January 2018 PRESS KIT

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1 January 2018 PRESS KIT

2 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. What s Leetchi.com? 2. The light-bulb moment 3. How does it work? 4. Most popular money pot types 5. Good cause campaigns 6. Our partners 7. Customer testimonials p.3 p.4 p.4 p.6 p.7 p.8 p.9 LEETCHI.COM, 8 YEARS OF HISTORY 1. Key events and dates 2. Internationalisation p.10 p.12 OUR CEO - CÉLINE LAZORTHES p.13 CONTACT INFORMATION

1. WHAT S LEETCHI.COM? Founded in 2009 by Céline Lazorthes, Leetchi.com is the leading European fundraising website with 10 million users in 150 countries.

3 1. WHAT S LEETCHI.COM? Founded in 2009 by Céline Lazorthes, Leetchi.com is the leading European fundraising website with 10 million users in 150 countries. It proposes a fast, easy and secure way for people to collect money together online with the aim to finance any type of project. From supporting good causes, to financing personal projects, to organising group gifts with Leetchi.com you can turn your ideas into reality. It s a perfect solution for both individuals and charities, regardless of their size, to raise funds from donors all over the world. Biggest advantages? Low fees and seamless social media integration. Leetchi.com offers high quality, innovative money solutions via the commercialisation of its MANGOPAY API, developed to answer to the strong market request for C2C payments. MANGOPAY is a provider of payment solutions dedicated to collaborative players such as marketplaces and crowdfunding platforms, and currently services over 2,000 client platforms across Europe. 3

4 2. THE LIGHT-BULB MOMENT Céline Lazorthes, Leetchi.com s CEO, was often faced with the problem of advancing money to buy a group gift and having to spent a lot of time chasing people up to pay her back. Whether it be for a hen party or a common wedding gift, it was hard for her to get fully reimbursed by her friends. The light-bulb moment arrived when Celine was in charge of organising an integration weekend for her class at HEC Paris. She struggled a lot to raise money from students, this is when she envisaged an online money pot that would help to overcome all the difficulties associated with collecting money in a group. This idea was quickly extended to supporting individuals in need, communities, nonprofits as well as financing personal projects. With Leetchi.com, we ve tried to create an easy and convenient service to collect money for any occasion while keeping in mind our consumer s concerns and online behaviour. Céline Lazorthes Today, Leetchi.com has over 10 million users (and counting) who have already set their projects in motion! What about you? 3. HOW DOES IT WORK? In just a few clicks a user can create a personalised money pot and invite friends and project supporters to contribute. Each person can easily chip in to an online money pot by simply using their a credit or debit card. Once money has been raised, the organiser can choose when and how they d like to spend it. It s 100% free to spend it on partner sites or there s a 2.9-4% bank transfer fee. The money pot can also be transferred directly to the beneficiary via . 4

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6 4. MOST POPULAR MONEY POT TYPES The most popular money pots created by Leetchi.com users are used to organise a birthday group gift, finance a personal project and support a local community. Leetchi.com offers an easy, transparent and convenient way to raise funds for anything and everything! BIRTHDAY COMMUNITY PROJECT ANIMALS PARTY GIFT LEAVING DO WEDDING NONPROFIT CHARITY HEN & STAG DO GETAWAY BABY SHOWER HOUSEWARMING MEMORIAL SPORT HOUSESHARE CHILDREN HEALTH & MORE... 6

5. GOOD CAUSE CAMPAIGNS This dedicated page www.leetchi.com/en/money-pots allows people to discover and support currently running fundraising campaigns for a good cause.

7 5. GOOD CAUSE CAMPAIGNS This dedicated page allows people to discover and support currently running fundraising campaigns for a good cause. Here you can find various money pots, created by Leetchi.com users, to raise funds for a non profit organisation, community project or an individual in need. People can easily browse through all good cause money pots or use a search bar to find a specific one they d like to contribute to. The most interesting campaigns are promoted on the homepage (free of charge) to increase their visibility and help collect more funds. Creating a fundraising page helps organisers explain the issue in detail and get financial support for the projects that they hold dear to their heart. 7

8 6. OUR PARTNERS In France and Germany we ve partnered with over 110 e-commerce businesses. However, due to the fact that we ve recently launched in the UK, we have less partners on board. One of the biggest ones is Amazon.co.uk, offering a vast selection of items to suit everyone s taste. If there s a particular partner you d like us to work with please let us know! 8

