Company Overview
November 12, 2020
6th Annual Israel Conference
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About Zedge
Zedge is a leading app developer focusing on the mobile phone personalization and entertainment verticals. With more than 450 million organic installs and 32 million monthly active users, "Zedge Wallpapers and Ringtones" is all about identity. We're the hub for self-expression used by millions for mobile phone personalization, social content and fandom art. Our app enables consumers to showcase who they are, what they like, and amplify their persona. Zedge Premium, our marketplace, enables content creators, ranging the gamut from world class celebrities to emerging artists, to display their talent and sell their content to our users. "Shortz - Chat Stories by Zedge" offers serialized, short- form fiction stories delivered as text-messaging conversations and soon to be available as mini- podcasts. Our apps run on our flexible and proven state-of-the-art digital publishing platform.
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500MM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Installs | Launched | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Shortz" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
400MM | Opened Vilnius | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Innovation Center | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Launched | Introduced Paid | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ZDGE spun out | Zedge | Subscriptions | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
App | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
300MM | from IDT Corp | Premium | Nicki Minaj | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Starts trading | Promo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
on NYSE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cumulative | Acquired Freeform | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
American | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
200MM | Best Apps | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Google Play | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
100MM | Launched | 50 Best Android Apps : | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
iOS App | Time Magazine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Investment Highlights
Leading app developer focusing on mobile phone personalization and entertainment verticals
Large Customer Base | Growth Opportunities | Optionality |
~32MM Monthly Active Users | Pipeline of new apps (iOS / | iOS move into personalization; |
Valuable for lowering CAC | Android); Flagship feature; | international; Shortz |
Premium Marketplace; Zedge+ |
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Disciplined Financial Management | Management Execution |
Cashflow positive for past 4 quarters; | Streamlined org; delivered |
$5.1MM in cash, virtually no debt, no | new products despite Covid; |
warrants; $5.6MM in NOLs | experienced team |
Targeting revenue growth of greater than 20%, continued positive | |
cash flow and profitability on a quarterly and full-year basis in FY '21 | 4 |
Highly Attractive User Base
~32,000,000 | BY AGE (GLOBAL) | HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||
13-17 | (US) | |||||
customers use the Zedge app, | 18-24 | <$25K | ||||
monthly, to personalize their phone | 25-34 | $25K - $39K | ||||
35-44 | $40K - $59K | |||||
45-54 | ||||||
Meet The Users | 55+ | $60K - $74K | ||||
N/A | ||||||
>$100K | ||||||
0% | 25% | $75K - $99K | ||||
BY CONTINENT | 0% | 25% | ||||
OUR USERS ARE… | BY GENDER | ETHNICITY (US) | ||||
(US) | N. America | Asia | Caucasian | |||
• Entertainment Addicts | 25% | |||||
24% | ||||||
African American | ||||||
• Social Influencers | Europe | ROW | American Indian | |||
• Sports Fans | 26% | Asian | ||||
25% | ||||||
• Gamers | 56% | 44% | Other | |||
50% | 100% | |||||
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Source: Google Analytics, Facebook, and comScore
Zedge Flagship
Powerful and flexible platform
ASO | Press | SEO | ||
Zedge App
Wallpapers | Video Wallpapers | Ringtones | Notifications | Icons | Widgets | ??? | ||||||
Search & | Analytics / | Marketplace | Marketing | |||
Discovery | BI | Tools | ||||
Self Publishing | CMS | Monetization/ | APIs | |||
Tools | eCommerce | |||||
Zedge Publishing Platform
Reigniting Growth
Unlocking new opportunities
Drivers
- Social/community features
- Personalized feeds
- User accounts
- Premium Marketplace expansion with social content and fandom art
- iOS
- Zedge+
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Artists | Brands | Social Creators | 6 | ||
A Publishing Platform Made for Artists
Reach Tens Of Millions Of Users A Week. Start Making Money Immediately. No Strings Attached.
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Video | Dedicated | Ringtones & |
Wallpapers | Storefront | Notification Sounds |
Premium Marketplace:
•Hub for personalization, social, and fandom art
•Ideal for established and up and coming artists, alike
•Easy to use self serve platform
•Reach tens of millions of users per week
•Make money with full transparency
•Token-based economy
"In addition to working with the music streaming companies, we chose Zedge to further engage with fans not only through music, but through art as well. Zedge has proven itself as a significant distribution channel for artists."
