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Report 03 · Aviation · Logistics

Pan-African Corporate Flight Booking Platform
Hold-Until-Confirm — enterprise-grade booking for the African aviation market

Region: Pan-African · 54-country footprint Stage: Series A Ask: $5.0M

Investor Dashboard

Key financial KPIs at a glance — % against revenues in QuickBooks-statement style.

Y1 Revenue
$1.2M
Initial scale
Y3 Revenue
$14.5M
↑ Year-3 target
Y5 Revenue
$65.0M
↑ Year-5 target
Gross Margin
75%
% vs Revenue
EBITDA Margin
45%
% vs Revenue
CAC Payback
12 mo
Time to recoup
LTV / CAC
5.0x
Unit economics
Capital Ask
$5.0M
Series A

Revenue Mix · % of Top Line

Cost Structure · % of Operating Cost

Use of Funds · % of $5.0M Raise

Problem & Solution

Hold-Until-Confirm — enterprise-grade booking for the African aviation market

The Problem

African corporate travel is broken by fragmented airline systems, multi-currency settlement complexity, mobile-money payment preferences, and the absence of approval-based booking workflows. Existing OTAs are consumer-grade; global TMCs ignore African payment rails and local content.

Our Solution

A cloud-native booking platform with deep GDS integration (Amadeus, Sabre, Travelport) and a proprietary Hold-Until-Confirm model that lets corporates reserve seats for 30 minutes without immediate payment, enabling client approval workflows. Multi-gateway payments (cards, mobile money, USSD, bank transfer) cover the full African payment landscape.

Market Opportunity

$28.5B TAM by 2030 addressable today

7.2% CAGR · SAM $4.2B · SOM $420M by Y5

Primary revenue from 2.5–4% transaction fees on confirmed bookings, supplemented by $500–$5,000/mo SaaS corporate dashboards, $2,000–$10,000/mo API licensing, and ancillary insurance/lounge/hotel cross-sell.

Financial Statements · % vs Revenue

QuickBooks-style readout — every line shown as percentage of its parent total.

Revenue Mix

Revenue Stream% of RevenueShare
Booking Transaction Fees60.0%60%
SaaS Subscriptions20.0%20%
API Licensing10.0%10%
Ancillary Cross-Sell7.0%7%
Data & Analytics3.0%3%
Total Revenue100.0%100%

Cost Structure

Cost Line% of CostShare
Engineering & Product30.0%30%
GDS & Payment Fees25.0%25%
Enterprise Sales20.0%20%
Cloud & Security10.0%10%
Customer Success8.0%8%
G&A7.0%7%
Total Operating Cost100.0%100%

Use of Funds — $5.0M Raise

Allocation% of RaiseShare
Product & GDS Integrations40.0%40%
Sales & Marketing25.0%25%
Operations & CS15.0%15%
Infra & Compliance10.0%10%
Working Capital10.0%10%
Total Use of Funds100.0%100%

Traction & Proof Points

Moat & Exit Strategy

Defensible Moat

First-mover Hold-Until-Confirm workflow tailored to African corporate approval cycles, combined with the only platform offering all three major GDS systems plus a full African mobile-money payment stack in one API. Compliance certifications (PCI DSS L1, SOC 2 II, ISO 27001) are a 12–18-month catch-up cost for new entrants.

Exit Path

Strategic acquisition by a global TMC (Navan, CWT, Amex GBT) or a regional aviation/fintech holding seeking African enterprise rails, with a Series B-to-IPO path on a 5–7 year horizon.

Key Risks