Track Virus

In light of COVID-19 pandemic, Track Virus is a platform composed of an app and a set of web services designed to track and slow the spread of viruses by providing a real-time assessment of the likelihood of any individual being infected. Initial version already experienced bottom-up demand, and top-down support by United Hatzalah, and has been adopted by well-over 100,000 people. By leveraging all users’ locations and histories, and all available and derived epidemiological data, the platform determines the risk of any individual being infected and informs policymakers – in real-time.

Problem identified, and idea conceived, developed and launched: App developed and launched on iOS and Android. Adopted by ~200,000 people (in Israel) and experiencing ~50% daily active users (DAU). Adopted, endorsed, and distributed by United Hatzalah first responder organization in Israel. Helping/advising Israeli authorities and agencies dealing with the crisis. Company incorporated. Core IP created and will be filed as patent applications shortly. Next generation partnerships and customer deals in process.

- Economic impact of the pandemic is unprecedented (>$5T in US alone)
- Opportunity is global (yet some countries have “placed their bets”)
- Governments & businesses will pay to accelerate return to normal
- Key types of businesses:
○ Transportation
○ Hospitality
○ Venues
○ Employers
○ Healthcare providers

In light of the Coronavirus / COVID-19 pandemic, everybody wants to return to normal ASAP in a risk-managed approach. Additionally:
People: Are confused/anxious and have many concerns, and wish to stay healthy and prevent spread.
Governments (at all levels): Want to manage the crisis with info while caring for people/businesses.
Affected businesses (many sectors): Want to keep patrons safe & keep employees safe.

Composed of two key components:
A resident-facing App (iOS / Android) (branded or white labeled) to empower residents with:
- Personalized, up-to-date, trusted, info
- Contact tracing
- Encouraging self-reporting
- Risk scoring - for themselves and others
- While preserving privacy.

Back-end with dashboards and tools for governments and businesses:

Government-facing dashboards:
- Manage crisis: Identify gatherings of people in real time, identify hotspots of contagion, generate detailed epidemiological traces, monitor adherence to social distancing policies.
- Manage risk of return to normality.
- Accelerate recovery.

Business-facing tools:
- Manage risk (employee/patron)
- QR code scanning at entrances to venues/place of business/transportation
- Accelerate recovery

All in a privacy-preserving manner.

Competitive landscape:
● Open source initiatives: Fail to encourage effective participation
● Local initiatives: Fail to benefit from global learnings
● Apple / Google partnership: Great initiative! We will leverage their API and add value to all stakeholders on top (user, government, business) + encourage self-reporting

Differentiation:
● Personalized, up-to-date, trusted, content for each stakeholder
● Powered by the wisdom of the crowds (traces + self reporting)
● Dashboard for governments (evolving to their needs)
● Tools for businesses (to reopen faster in risk-managed way)
● Possess unique data with clear network effects (NFX)

Track Virus will apply for patents for various embodied inventions

Currently self-funded by seasoned serial entrepreneurs.
Our projections indicate a TAM of >$1B serviceable immediately.
See business model for discrete sale metrics.

● Consumer-facing app:
○ Branded Track Virus: Free
○ Branded / white labeled: $50,000
● One time:
○ $50,000 - $1,000,000 (customer / scale-dependent)
● Recurring:
○ $5,000 - $500,000 / month (scale/volume dependent)

Marketing and sales - to deploy ASAP with customers + R&D - to develop next generations of the platform.

We're open to hearing what investors have in mind in terms of valuation.

Time is of the essence: In this case, in light of the pandemic, one cannot overstate the breakneck pace of decision making and evolution of the buying and competitive landscape. Therefore, any misstep in execution and lack of focus are a risk. Furthermore, ability to scale and serve the global demand will invariably leave room for competitors to get traction. So this will remain a competitive market for a while.
It is important to understand, however, that this is not a winner-takes-all market - and therefore, many players could thrive with solutions in different geographies, primarily.

None - the company was founded in March 2020 (and product launched 3 days into the month) bootstrapped and owner-funded.

Not yet :)

Several patentable inventions are in the process of preparation for filing.