Investor Pitch Script

## Opening Hook

Hi, I'm Devante Scott, founder of Picnyk.

Let me ask you something: Why hasn't anyone built the "Uber for events"?

We've got Uber for rides. Airbnb for stays. DoorDash for food. But for the $1.5 trillion events industry? Still phone calls. Still spreadsheets. Still hoping your caterer shows up.

There's a reason. And we've solved it.

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## The Hidden Problem

Here's what kills event marketplaces: compliance.

Think about it. You put a private chef on your platform. They don't have a food handler's card. Someone gets food poisoning. Lawsuit.

You list a performer. They have explicit content in their act. They show up at a kids' birthday party. Lawsuit.

You book an unlicensed bartender. They overserve a guest. That guest drives home. Catastrophe.

This is why The Knot stays wedding-only. Why Thumbtack stays generalist. Why no one has scaled an event marketplace with high-risk categories.

Until now.

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## Our Solution

Picnyk is the first event marketplace with AI-powered compliance at scale.

We built what I call the "Compliance Engine" - and it's our moat.

Here's how it works:

Every vendor goes through 47-point AI verification. Portfolio quality analysis. Review sentiment scoring. Document verification - licenses, insurance, food handler cards. Real-time monitoring.

For performers, our AI screens content. Categorizes it. Matches it to appropriate event types. A burlesque dancer won't show up at a church picnic.

And here's the key: every booking generates timestamped compliance records. If a lawsuit happens, we have 47 pages of documented due diligence.

Competitors have nothing.

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## The Product

For customers, it's simple.

Tell us about your event - the vibe, the guest count, the budget. Not the date. Details first, dates later.

Our AI Budget Planner shows what vendors should cost - real 2026 market data.

Browse verified vendors with transparent pricing. Book. Sign contracts. Pay. All in one place.

For vendors, we're their growth engine. We bring them qualified leads, handle their contracts, verify their compliance, process their payments. They just show up and do great work.

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## Market Opportunity

The market is massive.

$1.5 trillion globally. $150 billion in US event services. And only 12% of bookings happen online.

We're digitizing an industry that still runs on phone calls and paper contracts.

The event software market alone is projected at $8 billion. That's our 5-year target - and it's conservative.

Sources are Grand View Research, IBISWorld, Statista. All linked in our data room.

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## Business Model

Simple transaction model. 15 to 17 percent of every booking.

Customer books an $800 photographer? We make $128.

We align with success - we only make money when vendors get booked.

Average booking is $800. At 1,000 monthly bookings, that's $128K monthly revenue. $1.5 million ARR.

Future streams include vendor subscriptions, promoted placements, and enterprise white-label. But transaction fees are the core.

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## Where We Are Today

Let me be real about where we are.

We have 100 vendors onboarded. 100 registered customers. Zero revenue - because we haven't launched transactions yet.

But the platform is built. 48 database tables. 8 AI systems. Full legal stack - terms of service, privacy policy, vendor agreements, liability waivers.

We're not asking you to fund an idea. We're asking you to fund growth.

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## Competition

The Knot stays wedding-only because they can't handle compliance for other categories.

Thumbtack is pay-per-lead with no quality control - they're doing plumbers and house cleaners.

GigSalad is entertainment-only with a 2010 user experience.

Bark is lead gen only - no booking, no payment, no compliance.

Picnyk is the only platform combining AI compliance, transparent pricing, full transaction flow, and legal protection. That's a 12-to-18-month head start.

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## Team

I'm Devante Scott. I built Picnyk from concept to production-ready platform.

I've assembled the technology stack. I've built the AI systems. I've created the compliance framework.

We're hiring a CTO and VP of Growth with this round. We're also seeking advisors in events, marketplace scaling, and legal compliance.

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## The Ask

We're raising $250K to $500K at a $2 to $3 million pre-money valuation.

40% goes to marketing - driving vendor acquisition and customer awareness.
30% to engineering - contract developers, infrastructure, AI improvements.
20% to operations - vendor success, customer support.
10% to legal - corporate structure, contracts.

This gives us 18 months of runway.

At month 18, we target 2,500 active vendors, $800K monthly GMV, and $1.5 million ARR run rate. That positions us for a $2 to $3 million Seed.

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## Closing

Every year, millions of events happen. Weddings. Product launches. Conferences. Celebrations.

Behind every one of them is someone stressed out, calling vendors, hoping for the best.

Picnyk turns that chaos into confidence.

We've solved the compliance problem that's killed every event marketplace before us.

I'd love to have you join us.

Thank you. I'm happy to take questions.

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