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EECS 497 Company Presentation Jill Bender

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EECS 497 Company Presentation

Jill Bender

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Products for Kids

Fooz Kids Computing Environment

Nabi tablet seriesWith Spinlets Plus TV

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Financial Information

• Early Funding:

– $10M in Debt funding. (8/22/12)

– $6.25M in Series B funding. (5/7/09)

– $1.5M in Series A funding. (2/1/08)

• Now $55 million from backers – including Acer and DreamWorks

• Revenue $175 M – as of January 2014

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History

Established 2008

– urFooz Avatars

2009

– Acer Funding -> Widgets -> Spinlets

2012

– Spinlets -> Fooz Kids -> Nabi

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What’s Hot?

+

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Secret Sauce

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Services

• TV & Content Streaming

• State-approved curriculum

• > 100 Apps

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Story: Fuhu Sues Toys ‘R’ UsMarch 2013

• Nabi vs. Tabeo

• lawsuit included:

– breach of contract

– unfair competition

– breach of implied covenant of good faith

– alleged misappropriation of its trade secrets

http://tsi.brooklaw.edu/cases/fuhu-inc-v-toys-r-us-inc

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CompetitionLeapPad Ultra$149

Innotab 3S$80

iPad Mini$299

Tabeo$129

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Prediction?

Forbes Prediction:

Yes:

– #1 America's on Most Promising Companies List

My Prediction:

Yes-ish

– Must innovate further