9 7. CUSTOMER TESTIMONIALS COMMUNITY MONEY POT EMILY To make our humanitarian project to Tibet a reality, we ve created a money pot on Leetchi.com. Why? To raise money from our family, friends and other project supporters, quickly and easily. Mission accomplished, we ve collected enough resources to build a school there! NON PROFIT ORGANISATION MONEY POT REBECCA When my youngest daughter was diagnosed with cancer she was fortunate enough to have received the necessary support from the Teenage Cancer Trust. However, for every teenager they reach there s another they can t due to the limited funding. With my family and friends we decided to create a money pot on Leetchi.com and raise funds to support the great work that the charity is doing. Hopefully, with our donation they ll be able to help more people like my daughter get back on their feet. It s really important to give back because you never know when you or your close ones might need help. LEAVING DO MONEY POT JOE After four years at our company, Linda decided to leave and pursue her long term dream of becoming a painter. We created a money pot on Leetchi.com to organise her leaving do, and invited all the coworkers to chip in. We were able to buy her an oil paint starter kit. That gift really made her day! BIRTHDAY MONEY POT LISA For my husband s 40th birthday I decided to organise a money pot on Leetchi.com as I was in lack of creative gift ideas. I ve invited all his friends and relatives to chip in for a common gift. I must admit that everyone loved the idea of using Leetchi service, as it was very convenient and easy to use. It saved them time gift shopping. In the end 60 people contributed to the group fund, making it 1500 total. I gave the money pot to my husband asking him to choose the gift himself. All I can say is that we ve spent a lovely long weekend in Las Vegas! 9

10 LEETCHI.COM, 8 YEARS OF HISTORY 1. KEY DATES & NUMBERS GROUP LEETCHI 2009 (November) 2010 (January) 2010 (February) 2011 (March) 2011 (October) 2011 (November) 2012 (February) 2012 (December) 2013 (April) 2013 (September) 2013 (October) 2015 (January) 2015 (June) 2015 (September) 2016 (April) 2016 (October) 2016 (November) 2017 (July) 2017 (September) 2017 (December) (2018) January Launch of Leetchi.com in France Support from BPI, a French investment bank Funding from Kima Ventures / Oleg Tscheltzoff / 360 Capital Partners Microsoft Innovation Award - Funding from Capital Partners (1,2 million Euros). - Leetchi.com is available in 3 languages & 150 countries Céline represents France at G20 YEA in Toronto Funding from IDInvest (4 million Euros) Leetchi is an accredited E-Money Issuer licence holder Launch of MANGOPAY Launch in Spain Nominated as the best French startup by WIRED magazine MANGOPAY opens its office in London Total of 40 employees Acquisition by the French bank CMA (Crédit Mutuel Arkéa) Total of 60 employees Launch in UK MANGOPAY opens its office in Cork 8 million users & 500 million euros collected Total of 80 employees 1,1 billion euros collected by Leetchi Group 10 million users 10

11 COLLECTED PER MONEY POT MILLION USERS PARTICIPANTS PER MONEY POT 80% 11

12 LEETCHI.COM, 7 YEARS OF HISTORY INTERNATIONALISATION OF LEETCHI.COM Leetchi.com provides the perfect solution for people separated by the geographic distance to club together online for a group gift or to support a good cause. The service is currently accessible from 150 countries and in 4 languages: English, French, Spanish and German. As a testament to the country s internationalisation efforts, 25% of Leetchi s team is composed of non-french speakers. 12

OUR CEO CÉLINE LAZORTHES FOUNDER AND CEO OF THE LEETCHI GROUP Céline, age 35, can proudly say that she s already experienced all the start-up lifecycle stages, from the creation of her own company in

13 OUR CEO CÉLINE LAZORTHES FOUNDER AND CEO OF THE LEETCHI GROUP Céline, age 35, can proudly say that she s already experienced all the start-up lifecycle stages, from the creation of her own company in 2009 to its acquisition in September Entrepreneur at heart, she has quickly excelled at running her own business, which today represents a team of more than 80 employees based in Paris, London, Luxembourg, Cork and Berlin. Having founded Leetchi.com and then MANGOPAY, Céline has acquired expertise in the FinTech sector. Innovative and charismatic, she often gives empowerment speeches at many international schools and conferences. Moreover, she is an active business angel, coach to many startups and a strong supporter of female entrepreneurship. Celine always gives 100% in everything she undertakes, leaving nothing to chance. For her, with a bit of hard work, anything is possible! 13

14 PRESS CONTACT KASIA JEDRYS Country Manager UK

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