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Board Proposal · Investment Decision

Build a $12M ARR European business unit for the tiles industry.

Brand  Tiles IT Solutions Markets  UK · Italy · Spain $12M ARR by  Dec 2028 Prepared for  The Board
01 · The decision

What we're asking the board to approve

02 · The opportunity

Own a vertical, not a service line

The tiles industry is large, fragmented and structurally under-digitised. A partner that speaks its language — batches, shade lots, ranges, trade counters, container imports — commands enterprise, recurring relationships a generic IT firm never will.

No incumbent owns "digital transformation partner for tiles." The category is open.

03 · Market reality

Where the enterprise accounts actually are

$1.27bn
Entire UK tile market — led by Topps (~£296M)
~122
Italian tile makers · €6.1bn — deepest large-account pool
105
Spanish makers · €4.8bn (Pamesa & STN largest)
~₹11,000Cr
TAM — all European ceramics · $12M target is <1%

The UK alone can't supply 100 enterprise accounts — the whales are in Italy & Spain. The prize is huge (~₹11,000 Cr TAM, ~3× if we add ceramics); the constraint is go-to-market, not market size.

04 · The reframe

Three changes that make the number real

You can't have $12M and Dec 2027 and 100 pure-enterprise UK logos. This keeps the revenue and the enterprise positioning.

05 · The offer

Three tiers, one partner

£120k
Enterprise — all 5 programs, dedicated pod. Manufacturers & national distributors.
£60k
Growth — 2–3 programs. Mid distributors, retailers, ecommerce.
£24k
Foundation — one program, land-and-grow. Independents & dealers.

Enterprise stays the headline and ~half of ARR; the mid-tier builds early MRR and reference logos.

06 · Financial trajectory

A back-loaded path to $12M ARR

~$1.0M
ARR run-rate · end 2026 — proof & pan-EU pilot
~$5.6M
ARR run-rate · end 2027 — the scale gate
$12M
ARR run-rate · end 2028 — target, ~200 customers

Explore the live model & flex the assumptions in the Financial Model.

07 · Team

Launch lean in India, scale in the UK after the gate

9
India launch team · Q1–Q2 2026 · ~₹1.6 Cr all-in
14 → 37
UK/EU scale team · hired only after the Q2 gate
~₹1.11 Cr/yr
India launch run-rate vs UK team ₹26→69 Cr — a fraction of the cost

Phase 0 is 2 closers + 4 BDE + 1 BA + 2 marketing, running outbound + ₹10L/mo paid inbound from India. UK closers, delivery and events are added against proven pipeline — not on faith.

08 · Acquisition funnel

A named list, worked as ABM — not a volume blast

~18
customers by end-2026 (year 1)
~100
by end-2027 (year 2)
~200
by end-2028 — $12M ARR
09 · The ask

~£6–7M net (₹66–77 Cr), in gated tranches

10 · Acquisition

Events as a pipeline machine

Surface Design
London · 3–5 Feb — UK anchor
Cersaie
Bologna · 21–25 Sep — 90k+ visitors, supply-side
Cevisama
Valencia · 28 Sep — Spain beachhead
TTA / ExpoTile
UK · year-round — credibility

Pre-booked meetings, 48-hour follow-through, reported ROI per event. ~£250–350k Year 1.

11 · Roadmap

Phased and gated

12 · Governance

Capital protected by evidence, not optimism

Q1 2026
Performance review — team, packaging, pipeline built
Q2 2026
Commercial validation — ≥8 logos incl. 3 Enterprise → fund, pause or pivot
End 2027
Scale gate — ~$5.6M ARR governs the final scale capital
13 · Risks

Honest about what could go wrong

14 · The decision

Approve the launch & the Year-1 tranche

Approve Route B, release Tranche 1 (£1.0M), and start the MD and first two AE searches now. The Q1 and Q2 gates give the board a real off-ramp before the scale capital is ever committed.

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