Vitalight Lab(PLC) FOR A WORLD MORE HEALTHIER. Ilyes GOUJA, CEO

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1 (PLC) FOR A WORLD MORE HEALTHIER Ilyes GOUJA, CEO

2 Better Products for People Better products start with better ingredients. By unlocking the power of microalgae, Vitalight LAB is builduig a future more healthier.

3 Why Microalgae? Photosynthetic microorganisms. A high biodiversity, more than 200,000 only 30,000 species identified. Potential mass production A plurality of molecules of interest for a wide range of applications

4 Added value of Spirulina Nutritional facts A cafe spoon of Spirulina (3-4g) contains As much proteins a as in ½ kg of Steak As much Calcium as in 3 cups of milk As much Iron as in 3 bols on spinach As much beta-caroten as in 20carotts As much vitamine E as in cafe spoon of olive oil 60% of recommanded daily allowance of B12 (activ form) Usages Anti-obesity and fatigue Energy intake for sportsman; Diet Nutrition Malnutrition Anemia, regulated by iron and vitamin B12, Xerophthalmia, regulated by the contribution provitamin A Detoxification

5 Needs We eat too much salty, sweety and fat foods 50% of women and 30% of men and 16% of childrens are obese in Tunisia 16 millions obese people in Europe ( new patients a year) The poor and unhealthy nutrition is the daily life of many people Increased life expectancy, globally, has led to an increase in the incidence of lifestyle diseases such as diabetes, high blood pressure and cholesterol So What issue?

6 Our Project Tons world production 90% of this production are carried on in ponds Disadvantages: Large surface Contamination risk Culture stopped 3or 4 months due to weather Low efficiency and productivity Increased human intervention We produce in 1 m2 what ponds technology produces in 100 m2

7 Vitalight LAB Production of microalgae and development of innovative products from it for cosmetic, nutraceutical & pharmaceutical use. Our motivation is the current trend to substitute synthetic components by natural products. The vision of Vitalight is to Make visible and accessible microalgae to a maximum of persons

8 Our Segments & customers Cosmetics BU Anti-aging Anti-oxydant Packaging : 50/100 ml > 2018 Pharmacies, Malls Management Para/pharma BU Food BU Antiinflammatory Immunity strengthen Sports Wellness Anti Anemic Additives Phycocyanin : Packaging 10 doses Spirulina : Packaging : 500g, 1kg Spirulina : Packaging : 60g, 100g > 2018 > 2016 > 2016 Pharmacies Fitness Club Pharmacies, thalasso Export BU Ingredients Spirulina/phyco : Powder in bulk or final Product as white label > 2017 Partner

9 Investment Need Shareholders : Ilyes GOUJA 67%, UGFS, 30% (seed fund) Looking for Private Equity /strategic partners to start the industrial step Category Needs Procees equipements Laboratory equipments Trasport vehicles Offices furniture/ WCR Total

10 Management (PLC) Biotechpole Sidi Thabet Ilyes GOUJA, CEO Khaoula Ben Slimane, R&D Advisory Board Mondher Khanfir Yahia Bouchaddakh CEO Wikistartup Group HRD Hikma Pharma Partner - Columbus Consul. Ex - HRD Pfizer Tunisia Mohamed Salah Frad CEO, UGFS United Gulf Financial Services

11 Business Model Ongoing Partnership Producing micro-algae for nutrition and health uses Innovative process Patent Team Product of high nutritional values - Proteins - Vitamins - Antioxydant - Enzymes Producing micro-algae for nutrition and health uses Pharmacies Thalasso Fitness club Special Distribution Sportmans (28%) Diet 7% Anemia 5% Wellness 6% Additives 45% Nutriments and oligo-elements CO2 Electricity Local Market : Vitalight brand TND Local Market : Whole sale : Export :

12 Questions Thanks for your attention!

13 Opportunity : The New Eldorado Economic and environnemental interest A large potential for innovation : molecules, processes and marketing action. A large scale production possible Molecules extracted from algae are from varied nature (proteind, polysaccharides, polyunsaturated fatty acids, compounds aromatic terpenes, alkaloids, pigments, proteins, anti-oxidizers) An alternative to synthetic products biological actvities recognized as antioxidizing anti-aging, anti - inflammatory, diet, anti-anemic

14 Vitalight LAB.. New alimentary vision carried by Micro-algae Correct the negative effects of modern nutrition posteriori by new kind of food : Micro-algae Spirulina Best Food for the Future at the 1974 United Nations World Food Conference, Develop new competitive process to make industrial production economically viable

15 Supplement food market Attracting market (New entrant from pharma/agri food industry)the Growth of 5 6 percent in the world (2012) (Euromonitor) Global sales grew to $84.26 billion in 2011, up 6.1% from $79.43 billion in 2010, The Europe region catches 14% of the market behind USA, China and Japan In Tunisia the market is estimated to reach $40 millions

16 Competitors Micro-algae pure players Solazyme (USA), Fermentalg (Fr), Blue Stream( Sp) Algomed (GmbH) Vitalight LAB Pharmaceutical Company Arkopharma, FortéPharma, Onebiol, Omega Pharma, Vitabiotics, Merck A growing number of takeovers of small specialized companies, wirh a knowhow recognized in the development and marketing of dietary supplements Pfizer -> Alacer Corp (2010), Ferrosan (2011) / Pepsi CO -> Wimm Bill dann (2011) / Nestlé Health Science -> CM&D pharma (2011) Bayer -> Schiff Nutrition International (2012)

17 Competitive advantages Know how in processing micro-algae (own conception) The first industrial company in micro-algae field Competitive product pricing as we the production process Is locally made and sclable rapidly. High quality garanteed thanks to conditionning process Sustained R&D effort in the extraction of molecules of high interest and discovering the local micro-algae diversity

18 Setting up activities abroad / internationalization Set up of 25 Tons production utility in our current location (250 m²) by the end of 2015 Structuring activity in BU &departments Set up partnership with agri-food industrials Turn over of 2 Millions dinars by 2018 Strategy based on partneship/jv with Tunisian pharma industrials who already have export some products or have presence in foreing countries Foreing Companies which would be interested by our ingredients