ZOUPAS VASILIS, CO FOUNDER & CEO

IMPACT | FIWARE ACCELERATOR

TIME TO RETHINK DEMOCRACY

How could I make

my city smarter?

I wonder how people feel

about the upcoming elections..I don’t agree at all with

the latest Immigration Act

What if we could summon

our political ID in one place?A new City Tax? We

need to speak up!

Mr. Mayor, we’ve lost touch

with people’s opinion!

How could I re-connect to the

voters in a modern way?

How could I share my

idea with the Mayor?

TIME TO RETHINK DEMOCRACY

Democracy is not working and citizen participation is plummeting.

• We only take part in Democracy every few years during elections.

• Even then, our participation is rapidly falling

• Our opinions are not heard, since there is no easy way to connect us to politicians

• Our opinions get lost in various social networks and forums

• Public opinion is not measured in real-time and traditional polling errors grow

• Simply put, the system is not working

We can make our Cities Smarter with better citizen engagement.

With the help of FI-WARE, we can create the first Democracy Enabler!

The Solution WEPOLITICS IS THE SOCIAL NETWORK

THAT REDEFINES CITIZEN PARTICIPATION, FROM

A LOCAL, TO A NATIONAL AND GLOBAL SCALE.

FUNCTIONALITY.

1. Enables users to ask questions, express their opinions and receive real-time statistics for national and local issues that matter most.

2. Collects, measures and makes sense of all these opinions

3. Connects measurements and new ideas with politicians and decision-makers

BENEFITS.

• Citizens understand what the public thinks for issues that matter

• Citizens support ideas or propose their own

• Politicians and Media gain access to real-time opinion research

• Politicians find a path towards highly engaged supporters

The FIRST social network

dedicated to civic expression!

CULTURE

POLITICS IS OUR EVERYDAY LIFE.SOCIETY

ENVIRONMENT TECH

SPORTSECONOMY

The ProductAN ONLINE TOOL THAT IMITATES REAL-LIFE CIVIC

ENGAGEMENT AND PUBLIC CONSULTATION.

OUR TECHNOLOGY COMBINES THE FOLLOWING ELEMENTS:

1. Polling (UGP): User-Generated Polls and real-time statistics generation.Further data analysis will be performed via FIWARE enabler SpagoBI and presentation by OpenDataSoft and 2D-UI

2. Social Features: Follow people whose ideas you support. Unite with opinions to make them strongerWe will use the Social Network SE Core enabler for adding social features

3. Gamification Elements: A built-in point system enhances user retentionFIWARE Leaderboard enabler will help us enhance gamification capabilities

4. Reporting (work-in-progress): Back-office tool providing full data insights and curated research reports on selected topics or on-demand. Automated billing will be applied using Wstoreenabler

FIWARE ENABLERS

The Market

While creating a civic participation tool, we are directly addressing the Global Market Researchindustry (>$60B). Traditional methods are slowing down, but interactive polling is constantly gaining ground.

Through Wepolitics, we will target these growing segments (1-4), by using our community as a dynamic data analytics mechanism.

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2

3

4

TRADITIONAL RESEARCH MARKET IS DECREASING,

WHILE INTERACTIVE METHODS ARE CONSTANTLY GROWING

Competition/USP

USER-GENERATED POLLS

(UGP)

CITIZEN/POLITICIAN

CONNECTORS

(LOCAL)

SOCIAL

NETWORK

ELEMENTS

25/9/15: Twitter adds UGP

Sean Parker (ex-Napster, FB)

$9M funded startup (8/2014)

Y-Combinator (2015)

WEPOLITICS is a unique concept that builds locally-focused social networks, which connect politicians with citizens.

We understand public opinion using the power of UGP (user-generated polls) and keep our users engaged by creating a vibrant local community.

Business Model

MARKET

RESEARCH

MAIN ADDITIONAL

PREMIUM

SUBSCRIPTIONS

WHITE-LABEL

POLLING

WEBSITES

DISRUPT THE INDUSTRY!

