Introduction
Jinglz has created patented technology and tools for measuring and verifying user experience with video content. Digital advertisers, creative agencies, content creators, and many other lucrative industries leverage video content to reach customers, build brands, promote causes & campaigns, and gain valuable insights that drive decision-making. Our AI-powered emotion detection and engagement verification products offer unique value to these markets.
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Problem
Video content producers and advertisers are demanding more effective ways to measure audience response and engagement before investing in distribution.
Audiences are consuming more digital video content than ever before, from mobile video to streaming services and even digital advertising. This is driving marketers to focus on developing more engaging content and more efficient buying mechanisms for distribution. Content quality and methods of testing audience response remain critical impediments to spending in these markets despite their enormous growth.
The biggest spenders on video content employ traditional focus group testing to measure audience response before they invest in distribution & delivery, but this method is inefficient and presents growing challenges as spending on video content continues to rise:
- Traditional focus group models elicit dishonest responses.
- They're expensive to conduct.
- They can't be deployed quickly.
- They don't provide quantitative data that will lead to efficient spending.
And, while programmatic video ad spending was estimated to reach over $29 billion last year in the U.S. alone, the demand for greater efficiency is continually rising. That means that marketers across multiple billion-dollar industries still seek better delivery mechanisms that offer a higher return on investment:
- Quantitative response data isn't available until after a campaign is launched.
- Current platforms can't verify that the audience is engaged.
- Spending is increasing without solutions that improve efficiency.
Solution
Jinglz is solving this problem through our proprietary AI-powered emotion detection and engagement verification platform.
Our technology uses camera and audio sensors on consumer devices to detect human faces while they view video content. Their facial expressions are then analyzed to recognize emotional response to the content.
Through the use of artificial intelligence and second-by-second emotion and engagement analysis, our technology provides extremely valuable insights both for content creation and delivery:
- Our EmotionTrac technology recognizes facial expressions to measure emotional response to video content second-by-second.
- Our VeriView technology detects when a user is actually looking at the content that's being played on their device.
- We've developed a cloud-based, on-demand SaaS platform for building remotely delivered focus group tests that marketers and content creators can use to quantitatively measure audience reaction to any video content before they distribute it.
- Our first branded use of our EmotionTrac and VeriView enabled platform is now live at CampaignTester.com and includes a mobile app for test delivery that is unique in the market. We plan to expand the use of our platform beyond CampaignTester to serve other lucrative markets as well.
- We can deliver digital video ads and guarantee user engagement with every ad shown through aggregated ad delivery and licensing to other ad platforms.
Jinglz has made its core focus to develop valuable solutions for high-growth markets, and we're poised to generate revenue by meeting the industry demand for the technology we've created.
Business Model
The technology we've created allows us to pursue multiple streams of revenue in markets that exhibit high growth and massive potential.
We've expanded upon our initial VeriView video ad technology to create EmotionTrac, which leverages AI to recognize a viewer's emotional response to video content. The combination of these technologies enables Jinglz to develop a broad spectrum of SaaS solutions that serve multiple lucrative markets and shields our success from reliance upon a single revenue stream:
CampaignTester.com
This first branded use of our EmotionTrac and VeriView enabled SaaS platform is live and ready for immediate revenue generation. The cloud-based app allows customers to build on-demand, remotely delivered focus group tests to audiences either defined by the customer or sourced by CampaignTester. Our pricing model includes a "pay as you go" option for individual tests delivered in cohorts of 100 viewers as well as volume packages for enterprise and agency customers.
VeriView Ad Tech Licensing
As a technology solution for guaranteeing video ad views on mobile devices, Jinglz has the potential to license its use to app developers and other ad platforms where digital advertising spending hit a record global high of $57.9 billion in just the first six months of 2019.
VerusMedia
Our in-house video ad platform plans to offer the ability to aggregate ad inventory from other platforms alongside our advertiser base and generate revenue for verified ad views.
PlayJinglz
Our mobile gaming app was the first demonstration of our VeriView technology in practical use for guaranteeing user engagement with mobile video ads. Relaunching this app can not only provide an outlet for publishing ads from VerusMedia to generate ad revenue, but we can further leverage its use as an audience source for our EmotionTrac platform solutions.
Market
Our technology presents incredible market opportunities for Jinglz and its investors. The application of facial and emotion detection technology is expanding rapidly across multiple lucrative markets.
The Internet Advertising Bureau estimates that more than half of all video ad spending is driven by ads featuring original content. With the global digital advertising market already surpassing $100 billion and video ad spending alone projected to reach $31 billion in 2021, content creators and marketers need tools and products that will help improve the effectiveness of their content and the efficiency of their ad buys.
Our EmotionTrac and VeriView enabled platform meets this demand and empowers them to test and measure an audience's reaction to their content before publishing it. Further, by employing our VeriView technology through VerusMedia and licensing it to other ad networks and publishers, we're able to directly penetrate the video ad market as well.
Our EmotionTrac technology also has applications that extend far beyond marketing and advertising. Across all segments of emotion detection and recognition (EDR), the global EDR market is projected to exceed $20 billion in 2021 and reach $33.9 billion by 2023. In a market with such explosive growth, it's easy to see how capturing even a small initial market share can lead to massive revenues.
Competitive Landscape
There are only a handful of companies currently employing similar technology within our target markets. Some of the dominant players include:
- Affectiva
- Tobii AB
- Noldus
- Realeyes OU
In all cases, the products these companies offer differ from Jinglz in their application, pricing, feature set, and delivery mechanism. Our competitive research reveals that Jinglz offers substantial product differentiation while also providing additional value to potential customers.
