Looking for £1000.00 investment - Martial Arts services / Products

**Reala** · 11-08-2007 07:38 AM

I am looking for a £1000.00 investment, I will give up 5% of the company for this ammount. SOrry to sound so Dragons den, but I prefer investment then offering returns as I believe it shows my dedication as well as the investers.

THIS IS NOT A BUSINESS PLAN, the following is a brief overview of what I want to do.

The fastest growing sport in the world right now is 'mixed martial arts', it gets bigger pay per view figures than football, boxing, wrestling and darts. New shows (promotions) are poping up all over the place, in the UK there are at least 30 different promotions holding 'fight nights'. I am wishing to start a brand that will start in the services side of promoting these local shows (by designing their tickets, sorting out local advertisment for them, designing posters) mainly graphical and marketing to begin with. But within a year I wish to get a big enough name to start helping promotions sign fighters, etc. And then the year after that start running my own 'Mixed Martial Arts' shows. The year after that I would be interested in diversifying my service business into the product sector, maybe designing t-shirts, shorts, boxin gloves and other related training clothing.

Basically my company is going to start small with the promotional side first of all, I've spoken with a few local promotions and have been given works to do for them, to name a few:
Poster Designs
Ticket Designs
Club T-Shirts
Advertisment for a national magazine

So already I have a small customer base, which I am literally gaining enquiries every single day (I had 3 this morning for example). It is a sport that is growing quickly in the UK and if the company takes off your £1000 could easily be worth 10 times that in 3 years time.

As I said, I've been very brief here, but if you are a serious investor interested in my company I would love to gain further contact with you (PM me) and I can send you my full business plan.

**jasaunders** · 11-08-2007 07:52 AM

Can you please explain why you think your company is worth £20,000 ?

**Reala** · 11-08-2007 09:45 AM

Conceptually I think the idea is pretty sound. I have acquired a mac PC and 'Adobe Master Collection', which brings the companies assets to £2000.00.

I currently am designing posters / adverts / t-shirts for the following, giving me 4 customers so far:

1. The most highly regarded MMA store in the UK
2. A large UK based Promotion
3. A large gym in central England
4. A team who want a range of clothing designed (i.e. hoodies, t-shirts)

This is after just one month of asking around, I've accepted these jobs and apart from those 4 customers I have had over 30 enquiree's. That is without proper advertising, that is just asking around friends / clubs I am familiar with and them phoning up contacts. It seems there is a big demand for what I am offering.

The customer base is huge, there are literally thousands of gyms (dojo's)across the UK who require logos, club t-shirts, posters, etc designed. There are hundreds of promotions starting to form across the UK, 4 of which have told me next year they will be interested in using my services of posters, tickets, clothing.

The start up costs are relatively small, the invester will literally be putting in £1000.00 to get advertising paid for (this will cover advertising for 4 months) by which time I believe revenue will be at a level where we will be making a return.

Not to mention future prospects of becoming a product development company in a growing market (look at Lonsdale, Everlast, etc) all started small with boxing and grew with the sport. This is a new sport and it is going to grow the same way, this is a chance to invest in someone who knows the market and is active in the sport.