www.coti.io
Currency Of The Internet
Fintech startup using next generation blockchain technology for
PAYMENT NETWORKS and STABLE COINS
NOAH18 London
By Guy Klajman, Chief Revenue Officer (CRO)
Three Conferences, One Mission: Empower the European Digital Ecosystem
To provide a physical marketplace
that facilitates funding of
digital European companies
at all stages
Mission Mission Mission
To promote Israel - European
relationships and enable funding
To bring together future-shaping
executives and investors active
across segments driven
by digital revolution
Connecting
Capital with
Entrepreneurs
Connecting European
Champions
and Challengers
Connecting Israel’s Startups
with Large Corporates
and Investors
30-31 October 2019
Old Billingsgate, London
13-14 June 2019
STATION Berlin
9-10 April 2019
Hangar 11, Tel Aviv
Israeli (aka Startup Nation)
Fintech Startup
30+ Employees
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Serial entrepreneurs, blockchain
engineers, researchers & veterans of
Fintech and banking industries
Shahaf Bar-Geffen
CEO
Serial entrepreneur
Shahaf has founded successful companies and had several exits. Shahaf was the co-
founder and former CEO of WEB3, a leading multinational digital marketing firm. Shahaf
is a reserved officer ranked Major.
David Assaraf
Co-founder, COO
Former HSBC internal auditor, Financial specialist
David previously served as the chief internal auditor at HSBC Israel and as an
examiner in the credit risk unit of the Central Bank of Israel.
Dr. Nir Haloani
CTO
IBM (Former head of research), Owner of 14 patents
Nir is an innovator in the areas of data compression, AI and machine learning
and has earned the prestigious Master Inventor title for authoring over 14
patents in these fields. Nir is the former CTO of Infima Technologies, which was
later acquired by IBM.
Guy Klajman
Chief Revenue Officer (CRO)
Guy has 15 years of key sales, business development and marketing
experience with leading hitech companies in various industries including
FinTech, gaming, eHealth and Ad Tech, in B2C, B2B & B2B2C.
Founder of eMonetization which delivered over 100 Million global downloads.
Advisory
Board.
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COTI’s Advisory Board works
closely with COTI’s management
team to provide unmatched
business experience.
Additional investors:
Dr. Matt McBrady
CIO & MD
BlackRock
Steven Heilbron
CEO
Investec Bank UK
Lindsey Maule
CEO
Luna Capital
Avi Chesed
CEO
Processing.com
Greg Kidd
Investor: Coinbase, Twitter
CRO, Ripple
Nimrod Lehavi
Co-founder and CEO
Simplex
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Payment networks are streamlined with COTI’s Platform
Business Model: a cut from node operators fees/incentives (no min & capped)
Solution & why Blockchain:
Store of Value
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Decentralized Computing Payments and stability
BLOCKCHAIN
PLATFORMS
Optimized for:
NEW
Problem #2
COTI’s Solution:
Traditional industries that run on old technologies create a
great opportunity for disruption.
Payment apps and price-stable coins are addressing this
opportunity, which market is estimated in the trillions USD
annually, covering everything from retail payments to
financial institutions operations.
A proliferation of contenders, from enterprises to
newcomers, is entering the space to seize the opportunity
and take market share from the economy of tomorrow.
COTI is uniquely positioned to serve this rapidly growing
market
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The online payments industry is expected
to continue growing and payments apps
will grow with it.
Price-stable coins and payments app are
facing challenges that will not be met with
current blockchain roadmaps
The 2 billion unbanked population
worldwide will contribute to online
commerce growth
Governments and enterprises entrance to
blockchain is usually accompanied by creating
price stable coins
Market Opportunity:
Decentralized Payment Apps using COTI’s platform
companies can focus their efforts on their key business aspects
and not on the infrastructure.
COTI provides the blockchain infrastructure and features that are
geared towards payments.
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Endless USE CASES for
Anyone transacting:
Merchants
Empower merchants to create their own branded payment
network which can save millions of dollars in fees and build
stronger customer relationships
Stable Coins use various mechanism to enable the price
stability and usability of the coin.
While stability is relatively easy to achieve in the short term
with any blockchain platform, the usability for everyday and
mainstream use may be compromised by the challenges of
high transaction costs, scalability, identity and others that
most blockchain infrastructures entail.
COTI provides the infrastructure and needed features tailored
for stable coins.
