Beachhead
Validate Course AI first for fast feedback; use MapProspect as the higher-ACV B2B engine.
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ZFY TECHNOLOGIES//INVESTOR DECK
01/18
01 // OVERVIEW
ZiFeiYu Technologies
The AI Product Studio
"Building vertical AI software that automates complicated digital work so users accomplish hours of tasks in minutes."
Pre-Seed Fundraising Presentation // 2026
19 // BUSINESS PLAN + FINANCE
View financial model ↓From product prototypes to a durable business.
A base operating case for 2026–2028. All figures are CAD and are management planning assumptions; refresh monthly against real conversion, usage and vendor bills.
Revenue model
Subscription-led, supported by B2B pilots, usage charges and template/mod marketplace take rate.
Operating target
Choose the strongest wedge in 12 months, repeat acquisition by month 18, reach break-even in Year 3.
From self-serve to enterprise contracts
Student
Course AI; personal workspace and usage cap
Creator
ModForge; advanced generations, exports and history
Business
MapProspect; team leads, exports and workflows
Enterprise
Annual contract, integrations, support and compliance options
Pricing is a validation starting point; tune through interviews, paid pilots and cohort retention.
Stage growth around evidence
M0–3
Founder-led
30 interviews; 10 design partners; 3 paid B2B pilots.
M4–9
Wedge validation
Scale only the product with strongest retention and margin; build content, campus and outbound loops.
M10–18
Repeatability
Referrals, case studies and partners; target CAC payback below six months.
Three-year base financial model
| CAD | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $72,000 | $240,000 | $660,000 |
| Direct costs / COGS | $13,000 | $38,000 | $99,000 |
| Gross profit | $59,000 | $202,000 | $561,000 |
| Operating expenses | $120,000 | $266,000 | $543,000 |
| EBITDA | -$61,000 | -$64,000 | $18,000 |
Gross margin82% → 85%
Model and hosting usage scale with revenue
Break-evenYear 3
Base case; requires roughly $640k annual revenue
Core scoreboardMRR / CAC / NRR
Weekly funnel, monthly cohorts, quarterly pricing
Infrastructure budget
Early monthly baseline is about $414; budget $500/month or $6,000/year with a 20% buffer.
GitHub Team$11/mo
2 seats; protected code + CI
Domains + DNS$12/mo
Main/product domains, SSL allowance
Google Workspace$18/mo
2 Business Starter seats
Supabase Pro$34/mo
1 production project; backup + auth
Vercel Pro$54/mo
2 developer seats + production hosting
Monitoring + security$35/mo
Logs, uptime and password manager
AI APIs$250/mo
Early model-usage envelope; hard capped
Vendor prices rounded from public rates checked 2026-07 (USD/CAD assumption 1.36); taxes, overages and FX movement excluded. Domain cost is a planning allowance.
$150k funding plan
Product + AI infrastructure40% · $60,000
Acquisition + paid pilots25% · $37,500
Key talent + contractors20% · $30,000
Legal, finance + operations10% · $15,000
Contingency5% · $7,500
Funding gate
Before raising: require either 3 paid pilots or 50 paying users in one product, plus eight weeks of retention evidence. Otherwise remain lean and bootstrapped.
Company build checklist
- 01Company + finance: Ontario entity, banking, bookkeeping, tax calendar, standard contracts and privacy policy.
- 02Identity + access: company domain, Workspace, password manager, MFA, least privilege and offboarding.
- 03Engineering: GitHub Organization, protected main, review rules, CI, environment separation and key rotation.
- 04Data + deploy: Supabase production backups, Vercel preview/production, uptime monitoring and monthly restore drill.
- 05Cadence: weekly product metrics, monthly P&L and cash, quarterly portfolio continue/stop decisions.
Key risks and controls
Portfolio sprawl
Fund one lead wedge per quarter; maintain or stop the rest.
AI margin volatility
Feature caps, caching, model routing and unit-cost alerts.
Privacy + IP
Retention policy, vendor DPAs, consent and generated-output review.
Weak willingness to pay
Require prepaid pilots and retention before hiring or ad spend.
NEXT 90 DAYS
Turn assumptions into paid evidence.
Complete 30 interviews, close 3 paid pilots, establish finance/security basics, and select one lead product wedge.
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