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memlinq
memlinq investment opportunity
You can make history.
Digitised Heritage & Big Historical Data Knowledge Networks & Linked Open Data Application Services & Productivity Collaboration & Social Media
memlinq Memlinq, 2017. This presentation contains projections. Specifics are subject to change
Why invest in Memlinq?
Make history…
Pioneering the first universal collective knowledge network… Pulling together all digitised heritage objects and data into an open application platform for learning, productivity, and collaboration.
Think big…
Transforming social media into active communities that foster participation between heritage institutions, researchers, educators, students, and enthusiasts.
Focus on profitability…
Application services that deliver unique value to professionals, leveraging digitised heritage for a sustainable business model with impact for society and business.
introduction
memlinq Memlinq, 2017. This presentation contains projections. Specifics are subject to change
What the Memlinq platform does…
Online access to digitized heritage
Trillions of data/objects from libraries, archives, museums, research
Networking of data and objects
Interconnecting data and objects into permanent relationships
Application services for researchers and organisations
Productivity for research, personal libraries, publishing, promotion
Social media functionality
Communication, collaboration, sharing through groups, projects, pages
Integration with 3rd party applications
Heritage marketing, tourism, entertainment, brand affinity, government…
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memlinq Memlinq, 2017. This presentation contains projections. Specifics are subject to change
Memlinq serves concrete needs…
Creating tangible impact for digitised heritage
In Europe alone, an estimated €100 billion will be spent on the digitisation efforts of heritage institutions. This investment has to demonstrate concrete results for society and business.
Transforming “big historical data” into new knowledge
Hundreds of millions of digitised objects hold trillions of datapoints. Tools are needed to bring these vast quantities of disparate data together and transform them into new knowledge.
Making heritage relevant to society as a whole
Digitised heritage must reach beyond the traditional ‘consumers’ of culture or knowledge, and expand its reach to the whole of society and business by making it relevant to all citizens.
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memlinq Memlinq, 2017. This presentation contains projections. Specifics are subject to change
How does Memlinq function?
1. Information gateway
Free access and re-use of objects data from heritage institutions and open research databases
2. Connective workflow
Data can be extracted and connected to create and curate permanent causal relationships between data
3. Productivity workbench
Users exploit productivity tools to leverage linked data for personal libraries, open collaboration, publishing, story-telling…
4. Social collaborative media
Integrated communication and social participation around open data and objects
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memlinq Memlinq, 2017. This presentation contains projections. Specifics are subject to change
Sustainable business model
Short/medium term : Application services
Mixed user model
• Subscription-based applications for professional users
• Free access and tools for internet users
Subscription-based applications…
• Services for Heritage (libraries, archives, museums…) Virtual collections/exhibitions, story-telling, social communities, crowdsourcing, event promotion…
• Services for Research (scholars, educators, media…) Personal libraries, collaboration, publishing…
Medium/long term : Alternative revenue streams
memlinq investment opportunity 4/10
memlinq Memlinq, 2017. This presentation contains projections. Specifics are subject to change
Market size and marketing
Initial addressable market : £56 million per year
Estimate based on target of 165,000 professional users worldwide
Competition : none
Revenue objective : £2.8 million in year 3
5% of addressable market
Break-even point for serving initial addressable market adequately
Marketing approach
Close cooperation with heritage institutions and research organisations
Thematic pilot projects, highlighting the power of the Memlinq concept
Leveraging special interest groups on social media
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memlinq Memlinq, 2017. This presentation contains projections. Specifics are subject to change
Development focus : innovation & integration
Infrastructure & data technology
Massive infrastructure, application, data scalability Big Data search, discovery, matching, linked data graphing Artificial Intelligence, semantic analysis
Productivity applications & social media
Information enrichment, annotation, linking Research and publishing tools, automated citation… Social media and collaboration
User-centric technology
Location awareness, object recognition… Content awareness, matching Rich interfaces (text, video, images, sound)
memlinq investment opportunity 6/10
memlinq Memlinq, 2017. This presentation contains projections. Specifics are subject to change
Structure and team
Founders
George Homs
• Masters in Political Science, elected councillor to Europeana
• 30 years business development in international technology and startups
Richard Nicholson
• PhD in Astrophysics, treasurer to the OSGi Alliance
• 30 years infrastructure technology development in banking and startups
Operation
Business development based in Amsterdam (NL) and Cannes (F)
Technology development based in London (UK)
Flexible global team of consultants and technical experts
• Partnerships with institutions and development of pilot projects
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George Homs Richard Nicholson
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memlinq Memlinq, 2017. This presentation contains projections. Specifics are subject to change
Planning
Pre-launch phase – Concepts, feasibility, validation (done)
Phase 2 – Set-up
Months 1-6 – 1st external financing round – Core architecture, planning, first deliverables…
Next phases…
Months 7-15 – 2nd Financing round – Application development, execution of pilots…
Months 16-24 – 3rd Financing round – Release of subscription services, release of pilots…
Months 25-36 – 4th Financing round – Release of advanced services, global pilots… – New applications, alternative revenue streams
memlinq investment opportunity 8/10
memlinq Memlinq, 2017. This presentation contains projections. Specifics are subject to change
Investment projections
Plan and objectives
Three-year business plan (2017-19), requiring £3.5 million investment
Focus on organic growth, profitability, independence
Projected exit strategy for investors : IPO
Financing through…
External investors from angel and venture-capital community
• In phase 2: open to propositions from ‘business angels’
• Opportunities for Venture Capital firms in next phases
Crowdfunding through (future) users
• In phase 2: £50,000 for 10% stake in Memlinq
• New opportunities in next phases
Organic growth through revenue (from year 3)
memlinq investment opportunity 9/10
memlinq Memlinq, 2017. This presentation contains projections. Specifics are subject to change
Investment outcomes in phase 2 (2017)
Incorporation of Memlinq Global Ltd, in London
6 months expenditure (operational and development)
Delivery of first user interfaces
Pre-registration of institutions and users
Formalisation of first pilot projects
Formalisation of partnerships with selected institutions
Tuning of the 3-year business plan with stakeholders
Completion of the technology and application roadmap
Active communication through traditional and social media
memlinq investment opportunity 10/10
