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== Solution ==
== Solution ==
'''A personalized & effective approach to learning languages'''


=== A personalized & effective approach to learning languages ===
Based on a national bestseller
Based on a national bestseller


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=== Producing fluency is only possible with the right methodology ===
=== '''Producing fluency is only possible with the right methodology''' ===
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==== Ear training ====
==== '''Ear training''' ====
Starting with ear training improves retention by 20%
Starting with ear training improves retention by 20%


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==== Learning vocabulary with images, not translations ====
==== '''Learning vocabulary with images, not translations''' ====
Immersive approaches are the only ones that lead to fluency..
Immersive approaches are the only ones that lead to fluency..


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==== Spaced-repetition algorithm ====
==== '''Spaced-repetition algorithm''' ====
We know when users will forget a word… and test them right beforehand.
We know when users will forget a word… and test them right beforehand.


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== Product ==
== Product ==


=== Fluent Forever's app and coaching products ===
=== '''Fluent Forever's app and coaching products''' ===
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==== Our App: ====
==== '''Our App:''' ====
Our app has been our core product since 2019. By taking users through ear training, then teaching them vocabulary, grammar, and sentences via pictures instead of translations, we've built one of the most effective language learning tools the world has ever seen.  
Our app has been our core product since 2019. By taking users through ear training, then teaching them vocabulary, grammar, and sentences via pictures instead of translations, we've built one of the most effective language learning tools the world has ever seen.  


==== App + Coaching products ====
==== '''App + Coaching products''' ====
What if you spoke with a tutor every day about your own life, and every evening, those same sentences popped up in your flashcards so you could remember everything you talked about?
What if you spoke with a tutor every day about your own life, and every evening, those same sentences popped up in your flashcards so you could remember everything you talked about?


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We built a coaching platform that achieves exactly that. Every day, you chat for 10 minutes with a native speaker '''about your own life;''' and every evening, the sentences you learned will show up in your app so that you can '''retain them long-term.'''
We built a coaching platform that achieves exactly that. Every day, you chat for 10 minutes with a native speaker '''about your own life;''' and every evening, the sentences you learned will show up in your app so that you can '''retain them long-term.'''


=== Feb 15, 2022 - A Total Revamp of Our App: ===
=== '''Feb 15, 2022 - A Total Revamp of Our App:''' ===
Feb 15, 2022: Total revamp of trial experience, modeled after the book. '''Increased Trial Conversion Rate from 34% --> 45%'''
Feb 15, 2022: Total revamp of trial experience, modeled after the book. '''Increased Trial Conversion Rate from 34% --> 45%'''


==== User experience: ====
==== '''User experience:''' ====
* 16 comprehensive lessons about how to be a better language learner
* 16 comprehensive lessons about how to be a better language learner


==== Expectations: ====
==== '''Expectations:''' ====
* Improvements in trial conversion
* Improvements in trial conversion
* Improvements in app engagement, retention
* Improvements in app engagement, retention
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=== WHY NOW? ===
=== '''WHY NOW?''' ===
COVID has been driving people to online learning—and in particular language learning—at an unprecedented rate. People who couldn't travel to their dream vacations have been exploring the idea of learning a new language in order to check an item off of their bucket list that they’ve never had the time to achieve.
COVID has been driving people to online learning—and in particular language learning—at an unprecedented rate. People who couldn't travel to their dream vacations have been exploring the idea of learning a new language in order to check an item off of their bucket list that they’ve never had the time to achieve.


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=== App + daily coaching stats ===
=== '''App + daily coaching stats''' ===
This product is already 17% of our net ARR—and that's been driven by only 18% of our userbase.
This product is already 17% of our net ARR—and that's been driven by only 18% of our userbase.


