At a glance

RaffClub is a digital competitions marketplace for individuals, businesses and competition companies.

• API Infrastructure for competitions hosted by individuals and businesses.

• Making competitions fair, transparent and compliant.

Quick fire details

• Headquarters: Kent

• Employee count: 2

• Business model: C2C Competitions Marketplace (commission, premium feature and subscription, advertising)

• Backed by: F&F so far

• Funding amount: £800,000 (£110,000 committed)

The founder

• CoFounder & Director, Joshua McMahon: Business Manager and senior consultant (The Barton Partnership & La Fosse).

• CoFounder & Director, Tristram Prior: Experienced underwriter at various firms (IQUW, CHUBB, Talbot Underwriting to name a few).

The market

• Competitions offer a way to sell items for more than their market value and according to a survey completed by MRFGR; 80% of people are interested in selling via competitions.

This startup is solving two key problems:

• Low trust issues remain prominent, including fear over legitimacy, data security, item authenticity and poor access to hosting.

• Heavy handed regulation to combat trust has restricted access to the marketplace through high costs and complex rules.

^{The quicker pitch: ScrewLoose}

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Traction metrics

• Pre revenue and in MVP development now.

• Click through prototype developed alongside technology partners (Incepteo - key app developer).

• 500 person survey and 81% of respondents said that were interested in selling via competition.

• Competition hosts using the RaffClub platform:

  • Individuals on a ad hoc basis.

  • Businesses running competitions for their own inventory or services e.g. a well known tattoo artist could run a competition for a 2 hour tattoo session.

  • Competition companies using RaffClub to take advantage of the legal, trustworthy and compliant competition platform.

Competitive landscape

• There are many B2C competition platforms but the business of competitions is plagued by mistrust. Some examples here

  • Raffclub plan to lead the market in regulatory compliance and transparency, ensuring a reputation of trust with buyers and sellers alongside regulatory bodies.

We’re collaborating with VC’s to offer exclusive allocations into deals. Stay tuned for the launch of quick pitch deal.

In the meantime register below if you’re interested.

Our Take

Appeals

• Decentralising the industry: Allowing anyone to competition off their items and services for a premium is a new approach to the industry as a whole and could be highly successful.

• Alternative distribution channel: Individuals and businesses can use RaffClub as an opportunity to get above market-value returns for their products through this unique channel.

• Trust and regulation: The founders strengths lie in their experience working in highly regulated markets. The focus on transparency within this market is a key differentiator.

Risks

• Marketing Underspend: Online transactions have scaled through now familiar P2P marketplaces. Consumers are used to buying products from each other, RaffClub need to market the use of competitions as another way to do that too.

• Moderation and building trust: The keen focus towards trust means any issues could result in highly damaging their reputation in the market.

Last feature’s results

Our readers are BULLISH on Extend Robotics.