We deliver an abundance of polls and opinions. Via our back-office tool, we offer real-time, raw & refined statistical data to:

• Media OrganizationsMarket Data

• Political Organizations: Political Data

Due to the automated process of data collection, we estimate Gross Margins above 35%*

Premium Accounts are offered to Politicians or Organizations, gaining:

• Higher visibility of their posts

• Potential for politicians to acquire strong “followers”

• Full access to platform data

White-label licenses will be sold to companies for the development of polling-based social networks, to further engage their audience.

Political professionals get promoted

to their specific electorate!

*In our pilot market (Greece) research industry reaches an annual revenue of € 116M, with 20-25% Gross Margins. In EU, this amount reached circa € 15B (ESOMAR)

HIGHLY

TARGETED ADS

Targeted Ads will be integrated within the User Experience at a second stage:

• Ultra-localized ads based on voting locality

• Deep knowledge of user demographics

Marketing PlanWE FOCUS ON LOW-COST USER ACQUISITION MECHANISMS,

VIA PARTNERSHIPS WITH MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS AND POLITICIANS.

1. PARTNER WITH ONLINE MEDIA

2. PARTNER WITH POLITICIANS

3. INVEST IN TARGETED ADS

USER ACQ. STRATEGIES VALUE PROPOSITION OUR PILOT (GREECE)

• Enhance content by offering Embedded Polls

• Increase your User Retention

• Understand your readers via our statistical reports

• Offer bespoke (white-label) website for elected official or organization

• Communication by partner in local community

• Attract early adopters via highly-targeted Facebook ads

• Build politically-savvy core

• Increase Word-of-Mouth

COST

FREE

FREE

CPA = 1€(our current rate)

• 2 local media websites are using our Embedded Polls

• 2 Municipalities have joined our Partner program, reflecting a citizen reach of 130.000 citizens

• Periodical FB campaigns

• New Users required to constantly renew Content and UGPs

Our Team

Yannis EvmolpidisCo-founder & co-CEO• Responsible for Partnerships• Urban planner (Columbia University) and• government advisor seeking to change public

participation methods

Vasilis ZoupasCo-founder & co-CEO• Responsible for Strategy & Product• 4 Years of Product management in tech• MBA, INSEAD (2012)

Vasilis GkotsisCo-founder & CTO• Tech ninja, product development• Entrepreneur, owner of development studio

Mirto NasiopoulouDesign• UX/UI expert• 5 Years of web-design experience as Head

of design in multiple firms

Kostantinos ZervasOperations• 4 Years of Project management experience• MBA, ALBA (Athens, 2015)

Niki EconomouLegal counsel• 5 Years of corporate and start-up support

experience

A TEAM WITH STRONG KNOW-HOW IN POLITICS AND PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT,

COMBINED WITH SOLID OPERATIONAL AND LEGAL EXPERIENCE

Milestones & Funding

Jan 2015Beta Launch

Q1 2015Companyfoundation

Q2 2015• 1st Mayor joins!• Publishing partnership

HUFFINGTON POST

Q3 2015• 2nd Mayor joins• Joining Incubators:

EGG & EkinisiLAB• Publishing deal

DOTNEWS

Q4 2015• Promo video production• IP and patent application• Mobile app development (iOS & Android)• Establish reporting and data analytics

REG.USERS 1,500 2,500100

Q1 2016• Bespoke Platform Development

(Include FI-WARE Enablers)• Publish in English/French/Spanish/Italian• Find partners abroad• Launch WEPOLITICS abroad

5,000 10,000

USE OF FUNDS

Personnel costs 28.700 €

Subcontracting 10.000 €

Equipment 11.940 €

Access to data sources 13.900 €

Travel 12.000 €

Indirect costs 2.870 €

TOTAL 79.410 €

30,000

ZOUPAS VASILIS, CO FOUNDER & CEO

THANK YOU!

E : info@wepolitics.gr

F : facebook.com/wepolitics

T : twitter.com/We_politics