from angels and great seed funds and hit
> 1M annual run rate
Raising 5M Series A to launch 3 markets and hit 10M run rate in 18
months
Financing