Business Overview. Tudou is a leading Internet video company in China. Xxxxx believes that the "Tudou" brand is one of the most recognized Internet brands in China. The Xxxxx.xxx website was the first UGC and video sharing site launched in China based on the Gartner Report. Tudou provides a robust online platform for Chinese Internet users to upload, watch and share videos via the Internet. By leveraging its recognizable brand and its position as a leading Internet video company in China, Xxxxx has established a large and highly engaged user community. Tudou's registered users increased from approximately 54.4 million as of December 31, 2009 to approximately 78.2 million as of December 31, 2010 and approximately 101.9 million as of December 31, 2011. Xxxxx's average number of new video clips uploaded daily increased from approximately 28,700 in 2009 to approximately 40,000 in 2010 and approximately 57,580 in 2011. In addition, the number of monthly unique visitors to Xxxxx.xxx increased from approximately 137 million in December 2009 to approximately 182 million in December 2010, and to approximately 227 million in December 2011, according to iResearch. In December 2011, the number of monthly video views nearly doubled to 5.2 billion from 2.6 billion in December 2010. Tudou provides an on-demand and interactive viewing experience where its users can find content they want to view, share content they create and connect with other users on its platform. Tudou offers a comprehensive selection of entertaining content including UGC, premium licensed content and content developed in-house. Tudou's extensive content library is designed to meet its users' diverse viewing needs, including entertainment, animation, finance and music. The volume and quality of Tudou's content, combined with its enjoyable user experience, have allowed Xxxxx to establish a large user base, consisting primarily of young, urban, affluent and educated viewers that are particularly attractive to advertisers. Tudou has focused on developing its online platform to provide what Xxxxx believes is the best user experience in the online video industry in China. Tudou has developed a user friendly and interactive interface that Xxxxx believes provides its users with a superior viewing experience. Tudou's website allows its users to watch, upload, rate, comment on and recommend videos, creating an engaging and interactive experience. In addition, Tudou has created rich community features to enhance its users' experi...
Business Overview. Provider shall provide i3 with exclusive access to a wide variety of customizable entertainment related content, data and transactional services aggregated by Provider from a variety of third party sources which may include Provider's own content (hereafter referred to collectively as "Content Providers").
Business Overview. Legion is a company that builds, grows and acquires operating business units in designated high growth industries. Legion was founded on the principles of direct to market capital formation under the new federal JOBS Act legislation recently passed by Congress. The JOBS Act and related rules, including the new crowdfunding rules, allow companies to raise capital through direct investor solicitation using the internet, social media and other direct to market means. We currently own and operate multiple operating subsidiaries, including Legion Funding, LLC, Legion Management Group, LLC, Legion Marketing, LLC and Hilton Institute of Business, LLC. Legion will deploy its vast experience in technology, direct marketing and data management to build one of the most prolific direct funding platforms in the industry, through which it will build and finance portfolio companies utilizing such means as Crowdfunding, Reg A+ (Mini-IPO) offerings and other similar means of accessing growth capital, driving business acceleration and ultimately creating liquidity for Legion and its shareholders.
Business Overview. Example Sandwich Co. is a new business offering premium sandwiches made with the best local bread, and finest local ingredients. We hope to build up a loyal following by providing only the freshest, most select premium ingredients, all grown locally. We will source all our ingredients from local providers, from corn fed free range chicken and beef hung for a minimum of 21 days, to locally baked ciabatta, baguettes and poppy knots and freshly grown local organic tomatoes and lettuce. We will prepare the ingredients on site, thereby ensuring our customers receive the freshest sandwiches possible. By focussing on particular local farmers, growers and bakers in store, we hope to personalise these local producers to give our sandwich experience a unique feel. We will also feature customers' own sandwich creations for other customers to try and rate. We have forecasted to achieve an annual net profit of £20,518 by the end of Year 1. Year 2 is forecast at £71,160, and Year 3 at £159,775. All from an initial planned investment of £15,000. We have currently invested £5,000, and are now looking for an additional investment of £10,000 to enable the business to start up.
Business Overview. Example Sandwich Co. is a new business offering premium sandwiches made with the best local bread, and finest local ingredients. We hope to build up a loyal following by providing only the freshest, most select premium ingredients, all grown locally. We will source all our ingredients from local providers, from corn-fed free range chicken and beef hung for a minimum of 21 days, to locally baked ciabatta, baguettes and poppy knots and freshly grown local organic tomatoes and lettuce. We will prepare the ingredients on site, thereby ensuring our customers receive the freshest sandwiches possible. By focusing on particular local farmers, growers and bakers in store, we hope to personalise these local producers to give our sandwich experience a unique feel. We will also feature customers' own sandwich creations for other customers to try and rate. We forecast an annual net profit of €20,518 by the end of Year 1. Year 2 is forecast at €71,160, and Year 3 at €159,775. All of this profit is from an initial planned investment of €15,000. We have currently invested €5,000, and are now looking for an additional investment of €10,000 to enable the business to start up.
Business Overview i3 Mobile shall develop solutions that will enable Client to wirelessly deliver to its customers a wide variety of customizable content, data and transactional services aggregated by i3 Mobile from a variety of third party sources which will include Client's own content (hereafter referred to collectively as "Content Providers").
