This deck got emoji startup a 👍 from investors for $1.5m seed money

ABOUT

MojiLaLa is a marketplace for emojis and stickers. It allows artists and designers to submit their sticker packs to its platform. Collectively, there are over 50,000 stickers to choose from on MojiLaLa’s marketplace.

Founded by Dana Loberg and Sahin Boydas in 2015, the startup is backed by 500 Global (formerly 500 Startups) and was part of the VC’s Batch 19 cohort in 2016.

MojiLaLa used this pitch deck for its seed funding round.

Fundraising journey

• 2017: US$1.5 million of seed funding from Great Oaks Venture Capital and Betaworks Ventures, as well as from IVP partner Dennis Phelps

How is the deck compelling?

• The deck begins by showing how the emoji phenomenon has attracted global attention. It then highlights how disconnected emoji designers are with the chat platforms that carry their creations.
• It points out how MojiLaLa addresses this issue and how much the company scaled in only six months. The deck also shows the startup’s distribution channels.
• The deck concludes by introducing MojiLala’s key members and summarizing the figures that were mentioned throughout the presentation.

SOURCE

Deck: AngelMatch