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Gamified interface connecting students with post-sec & career options

VanFUNDING 2016: Pitching Showcase Winner (Chatter High)

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Gamified interface connecting students

with post-sec & career options

Problem: Methods to connect with

students are pre-internet

Consequences

$14M unclaimed scholarships/year

10-20% 1st yr drop out: “lack of interest”

Students not actively exploring

$6B gov’t subsidies spent on drop outs

Potential Market

$ 7 Billion Dollars(Post Secondary Recruitment - Potential Market valuation used in Zinch acquisition by Chegg, 2011)

Median public university spends

$250K/yr for 50 enrolments

If the info is not between their nose

and their phone…

it doesn’t exist.

A New Medium – Direct Engagement

Assignments = Gamified Engagement

Career Ed - Gamified

ChatterHigh Solution = Unique + Disruptive

“We have found ChatterHigh to be

the most effective portal for

directly engaging with the BC high

school community, bar none*.”

*includes Google & Facebook

Different = Disruption

Traction

• 696 new teachers 150%

• 788 schools 100%

• 1.6M questions

answered 150%

• Rev $144K 140%

• 1st Gov contract:

NB Prov-wide

competition

FY16/FY15 Y/Y 1 Aug–30 Sep

• 454 new teachers 324%

• 383 schools 202%

• 214K questions

answered 163%

• Rev $23.6K 249%

• 40 paying customers 150%

Secret Sauce – Regional Competitions

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Find competition

sponsor

Invite schools to

competitionActivity attracts

Institutions

Repeats annually

Competitions Fuel User Growth

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Schools have raised $143,000

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$50

$100

$150

$200

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$300

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2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21

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School Years

Key Metrics

Revenue / Teacher

Cost to aquire teacher

Cost to maintain teacher

Earnings New Teacher

-2,000,000

0

2,000,000

4,000,000

6,000,000

8,000,000

10,000,000

12,000,000

2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21

$INCOME FORECAST

Revenue

Total - Operating Costs

Net from Operations

Management Team

Lee Taal | Founder, CEO Biz Dev/Sales, Tech Director/6-Sigma Mgr GE, Officer in RCN

Carl Repp | COOVP Seeker Solutions – 15 yrs senior leadership software & educ

Glen Hallam | CTOCTO Seeker Solutions – built SaaS product in Health & Ed space

Sales Dev

Board

Lee Taal | PresidentBiz Dev/Sales, Tech Director/6-Sigma Mgr GE, Officer in RCN

James DeGreef | SectretaryCEO ChatterBlock, Founder Genologics, Victoria Angel Fund

Kevin Alexander Business Strategist, CEO TC-Helicon, VP Business Mgmt TC Group

John MontalbanoVice Chair RBC Wealth Mgmt, Chair UBC Board of Governors

Current Customers

U.S. Strategic Partnerships

The Ask

Use of Proceeds

• 30% Cdn sales

• 30% US sales

• 40% Web Dev/Product

Investment Goals

• Profitability 18 months

• Primary comm channel to Canadian HS

• Smart quiz/data intelligence

• Fuel USA user growth

$300K Convertible Note

$250K committed

Thank you for your time.

Lee [email protected]

250-818-8225@chatterhigh

“a new edu-game titled ChatterHigh will be rolled out to both Anglophone and Francophone education sectors.”

-Province of New Brunswick

Appendix

Potential New Customers

How Question Targeting Works

How Competitions Works

Educator Package

Testimonials

NWT

“We will meet to determine the best way to forward it to schools to ensure uptake. Any I have talked with are quite excited to try things out.”

-Teresa Watson, Coordinator, Department of Education, Culture & Employment, NWT

Quebec“I would really like the other members of our provincial GOAL Network to hear about ChatterHigh. My colleague in charge of the Career Development courses for Quebec is really keen about the possibility of more French content in ChatterHigh.”- Marsha Gouett, Spécialiste en sciences de l’éducation, Min of Education

Yukon

“Looking forward to getting Yukon students involved in ChatterHigh.”Tanya Lanigan, Consultant, Department of Education

Manitoba“Congratulations Lee! I have just uploaded the info to our Career Development on-line Maple Group for all educators in Manitoba. I have also sent the info to my colleague in the French Ministry.”-Ruth Stargardter, Education and Advanced Learning

Alberta

“We will promote the ChatterHigh quizzes in classrooms. I do think it is a fantastic tool to get students engaged in their career and education planning!”- Cathy Tidey, Learning Clicks, Program Coordinator, Min of Education

BC

“…redesigning the Career Education curriculum for BC. ChatterHigh should be part of this discussion.”- Larry Espe, Superintendent of Trades and Transitions, Min of Advanced Education

“In partnership with the Departments of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour (PETL) and Education and Early Childhood Development (EECD), a new edu-game titled ChatterHigh will be rolled out to both Anglophone and Francophone education sectors.”

-Grant Barry, Manager of Strategic Initiatives, Department of Post-Sec Education, Training and Labour

“…By being exposed to various career possibilities through the competition, students will be better informed to make

decisions about their future… ”

- Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour Minister Donald Arseneault, New Brunswick

“I commend ChatterHigh for its work with engaging students in exploring the opportunities that await them in post-

secondary education and the workplace.”

- Ellen Hambrook, Assistant Deputy Minister, Student Learning Standards, Alberta

“since your visit Brian has really been motivated to plan his future! This is such great news and his mother is very surprised

by these events.”

- Lisa Dribnenki, Career Program Coordinator,

J.A. Williams High School, Alberta

“ChatterHigh is an innovative way to get kids engaged and thinking about their futures. I hope to see all our high-school students and teachers involved in the competition.”

- Education and Early Childhood Development Minister Brian Kenny, NB