With such a small number of dominant players, our competition barrier is low. By raising capital in this round of funding, Jinglz plans to to stake a position within this consolidated segment of the EDR market.
Progress
This online public offering represents an opportunity for investors to take a position with a tech startup that has already demonstrated its ability to show amazing progress.
Since our inception, Jinglz has successfully reached new milestones with every round of funding. In the beginning, the concept was simple: find a way to verify when a mobile user is actually looking at the video ads that are displayed on their device and reward them for watching an entire ad.
We started with a basic iOS app that utilized a mobile device's sensors to detect when a person's face is looking at the screen and pauses the ad if they look away. When the ad finished playing in its entirety, the user received a small reward for their attention.
From there, we expanded our development team and started work on an Android version of the app while also building a robust contest engine that increased user engagement by giving users a way to enter hourly contests to win prizes. Then, we further expanded features to the app by adding simple trivia and coin-flip games to further enhance user engagement.
After building our beta test audience to 15,000 users, we focused on strengthening our platform's ability to scale to millions of users. At the same time, we began research and development that extended beyond our VeriView facial detection to include AI-powered emotion detection and recognition (EDR). This was the birth of EmotionTrac.
Once we successfully developed a scalable platform that leverages our VeriView and EmotionTrac technologies, we set our sites on building branded applications of this new platform to reach our target markets.
Late last year, we launched the first of these brands with CampaignTester, which allows marketers, content creators, and campaign managers to gain powerful insights into audience reaction and engagement with video content before distribution to the public. They can create their own on-demand tests delivered to targeted audience samples and measure their emotional response and engagement with the content. CampaignTester subsequently received the 2020 Reed Award for "Best Application Of Artificial Intelligence To Optimize Creative" in January of this year.
In March of 2020, Jinglz was awarded its first patent for hands and speech free control of media presentations, with two additional patent filings currently in process.
When considering investing at an early stage, it's not always easy to see a company's potential to succeed. But Jinglz has achieved big things, and our investors can see how far we've come already.
Media mentions
- Plexus Media to Offer Breakthrough Video Engagement Solution to Investor Marketing ClientsYahoo! Finance, May 26, 2020
- Political Campaigns Use Artificial Intelligence to Detect Emotion in Videos with CampaignTester™Markets Insider, November 19, 2019
- Exclusive: Here are the startups chosen for Pitch MadnessSt. Pete Catalyst, January 16, 2019
- Jinglz All the Way: Mobile Advertiser Closes in on StartEngine Reg CF Campaign GoalCrowdfund Insider, February 15, 2018
- The Pitch On Sup-X Radio: JinglzSup-X Radio, January 24, 2018
- Jinglz, Video Ad Verification App Poised to Disrupt Ad IndustryEquities.com, December 17, 2017
- CBSMiami - Coolest New Tech StartupCBSMiami, April 2016
Team
Every tech startup needs amazing talent that spans leadership, financial management, product development, research, and operational support. Jinglz has assembled a remarkable group of directors, officers, and managers whose skills directly contribute to the success and progress we've achieved.
Prior to JINGLZ, Aaron led Successories.com. In 2014, he sold a division of the company at a substantial gain for the investors. He has extensive experience in technology management and driving growth across multiple start-ups and Fortune 100 companies. Led Hewlett Packard initiative resulting in $140 million sale.
Seasoned veteran as a digital strategist and investor in several companies including startups based in Silicon Valley. Former Director of Digital Strategy at Zimmerman, part of the TBWA worldwide network. Bill brings along years of experience in the television and cable television industries.
30+ years growing businesses with experience in investment banking, financing start-ups and public offerings. Served as CEO and Co-Founder of Newsgrade Corporation directing corporate development and technology expansion for an $18 million software project.
Served as an executive or cofounder for companies such as Microrim, GlobalTel Resources, Inc., GlobalVision, Inc, Egghead Software, Inc., and Blue Frog Media. Sole investor in Double Down Interactive, which sold for $500 million in 2012. He joined the Jinglz board of directors in October 2017.
Use of Proceeds
If the offering's maximum amount of $249,999 is raised:
Use | Value | % of Proceeds |
---|---|---|
Marketing & Sales | $112,749 | 45.1% |
General and Administrative | $62,500 | 25.0% |
Product Development | $25,000 | 10.0% |
Investor Marketing | $37,500 | 15.0% |
Intermediary fees | $12,250 | 4.9% |
Terms
This number includes all funds raised by the Company in this round on Netcapital. This is an offering of Class A Common Stock, under registration exemption 4(a)(6), in EmotionTrac, Inc.. This offering must reach its target of at least $10,000 by its offering deadline of April 1, 2021 at 12:59am ET. If this offering does not reach its target by the offering deadline, then your money will be refunded.
If the offering is successful at raising the maximum amount, then the company’s implied valuation after the offering (sometimes called its post-money valuation) will be:
COVID Relief:
This offering is being conducted on an expedited basis due to circumstances relating to COVID-19 and pursuant to the SEC’s temporary COVID-19 regulatory relief set out in Regulation Crowdfunding §227.201(z).
Offering maximum:
In reliance on this relief, financial information certified by the principal executive officer of the issuer has been provided instead of financial statements reviewed by a public accountant that is independent of the issuer, in setting the offering maximum of $250,000.
Financials
These financial statements have been reviewed by an independent Certified Public Accountant.
SEC Filings
The Offering Statement is a formal description of the company and this transaction. It’s filed with the SEC to comply with the requirements of exemption 4(a)(6) of the Securities Act of 1933.
We’re also required to share links to each of the SEC filings related to this offering with investors.
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