America's next networking standard — and you're early.
- 33M+ US small businesses
- World-leading mobile contactless adoption
- Zero US-priced NFC + native CRM platform
- US$2.12M = 15% · before NY · LA · Chicago · Miami
The whole Canada business in 5 lines.
For the investor who has 90 seconds.
America’s first Professional Brand Presence Platform — premium NFC smart cards + brand pages + native Sales CRM, 100% built in-house.
US professionals waste 88% of paper cards and pay $7K+/yr for fragmented CRMs. We replace it all with one tap — at $69 a card.
4.7M active Canadian businesses (1.36M employer + 3.38M non-employer) · The US leads NFC adoption in smartphone penetration (Statista, ~91%) · US NFC market growing at 13.7% CAGR (KBV Research, Nov 2024) — fastest in North America. No serious US-native NFC + CRM player.
$69 ASP · $47 gross profit per card · 68% card margin. Year 1 target US$5.15M revenue / US$1.92M net profit on 50K cards across 4 main US cities.
Raising US$2.12M for Year 1 US operations — US Team US$825K · Marketing US$377K · India Remote Team US$109K · Office/Machines US$109K · 20% Contingency US$289K.
The US relationship layer is broken — and overpriced.
4.7M businesses, world-leading mobile contactless adoption — and not a single US-focused NFC + CRM platform owns the gap.
US paper cards binned within 7 days — every lost card is a lost lead and a lost US$500+ deal.
tools a US professional juggles — LinkedIn, website, Calendly, HubSpot, portfolio. Nothing unified.
Salesforce / HubSpot pricing — out of reach for America’s 33M+ small businesses (SBA 2023).
serious US-native NFC + CRM player offering local fulfilment + native pipeline at SME pricing.
The United States has 91% smartphone penetration (Pew Research, 2024) and 33M+ small businesses (SBA 2023) — yet the professional relationship layer is still paper cards, spreadsheets and overseas SaaS. Blinq pivoted to enterprise SaaS; HiHello and Popl ship hardware but no native pipeline; Linq is shifting to AI. Lets Connect is the only US-focused stack combining premium NFC hardware ($69 base), brand pages and a native Sales CRM ($199 lifetime) — at a price the US SME market can actually afford.
One tap. Four products. One platform.
NFC + brand pages + native CRM + analytics — bundled in a stack no US competitor matches.
One Tap Sharing
Premium NFC cards tap any phone. Share profile, contact, portfolio, booking. No app for recipients.
Brand Pages
Customisable web profiles — bio, services, gallery, blog, testimonials. Update from one dashboard.
QR Fallback
For older phones and printed media. Same powerful profile, accessible via camera scan.
Native Sales CRM
Built-in Kanban pipeline, deal tracking, tasks. $199 lifetime — vs $7K+/yr for Salesforce.
- Only platform bundling NFC + Brand Pages + native CRM in one US-focused stack.
- 100% proprietary technology — every line built in-house. Zero third-party dependency.
- US pricing built for the SME — $69/card, no per-seat SaaS tax, lifetime CRM unlock at $199.
- Local fulfilment across 4 main US cities (New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami) — 48-72hr delivery.
- Franchise & affiliate tools built natively — Blinq, HiHello, Popl and Linq have neither.
The category is being validated. Canada has no SME-focused leader yet.
Global NFC + digital business-card players have raised US$68M+ combined. Blinq, HiHello, Popl & Linq all bill in USD; HiHello, Popl & Linq all bill in USD. That is our opening.
Sources: CB Insights, TechCrunch, Newswire, parsers.vc. Figures verified via published funding announcements. No estimates.
Top-tier VCs have validated this category with US$68M+ in disclosed funding. None of them price in CAD or ship from Canada with a native Sales CRM. Lets Connect is the only contender combining premium NFC, brand pages and a native pipeline — US-priced, US-supported — and we are entering at a fraction of the valuations these competitors raised at.
| Capability | Lets Connect | Blinq | HiHello | Popl | Linq |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NFC Hardware | ✓ | ✓ | (via 3rd party) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Brand Page | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Lead Capture | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Booking (Built-in) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | (via Calendly) | ✗ |
| Analytics | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| CRM Sync | Built-in (no 3rd party) | Salesforce, HubSpot | Salesforce, HubSpot | Salesforce, HubSpot | ✗ |
| Sales CRM (Native) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Custom Forms | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Profile Visibility Control | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
4.7M businesses. World-leading contactless adoption.
Every figure below is sourced from a publicly verifiable third party — no estimates, no hallucinated numbers.
