dANZR — The Operating System for Global Dance Culture
INVESTOR PRESENTATION · CONFIDENTIAL
dANZR
The Operating System for Global Dance Culture
Connecting dancers, festivals, organizers, artists, travel, ticketing, media, and community through one global platform.
Founded by Arkan Dawoud
THE INVESTMENT THESIS
Global dance already moves as one culture. Its infrastructure does not.
Millions of interactions across festivals, socials, classes, artists, travel, accommodation, competitions, and community still operate through disconnected tools.
dANZR is building the infrastructure that connects them.
A FRAGMENTED ECONOMY
The community is global. The experience is disconnected.
Discovery happens through social media
Communication happens through private chat groups
Tickets are sold through generic platforms
Festival schedules are shared through images and PDFs
Travel and accommodation are coordinated manually
Artists, organizers, and dancers lose the relationship after each event
Every disconnected experience represents lost data, lost revenue, and lost community value.
A DIFFERENT KIND OF EVENT
A temporary city that can operate nearly 24 hours a day.
The average international dance festival experience is approximately four days, commonly beginning Thursday and ending Sunday. Destination festivals in markets such as Greece and Croatia can extend into a full week.
A · Core festival — approximately four days
Thursday
Arrival, registration, opening party
Friday
Workshops, artist sessions, night party
Saturday
Workshops, shows, competitions, main party
Sunday
Workshops, closing party, farewell
B · Destination week — some markets extend to a full week
Days 1–2
Arrival and island or coastal experiences
Days 3–4
Organized local parties, excursions, beach and boat parties
Days 5–7
Core Thursday-to-Sunday festival schedule
A temporary city that can operate nearly 24 hours a day for four days, and sometimes an entire destination week.
The average international dance festival experience is approximately four days. Some destination experiences extend to a full week. Illustrative journey based on founder field observation, not audited industry research.
HIGH ENGAGEMENT ENVIRONMENT
Not a three-hour audience. A multi-day relationship.
Traditional sporting event
≈ 3 hours
Approximately three hours of concentrated attention
International dance festival
60–100+ hours
An average of approximately four days — and up to a full destination week — of near-continuous engagement
Morning to sunrise · one festival day
dANZR can participate throughout the experience, not only at checkout.
The average international dance festival experience is approximately four days. Some destination experiences extend to a full week. Illustrative journey based on founder field observation, not audited industry research.
FREQUENCY BEYOND FESTIVALS
The market does not wait for the next major festival.
Cities such as New York host social-dance experiences throughout the week, often with multiple events happening simultaneously across different venues, styles, and communities.
Mon
Classes
Socials
Tue
Workshops
Socials
Wed
Socials
Artist appearances
Thu
Classes
Community gatherings
Fri
Weekend events
Socials
Sat
Weekend events
Competitions
Sun
Workshops
Socials
Festivals create major peaks of approximately four days — occasionally a full destination week. Local communities create continuous engagement between them.
ONE CONNECTED PLATFORM
From discovery to the next dance.
One identity connecting the dancer across cities, festivals, artists, and experiences.
FOR DANCERS
The complete journey in one place.
Event and festival discovery
Personalized multi-day schedules
Ticket purchasing and management
QR attendee verification
Travel Buddy matching
Training Partner matching
Host & Stay coordination
Verified attendee connections
Live event announcements
Competition participation
Eligible ticket transfer and resale
Future artist and private-lesson booking
FOR ORGANIZERS
The control center behind the event.
Event and ticket configuration
Ticket tiers and promotional codes
Attendee and guest-list management
Multi-room schedules
Artist and DJ management
QR check-in
Announcements
Transfers, refunds, and resale controls
Competition management
Analytics and reporting
Community retention after the event
dANZR helps organizers operate the event while building a community that survives beyond it.
FOR ARTISTS AND CREATORS
Turn global visibility into recurring opportunity.
Artists already move between countries. dANZR gives their global movement a connected commercial layer.
Verified professional presence
Festival and workshop promotion
Availability management
Private-lesson opportunities
International audience reach
Content and knowledge monetization
Direct connection with followers
PLATFORM ARCHITECTURE
Purpose-built infrastructure for a complex ecosystem.