Business Overview. Cibus® is a leading agricultural technology company that develops and licenses plant traits to seed companies for royalties. The company is a technology leader in developing plant traits (or specific genetic characteristics) using gene editing. Its primary business is using gene editing to develop Productivity Traits in the major agricultural crops: Canola, Rice, Soybean, Corn and Wheat. Productivity Traits are crop traits that improve crop yields and make farmers more productive, thereby driving greater farming profitability. They do this in several ways such as making plants resistant to diseases or pests, thereby reducing the use of chemicals like fungicides and insecticides, enabling plants to process nutrients more efficiently, thereby reducing the use of fertilizers, and making crops more adaptable to their environment and to climate change. In addition, Xxxxx is a leader in the development of sustainable low carbon ingredients to help major corporations meet their Net Carbon Zero climate goals. Cibus will also continue the legacy plant-based synthetic biology business of Calyxt in a more limited capacity, bringing together the technology platforms and facilities to drive trait development and plant breeding. Founded in 2001, Cibus has developed a proprietary core technology platform called the Rapid Trait Development System (RTDS®). RTDS is covered by over 400 patents or patents pending. RTDS is the underlying technology platform for Cibus’ Trait Machine™: the first standardized end-to-end semi-automated crop specific gene editing system that directly edits seed companies’ elite germplasm. It is a timebound, reproducible and predictable science-based breeding process. Xxxxx believes that RTDS and the Trait Machine represent the technological breakthrough in plant breeding that is the ultimate promise of plant gene editing: the ability to materially change the productivity of the breeding process that currently averages more than a decade. The Trait Machine materially changes not only the scale and speed of the breeding process, but it also exponentially changes the range of possible genetic solutions from breeding and with it, the capability to develop desired characteristics or traits needed for greater farming sustainability and food security. Cibus is currently completing construction of the first stand-alone production facility housing the Trait Machine (the Trait Machine Facility). When the Trait Machine Facility is completed, it is expected to...
Business Overview i3 Mobile shall provide Voicestream's wireless services customers' access to a wide variety of customizable content, advertising and transactional services aggregated by i3 Mobile from a variety of third party sources (hereafter referred to collectively as "Content Providers").
Business Overview. Propane Propane is a liquid gas that is a by-product of the petroleum refining process. A small portion of the propane CHS distributes is produced at one of its two refineries. The majority of propane sold by CHS is purchased from other producers. From a supply and pricing perspective, CHS’ propane business has two main market hubs —Conway, KS and Mont Belvieu, TX. The Xxxxxx market covers the West and Midwest area of the US while the Mont Belvieu market encompasses the Southern and Eastern portion of the US. US exports generally come out of the Mont Belvieu market given its access to the Gulf of Mexico. Major uses of propane are for residential heating, crop drying (corn and tobacco), irrigation, and poultry farms (chicken and turkey barns). A majority of propane sales are in rural areas where natural gas pipelines have not been constructed. Besides natural gas, another major energy alternative to propane is electric heat. By its very nature, propane is an odorless gas but its stench with a sour odor for safety reasons. Approximately 60% of the propane sold by CHS is done so on future contracts. These contracts may be fixed priced and thus present potential mark-to-market risk for CHS or they may be an indexed contract in which the price fluctuates with the market. Indexed contracts are generally for just a one-month period while fixed priced contracts are typically for a 12-month period. With its fixed priced contracts, CHS allows the customer the option to extend the contract for another 12- month period if they have not lifted the required gallons. The customer has to pay an extension fee for this option. In addition to propane, CHS also sells a small amount of other NGLs such as butane and propylene. Margins: Propane, may experience higher volumes and profitability during the winter heating and fall crop drying seasons. Types of Customers: • CHS Member Cooperatives • Independents • Regional/National/Global • Traders Collateral is generally used as a credit enhancement. Most common types of collateral are: • Standby Letter of Credit • Corporate and Personal Guarantee • Cash Collateral • Credit Insurance
Business Overview. The team behind VENUE doesn't plan on the product being a ripple in the nightlife industry, we plan on it being a tidal wave. The VENUE co-founding team has years of experience in executing successful outcomes for themselves and investors. The founder has 15+ years in the NYC nightlife industry, the product development advisor has developed over 70+ iOS apps, and our General Counsel has extensive legal experience in the M&A and start-up space. Combining this experience and passion along with today's ripe market conditions, VENUE is the recipe for a rewarding investment opportunity. We hope you share this excitement with us, as we disrupt the nightlife industry together. *We welcome your review of our videos and presentations for a deeper dive into the business case, product esthetic, management, and revenue model. #PilotYourNightlife . We are raising capital to support the financing needed to scale effectively, with the constant drive of providing our investors in accordance with this offering. Also, we believe that the Growth Fountain platform will provide VENUE with a valuable sea of brand ambassadors. These individuals will use and share VENUE with their peers, creating an exponential word of mouth validation for the product and an army of early adopters. This is a favorable user acquisition strategy that will help both grow the business and its revenue. . B usiness Plan Please refer to the copy of the Company’s business plan which is attached as Exhibit A hereto. VENUE is a mobile-based application that lets you book parties of all sizes – from a small gathering of friends to corporate events, in a few short clicks. As a direct sales portal, VENUE is unique in the way it connects users to venue partners. Where most sites and apps for the nightlife & restaurant industry push information like reviews, location and menu, VENUE, as a social compass, pulls the user directly to a nightlife venue that is tailored to their specific needs & wants. It connects them directly to the manager to confirm a booking within a matter of minutes. .