~Mack Maine President of Lil Wayne's Young Money Records
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Shortz - Extending Into Entertainment
Serialized, Fictional, Short-Form Stories
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Short form, serialized | Genres that lend | Imagery and story | Highly engaging, tap | Cliffhanger chapter | Subscription paywall to |
chat fiction | themselves to | summaries that | on screen to read each | endings meant to | gain access to next |
spellbound storytelling | provoke the | line of txt | prompt paid | chapter and entire | |
imagination | subscriptions | library |
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Financial Overview
($ '000) | |||||||||||
Revenue | |||||||||||
$3,000 | |||||||||||
$2,000 | |||||||||||
$1,000 | |||||||||||
$0 | |||||||||||
Q3 | '19 | Q4 | '19 | Q1 | '20 | Q2 | '20 | Q3 | '20 | Q4 | '20 |
Income/(Loss) from Operations
$500K | |||||||||||
$250K | |||||||||||
$0K | |||||||||||
($250)K | |||||||||||
($500)K | |||||||||||
($750)K | |||||||||||
($1,000)K | |||||||||||
($1,250)K | |||||||||||
Q3 | '19 | Q4 | '19 | Q1 | '20 | Q2 | '20 | Q3 | '20 | Q4 | '20 |
Gross Margin %
90% | |||||||||||
85% | |||||||||||
80% | |||||||||||
Q3 | '19 | Q4 | '19 | Q1 | '20 | Q2 | '20 | Q3 | '20 | Q4 | '20 |
Cash + Net Receivables - Net Payables
$6,000 | |||||||||||
$4,000 | |||||||||||
$2,000 | |||||||||||
$0 | |||||||||||
Q3 | '19 | Q4 | '19 | Q1 | '20 | Q2 | '20 | Q3 | '20 | Q4 | '20 |
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Zedge Flagship
Attractive growth and solid financials
Freemium Option
- Ad-techimprovements
- Inventory optimization
- Value exchange
Subscription Option
- Weighted toward annual subscriptions
- Annual renewal rate >40%
- Marketing and pricing
Demonstrable Results
- Paid subscribers growing by ~100K/quarter
- MAU grew by 11% QoQ
- ARPMAU grew by 29% QoQ
Paid Subscribers | |||||||||||||||||
700K | Paid Subscribers | Revenue | $700K | ||||||||||||||
Cumulative-SubscribersPaid | Revenue-SubscribersPaid | 2020.IncZEDGE, | |||||||||||||||
600K | $600K | ||||||||||||||||
500K | $500K | ||||||||||||||||
400K | $400K | ||||||||||||||||
300K | $300K | ||||||||||||||||
200K | $200K | ||||||||||||||||
100K | $100K | ||||||||||||||||
0K | $0K | ||||||||||||||||
Jan | '19 | Apr | '19 | Jul | '19 | Oct | '19 | Jan | '20 | Apr | '20 | Jul | '20 | ||||
MAU and ARPMAU | |||||||||||||||||
$0.03 | ARPMAU | MAU | 40MM | ||||||||||||||
ARPMAU | 35MM | ||||||||||||||||
$0.02 | 30MM | MAU | |||||||||||||||
25MM | |||||||||||||||||
$0.01 | 20MM | ||||||||||||||||
Jan | '19 | Apr | '19 | Jul | '19 | Oct | '19 | Jan | '20 | Apr | '20 | Jul | '20 | 10 | |||
Governance And Investor Profile
Renowned board members with pedigree in mobile, entertainment, and value creation
Board of Directors | ||||||
Other | Michael Jonas | Executive Chairman | ||||
52% | ||||||
Institutional | Howard Jonas | Vice Chairman | ||||
21% | Founder & Chairman, IDT Corp. | |||||
Mark Ghermezian | Co-CEO, American Dream | |||||
Insiders | Co-Founder, Braze | |||||
27% | Elliot Gibber | President & CEO, Deb El Food Products | ||||
Insider Ownership* | Paul Packer | Founder, Globis Capital Advisors LLC | ||||
Michael Jonas | 15.2% | |||||
Howard Jonas | 1.3% | Greg Suess | Founding Partner, Activist Artists Management, LLC | |||
Management & ESOP | 8.5% | |||||
Partner, Glaser Weil Fink Howard Avchen & Shapiro | ||||||
Board of Directors | 2.1% | |||||
Insider Ownership | 27.1% | |||||
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* As of October 31, 2020, on a fully diluted basis | 11 |
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Key Takeaways
Opportunities abound to grow our business and enrich our valuation
ZEDGE,
Large and Loyal
Customer
Base
Shareholder
Returns
MultipleDisciplined
GrowthFinancial
Drivers Management
FY '21 Goals
- Targeting revenue growth in excess of 20%
- Continued positive cashflow
- Ongoing profitability
- Product diversification
- User growth
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Thank you!
Jonathan Reich, CEO +1.330.577.3424 jonathan.reich@zedge.net
6th Annual Israel Conference
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