BUT 32 LAKH WEAVERS 66.3 % EARN LESS THAN 5000 per MONTH GET ONLY 208 DAYS OF EMPLOYMENT Handlooms are the 2 ND largest employment provider in allied activities Uses no energy - sustainable enterprise Highly specialised skilled population being reduced to manual labour force WHY HANDLOOM? THE PROBLEM LACK OF TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE LACK OF TECHNOLOGY WITH ARTISANS DIGITAL ILLITERACY OF WEAVERS MARKETPLACE NEED CUSTOMISED FABRICS AND PRODUCTS ORDER SIZE TOO SMALL FOR MILLS DIGITAL ILLITERACY LACK OF TECHNOLOGY FAKE PRODUCTS IN THE MARKET LACK OF QUALITY PRODUCTS UNETHICAL MIDDLEMEN INCOME SECURITY DESIGNERS ARTISANS ONLINE B 2 B PLATFORM TO BOOK A LOOM TRACEABILITY GLOBAL DELIVERY QUALITY CONTROL TRANSPARENT COSTING DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRAINING FOR 100 CLUSTERS OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS TECHNICAL SUPPORT MERCHANDISE AND DESIGN STEP 1 - DIGITALLY TRAINING AND EMPOWERING ARTISANS STEP 2 - CONNECT DESIGNERS TO ARTISANS THROUGH BOOK - A - LOOM THE SOLUTION DIGIKARGHA - BRIDGING THE GAP WITH BOOK A LOOM MARKETING MARKETING FORCE TO PROMOTE BOOK A LOOM TO DESIGNERS , EVENT MANAGERS AND DECORATORS 1.5 CRORES TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATE A TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM FOR CUSTOMISATION AND TRACEABILITY 50 LAKH KEY INVESTMENT AREAS FUNDING REQUIREMENT YEAR 1 - 225 LAKHS YEAR 3 - 75 LAKHS CAPACITY BUILDING DIGITALLY EMPOWERING THE UNIVERSE OF ARTISANS TO DESIGN & MARKET PRODUCTS 1 LAKH PER CLUSTER 100 CLUSTERS 1 CRORE OPPORTUNITY MAPPING OUR BHAG DIGITALLY TRAIN AND FACILITATE CONNECT OF 100 INDIAN CLUSTERS TO THE GLOBAL DESIGNER AND INTERIOR DECORATOR MARKET AND REACH A REVENUE OF 100 CRORES BY 2026 MARKET SIZE OF TEXTILE INDUSTRY : INR 140,00,000 CRORES IN 2022 THE TAILORING MARKET IS PEGGED AT INR 27,000 CRORE AND GROWING 12 % EVERY YEAR. • THE SUSTAINABLE FASHION MARKET IN INDIA IS ESTIMATED TO REACH INR 74,223 CRORES BY 2025 (BCG) MARKET SIZE OF THE FASHION INDUSTRY INR 1,63,785 CRORES IN 2023 & EXPECTED TO GROW AT A CAGR OF 10.6% DURING 2021 - 2026, Economics of Book - a - Loom REVENUE PROJECTION Turnover A designer pays 30000 basic to book a loom Year 1 - 24 clusters @ 30000 a loom@ 10 looms - 8.5 crores Year 2 - 100 clusters@ 30000 a loom @ 10 looms - 36 crores Year 3 - 100 clusters @ 30000 a loom@ 30 looms - 100 crores Gross margin for Digikargha - @20% of transaction value Year 1 - 1.73 crores Year 2 - 7.2 crores Year 3 - 21.6 crores WHY US? FOUNDER - OSAMA MANZAR FOUNDER OF DIGITAL EMPOWERMENT FOUNDATION 20 +YEARS OF DIGITALLY EMPOWERING PEOPLE CULTURE AFFICIANADO WRITER DIGITAL RIGHTS ACTIVIST EQUALITY ADVOCATE CEO CEO - SHOBITHA KEDLAYA TEXTILES AND MANAGEMENT DEGREE, EXPERIENCE WITH RAYMONDS, HANDLED B2B BMARRKETING, CORPORTATE GIFTING, ESTABLISHED A DESIGNER BRAND, WORKED IN A SUSTAINABLE VILLAGE BASED COMMUNITY S AND IS INTO ARTS. CEO CORE TEAM MARKETING CONSULTANT - DR. DAPHNE NAIR, PHD IN HANDLOOM AND MARKETING EXPERT WITH + 25 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE DESIGNER - SONAL KHUSHWA OPERATIONS MANAGER - SHAH ALAM + 5 YEARS OF MANAGING TRAININGS AND WORKING WITH ARTISANS CEO DEF ( OUR PARTNER) IS PRESENT IN MORE THAN 2000 LOCATIONS IN THE COUNTRY AND HAS A GROUND PRESENCE ACROSS. INFRASTRUCTURE IS ALREADY IN PLACE, REDUCING COST OF OPERATIONS SIGNIFICANTLY