Mr. Mark Elfenbein reports
SLYCE REPORTS SECOND QUARTER 2015 RESULTS
Slyce Inc. has released its financial results for the second quarter ended April 30, 2015.
"This past quarter has seen Slyce continue to perform as the leading presence in the visual search industry," said Mark Elfenbein, president and chief executive officer of Slyce. "We are taking advantage of a highly engaged market of major brands seeking to capitalize on -- and monetize -- image-based mobile search. Slyce has demonstrated another impressive quarter in terms of contracting additional globally recognized brands, such as the largest global toys and baby products retailer, Toys "R" Us. Increasing revenue in the quarter reflects progress in the process of onboarding initial clients and commencing image-recognition services. In addition to significant revenue growth, Slyce completed an $8.7-million equity financing, strengthening the company's ability to execute on all business development opportunities and to develop and refine its visual search platform in order to continue delivering a market-leading product. The company's previously announced contract with a Fortune 50 retail customer has just launched on both iTunes and the Google Play store. Management anticipates a steady pipeline of new customer contracts during the remainder of 2015, generating increasing monthly recurring licensing revenues."
Client acquisition
Currently announced Slyce customers include Toys "R" Us, Neiman Marcus, JCPenney, Tilly's and a Fortune 50 company with an inventory of over 1.3 million products.
During second quarter, Slyce also finalized a contract with Photon, the world's leading digital innovator for corporations. The agreement established Slyce as Photon's provider of mobile visual product search technology enabling Photon to rapidly and seamlessly deploy Slyce's real-world, snap-to-purchase, image-recognition platform into digital experiences created for Photon's client roster of Fortune 500 brands and retailers.
Platform growth
During the quarter, with deployments of its technology entering the marketplace through major retailer app launches and escalating user growth of its direct-to-consumer apps SnipSnap and Pounce, Slyce generated a significant increase in user numbers with the company's platform now servicing over 12.7 million, up 58 per cent quarter on the quarter.
Revenue generation
A combination of monthly recurring software licensing fees and fees associated with purchase transactions contributed to Slyce's revenue growth to $391,147 during the second quarter. Slyce's business model is based on multiple revenue streams arising from its visual search and corresponding data services, including software licensing fees, integration fees, purchase transaction fees, promotion program fees and data sales.
Second quarter 2015 business highlights
During the three-month period ended April 30, 2015, and up to date, the company achieved the following business highlights:
- On Feb. 13, 2015, Slyce acquired SnipSnap App LLC for an aggregate purchase price of up to $6.5-million (U.S.) payable in
a combination of cash, common shares and conditional shares.
- On April 2, 2015, Slyce announced that SnipSnap expanded its
relationship with Bazaarvoice -- the network connecting brands and
retailers to the authentic voices of consumers wherever they shop -- to
offer its mobile coupon creation platform across the Bazaarvoice Media
Network. The expanded collaboration will help retailers open a powerful
shopper marketing channel through advertising opportunities that enable
brands to engage with millions of in-market, active shoppers via
targeted, location-based coupon campaigns.
- On April 17, 2015, Slyce announced that SnipSnap expanded its
relationship through an exclusive partnership with leading proximity
marketing company, Signal360. As part of this agreement, the Signal360
SDK will be the exclusive proximity marketing SDK integrated in the
SnipSnap mobile application, which has over four million active users. As
part of the agreement, Signal360 will exclusively utilize SnipSnap's
proprietary Coupon Author platform to run all of its future, coupon-based client campaigns.
- On May 5, 2015, Slyce finalized a contract with Toys "R" Us, the
world's leading dedicated toy and baby products retailer, to power
visual search for mobile commerce. Slyce will derive revenues from the
contract through monthly recurring software licensing and service fees,
in line with its current pricing model, over the term of the contract.
- May 14, 2015, Slyce closed its oversubscribed $8.7-million equity
financing, inclusive of the overallotment option.
- May 20, 2015, Slyce contracted with Photon -- the leading digital
innovation partner for corporations -- as its mobile visual search
technology provider.
The financial statements for the quarter ended April 30, 2015, and management discussion and analysis are available at SEDAR.
The company will be holding an investor conference call on Tuesday, June 30, at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time. The live conference call will be available by calling 1-888-289-4573. The participant pass code is 9683834.
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