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| 14 | <!-- 1. Cover --> |
| 15 | <section class="slide" data-title="Cover"> |
| 16 | <div class="cover-bg"></div> |
| 17 | <div class="cover-blob"></div> |
| 18 | <div style="position:absolute;top:56px;left:112px"><span class="brand-dot"></span><span class="brand">Lumen</span></div> |
| 19 | <p class="kicker">Seed round · 2026</p> |
| 20 | <h1 class="h1 anim-fade-up" data-anim="fade-up">The operating system<br>for <span class="gradient-text">solo founders</span>.</h1> |
| 21 | <p class="lede mt-m">One workspace for billing, CRM, contracts and taxes — built for the 70M people running a business of one.</p> |
| 22 | <div class="deck-footer"><span>Maya Chen · CEO</span><span class="slide-number" data-current="1" data-total="10"></span></div> |
| 23 | </section> |
| 24 | |
| 25 | <!-- 2. Problem --> |
| 26 | <section class="slide" data-title="Problem"> |
| 27 | <span class="section-num">01</span> |
| 28 | <p class="num-tag">PROBLEM</p> |
| 29 | <h2 class="h2 mt-s">Solo founders duct-tape<br>7+ tools to stay alive.</h2> |
| 30 | <div class="grid g3 mt-l"> |
| 31 | <div class="card"><h4>Fragmentation</h4><p class="dim">Stripe, QuickBooks, HubSpot, DocuSign, Notion, Gusto, a spreadsheet. Nothing talks.</p></div> |
| 32 | <div class="card"><h4>$480/mo wasted</h4><p class="dim">Average solo founder pays for 9 SaaS seats they only half-use.</p></div> |
| 33 | <div class="card"><h4>14 hrs / week lost</h4><p class="dim">Copy-pasting between tools instead of selling.</p></div> |
| 34 | </div> |
| 35 | </section> |
| 36 | |
| 37 | <!-- 3. Solution --> |
| 38 | <section class="slide" data-title="Solution"> |
| 39 | <span class="section-num">02</span> |
| 40 | <p class="num-tag">SOLUTION</p> |
| 41 | <h2 class="h2 mt-s">Lumen is <span class="gradient-text">one spine</span><br>for the business of one.</h2> |
| 42 | <p class="lede mt-m">Invoice a client → the payment lands → the tax is reserved → the contract is filed → your dashboard updates. In one app. Without plumbing.</p> |
| 43 | <div class="row mt-l"> |
| 44 | <span class="pill pill-accent">Billing</span> |
| 45 | <span class="pill pill-accent">CRM</span> |
| 46 | <span class="pill pill-accent">Contracts</span> |
| 47 | <span class="pill pill-accent">Taxes</span> |
| 48 | <span class="pill pill-accent">Banking</span> |
| 49 | </div> |
| 50 | </section> |
| 51 | |
| 52 | <!-- 4. Product --> |
| 53 | <section class="slide" data-title="Product"> |
| 54 | <span class="section-num">03</span> |
| 55 | <p class="num-tag">PRODUCT</p> |
| 56 | <h2 class="h2 mt-s">Built around "jobs to be done".</h2> |
| 57 | <div class="grid g2 mt-l"> |
| 58 | <div class="card card-hover"><h4>Get paid</h4><p class="dim">Invoices, subscriptions and Stripe/Wise payouts with a single click. ACH, card, wire, crypto.</p></div> |
| 59 | <div class="card card-hover"><h4>Stay legal</h4><p class="dim">E-sign contracts from templates. Auto-file 1099s and quarterly estimates.</p></div> |
| 60 | <div class="card card-hover"><h4>Sell smarter</h4><p class="dim">Lead inbox, pipeline, email sequences. No separate CRM.</p></div> |
| 61 | <div class="card card-hover"><h4>See the business</h4><p class="dim">Live P&L, runway, top customers, churn. One dashboard, zero spreadsheets.</p></div> |
| 62 | </div> |
| 63 | </section> |
| 64 | |
| 65 | <!-- 5. Market --> |
| 66 | <section class="slide" data-title="Market"> |
| 67 | <span class="section-num">04</span> |
| 68 | <p class="num-tag">MARKET</p> |
| 69 | <h2 class="h2 mt-s">A very big small business.</h2> |
| 70 | <div class="grid g3 mt-l"> |
| 71 | <div class="metric"><div class="n">73M</div><div class="l">solo businesses in the US + EU</div></div> |
| 72 | <div class="metric"><div class="n">$186B</div><div class="l">TAM · horizontal SaaS spend</div></div> |
| 73 | <div class="metric"><div class="n">9.4%</div><div class="l">CAGR through 2030</div></div> |
| 74 | </div> |
| 75 | <p class="lede mt-l">Creators, consultants, indie devs, coaches, freelancers — the fastest-growing segment of the workforce, and the most under-served by tooling.</p> |
| 76 | </section> |
| 77 | |