Consumer layer
Discovery, tickets, schedules, matching, travel, competitions, and community
Organizer layer
Event creation, operations, attendee management, check-in, communications, analytics, and payouts
Ecosystem layer
Structured relationships between dancers, events, artists, organizers, venues, cities, travel behavior, and transactions
Generic platforms understand individual transactions. dANZR is designed to understand the complete participant journey.
BEFORE PARTNER ACTIVATION
Demand arrived before distribution was fully activated.
Users
Less than 2 months
Instagram followers
Since January
Agreed partner markets
Audiences not yet onboarded
This is early pre-distribution traction, not the result of the full partner acquisition engine.
Management-reported traction as of the current presentation date.
B2B2C ACQUISITION
One organizer relationship can unlock an entire concentrated community.
Festival or Organizer
Attendee Onboarding
Product Utility
Cross-Event Retention
Next Festival
Network Growth
Organizers introduce trusted utility
Artists and ambassadors create community credibility
Events concentrate qualified users
Product functionality supports retention
Each new market can connect to the wider network
Partner-led acquisition may reduce reliance on conventional paid acquisition as the network matures.
CONFIDENTIAL MARKET ACCESS
Agreed and strategic activation markets across dance and destination geographies.
Miami
New York
Orlando
California
Cancun
Punta Cana
Tunisia
Paris
Amsterdam
Bochum
Partner identities are confidential pending coordinated public activation.
These are agreed or strategic activation markets. Their full audiences have not yet been formally onboarded through dANZR.
FOUNDER-BUILT ACCESS
Relationships built across five global regions.
Europe
Germany · Poland · Netherlands · France · Spain · Greece · Belgium · Italy
Middle East and North Africa
United Arab Emirates · Qatar · Egypt · Lebanon · Tunisia
Asia
Vietnam · Japan · China · Malaysia · Thailand
Founder-developed industry relationships and market access, not formal partnerships in every country.
BUILT FROM INSIDE THE CULTURE
Years of immersion became market intelligence.
2021
Arkan Dawoud begins his Bachata journey
2022
Sustained international festival travel and relationship development begins
2023
Nearly a full year across Europe, building direct community and organizer relationships
2024
Recurring industry problems become a clear platform opportunity
2025
Full-year product development, market validation, and international relationship expansion
2026
Expansion across North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia; partner agreements; early platform traction; Bachastars filmed in Miami
Arkan has hosted pre-parties, after-parties, and smaller experiences around international festivals while connecting teachers, instructors, artists, singers, organizers, and travelers across markets.
dANZR was not designed from outside the industry. It was built through direct participation inside it.
ALREADY CONTRIBUTED
Founder-Contributed Value
Technology built. Relationships earned. Market access developed.
Preliminary estimated total contribution
Preliminary management estimate, pending full documentation and independent valuation.
Platform and application development
Founder product and executive hours
International travel and field research
Partnership development and sales
Event hosting, pre-parties, after-parties, and community activations
Brand, content, and market-development work
This is an estimate of contributed resources and market-development value, not the company valuation.
Founder labor and market-development value will be documented separately using verified hours, expenses, and defensible comparable market rates.
OWNED MEDIA ADVANTAGE
Technology meets entertainment.
Bachastars is an original dance reality-show property filmed in Miami in 2026 and currently in production.
dANZR ownership in Bachastars
Most event platforms must continuously purchase attention. dANZR has an ownership position in a media property capable of generating attention.
MULTIPLE REVENUE LAYERS
One ecosystem. Seven reinforcing revenue streams.
A · Primary ticketing
- Standard platform fee: 3.5% + $0.99 per ticket
- Partner rate: 2.5% + $0.99
- Founding partner rate: 1.5% + $0.99
- Payment processing separate and may be passed through
B · Secondary ticketing
- 10–12% total resale platform fee
- Verification and secure ticket transfer included
- Final buyer/seller split subject to market testing
C · Organizer SaaS
- Starter $99/mo · Growth $249/mo · Scale $599/mo
- Enterprise and major festivals: custom pricing
- Events, schedules, communications, analytics, check-in, attendee tools, competitions, advanced operations by tier
D · Marketplace
- 10–20% commission depending on category and support level
- Base model: 15%
E · Travel and accommodation
- Illustrative 5–12% referral or booking commission
- Hotels, group stays, destination packages, ground transportation, travel partners
F · Promotion and advertising
- Local promoted event: $100–$500
- Festival campaign: $500–$2,500
- Brand sponsorship and custom activation: $5,000–$50,000+
- Dance shoes, apparel, wellness, hospitality, travel, food and beverage, lifestyle
G · Future premium subscriptionsFuture
- Dancer Plus: proposed $9.99/month
- Dancer Pro: proposed $19.99/month
- Matching, enhanced visibility, advanced filters, travel tools, saved planning, premium community
- Future revenue stream
The objective is not to depend on one fee. It is to build overlapping revenue around a recurring participant.
