Rezi — Rezi Seed Pitch Deck

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The 18-slide deck Rezi used to raise its seed round from StrongVC in Seoul, closed at the end of March 2021. Rezi is an AI resume builder. The deck covers the broken recruiting funnel, its GPT-3 resume writer, B2C subscription and B2B job-posting revenue, 138,205 users and $79,368 ARR on zero paid marketing, three growth strategies, the $500B staffing market, competition, team, and a $500K ask. Published in full by co-founder and CEO Jacob Jacquet; no slides were edited or omitted. The amount actually closed is not disclosed, so amount raised is left empty. This seed presentation from 2021 contains 18 slides and records $0 in funding. Its sequence moves through cover, problem, solution, solution, and later supporting sections. The outline below pairs every slide with its extracted text so researchers can study how the argument develops, not only how the pages look.

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1. 01

   Rezi: developing smarter resumesCover

   Rezi. Developing Smarter Resumes. Cover slide showing sample Rezi resumes tailored for Google, Spotify and Airbnb.

2. 02

   Recruiting is a $500B market that is brokenProblem

   Problem. Global Recruiting is 500 billion dollar market, growing 10% yearly. But it's broken. 75% of resumes automatically rejected. 2% of applications result in an interview. Process leaves high-value talent behind.

3. 03

   Better resumes lead to better hiringSolution

   Vision. Better Resume with Rezi Resume leads to Better Hiring with Rezi Jobs.

4. 04

   Rezi is like Grammarly for a resumeSolution

   Solution. Rezi is like Grammarly, for a resume. Auto-completing content. Get real-time optimization suggestions. Scalable for organizations. Logos of employers shown alongside, including Google, Spotify, Airbnb, Dropbox, Nike, Cisco, Intuit, Adobe, Accenture and BCG.

5. 05

   GPT-3 AI writer drafts resume content automaticallyProduct

   GPT-3 AI. Rezi GPT-3 AI Writer. Automatically writes perfect content. Rezi is the first-to-market with technology. Product screenshot shows role and experience fields with an AI Writer Generate button and an Apply suggestion action, generating bullet text for a Venture Analyst role.

6. 06

   Keyword targeting trained on 150k+ user resumesProduct

   Rezi Tech. Ai Keyword Targeting. We leverage our dataset of +150k user resumes to identify keywords. No more rejections. Product panel shows keywords matched against a job description, with HTML, Java, C++, JavaScript and Python ranking well and Problem-Solving and Web Design suggested as additions.

7. 07

   Real-time analysis reviews 17,351 bullet points a dayProduct

   Rezi Tech. Real-Time Analysis. We apply unique resume insights to review resumes at scale. 17,351 Bullet Points Reviewed Per Day. The analysis panel flags weak bullet points, personal pronouns, buzzwords, passive voice, filler words and unuseful content.

8. 08

   B2C revenue: Rezi Resume subscriptions at $2-$89 per monthBusiness model

   B2C - Rezi Resume. Subscription. A monthly or annual subscription fee. $2 - $89/mo. Rezi Resume the first AI Resume writing assistant. Rezi leverages expertise in Resume Writing and ATS (Applicant Tracking System) compatibility to help you land more interviews. Product screenshot of the Rezi resume dashboard.

9. 09

   B2B revenue: Rezi Jobs at $199 per post per monthBusiness model

   B2B - Rezi Jobs. Pay Per Post. A monthly or annual subscription fee. $199/post/mo. Rezi Jobs is changing the way companies hire. With proprietary AI technology developed in-house, we're able to score every single candidate and match them with the right job opening. Launching Q3 2021. Product screenshot of the Rezi Jobs recruiter view with employment type, seniority and salary filters.

10. 10

    138,205 users and $79,368 ARR on zero paid marketingTraction

    User Traction. 138,205 job seekers love Rezi. 138,205 Total Users. 20% Avg. MOM User Growth. $79,368 ARR. Paid Marketing Budget: $0. Charts show total users climbing from near zero in September 2019 to over 100K by September 2020, and monthly recurring revenue rising to roughly $12K MRR over the same period.

11. 11

    Growth strategy 1 - ranked #1 on AI resume builder SEOTraction

    User Growth. Strategy 1: SEO. Ranked #1 For All Ai Resume Builder Keywords. Scalable & Profitable Growth Channel. Google Search Console chart shows clicks and impressions rising steadily from August 2019 through mid-2020.

12. 12

    Growth strategy 2 - 67 white-label partnersTraction

    User Growth. Strategy 2: White Label. 67 White Labeled Partners since November 2019. Supporting universities and employment orgs. Screenshot shows the Rezi builder white-labeled for the University of Wisconsin.

13. 13

    Growth strategy 3 - global expansion across three marketsTraction

    User Growth. Strategy 3: Global Expansion. United States 46,776 Users. South Korea 13,222 Users. Canada 9,245 Users.

14. 14

    Training machine learning models to match candidates with companiesProduct

    Data To Scale. Rezi will disrupt traditional recruiting economics. Rezi is training machine learning models to match candidates with companies.

15. 15

    A $500B global staffing marketMarket

    Market Size. 2018 Annual Global Staffing Industry $500 Billion in Revenue. Incumbents shown with 2016 revenue: Adecco $22.5 Billion, headquartered Switzerland. Randstad $20.7 Billion, Netherlands. Manpower $19.2 Billion, USA. Recruit $9.8 Billion, Japan. Hays $5.3 Billion, U.K. Kelly $4.5 Billion, USA.

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    Competitive landscape - job boards, marketplaces and full serviceCompetition

    Competition. Job Boards: CareerBuilder, Indeed, LinkedIn. Marketplaces, 5-15% Fee: Rezi, Vettery (acquired by Adecco), Leap (acquired by Facebook). Full Service, 20-30% Fee: Manpower, Adecco, Randstad.

17. 17

    Founding team and Seoul startup recognitionTeam

    Rezi Team. Jacob Jacquet, CEO - founded his first online company at age 19 and sold it at 21; University of Wisconsin-Madison, Mathematics & Economics, 2014. Luc Lemerez, CTO - previously CTO of a Series A startup; 10+ years full-stack development. Rezi Is The Most Recognized Global Startup In Seoul: Vestee Company for Lotte Accelerator; Top 5 Company 2017 and 2018 K Startup Grand Challenge; Top 4 Company 2016, 2017 and 2018 Seoul Global Center; Selected Company for Sunbo Angel Incubator; Selected Company IBK; Selected Company Hanwha Dreamplus.

18. 18

    Raising $500K seed against a 2021 roadmapAsk

    Seed. Raising $.5M. Jan '21 - Apr '21: Scale B2C. May '21 - Aug '21: Training & Refinement of ML Models. Sept '21 - Dec '21: Establish Global Sales Offices. Financing To Date approximately 336M KRW: Award, NIPA, 2017, 43,000,000. Grant, 2018, 63,000,000. Loan, KIBO, 2019, 100,000,000. Angel, 4 Investors, 2019/2020, 80,000,000. Pre-Seed, Lotte Accelerator, 2020, 50,000,000.

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