A Social Extension of
! Who really needs *yet another* social network?
! ROOV was amongst the 1st wave of sites to integrate with Facebook.
! Leverages Facebook’s “social graph.”
! Activity on ROOV is virally distributed via Facebook.
Market Opportunity
Largest Religious Group in the world
Christianity in the United States: 150 million people
ROOV’s core demographic [18-30] = 75 million Christians
Pre-existing community of people
There has yet to be a tool that effectively connects churches
Competition
Competition
GodTube
MyChurch
MyPraise
Beta
Beta
Management Team
Chris Capehart, CEO & Co-founder
! Spends time with key pastors and social influencers
! Directs marketing initiatives
Viral Campaigns
! Creative videos
! Strategic blogger campaign
Advisory Board
Brad Abare Director of Communications for The Foursquare Denomination (+6 million members)
Mike Foster Founded Ethur (launched 3 non-profits: Deadly Viper, Junky Car Club & XXXchurch)
Terry Storch Digital Pastor at Lifechurch.tv (mega church). Founded Fellowship One (church CMS).
3 Revenue Components
1. Church Services
! Congregational Analytics & Communication for church staff
2. Job Postings
! Targeted job postings towards people of faith
3. Niche Advertising
! Niche advertisements based on ROOVs and/or faith sub-culture
! Site wide sponsorship campaigns for large faith brands and non-profits
Revenue - Church Services
Revenue
! Sold via monthly package
! Job listings targeted by work, educational, ROOVs and geographical info
! Example:
! 15 ROOVs match job content
! 30 companies post a job in each per month
! Revenue of $50 per post
! 15 ROOVs x 30 companies x $50 = $22,500 per month
Revenue - Niche Advertising
Revenue
! Site wide Sponsorship Campaign: $15,000 a month
! Targeted Advertisements for Premium Ad Space
! Example:
! 1,000,000 registered users
! 5 premium page views per visit
! $3.00 CPM
! Equals ~$110,000 per month
Company History
Historical Timeline
! Mar ’07: company founded
! Mar ’08: beta extension to Springfield & Tulsa
! May ’08: further beta extension to 50 cities
! 1,700 registered users
! Jul ’08: ROOV national beta
! Dec ’08: Evaluation of Concept and Technology
! ~7,000 registered beta users
Potential Exit Strategies
Dividends
! Industry: threadless.com - annual revenue of $30 million
! ROOV ROI: cumulative 5 year EBITDA of $26.5 million (pro forma)
Acquisition
! Industry: MySpace sold for $580 million to News Corp
! Industry: Bebo sold for $850 million to AOL
! Industry: BeliefNet sold to News Corp (undisclosed amount)
! ROOV ROI: with 5 million users, ~$200 million valuation (pro forma)
Strategic Partnership
! Industry: MySpace & Google deal for $900 million
! Industry: Facebook & Microsoft deal for $240 million
Capital Campaign
Angel Funding
! Angel Capital of $500k ($200k by founders)
! $3.5 million valuation
! Preferred Stock
Bridge Financing
! Target Amount: $2.5 million
Use of Funds
! Build Phase 2 of ROOV.com
! Developers (4 back-end 1 front-end)
! Designers (2)
! Marketing Initiatives
! Debt Financing Repayment ($60k)
! Founders
Past // Future
ROOV.com Beta
! Gained influence in Christian Market
! Access to initial user base (~7000 influential users)
! Strategic Relationships
! Churches (Gateway 15k members, LifeChurch.tv 14k, etc)
! Organizations (Catalyst 12k person event, Church Center for
Communications, Oral Roberts University, etc.)
! Influential Bloggers
! Validated the need for the concept
! People and Leaders continue to voice a desire for tool to help build
community in their churches
! Provided direction for how user’s want to use the app.
Past // Future
ROOV.com Re-engineered
! Gatherings
! Facilitating real-life gatherings as the core function of the application
! Decentralized Gathering planning process (real-life gatherings spawned
by multiple people instead of individuals)
! Further Integration
! Facebook (status updates will be included in this integration)
! Twitter will be used to pre-populate conversations around topics of
interest.
! iphone- Real-time gatherings can be created off the backs of church
services. Proximity based technology could be the key to enhancing what
churches do...Gather people.
! Content Aggregation vs. Content Creation (leverage API’s)
Use of Funds & Timeline
BREAK EVEN
Est. User Base - 1,000,000
Pre-Launch Markting
Cash Flow Positive: $14.7k
Initial User Base
Cumulative Break Even: ($1.2 million)
Strategic partnerships
Est. User Base - 450,000
Church Services Rev: $37,500
Job Postings Rev: $18,750
Advertising Rev: $53,056
Est. User Base - 20,000