Benchmark reference: Stripe US online card pricing starts at 2.9% + $0.30; Eventbrite publicly lists a 3.7% + $1.79 service fee plus 2.9% payment processing per order. Pricing checked August 2026. Payment processing is separate and may be passed through.
Proposed pricing, subject to commercial validation.
AN UNBUILT CATEGORY
The Marketplace the Scene Does Not Have
Three dance-shoe companies are ready for future onboarding
Clothing companies and related dance-lifestyle brands are also positioned for later onboarding
Partner identities remain confidential
Marketplace activation is a later phase after the user and organizer network reaches sufficient density
15%
Standard commission
10–12%
Strategic partner rate
18–20%
Promoted or fulfillment-supported
Priced separately
Sponsored collections and featured placements
Partner identities remain confidential. Marketplace activation is a later phase after the user and organizer network reaches sufficient density. Proposed pricing, subject to commercial validation.
MANAGEMENT SCENARIOS
Revenue Model & Financial Projections
A scalable, multi-faceted revenue engine built on transactional commissions, subscriptions, marketplace activity, advertising, travel, and B2B SaaS.
Scenario 1
Year 1: Realistic Entry
Active users
$0.6M–$0.9M
Projected annual revenue
Primary ticketing, early SaaS, promotions, and initial partner activation
Scenario 2
Year 2: Strong Acceleration
Active users
$3.2M–$4.8M
Projected annual revenue
Network effects, B2B SaaS deployment, resale, early marketplace, travel, and advertising
Scenario 3
Niche Dominance
Active users
$7M–$10M
Projected annual revenue
Platform-of-record position, organizer lock-in, international ticketing, marketplace scale, and recurring SaaS
Scenario 4
Global Leadership
Active users
$18M–$26M
Projected annual revenue
Cross-border network effects, marketplace leadership, travel and accommodation as a major revenue driver, scaled SaaS and media
Management scenarios, not forecasts or guarantees. Revenue depends on user activity, organizer adoption, ticket volume, pricing, marketplace conversion, travel participation, and geographic mix.
ILLUSTRATIVE MATURE MIX
Where mature revenue can come from.
Ticketing and resale
35–45%
Organizer SaaS
20–25%
Marketplace
12–18%
Travel and accommodation
8–15%
Promotions, advertising, and sponsorships
8–12%
Future premium subscriptions and media
5–10%
Illustrative mature revenue mix. Categories may overlap and actual mix will vary.
MARGIN SCENARIOS
High-Margin Software Economics
At scale, the low marginal cost of serving additional users can expand margins across subscriptions, SaaS, promotions, and commission-based transactions. Payment processing, support, fraud, refunds, media, travel, sales, and market activation remain real operating costs.
100,000 active users
Revenue scenario
$7M–$10M
Illustrative net profit
$1.8M–$4.0M
Illustrative net margin
25–40%
250,000 active users
Revenue scenario
$18M–$26M
Illustrative net profit
$6.3M–$13.0M
Illustrative net margin
35–50%
Potential path to $10M+ annual net profit at global scale, subject to revenue mix and execution.
Illustrative margin scenarios, not forecasts or guarantees. Payment processing, support, fraud, refunds, media, travel, sales, and market activation remain real operating costs.
BUILT TO COMPOUND
Scalable Financial Architecture
01
Multiple Overlapping Revenue Streams
Ticketing, resale, travel, marketplace, promotions, subscriptions, media, and SaaS reinforce each other.
02
High-Leverage Organizer Infrastructure
Event data, schedules, ticketing, communications, check-in, competitions, analytics, and community tools create higher switching costs and stronger retention.
