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From:
Nicole Junkermann Junkermanngroup <
Sent:
Wednesday, October 18, 2017 11:22 PM
To:
Ehud Barak WORLD (
)
Cc:
Jeffrey E.
Subject:
Reporty
Dear Ehud
>
I hope this finds you well.&nbs=; It was so nice that you both could join Ferdinando and I for dinner in L=ndon the week
before last. I hope you enjoyed it.
My apologies for my late reply,=l was planning to make some introductions for your trip however I th=nk these will now
probably have to wait for your next trip.
I had in mind introducing you t= Len Blavatnik as discussed at our dinner he could be a potential investor=in Reporty
and David Cameron who I am sure you know but could be hel=ful as a business adviser in the UK. Chris also caught up
with Matthew Gould last week, who I understand you know wel= from his time as the UK's Ambassador to Israel.
Matthew asked=Chris to pass on his email address to you (
cmailto
In regard to the upcoming bridg=ng round that Amir is proposing, as I have said before, I have some concerts about the
current growth strategy of the business. Whilst I am ind=ed impressed with Amir and what he has achieved to date, a
level of focus is going to be required to achieve the metrics t=at any top tier VC firm will be looking for to raise further
capital at an=elevated valuation. This becomes even more relevant in the context o= Reporty given that they are
essentially trying to build a global market from scratch, seeking to replace critical rational infrastructure. In particular,
future investors will be look=ng to see strong signals that their customers are repeating their orders (=ence verifying the
product), and that this has been done in a few different geographies. As I understand i=, the metrics in Israel are not yet
of much substance, let alone other mar=ets they are attempting to enter.
The problem at the moment is th=t the pilots take too long, and are not of sufficient scale. This is=a very expensive way
to scale this business and will run out of money before proving the model is scalable.
This leads me to think that the=e are a couple of ways forward. Firstly, as we have discussed before= Amir looks to raise
money locally through the Joint Ventures he is settin= up (e.g. America Movil in Brazil). This has the benefit of not
diluting shares in the holding company, whilst also=cost efficiently buying time to strengthen the metrics for the
company as = whole to then take to VC investors to raise their Series B. He coul= look to do so in a few markets, with
potentially a little sweetener offered to the first mover e.g. America Mov=l, in the form of some equity in the holding
company. Alternatively,=there could be terms put on the raising of the proposed bridging round, re=tricting the
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management to focus on improving the key performance metrics. This will have the effect of =educing the number of
markets that Reporty is currently operating in, for = short period of time, to focus on the major ones which have the
best chan=e of improving their key metrics.
It may well be that to get thes= JV's and new funding arrangements in place, the proposed $4.5millio= bridging round
needs to take place anyway. Either way, the extra ru=way it provides should be to prove out the strategy I have set out
above, not to maintain the status of quo of costly expansio= at all costs which Amir is planning to do. </=>
I appreciate that the above is =otentially quite constrictive however my experience to date with early sta=e businesses is
that focus is absolutely key. I believe that now is =ust that time when the Reporty team need to focus on building up
their key performance metrics before they can take=the next leap forward, and the most efficient way of doing that is by
way =f how I have set out above.
Lets talk
Nicole
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