| 78 | <!-- 6. Business model --> |
| 79 | <section class="slide" data-title="Business Model"> |
| 80 | <span class="section-num">05</span> |
| 81 | <p class="num-tag">BUSINESS MODEL</p> |
| 82 | <h2 class="h2 mt-s">Flat SaaS + payment rake.</h2> |
| 83 | <div class="grid g3 mt-l"> |
| 84 | <div class="card"><h4>Starter</h4><div class="metric mt-s"><div class="n" style="font-size:56px">$29</div><div class="l">/ month · core billing + CRM</div></div></div> |
| 85 | <div class="card card-accent"><h4>Pro</h4><div class="metric mt-s"><div class="n" style="font-size:56px">$79</div><div class="l">/ month · contracts, taxes, banking</div></div></div> |
| 86 | <div class="card"><h4>+ Payments</h4><div class="metric mt-s"><div class="n" style="font-size:56px">0.4%</div><div class="l">interchange rake on processed volume</div></div></div> |
| 87 | </div> |
| 88 | <p class="dim mt-l">Blended LTV $1,920 · CAC payback 5 months at current funnel.</p> |
| 89 | </section> |
| 90 | |
| 91 | <!-- 7. Traction --> |
| 92 | <section class="slide" data-title="Traction"> |
| 93 | <span class="section-num">06</span> |
| 94 | <p class="num-tag">TRACTION</p> |
| 95 | <h2 class="h2 mt-s">6 months, growing 38% MoM.</h2> |
| 96 | <div class="traction-bar mt-l"> |
| 97 | <div class="bar" style="height:18%"><em>$6k</em><span>Oct</span></div> |
| 98 | <div class="bar" style="height:30%"><em>$11k</em><span>Nov</span></div> |
| 99 | <div class="bar" style="height:44%"><em>$17k</em><span>Dec</span></div> |
| 100 | <div class="bar" style="height:62%"><em>$26k</em><span>Jan</span></div> |
| 101 | <div class="bar" style="height:82%"><em>$38k</em><span>Feb</span></div> |
| 102 | <div class="bar" style="height:100%"><em>$54k</em><span>Mar</span></div> |
| 103 | </div> |
| 104 | <p class="dim mt-l" style="margin-top:48px">2,140 paying customers · NPS 72 · Net retention 118%</p> |
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| 107 | <!-- 8. Team --> |
| 108 | <section class="slide" data-title="Team"> |
| 109 | <span class="section-num">07</span> |
| 110 | <p class="num-tag">TEAM</p> |
| 111 | <h2 class="h2 mt-s">Shipped at scale before.</h2> |
| 112 | <div class="grid g3 mt-l"> |
| 113 | <div class="card team-card"><div class="avatar">MC</div><h4>Maya Chen</h4><p class="dim">CEO · ex-Stripe billing lead. 8 yrs in payments.</p></div> |
| 114 | <div class="card team-card"><div class="avatar">RP</div><h4>Raj Patel</h4><p class="dim">CTO · ex-Linear. Built multiplayer sync at 10M users.</p></div> |
| 115 | <div class="card team-card"><div class="avatar">EK</div><h4>Elena Kim</h4><p class="dim">Head of Design · ex-Notion. Shipped the mobile relaunch.</p></div> |
| 116 | </div> |
| 117 | </section> |
| 118 | |
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| 120 | <section class="slide" data-title="The Ask"> |
| 121 | <p class="num-tag">THE ASK</p> |
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| 123 | <h2 class="h2">Raising $4.5M seed.</h2> |
| 124 | <p class="lede" style="color:rgba(255,255,255,.9);max-width:60ch">18 months of runway to reach $3M ARR. 40% engineering, 35% growth, 15% compliance/banking licenses, 10% runway buffer.</p> |
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| 126 | <div><div style="font-size:44px;font-weight:900">$4.5M</div><div class="dim">SAFE · post-money cap $28M</div></div> |
| 127 | <div><div style="font-size:44px;font-weight:900">18 mo</div><div class="dim">runway to Series A</div></div> |
| 128 | <div><div style="font-size:44px;font-weight:900">$3M</div><div class="dim">ARR target by close</div></div> |
| 129 | </div> |
| 130 | </div> |
| 131 | </section> |
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| 134 | <section class="slide center tc" data-title="Thanks"> |
| 135 | <div class="cover-bg"></div> |
| 136 | <div> |
| 137 | <div class="mega">Thanks.</div> |
| 138 | <p class="mega-sub">maya@lumen.app · lumen.app/investors</p> |
| 139 | <div class="row mt-l" style="justify-content:center;gap:24px"> |
| 140 | <span class="pill pill-accent">Let's talk</span> |
| 141 | <span class="pill">Deck v4.2 · Apr 2026</span> |
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