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== Customers ==
== Customers ==
'''Easiest users to target:'''


=== Easiest users to target: ===
Churned Duolingo users
Churned Duolingo users


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=== Check out this testimonial: ===
'''Check out this testimonial:'''
<youtube>https://youtu.be/0BYG54I1F5w</youtube>


"Fluent Forever freed my psyche from what was holding me back" - Leah Lion
"Fluent Forever freed my psyche from what was holding me back" - Leah Lion
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== Market ==
== Market ==
'''An enormous online language market'''


=== An enormous online language market ===
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== Competition ==
== Competition ==


=== Defensibility factors ===
=== '''Defensibility factors''' ===


==== Patent ====
==== '''Patent''' ====
Our image search engine is the necessary, secret sauce behind our superior learning outcomes. It produces relevant results for abstract words, and improves itself with every user interaction.
Our image search engine is the necessary, secret sauce behind our superior learning outcomes. It produces relevant results for abstract words, and improves itself with every user interaction.


'''<u>Patent Issued from USPTO:</u> March 29, 2022'''
'''Patent Issued from USPTO: March 29, 2022'''


==== Network effects ====
==== Network effects ====
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'''Q4 2022 targets'''
'''Q4 2022 targets'''


* $2M ARR >> '''$5-8M ARR*'''
* $2M ARR >> $5-8M ARR*
* Series A Raise: $8M–12M of funding
* Series A Raise: $8M–12M of funding
* '''$60M–95M valuation target'''
* $60M–95M valuation target


=== Use of funds ===
=== Use of funds ===
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* Expanding to 12 languages of daily/weekly tutoring.
* Expanding to 12 languages of daily/weekly tutoring.
* Expanding our growth + marketing efforts
* Expanding our growth + marketing efforts
* Finding distribution partners for '''English'''
* Finding distribution partners for English
* Funding sufficient growth to reach a $8–10M Series A (i.e. growth capital for 9 months of 10–15% net MRR growth)
* Funding sufficient growth to reach a $8–10M Series A (i.e. growth capital for 9 months of 10–15% net MRR growth)


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=== Fundraising history ===
=== Fundraising history ===


* '''October 2020: $4.9M raised in Seed Round''' $13.5M post-money valuation
* '''October 2020: $4.9M raised in Seed Round''' $13.5M post-money valuation
* '''June 2021: $1.1M raised from existing investors''' $25M cap, 10% discount post-money SAFE Current investors: Stout Street Capital, Firebrand Ventures, Cultivation Capital, LAUNCH/Jason Calacanis, Spero Ventures, Mana Ventures, Brighter Capital, Lofty Ventures
* '''June 2021: $1.1M raised from existing investors'''$25M cap, 10% discount post-money SAFE Current investors: Stout Street Capital, Firebrand Ventures, Cultivation Capital, LAUNCH/Jason Calacanis, Spero Ventures, Mana Ventures, Brighter Capital, Lofty Ventures


== Founders ==
== Founders ==
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'''Gabriel Wyner'''
''CEO, Founder, Polyglot &''
''Bestselling author''
'''Founding Story:'''


'''Gabriel Wyner'''
CEO, Founder, Polyglot &Bestselling author
=== Founding Story: ===
In 2004 [https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabriel-wyner/?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Frepublic.com%2F Gabe] was a mechanical engineer with a passionate hobby for singing opera, requiring him to sing in German, French, Italian, and more. Wanting to further explore his passion, Wyner spent a summer in Vermont at the Middlebury Languages School in a German immersion program. After just five weeks, Wyner was singing in German and decided to pursue a professional opera career. He set out to become fluent in the languages demanded by the craft.  
In 2004 [https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabriel-wyner/?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Frepublic.com%2F Gabe] was a mechanical engineer with a passionate hobby for singing opera, requiring him to sing in German, French, Italian, and more. Wanting to further explore his passion, Wyner spent a summer in Vermont at the Middlebury Languages School in a German immersion program. After just five weeks, Wyner was singing in German and decided to pursue a professional opera career. He set out to become fluent in the languages demanded by the craft.  


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There is no assurance that an Investor will realize a return on their investment or that they will not lose their entire investment. For this reason, each Investor should read this Form C and all exhibits carefully and should consult with their attorney and business advisor prior to making any investment decision.
There is no assurance that an Investor will realize a return on their investment or that they will not lose their entire investment. For this reason, each Investor should read this Form C and all exhibits carefully and should consult with their attorney and business advisor prior to making any investment decision.
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