03
Path to $10M+ Net Profit
At 250,000 active users, the management scenario supports $18M–$26M revenue and $6.3M–$13M illustrative net profit, depending on margin and revenue mix.
Management scenarios, not forecasts or guarantees. Revenue depends on user activity, organizer adoption, ticket volume, pricing, marketplace conversion, travel participation, and geographic mix.
A RECURRING GLOBAL LIFESTYLE
One dancer. Multiple cities. Multiple transactions. Every year.
Each international festival is an average of approximately four days of near-continuous engagement — and some destination experiences extend to a full week.
Weekly socials
Recurring classes
Regional weekend events
International festivals
Flights and hotels
Private lessons
Merchandise
Competitions
Media
Destination experiences
dANZR is not acquiring a customer for one ticket. It is building a recurring relationship with a participant in a year-round global lifestyle.
TRANSACTION VOLUME SCENARIOS
A scalable opportunity built through user activity.
$300 illustrative annual platform transaction volume per user
$3M
10,000 users
Illustrative GMV
$15M
50,000 users
Illustrative GMV
$30M
100,000 users
Illustrative GMV
$75M
250,000 users
Illustrative GMV
$150M
500,000 users
Illustrative GMV
Illustrative scenario only. GMV represents gross transaction volume processed through the ecosystem, not dANZR revenue. Actual performance will depend on adoption, transaction frequency, pricing, partner activation, geography, and product mix.
These scenarios exclude potential revenue from owned events, Bachastars, sponsorship, organizer subscriptions, and additional media properties.
FOCUSED ENTRY · EXPANSIVE ARCHITECTURE
Bachata is the entry market, not the limit.
Bachata
Salsa and Zouk
Adjacent social-dance communities
Participatory music and cultural experiences
Reusable event infrastructure
dANZR begins with an underserved, globally connected community where the founder already has credibility, relationships, and direct market access.
Win the niche. Connect the network. Expand the infrastructure.
FROM FOUNDATION TO GLOBAL NETWORK
A disciplined path to category leadership.
2025–2026
Phase 1: Foundation
- Complete the platform foundation
- Launch the application
- Validate early user behavior
- Build organizer infrastructure
- Secure initial partner agreements
- Reach the first 1,500 users
- Build the first 4,000 social followers
- Film Bachastars
- Prepare partner onboarding
2026–2027
Phase 2: Regional Activation
- Activate selected US markets
- Activate Cancun, Punta Cana, and Tunisia
- Strengthen France and Germany
- Introduce partner-driven onboarding
- Validate ticketing and organizer revenue
- Measure acquisition, engagement, and retention
2027–2028
Phase 3: International Network
- Connect selected European markets
- Activate Middle Eastern relationships
- Establish initial Asian market entry
- Expand across Bachata, Salsa, and Zouk
- Introduce artist availability and bookings
- Scale organizer and competition tools
2028–2030
Phase 4: Platform Scale
- Scale cross-border ticketing
- Add travel and accommodation integrations
- Grow the artist marketplace
- Expand Bachastars and original media
- Launch or co-produce strategic events
- Evaluate selective acquisitions
DIFFICULT TO REPLICATE
Technology scales the relationships. Relationships accelerate the technology.
Technology alone can be copied. Relationships alone may not scale. dANZR combines scalable infrastructure with difficult-to-replicate global access.
THE NEXT PHASE
The global dance economy already exists. dANZR is building the infrastructure it has been missing.
1,500+
Users in less than two months
4,000+
Instagram followers since January
10
Agreed or strategic activation markets awaiting coordinated onboarding
dANZR has entered the market from inside the culture, invested in the technology, secured agreed regional access, developed relationships across five global regions, achieved early traction before partner onboarding, and acquired a 20% ownership position in Bachastars.
The opportunity is not simply to sell more dance tickets.
It is to become the identity, transaction, data, media, and operating layer connecting global dance culture.
The network is already moving. dANZR is preparing to connect it.
dANZR is currently optimizing its business model, market strategy, brand, marketing engine, legal structure, and partner activation plan before finalizing the structure and timing of an external investment round. The company's objective is to raise from investors who contribute strategic access, operational expertise, and long-term alignment in addition to capital.