BALLDESIGNER is an AI-Design configurator for sports balls.
With the use of software engineering and robot arms the company creates design for custom sports balls.
Current Status
Pre-Seed Status
Market
Sports shops: These are sport retail outlets that sell sports materials, accessories and souvenirs. They can purchase our products for sales in their outlets.
Fan shops: As its name suggests, these are retail outlets of sports outfits (clubs, teams) that specifically serve the fans. They can also purchase our products to create materials and souvenirs customised in the club/team’s logo, emblem, and flag for sales to fan.
Sports governing bodies: These institutions can procure our machines and products to make event-specific sports balls for use in the event or after-event sales.
Retail Outlets: Retail outlets like Walmart or Amazon, can procure our machines to make souvenirs for sales across their online and offline outlets.
Problem or Opportunity
Design software enabled with AI to create 2D/3D
printing.
Maximum personalization of designs for unique
customer experience.
Long-lasting prints of high quality.
Solution (product or service)
We envision this: A customer walks into a local shop to buy a personalised product as a gift or souvenir. He will meet the salesperson in the shop who will present him some selected products (different shapes like a can, bottle or box) to choose from and offer him the option to create his design – customised by patterns and texts.
And when the decision of the design is made, the robot will create the design LIVE with every detail specified - an exciting product at a highly cost-effective price.
The owner of the shop is guaranteed of a good ROI (Return-On-Investment) and
an eyecatcher for his shop with our "service based business model" of an creative robot.
Competitors
Heidelberg ‘Omnifire’: The Omnifire employs a similar technology as the BALLDESIGNER – 4D Inkjet technology and Robotics. But the downside of the product is that it sells for a whooping USD 350,000 which is unaffordable for many sports/fans shops and retail outlets.
Advantages or differentiators
> zhe first-to-market opportunity for our products.
> the high-performance capabilities of our products.
> our 13-year experience in the industry.
> the passion and commitment of the entire workforce.
> our lean approach to operations
> strategic and intensive marketing/PR activities.
Finance
Revenue streams:
a) Robot (incl. software): $1.65k 1-day renting fee
b) Sport Balls: $25 per piece on average
c) Design licenses: $2 per design for every 10k sport
balls
d) Revenue distribution: 80% on average is represented
by design licenses and customized sport balls during
first 2 years of operations
Business model
Sport technology market size is set to grow at a CAGR
of 20.6% between 2019 to 2024, from US$ 8.9Bn to
US$ 31.1Bn.
• Industrial robotics market size is set to grow from US$
48.7Bn in 2019 to US$ 75.6Bn by 2024, at a CAGR of
9.2%.
• Technological advancements and decreasing costs are
making industrial robots more affordable to SMEs
• Shortage of labour and increasing manufacturing
requirements is driving the need and acceptance for
automation.
Money will be spent on
The funds will be used for sales & marketing efforts as well as investment in human capital.
Offer for investor
The company is currently raising $500k in exchange for
shares in the company.
• The funds will be used for sales & marketing efforts as
well as investment in human capital.
• Current focus is in Europe; scale-up opportunities are
in Asia and US markets, as well as other sports out of
football.
• Presence at Sport Expos & Events pose a big
opportunity for in-situ sales.
Some popular sports brands can make and sell customized sports balls but they are not innovative enough to develop and sell design software and machines. We have the first-to-market advantage and not in a competitive struggle.
Incubation/Acceleration programs accomplishment
Newchip Accelerator Program November 2020, Austin/TX