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Headband

Headband is a marketplace for athletes, helping them create revenue through fan data

Spotlight

Headband is a founder-backed startup, currently raising $2M

The startup is in the validation stage and has onboarded early users

The company is focused on North America

Current funding roundRound is open

Stage

Pre-Seed

Round size

$2M

Pre-money valuation

Limited Access

Investor equity

Limited Access

Revenue in the last 12 months

Limited Access

Valuation in 4 years

Limited Access

Instrument type

SAFEEquityRevenue-Based FinancingConvertible Note

Target date

Aug 2024

Growth Forecast

Limited access

This data is under wraps

Funding readiness level

5/9

Investor-ready presentation and materials, larger funding acquired.

- There is an investor presentation (pitch deck) that has been tested and is being fine-tuned.
- Supporting material e.g. financial projections and budgets etc. are being developed
- Applications for other types of funding e.g. grants or loans are prepared and filed.
- Larger soft funding (e.g. 0.5-1 MSEK is achieved)
- Insight into the basics of equity financing and willingness to consider it, i.e. no major fear of losing control/ownership.

team Readiness Level

8/9

Management and CEO established, board/advisor engagement.

- There is a clear leadership and management. CEO in place with relevant business experience.
- There is a competent board which is professionally used. Relevant advisors are in place and used.
- Necessary recruitments according to longer term plan are ongoing to ascertain competencies
- The team is properly motivated and rewarded so everyone performs at their max.

Team Background

Background:

Not applicable

Meet the Team

Co-Founder

Jeff Brunelle

CEO (Chief Executive Officer)

20 years of experience

CPTO, FanPower | Founder, Red Label Sports

Co-Founder

Jon Wank

CRO (Chief Revenue Officer)

20 years of experience

Head of Audience Development | The SKIMM

Co-Founder

Ryan Vaznis

CTO (Chief Technology Officer)

20 years of experience

Technical Product Lead, ASMBL

Co-Founder

Jeff Brunelle

CEO (Chief Executive Officer)

20 years of experience

CPTO, FanPower | Founder, Red Label Sports

Co-Founder

Jon Wank

CRO (Chief Revenue Officer)

20 years of experience

Head of Audience Development | The SKIMM

Co-Founder

Ryan Vaznis

CTO (Chief Technology Officer)

20 years of experience

Technical Product Lead, ASMBL

Key metrics & Growth Rate

Revenue

Paid users

All users

Limited access

This data is under wraps

ABOUT

Headband is a marketplace for athletes, helping them create revenue through fan data

We take the stigma out of data sharing by facilitating secure, simple, and direct relationships between talent, brands, and fans.

Details

Industries

MarketplaceEntertainmentAdTech / MarTechAnalyticsMediaB2B SaaS

Start date

15 Jul 2024

Company location

United States

Country where most of the founders are currently located

United States

Website

hdbnd.com

STARTUP READINESS LEVEL

4/9

Validating Problem/Solution

Through R&D and prototyping, we're testing our solution against the identified problem, aiming to validate its effectiveness. An initial business plan outlines our assumptions and basic market strategies.

business Readiness Level

4/9

Complete initial business model including revenues/costs.

- There is a full business model in canvas format incl. details on possible revenues/costs.
- First economic projections with numbers to show the market potential and economic viability (bottom-up calculations based on projections/guesstimates on volumes, prices etc)
- Assessed feasible Share Of Market based on e.g. barriers to entry incl. competition
- Made a competitive analysis on your position and uniqueness/differentiation vs them.

Marketing

Marketing strategy

Limited Access

Channels

Limited Access

IP Protection Readiness Level

2/9

Identified and clarified ownership of various IPRs.

- Mapped different forms of IPR that exist or could emanate during development
- Specific ideas for patenting exist, but are not well described and defined.
- Agreements related to IPR are identified and ownership is clarified. IPR is verified to be under your ownership or control. Inventors are clarified. Knowledge of applicable IP policies etc.

customer Readiness Level

4/9

Confirmed needs/problems from multiple customers/users.

- Contacts and feedback are established with several possible customers/users. Numbers are typically limited but depend on B2B/B2C and market structure (e.g. 5-10 in B2B, if market is concentrated 2-5 market leading customers, in B2C higher e.g. 10-20).
- The problem and need (and its importance) is confirmed from multiple customers/users
- Customer segmentation in place, knowledge of customers/users has increased level of details
- A primary product hypothesis is defined, possibly based on feedback.

Customers geography

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Last updated: 7 August 2024

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Headband

Spotlight

Headband is a founder-backed startup, currently raising $2M

The startup is in the validation stage and has onboarded early users

The company is focused on North America

Current funding roundRound is open

Stage

Round size

Pre-money valuation

Investor equity

Revenue in the last 12 months

Valuation in 4 years

Instrument type

Target date

Growth Forecast

Funding readiness level

5/9

Investor-ready presentation and materials, larger funding acquired.

team Readiness Level

8/9

Management and CEO established, board/advisor engagement.

Team Background

Background:

Meet the Team

Jeff Brunelle

Jon Wank

Ryan Vaznis

Jeff Brunelle

Jon Wank

Ryan Vaznis

Key metrics & Growth Rate

Revenue

Paid users

All users

ABOUT

Details

Industries

Start date

Company location

Country where most of the founders are currently located

Website

STARTUP READINESS LEVEL

4/9

Validating Problem/Solution

business Readiness Level

4/9

Complete initial business model including revenues/costs.

Marketing

Marketing strategy

Channels

IP Protection Readiness Level

2/9

Identified and clarified ownership of various IPRs.

customer Readiness Level

4/9

Confirmed needs/problems from multiple customers/users.

Customers geography

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