PIE FINANCE

FOR INNOVATION

Bridging the early stage funding gap for

innovative business ventures
Current options for funding
an idea into market
Getting a bank loan
include…
(ii) Needs securing, usually on your house
(iii) Harder with the ‘credit squeeze’

Private investors who require

(vi) a developed product
(vii) an experienced mangement team
(viii) possibly some pre-sales

Public grants
(xi) typically up to 50% funding
(xii) Low chance of success
 The Pie Finance
Solution…
 Allows fundraising from a bigger audience…

 Whilst deterring against ‘idea theft’.

 Brings together a team, the solution and routes to market…

with optimal returns to the innovator.

 Mitigates risk for business angels/VCs and works with them.

 Is a global solution.
 Where we are…
 ASP.NET solution developed.

 Presented to government, academics and the investment

community.

 PR campaign to raise profile.

 Need to sign up innovators, resource providers and

investors.

 Need to develop social site applications.

 Opportunities
 HELP DEVELOP IT
Be part of the next big Facebook™ application – ‘bringing
ideas to life’

 FIND FUNDING
List your own Facebook™ application to find resource and
funding.

 SPONSOR US
To benefit from our international PR campaign.

 LIST YOUR SKILLS

Break into the new invested sales/rental market.
 Want to get involved?
Email: senake@buzztechnology.co.uk

Buzz Technology Limited

83 Victoria Street
London
SW1H 0HW
 How it works
1. Innovators define an idea on the system to establish a
stake in the ground – our publicity deters against ‘big
company’ infringement.

3. Specialists – salespeople, engineers, lawyers, accountants

– would be invited to evaluate the proposals, identify
gaps and provide solutions on a deferred payment and
profit share basis.

5. A detailed commercialisation plan with a list of the

specific resources - materials, labour and use of assets is
created.

7. Registered resource providers and investors are

automatically invited to bid to fulfil requirements. Where
suppliers specify a cashflow requirement, they can trade
some of their deferred payment and profitshare for
prepayments on the system trading platform.
 How it works (2)
1. The systems complex algorithms then optimise the cost
of fulfilling these requirements from the registered user
base and open market to minimise the up front funds,
deferred payments and profit share that need to be
offered.

3. Selected business angels, venture capitalists and trade

buyers would be invited to make offers for the business
at various stages of development providing a target and
guaranteed return for concept stage participants.

5. The project team select suppliers from the generated

fulfilment list and the system generates contracts of
supply which are signed online by all parties.
 How it works (3)
1. The project is run to plan either with or without the
innovators involvement.

3. At the predetermined exit point(s), investors are

rewarded with their contracted deferred payment and
profitshare less the Pie Finance commission.
 Why it works
• The defined items represent a smaller investment
risk…

• Which can be fulfilled by a much larger audience.

• Resources can be tracked and ownership effectively

retained even where they are transformed.

• Redundant or spare resources could be invested

further mitigating risk.

• A reverse royalty agreement allows investors to run

spin off projects to generate income in the event of
underperformance.