Katch's original offering opened on June 9, 2021 and was completed on February 7, 2022. Except for the Updates section which may contain more recent information, the information on this page was accurate as of February 7, 2022.

Katch

By combining advanced data science, cutting-edge technology, and real entertainment industry experience, Katch is solving the fundamental problems gripping the content ecosystem today: how to understand audience taste, curate impactful content, and deliver the most incredible experience to viewers.

Team

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Problem

Hollywood is in trouble: too many new choices in movies, series, and streaming platforms have consumers frustrated deciding what to watch. Meanwhile, the very same streaming services are desperately competing for subscribers, with new platforms emerging each week.

Problem

Billions are spent, and sometimes wasted, every year producing and marketing ever more content. And as the stakes go up, originality diminishes. How many more reboots and sequels will it take before people have had enough?

While the fight for eyeballs and attention has never been more competitive, Hollywood remains unable to capitalize on actionable, data driven insights. Entertainment companies are forced to make decisions based on historical precedent rather than real time, authentic audience demand.

Solution

Analytics

The legacy system of Hollywood needs a new way of understanding and analyzing content–an empirical, objective way of organizing itself. Enter the Katch Media Genome, an advanced language that captures the unique, personalized reasons why we like what we like. Designed by Dr. Nolan Gasser, the genome is the foundation of Katch’s analytics and recommendation technology.

Using the Genome, Katch has built a series of Media Market Indexing products that predict where a film or series will perform better or worse across cities, countries, and even demographics. Like the “Google Maps” of filmmaking: we tell you where you should go, how to get there, and which routes to avoid.

The same indexing capability that predicts geographic success can be paired with media buying audiences too: Katch’s Genomic Media Segments are built from our expertise in consumer data. These media buying audiences completely upend the way products are targeted and campaigns are designed. Rather than building messaging around broad demographic groups or behavioral segments (“repeat customers” or “frequent shoppers”), Katch’s Genomic Media Segments are defined by consumer taste. This allows marketers to build incredibly sticky campaigns with powerful emotional resonance, driving up conversion rates, brand equity, and lifetime value metrics.

Genomic traits explain the reasons why different films have unique resonance in different countries. This “explainability” factor offers unprecedented levels of personalization and targeting for a multitude of use cases.

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Business Model

As a B2B entertainment-focused data analytics company, the beauty of Katch is that our technology solutions touch every part of the content lifecycle.

Pre Product / Early Revenue:

Consulting/Project Based

  • Retainer-C-Level Advisory
  • Time/Materials or Project P&L
  • Data Exchange

Post Product Launch / Post Proof of Concept:

Annual License Fee (SaaS)

  • Modular/Product Based
  • Volume Based
  • Contract Length

Placement Strategy

Initial Approach: B2B in entertainment industry ecosystem (content creation, acquisition, and distribution players) focused on Tier 2/3 evolving to Tier 1

3-5 Year plan: B2B in broader Marketing Agency Ecosystem utilizing licensing fee approach and "story telling" key learnings to capture 1.5 % -2 % of $5.4 Billion TAM

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Market

Thankfully, data-driven approaches have never been more in demand: Amazon, Apple and Roku use their networks to drive sales of their devices and services, while Disney uses data collected on their streaming apps to sell more cruises, merchandise, and theme park visits.

Streaming service subscribers

The sustained fire of the streaming wars means that entertainment companies absolutely need to understand their audiences better in order to stay relevant. In the last 10 years, Netflix has created a revolutionary and fundamentally data driven business model that every major entertainment player is now trying to replicate and enhance. This is evidenced in the massive increase in streaming service subscribers over the last several years

Industry revenues

Hollywood also has a glaring diversity problem. McKinsey reported in March 2021 that the entertainment industry is missing out on at least $10 Billion in unrealized revenue due to the lingering effects of historical and ethnic bias. This unrealized potential results from the very same legacy systems that have failed to capitalize on high tech and big data. A genomic approach to content is inherently objective and empirical, optimized to remove personal bias while focusing on the real, emotional factors behind audience taste.

A more data driven industry is also a more equitable one.

