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Financing Latin American e-Commerce Companies

Financing Latin American e-Commerce Companies. John H. Tonelli International Venture Partners, LLC. International Venture Partners. New York based Investment Banking firm Offices in Buenos Aires Partnerships in Chile, Brazil, and Peru Full range of financial advisory services

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Financing Latin American e-Commerce Companies

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  1. Financing Latin American e-CommerceCompanies John H. Tonelli International Venture Partners, LLC

  2. International Venture Partners • New York based Investment Banking firm • Offices in Buenos Aires • Partnerships in Chile, Brazil, and Peru • Full range of financial advisory services • SEC registered broker - dealer, member NASD & SIPC

  3. What are Investor’s looking for? • Strong experienced management • Fast path to profitability (18 to 24 months) • Achievement of scale with bricks & mortar partner • Strong partnerships and alliances • Unique technologies and services • Localized content to differing market segments • Potential to be #1 in the market

  4. Latin American e-Commerce • e-Commerce sales this year will reach $1.1B • e-Commerce sales will reach $10.9 B by 2003 • Large and mid-sized corporations 37% • Smaller enterprises 24% • Home sector 21% • Government / education 9% • 80-85% of SMEs in region currently online • 100% online presence by large corporations Source: IDC Latin America

  5. B2B Exchanges • Facilitate global business by breaking down barriers: • Regulations • Language • Culture • Distance • Allow smaller companies to compete on an international scale • Create cost and time efficiencies

  6. Logistics and Services • Solving Credit fraud / offer variety of payment methods • e-Cash • Improve logistics of distribution • SkyBox • FedEx, DHL, UPS • Streamlined customs procedures

  7. Wireless • Latin America is ahead of the curve • High penetration due to failure of incumbent telephone carriers and poor fixed wire infrastructure • Reasonable cost of cellular phones and service • Twice as many cell phones as personal computers • High quality wireless infrastructure provided by US and European companies

  8. Wireless Data Growth • Latin America has fastest adoption rate for Internet service • Majority of Latin Americans will have first Internet experience through a wireless device • Japan - 6 million wireless data customers in 14 months • Opportunities • Wireless enabling technologies (blue tooth, WAP) • Applications that provide rich user experiences • m-Commerce Applications - WAP, Blue-tooth, i-mode

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