I Spark Change Investing Pitch
I Spark Change- founded 2020 by Rick Ornelas
Purpose- Empowering and connecting humanity to spread positive change and elevate social impact.
What problem are you trying to solve?
1. There are millions of individuals, organizations, and groups that are doing impactful, positive work all over the world that is unknown to others.
2. Current resources to collaborate, amplify, and share this work are fragmented and greatly limited.
3. Much of this work would significantly benefit humanity if it was more known and understood. (So many people want to help but they just don’t know how.)
Solution– A web and mobile platform where users can share their work with the world to amplify, collaborate and leverage the power of a global community.
Nurture and grow ideas to fruition through “passionate stakeholders” that would otherwise never be realized.
Eliminate barriers and inequalities through cross-cultural exchange to provide support, resources, and expertise. (Taking everything the internet is supposed to be and maximizing it’s potential)
Market validation
The average social media user engages with an average of 6.6 various social media platforms.
https://backlinko.com/social-media-users
facebook.com has 1.8B people in segmented groups
78% of consumers believe it’s important for companies to stand up for important social justice issues.
Bullet on amount of negativity is in social media. AI drives negativity. Need for positive environment. Leading to a fragmented tribal world.
114m Millennials and Gen Z users of Social media
*Engage for good
World Economic Forum recently studied 5,000 millennials across 18 countries. They said that the most important job of a business should be to “improve society”. More people care about businesses that do good for society.
40% of young people think sense of purpose/impact on society is one of the most important criteria when considering a career opportunity.
Entire U.S. population 2020. $331million
Millennials are now the largest adult cohort worldwide. There are
1.8 billion around the world, equal to 23% of the global population.
There are more than 2 billion people in the Generation Z age range globally. These individuals, born between 1997 and 2009, represent about 30% of the total global population—and it’s predicted that by 2025, Gen Z will make up about 27% of the workforce.
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/03/gen-z-unemployment-chart-global-comparisons/#:~:text=There%20are%20more%20than%202,about%2027%25%20of%20the%20workforce.
What is your Total Available Market? 4.5 billion social media users around the world.
What is your Serviceable Available Market? 1.23 billion Millennials and Gen Z users interested in Social Impact.
What is the Share of Market you intend to capture? 225 Million 20% share of market.
How does your product / service work?
Build an interest and assistance profile
Review projects
Connect with others to support, collaborate, and amplify.
What’s your business model?
Individual users recommend businesses for inclusion in ISC. We charge for profit entities a monthly membership fee based on their annual revenue.
Sliding scale
0-$100k annually = $10 monthly or $99 annually
$100k- $1m = $20 monthly or $199 annually
$1m and up $30 monthly or $299 annually
10% of total number of users will be business accounts. $200 annual membership cost.
$50 Million revenue projected by 2024 and $450 million by 2027
What is your Market Adoption plan?
ONLINE EVENTS: Target events monthly.
PARTNERSHIPS: Social Impact businesses to connect with ideal demographics
NFT: Initial mint of collectable NFT’s for first 10,000 individual users
What are your competitive advantages?
First to Market for Positive change/Impact based social media platform.
Business Incentive: A hub housing their ideal clients for advertising purposes.
Ease of Use: Can search by type of account, location, needs, category, and time.
Matching: Smart match to profiles instantly.
Who is your founding team?
Rick Ornelas: Founder and CEO. Social Impact and Human Behavior Expert
Roman “Arjay” Visaya: Business Advisor
Leydi Velasquez: Marketing and Social Media Director
Have you had any press coverage?
Giejo Magazine- Elena Elena
Savannah Magazine-
The Authority- Tyler Gallagher
Do you have any user testimonials?
I love everything that I Spark Change is doing! Melissa Bright
I am so glad that I found “I Spark Change”! It has helped me spark the change in my life that was ready to burst! Aileen Raggio
With so much negativity in the social media world, I Spark Change offers an uplifting and straight forward message. Alvin McCrorey
How much money are you raising? What’s the next milestone you’ll reach with this money?
$1 Million Angel Round initial investment opportunity.
We are looking for 12 months’ financing to build and launch the initial version of the app. 10K Businesses. ($200 annual membership) $2M Revenue over 12 months
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