Slip 🧾

receipts are a hazard

January 10, 2023

setting the scene

  • after a long flight, you head to baggage claim to find that your checked bags never made it to your destination ✈️

  • the airline agrees to pay for any clothes you purchase while they locate your luggage, so you hit up your favorite shops 😏

  • when the airline requests receipts, you fail to find them in any pocket or tote bag

    • looks like you're stuck paying for your purchases 🤬

  • this week’s company enables a seamless shopping experience by providing consumers and retailers with digital receipts

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in a sentence

Slip is a mobile platform that enables shoppers to manage receipts and provides retailers with consumer data

  • shoppers: present a QR code at checkout to receive a digital receipt in seconds

  • manage: store receipts and receive personalized rewards and offers in the Slip app

  • retailers: Slip integrates with POS systems to create a frictionless and paperless checkout experience while providing data on in-store customers

bulleted version: similar to how a ticket collector scans your ticket at an event, a salesclerk scans your QR code to send a digital receipt into the Slip app 🎟

the basics

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due diligence

what we like

  • ♻️ less paper: in the US, paper receipt production uses 12.4m trees and emits 4 billion pounds of CO2, yet 49% of receipts end up discarded

    • plus, 93% of paper receipts are coated with toxic BPA/BPS

  • ⏱ frictionless checkout: Slip helps retailers overcome slow e-receipt adoption caused by long checkout times, customer hesitancy to give personal information, and limited cashier training

  • 🛍 in-store data: as brick-and-mortar stores continue to face challenges caused by demand for online shopping and supply chain issues, Slip's insights allow retailers to better understand in-person shoppers

potential risks

  • 💰 well-funded competitors: Slip may face competition from modern POS platforms like Square and consumer products like Apple Wallet that may innovate to offer instant receipts upon checkout

  • 🤔 scaling shoppers: while Slip provides shoppers with an innovative checkout experience, their scaleability depends on retailers purchasing the product

  • 💻 growth of e-commerce: as customers continue to shift their shopping online, Slip must convince retailers to increase investment in traditional commerce

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why Slip: with 1000+ shoppers on the pre-launch waitlist and retailers confronting environmental regulations, Slip checks out as an industry disruptor 🛍

bulletin board ✏️

  • last spring, we featured Valence Vibrations, a neurotech startup that offers communication tools that interpret emotions

  • the company just released Vibes for Apple Watch, a product that provides users with instant emotional subtitles during conversations

  • we tested the product in our last meeting, and we felt like we could read each other's minds 🔮

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