Success To Date

So far in 2021, Katch has:

  • Signed our first alpha client in the marketing agency space
  • Negotiating SOWs with two streaming platforms
  • Added two new strategic advisors
  • Engaged in high level discussions with 5+ streaming companies for strategic analytics services
  • Released MVP of Media Market Indexing Dashboard and Intelligence APIs
  • Released a new version of the Genome 2.0

Press

Use of Proceeds


If the offering's maximum amount of $249,400 is raised:

UseValue% of Proceeds
Sales and Marketing $147,17959.0%
Research & Development$25,00010.0%
Product$65,00026.1%
Intermediary fees$12,2214.9%

Terms

This is an offering of Common Stock, under registration exemption 4(a)(6), in Katch Entertainment Inc.. This offering must raise at least $10,000 by February 7, 2022 at 10:59pm ET. If this offering doesn’t reach its target, then your money will be refunded. Katch may issue additional securities to raise up to $249,400, the offering’s maximum.

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:

7,182,800 shares
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$1.45 per share
$10,415,060implied valuation

Financials

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.

Understand the Risks

Be sure to understand the risks of this type of investment. No regulatory body (not the SEC, not any state regulator) has passed upon the merits of or given its approval to the securities, the terms of the offering, or the accuracy or completeness of any offering materials or information posted herein. That’s typical for Regulation CF offerings like this one.

Neither Netcapital nor any of its directors, officers, employees, representatives, affiliates, or agents shall have any liability whatsoever arising from any error or incompleteness of fact or opinion in, or lack of care in the preparation or publication of, the materials and communication herein or the terms or valuation of any securities offering.

The information contained herein includes forward-looking statements. These statements relate to future events or to future financial performance, and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors, that may cause actual results to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements since they involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors, which are, in some cases, beyond the company’s control and which could, and likely will, materially affect actual results, levels of activity, performance, or achievements. Any forward-looking statement reflects the current views with respect to future events and is subject to these and other risks, uncertainties, and assumptions relating to operations, results of operations, growth strategy, and liquidity. No obligation exists to publicly update or revise these forward-looking statements for any reason, or to update the reasons actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements, even if new information becomes available in the future.

More Info

Updates

  • May 11, 2022
  • Feb 8, 2022
    Primary offering finalized, selling 89,086 shares
    Sold 89,086 shares at $1.45 for a total of $129,174.70
  • Jan 31, 2022
    At the end of last year we oversubscribed our...

    At the end of last year we oversubscribed our Seed funding round and we will not be further extending our close date of February 7.

    Every week we continue to talk to new executives with all of the major entertainment companies. We are getting especially strong resonance with Content executives and Marketing executives who are recognizing the power of using our genomic insights to better match and target audiences. We anticipate a number of new pilot projects in the next few months. Because we have such a granular understanding of content and which universal genomic traits resonate with what audiences we can not only build taste-based audiences to identify what audiences will be the best fit, we can also identify what genomically-derived messaging will be most compelling with each identified audience segment.

    We have just started our sixth semester of Katch University where close to 800 film students from 143 different universities and 40 different countries have learned to analyze and genomically code movies and TV shows. We plan to expand this program internationally this fall with Katch Academy to start coding more international content.

    Join us on this adventure!

  • Jan 6, 2022
  • Dec 22, 2021
    Last week was a great week for Katch and this...

    Last week was a great week for Katch and this week is going strong as well. The 39-month order referenced below with the $3 billion streaming network is now fully executed. We are on track to providing the Q4 2021 deliverables. Then, the next day we received a pilot order from a $26 billion media company to be delivered before the end of the year. We believe this is just the beginning with this client, as they appreciate just how broadly applicable the insights are that our technology provides and are willing to sponsor us throughout the organization.

    We have also met our $2.5 million Seed Round target and are now getting ready in early 2022 to raise a target $10 million Series A round.

  • Nov 19, 2021
  • Sep 23, 2021
  • Sep 10, 2021
    On Wednesday there was a great Q&A interview...

    On Wednesday there was a great Q&A interview between Eric Cox of the Netcapital team and Andrew Tight, CEO of Katch. It was a very energetic and fun conversation and Andrew did a very complete job explaining the Katch vision and opportunity.

    A must see for anyone interested in this investment opportunity!

    Watch Now!
  • Aug 3, 2021
  • Jul 28, 2021
    Katch has officially launched their Consumer...

    Katch has officially launched their Consumer Data and Identity Services, Basic Metadata, and Genomic Traits products along with a new B2B website! Link below.

    https://www.katchdata.com/

    Check Out!
  • Jul 12, 2021
    Katch has recently executed a pilot agreement...

    Katch has recently executed a pilot agreement with a major US streaming platform to support large-scale marketing and content-related use cases.

  • Jun 11, 2021
  • Jun 9, 2021
    Primary offering of 172,000 shares at $1.45
  • Jun 9, 2021

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