# Investor Overview

Numex is raising a **pre-seed round** to build and launch the first transparent, vault-backed certified coin marketplace.

## The Ask

|               | Conservative    | Base Case       | Aggressive      |
| ------------- | --------------- | --------------- | --------------- |
| **Raise**     | $100,000        | **$500,000**    | $1,000,000      |
| Instrument    | Post-money SAFE | Post-money SAFE | Post-money SAFE |
| Valuation cap | $3M             | $5M             | $6M             |
| Equity        | 3.8%            | 11.1%           | 16.7%           |

**Recommended raise:** $500K on a $5M post-money SAFE. This funds a founder + part-time engineer, 1,785 coins of certified inventory, and 18 months of runway to reach seed-stage milestones.

## What This Capital Proves

The pre-seed is not about scaling. It's about proving four things:

1. **Collectors buy mystery packs** when they can see the pool and the odds.
2. **Marketplace liquidity exists** — buyers resell, new buyers enter.
3. **Unit economics hold** — pack gross margins stay above 30%, marketplace take rate works at 10%.
4. **The model is self-sustaining** — pack sales fund inventory replacement.

## Path to Seed

| Metric               | Target by Month 12 |
| -------------------- | ------------------ |
| Packs sold/month     | 200+               |
| Monthly net revenue  | $5,000+            |
| Registered users     | 1,000+             |
| Repeat purchase rate | 20%+               |
| Gross margin         | 35%+               |

Hitting these milestones justifies a **$3-5M seed round at $10-18M pre-money** within 6-12 months.

## Why Now

* **Courtyard proved the model.** Graded collectible mystery packs on a vaulted platform grew from $50K to $50M/month GMV in 18 months — for trading cards.
* **Coins are larger and under-digitized.** $6B+ U.S. market, 115M+ PCGS/NGC certified coins, zero VC-backed coin-native platforms.
* **Infrastructure is ready.** PCGS/NGC grading creates standardized, authenticated inventory. Base L2 enables cheap on-chain proofs. Stripe handles payments including crypto.
* **Buyer behavior is shifting.** Whatnot coin category grew 167% YoY. TheCoinChannel has 4.6M TikTok followers. A new generation of digital-first coin collectors is emerging.

## Current Status

| What's Built                              | Status                                 |
| ----------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------- |
| Live marketplace demo                     | [www.numex.pro](https://www.numex.pro) |
| 50 marketplace coins with 360 video       | Live                                   |
| Mystery pack purchase (card + crypto)     | Live                                   |
| Sign in (email / Google)                  | Live                                   |
| Pack reveal flow                          | Live                                   |
| Portfolio with vault custody              | Live                                   |
| Marketplace purchase (card + crypto)      | Live                                   |
| Certification lookup (PCGS API)           | Live                                   |
| Integrity proofs (verifiable commitments) | Live                                   |
| Reveal fairness (Merkle + commit-reveal)  | Live                                   |
| Smart contracts on Base mainnet           | Deployed                               |
| Brand identity (Lydian lion)              | Complete                               |
| Financial model (3 scenarios)             | Complete                               |

## What's Not Built Yet

| Component                         | Status                      | Pre-seed Priority |
| --------------------------------- | --------------------------- | ----------------- |
| Real coin inventory               | Needs acquisition capital   | **Critical**      |
| Production Stripe (live mode)     | Config change only          | High              |
| Production custody (Brinks-class) | Needs vendor partnership    | High              |
| Team (engineer, marketing)        | Needs capital               | High              |
| KYC/AML compliance                | Needs legal counsel         | Medium            |
| Insurance                         | Needs custody partnership   | Medium            |
| True ZK privacy proofs            | Circuit exists, needs audit | Low (post-seed)   |

## Contact

For the pitch deck, financial model, or a demo walkthrough, reach out:

* **X:** [@numex\_pro](https://x.com/numex_pro)
* **LinkedIn:** [numex-pro](https://www.linkedin.com/company/numex-pro/)


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