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USE CASES:
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Enterprises can venture to new business models by:
• Offering new payment networks to their business customers
absorbing market share from Visa, MC and PayPal
• Utilizing our ground breaking technology to open new:
• Monetization acquisition opportunities (e.g.,: via nano/micro
payments for publishers)
• Retention possibilities e.g.,: loyalty, cash back
• New markets & clients e.g.,: unbanked, those with no credit
history or low income
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USE CASES:
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Roadmap:
Foundation and R&D
Q2 2017
Consensus white
paper release
Q3 2017
Onboarding Design
partners Q1 2018
T1 token sale -
$15M
Q2 2018
Onboarding partners
2nd Investment round
($15M)
Test net release
Q4 2018
Main Net
COTI coin minting
Q1 2019
First rollout of partner
applications
Q2 2019
Advanced rollout of
partner applications
Q3 2019
Q3 2018
Alpha release
Payment Service
Provider (PSP)
• One of the biggest processors in the US.
• Serves tens of thousands of merchants.
• Processes tens of billions of USD every year
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Media
and
Awards:
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“Bitcoin & Beyond: How Digital
Currencies
Can Solve Consumer Payment
Needs”
“In Israel, a Blockchain and
Crypto
Hyper-cluster Is Just Getting
Started”
"We think we are close to having
the digital technology to white
label payments solutions for the
largest companies in the world
to process such micro-
payments.”
“The Way We Spend $50
Trillion Per
Year Is About To Change
Forever”
“5 Of The Sectors
Blockchain
Is Currently
Disrupting”
Payment network and crypto
development platform COTI for
example, does this by using its
Trustchain protocol which keeps the
network safe from potential
manipulation and fraud.
Israel-based Start-up is
Building its Own
Blockchain Protocol
that Removes Miners
COTI wins first place in the
Google-sponsored Pick a
Startup competition at the
DLD
“COTI launches the Trustchain
protocol for enterprises,
merchants and stable coin issuers”
Competitive analysis:
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Scalability Unlimited scalability
(the minimal target is 10,000 TPS)
Good scalability Good scalability
Consensus mechanism Trustchain protocol dDAG - PoT Stellar Consensus Protocol (SCP) Ripple Protocol Consensus Algorithm (RPCA)
Transactions per second Tens of thousands of transactionsper second
(TPS)
3000 TPS 1500 TPS
Stability framework Yes No No
Node incentivisation Yes No No
Dispute resolution (Buyer/seller protection) Yes No No
Network architecture Decentralised Decentralised Centralised
Smart contract Yes Yes Yes
Selected Completed NOAH Transactions
Focus on Leading European Internet companies
Covering over 400 companies across 25 online
verticals, a broad range of over 500 investors as
well as 100+ online-focused corporates
Deep understanding of industry dynamics
Ability to add value beyond banking advice
Facilitates overall process and minimizes
management distraction
NOAH Advisors is globally well connected
and has direct access to virtually all key
players in the industry
Knowledge of and strong relationships with
potential buyers’ key decision makers
Proactively finds and unlocks attractive
investment opportunities for leading investors
Annual NOAH Conference in its 8th year
Over 40 years of combined relevant M&A experience
Routine execution of M&A and financing transactions
with sizes of several billion euros
25+ successfully completed NOAH Advisors transactions
underline successful transfer of M&A competencies to
the Internet sector
Entrepreneurial mind-set, focused on growing the
business and establishing a reputation for excellence
Ability to deliver top results in short time frames
Highly success-based compensation structures align
interests of clients and NOAH Advisors, and demonstrate
conviction to deliver top results
Creative deal solutions
December 2014
October 2014 May 2014
Sale of 100% of
for $800m to
Exclusive Financial Advisor to
Fotolia and the Selling Shareholders
Sale of 100% of
for €80m to
Exclusive Financial Advisor to
Trovit and its Shareholders
sold 100% of
for $228m to a joint venture between
Exclusive Financial Advisor to Yad2
and its Shareholders
Unique Industry Know-How
Unmatched Network and Relationships
Strong Investment Banking Competence
Full Commitment - We Are Entrepreneurs!
EUROPE’S LEADING INTERNET
CORPORATE FINANCE BOUTIQUE
October 2016
July 2018
December 2016
®
The NOAH Advisors Core Banking Team
Investment in
Exclusive Financial Advisor to KäuferPortal
and its Shareholders
by
84% Ownership
Exclusive Financial Advisor to
PromoFarma and its shareholders
Financial Advisor to Silver Lake
Investment in
by
September 2018
August 2017
Financial Advisor to 10bis and its shareholders
Financial Advisor to EMK Capital
Acquisition of a Majority Stake in
by
at a valuation of $200m
Marco Rodzynek
Managing Director & Founder
Jan Brandes
Managing Director
Nikhil Parmar
Director
Olek Skwarczek
Analyst
Lukas Schlund
Analyst
Sale of 100% in
to
Sale of 100% in
for €135m to
10Bis