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Invest in the Future of Children's Storytelling

WonderCast is raising $500K to put AI-personalized stories, videos, and music into the hands of every family.

$500K Raise
$12-15M Cap
Post-Money SAFE
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AI-Native Advantage

AI Built This. Not a Team of 50.

Area
Traditional Startup
WonderCast
Product Dev
6-10 engineers, 12-18 months, $500K-$2M
1 founder + AI, weeks, ~$10K
Brand & Design
Agency, $50-150K
AI-generated, $0 agency
Website
Frontend team, 2-3 months
20 landing pages, weeks
Legal
$20-50K
AI-drafted, fraction
Marketing
Content team, ongoing
AI-generated, near-zero marginal
Total
$300K-$500K+
Fraction, built in weeks

100% of raised capital goes toward customer acquisition — not R&D.

The Product

Four Formats. Infinite Stories.

Image Books

Live

Stunning AI-illustrated storybooks featuring your child as the hero, with personalized narratives and Pixar-quality artwork.

Video Books

Live

Cinematic animated stories with voice narration, bringing characters to life with AI-generated video scenes.

Audio Books

Live

Immersive audiobook experiences with cloned parent/grandparent voices narrating personalized bedtime stories.

Music Studio

Planned

Original songs featuring your child's name and story themes. Lullabies, adventure anthems, and learning songs.

CDN
Global Delivery
API
Orchestration
AI Generation
Multi-Model

Infinitely Scalable

Market Opportunity

A Market Growing 25% Annually

TAM
SAM
SOM
TAM
25% CAGR
$15B$35B+
SAM
15% CAGR
$4.8B$12B
SOM
21%+ CAGR
$50-150M$400M+

Competitive Landscape

The Only Full-Stack Platform

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AI-Native
Personalized
Subscription
Video
Audio
Music
Multi-Device
COPPA
WonderCast
Wonderbly
Ello
Storytime AI
Lingokids
Epic!

Unit Economics

Built for Massive Margins

$1-4
COGS
/subscriber/mo
<$1.00
Book Cost
per multimodal book
68-90%
Gross Margin
at scale
$180-450
LTV
lifetime value
$15-40
Target CAC
customer acquisition
5:1-12:1
LTV:CAC
ratio

Use of Proceeds

Where the $500K Goes

$500K
Total Raise
Paid Acquisition
$120K24%
Micro-Influencers
$80K16%
Growth Hire
$80K16%
Content
$60K12%
PR
$40K8%
Partnerships
$40K8%
Legal
$30K6%
Ops
$25K5%
Reserve
$25K5%

0% on R&D. 0% on engineering hires. The product is built.

Financial Projections

18-Month Growth Trajectory

Early Traction
Month 3
500
subscribers
$7.5K MRR
Growth Inflection
Month 9
4,000
subscribers
$60K MRR
Series A Ready
Month 18
12,000
subscribers
$180K MRR

18-Month Subscriber Growth

50
M1
500
M3
1.5K
M6
4K
M9
7K
M12
9.5K
M15
12K
M18

5-Year Revenue Scenario

Subscription + Library Retention + Music Studio

Subscriptions$25M
Library Retention ($5/mo)$3.5M
Music Studio Tier$2M
Total ARR$30.5M

Path to Series A

$3-5M at $30-50M Valuation

Platform Strategy

A Secure Family Content Vault

Secure Content Vault

All stories, videos, and songs are permanently housed within each family's secure library — never shared or distributed externally.

Multi-Device Ecosystem

Seamless experience across Apple TV, iOS, Android, and desktop. Start a story on your phone, finish on the big screen.

$5/mo Library Retention

When families cancel, a $5/month library-access tier preserves their content across all devices — dramatically reducing churn.

COPPA-First Privacy

Built from the ground up with children's privacy regulations at the core. No third-party data sharing, ever.

$5/mo
Library retention tier on cancellation
~30%
Expected save rate of churning subscribers
3x
Extended customer lifetime with library access

Families keep access to their stories on Apple TV, mobile, and desktop

Roadmap

The Path Forward

Launch
Now
Active

Image Books, Video Books, Audio Books live in production

Apple TV App
3-4 mo

Living room experience for family story time on the big screen

Music Studio
4-6 mo

Original personalized songs and lullabies within the family library

Library Retention
6-8 mo

$5/mo read-only library access for cancelled subscribers across all devices

Family Sharing
9-12 mo

Grandparent and extended family access to shared story libraries

International
12-18 mo

Multi-language support and global market expansion

Steve Cronan, Founder and CEO

The Founder

Steve Cronan

Father of 3 young boys. 4 patents. VES and SMPTE member. 50+ productions across Hollywood's biggest studios. Built secure media infrastructure used by the world's largest entertainment companies.

Warner Bros
5th Kind
Marvel
HCAP
Sohonet
WonderCast
4 Patents
VES / SMPTE
50+ Productions
Father of 3

Deal Structure

Clean, Founder-Friendly Terms

Raise Amount$500,000
InstrumentPost-Money SAFE
Valuation Cap$12-15M
Pro Rata RightsYes
Most Favored NationYes

Investor Rights

Quarterly investor updates with key metrics
Pro rata rights for future rounds
Information rights and financial reporting
Most Favored Nation clause
Direct access to founder

Potential crowdfunding component via Wefunder may be offered alongside this raise.

Exit Strategy

Multiple Exit Paths

Primary: Toy & Entertainment

HasbroPaid $4B for eOne
MattelActive in digital kids IP
Spin MasterPaid $185M for Toca Boca
LegoDigital content expansion

Secondary: Media & Tech

PRH
Disney
Netflix
Amazon
Apple
Spotify
Subscription Only
$100-300M
SaaS multiples on subscription revenue
With Library Retention
$150-400M
Premium for low churn + high LTV metrics

Ready to Join the Journey?

We are building the platform that turns every child into the hero of their own story. Join us at the earliest stage.