1. CONTACT :
Ferdinand Kjærulff
fk@coderstrust.com
+45 2232 0214
www.coderstrust.com
CONTACT :
Ferdinand Kjærulff
fk@coderstrust.com
+45 2232 0214
www.coderstrust.com
PITCHDECK 2014
A mind is a terrible thing to waste.
But A Wonderful Thing to Invest In.
BACKED BY.
2. CONTACT :
Ferdinand Kjærulff
fk@coderstrust.com
+45 2232 0214
www.coderstrust.com
FERDINAND KJÆRULFF
FOUNDER & CEO
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Formerly involved in the companies:
Cylindo, AirHelp and Just-Sold. Based on
an idea he got during his time as a
reconstruction officer in the Danish army he
founded CodersTrust in 2013.
MORTEN LUND
BOARD/ADVISOR
Serial investor best known for the IT-
companies Skype and Tradeshift. He has
invested in more than 100 start-up
companies over the past 15 years and is
chairman of the board at CodersTrust.
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THOR ANGELO
BOARD/ADVISOR
Co-founded the translation company
LanguageWire in 2000. He left
LanguageWire in 2012 to help companies
do better business as, among other things,
an Angel Investor.
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MARIANNE HYLTOFT
COO
Founding partner of Emerger through
which she advises major companies in
Europe, Asia and the Middle East about
designing, organising and managing
business development.
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ASSER SMIDT
CO FOUNDER & DESIGN
Asser Smidt is a serial entrepeneur who
have been involved in companies such as
AirHelp and Huubla. He co-founded
CodersTrust in 2013 and functions as Head
of Product.
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JAN-CAYO FIEBIG
CFO
Several years experience as a
management consultant for A.T. Kearney.
Work experience from over seven
countries. Created the app “Heisse Draht”
which was downloaded 500.000 times.
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Behind CodersTrust is a
team of several serial
entrepreneurs and
specialists that are
determined to make a
difference in the world.
| TEAM
3. CONTACT :
Ferdinand Kjærulff
fk@coderstrust.com
+45 2232 0214
www.coderstrust.com
80% of youth worldwide live in
families that earn less than
$10 a day which is required for
necessities like food and rent.
This limits them from getting
an education and pursuing a
better life.
| PROBLEM
200 MILLION
The number of young people
worldwide being denied
access to education.
4. CONTACT :
Ferdinand Kjærulff
fk@coderstrust.com
+45 2232 0214
www.coderstrust.com
CodersTrust gives access to paid
education worldwide and saves
students the twin costs of a huge
tuiton loan as well as useless
degrees.
CodersTrust targets the 200 million
young people currently being
denied access to education, and
helps them join the global
workforce.
| SOLUTION
Access to paid online learning, mentorship and tasks from
freelance websites enhance students skillset, experience,
reputation and ultimately lead to a higher income.
200M young people
living for less then
$3 / day.
Living for $20 / day
with the 200M jobs
created on freelance
portals in 2020.
$20 / day
$10 / day
$0 / day
5. CONTACT :
Ferdinand Kjærulff
fk@coderstrust.com
+45 2232 0214
www.coderstrust.com
Today there are 12.3M registered
freelancers with 2.7M working
exclusively in IT & Programming.
In 2020 there will be 150 million
registered freelancers online with
an estimated 10 million working
with IT & Programming.
| MARKET
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2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020
10 M Users
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1400 USD/month
$10 B OPPORTUNITY
12.3M registered
freelancers on all
online
workplaces
500.000
potential user on
CODERSTRUST
10M potential
users
Predicted 150M
registered
freelancers
FREELANCER
CODERSTRUST
students target
Source: Statistics from Elance/oDesk, Freelancer.com and 99design.
Source: McKinsey report on the freelance market
6. CONTACT :
Ferdinand Kjærulff
fk@coderstrust.com
+45 2232 0214
www.coderstrust.com
All-in-one dashboard to
build your profile on the
online job market
| TECHNOLOGY
LEARN IT SKILLS
GET FUNDED BE RECRUITED
GET REAL TASK
7. CONTACT :
Ferdinand Kjærulff
fk@coderstrust.com
+45 2232 0214
www.coderstrust.com
CodersTrust democratises
education by creating a new
education infra-structure,
where the best IT- and
software developers get in
direct contact with employers
all around the world.
| IT SETUP
INTELLIGENT JOB SCANNER (ELANCE,
ODESK, ETC.)
• Real time scanner of thousands of available jobs
• Convert jobs into unified data structure
OWN PERSONAL RECOMMENDATION
ENGINE “PERFECT MATCH”
• Jobs will be intelligently matched each profile
for best match - all in real time
• Students will always have the best jobs with their
current skillset
• As students increasingly gets better and acquire
more skills - the “Perfect match” engine will know
and take action
8. CONTACT :
Ferdinand Kjærulff
fk@coderstrust.com
+45 2232 0214
www.coderstrust.com
CodersTrust is a
funding platform for
tech-based education
| BUSINESS MODEL
With repayments based on
their earning, the students
repay the loan to backer
The students get experience
and make earnings from jobs
on various online workplace
A backer helps a students
with financial study aid
The students get more skill
and support through
CodersTrust’ educational
system
9. CONTACT :
Ferdinand Kjærulff
fk@coderstrust.com
+45 2232 0214
www.coderstrust.com
The Press loves
CodersTrust
| PRESS
On April 8th CodersTrust met with Richard Branson at a CodersTrust/Virgin Unite fundraiser