- US Small Business Administration (SBA) — 2023 Small Business Profile · 33.2M small businesses · 99.9% of all US firms · 61.6M employees
- KBV Research — North America NFC Market 2024-2031 (Nov 2024) · US NFC segment projected at US$16.79B by 2031
- Pew Research Center — Mobile Fact Sheet (Jan 2024) · ~91% of US adults own a smartphone
- US Census Bureau — County Business Patterns (2022) · ~8.1M employer establishments across all NAICS sectors
- Grand View Research — US Near Field Communication (NFC) Market Report 2024 · sustained double-digit growth across payments, access control and identity
- Bottom-up US TAM — 33M+ US small businesses × $69 ASP = US$2.27B+ one-time card TAM · 50K Year-1 target = ~0.0015% penetration
Five revenue streams. Hardware + SaaS + B2B + Channel.
Premium hardware funds the acquisition. SaaS compounds the margin. Franchise & affiliate scale without capital.
PVC base at $69 · Wooden $99 · Metal $149. Sold via website, Amazon US, eBay US and US partner channels.
Branded team cards for US corporates — finance, real estate, healthcare. Bulk pricing, recurring B2B.
Pro & Ultra plans · $15-$30/mo · CRM, analytics, lead capture, bookings. 85%+ gross margin.
One-time $199. Full Kanban pipeline, deal tracking, activity timeline. High-margin add-on.
US franchise partners and affiliate creators scale distribution without adding overhead.
Profitable. Organic. Globally validated — pre-raise.
Every number below happened before a single dollar of marketing spend.
Organic revenue · 5 months · pre-marketing (UK base)
Paying customers across 6 channels
200+ reviews · Amazon, eBay, website
Countries reached with zero ad spend
“317 customers across 50+ countries — eBay, Amazon US, Amazon UK, Amazon US, Amazon US, website, offline. This raise is the first time we are putting fuel on a fire that is already burning.”
A founder-led operator team launching NFC across the United States.
Investors back people first. A hands-on founder who built the entire platform, guided by two 30-year core mentors - already shipping, already profitable, already scaling.
The operator core - building product, running operations and owning the engineering stack end-to-end.
Leads product, technology and strategy. 10+ years in digital marketing and web development; designed and built the LetsConnect platform end to end and is the named inventor on the UK patent application.
Leads sales, partnerships, marketplace channels (eBay, Amazon, TikTok Shop) and customer experience.
Leads fulfilment, supply chain, quality control and regulatory/compliance, ensuring every card ships on time and to spec.
Backed by 60+ years of business-building wisdom.
Two veteran operators advise the company on scaling, product strategy and multi-market execution — bringing decades of pattern-recognition that money alone cannot buy.
Three decades of building, scaling and exiting businesses. Advises on go-to-market, organisational design and global expansion strategy.
30+ years across product, operations and corporate governance. Mentors on unit economics, supply chain and multi-market execution.
Why this team wins: a founder who already scaled a UK consumer brand to £5M+, a COO running dual-country ops, an 8-year CTO owning the stack, dedicated AI & ecommerce leads, and two 30-year mentors guiding strategy — all operating at an India cost base with UK/US/UAE pricing. That is the moat.
$47 profit per card. 52% margin. US$15.69M by Year 3.
Performance-priced for US SMEs. Clean unit economics on both hardware and software. Profitable from Year 1.
5K Year-1 digital add-ons at $30 each = US$135K pure-margin layer on top of hardware. Scales linearly with card volume.
| Metric | Year 1 50K cards · 4 main US cities | Year 2 ~89K cards · 8 US cities | Year 3 ~158K cards · 15 US cities |
|---|---|---|---|
| Investment | US$2.12M | US$2.50M | US$3.00M |
| Card Revenue | US$3.45M | US$6.14M | US$10.90M |
| Card Gross Profit | US$2.35M | US$4.18M | US$7.43M |
| Digital Add-On Profit | US$0.14M | US$0.24M | US$0.43M |
| Total Revenue | US$3.60M | US$6.41M | US$11.38M |
| Gross Profit (pre-tax) | US$2.49M | US$4.42M | US$7.86M |
| Net Profit (post 25% US tax) | US$0.55M | US$1.61M | US$3.81M |
15% equity. Clear path to IPO.
One fixed offer. No negotiation, no dilution surprise. US$2.12M into Lets Connect United States buys you 15% fully-diluted equity, full investor rights, and a defined exit path through FY 2029-30 IPO or secondary.
Based on planned Year 3 revenue of US$11.38M and net profit of US$3.81M, applied to standard SaaS-hardware hybrid revenue multiples. Conservative anchored to slow-growth comparables; upside reflects category leaders.
Illustrative only · not a forecast or guarantee of returns. Stake value crystallises on a liquidity event (Series A/B secondary, strategic acquisition, or IPO). Actual valuation set by future market-clearing investors.
Raising US$2.12M — Year 1 US operations.
Every dollar mapped to team, marketing, machines and operations (incl. 20% contingency). Profitable in Year 1.
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