01 / Invitation to invest

Unlocking the hidden value of the used-car market.

Starting in the UK. Scaling across Europe.

Sebastien Duval · Founder & CEO
seb@deltatrader.aiDeltaTrader.AI

02 / Investment opportunity

Every car is a decision. Every wrong decision costs money.

£5.9bn

of UK used-car stock sitting beyond its normal selling time.

DeltaTrader helps dealers unlock trapped capital and protect margins through smarter pricing, buying and sourcing decisions.

£300k pre-seedFrom the founder of Wizzle, acquired by Carwow

Basis: 327,764 listings × assumed £18,000 per car. £5.9bn is inventory value, not losses or recoverable profit.

03 / Founding team

We’ve built and sold automotive dealer technology together. Now we’re doing it again.

Sebastien Duval

Co-founder & CEO

25 years in automotive. Founded Wizzle and led it through its acquisition by Carwow in 2021.

Simon Thomas

Co-founder & CTO

22 years in technology and engineering. Former Wizzle CTO. Leads DeltaTrader’s AI development, data intelligence and technical architecture.

~2,000

Wizzle dealers

1,500

Monthly vehicle sales

2021

Carwow acquisition

Tim & David Ford · founding Wizzle investors and DeltaTrader backers

04 / Market opportunity

A £100bn+ market. Millions of decisions. One intelligence platform.

£100bn+

UK used-car market

7.81m

2025 UK transactions

~17,900

Dealer locations mapped

UK first. European expansion to follow.

Every vehicle represents repeated opportunities to improve pricing, buying and stock decisions.

Sources: SMMT 2025 transactions; DeltaTrader dealer mapping. Overall used-car transaction value is not software subscription TAM.

05 / Why now?

The market is changing. Stocking decisions need to be smarter.

35%

Forecast fall in available 5–7-year-old used cars by 2027

17.5%

Chinese-brand share of UK new registrations, Jan–Sep 2026. Aggressive new-car offers challenge nearly-new used values.

“Margin protection will depend on disciplined procurement, tight stock-ageing control.”

Philip Nothard · Cox Automotive · Q2 2026 (excerpt)

Changing supply. New competitors. Pressure on margins.

The technology breakthroughAI now makes daily, whole-market analysis at exact vehicle-specification level commercially viable.

Sources: Auto Trader supply forecast (February 2026; versus 2024); Cox Automotive Insight Quarterly (Q2–Q3 2026).

06 / DeltaK, intelligence engine

DeltaK: the intelligence engine behind every decision.

Not another dashboard. DeltaK turns whole-market intelligence into specific, actionable recommendations for each dealer.

~£400k invested in developmentMultiple AI modelsNearly two years of processed market history

07 / Product

Every morning: what to reprice, what to buy, and where to find it.

◔

OptimisePrice up, down, hold or trade out.

✦

Buy BetterWhich vehicles and specs to buy next.

⌕

Best BuysReal available vehicles that match you.

Values shown are illustrative.

08 / Impact & pricing

Potentially £225k in annual value. £31,200 to subscribe.

Modelled annual economic benefit

£225,000

Annual subscription

£31,200

£26 per vehicle / month

7.2×

Illustrative gross benefit ratio

75 monthly sales × 10 days saved × £25/day = £18,750/month

Illustrative 100-car dealership. Modelled benefit is not proven customer savings or verified ROI. Paid pilots are required to establish recoverable economic value.

09 / Go-to-market

Independents drive revenue. Groups and partners unlock scale.

01 / Independent dealers

Shorter owner-led sales cycles. One-month trials from March 2027; first paying customers forecast for April 2027.

02 / Dealer groups

Paid pilots, longer procurement cycles and phased multi-rooftop rollouts.

03 / Platform partners

DMS and data integrations offer one-to-many distribution and potential future licensing opportunities.

30+

Dealer discussions

100+

Observed product interactions

Early discovery engagement, not contracted or paying customers. Partnership and licensing arrangements are not secured.

10 / Competition & strategic positioning

The industry has the tools. We connect the decisions.

DeltaK connects pricing, buying and sourcing decisions across the systems dealers already use.

Potential integration partners, and future strategic acquirers.

Listed businesses are examples, not signed partnerships or asserted acquisition interest.

11 / Investment ask

£300k to prove adoption, revenue and customer value.

£300k

Pre-seed raise

£2.0m

Pre-money valuation

~16

Paying SMEs, Dec 2027

Apr 2027First paid SMEs

Dec 2027£206k exit ARR

2028Planned seed

EIS advance assurance

Proposed use of funds

Product & team£130k

Sales & onboarding£55k

Data / AI£45k

Operations£25k

Contingency£45k

12 / Growth ambition

Our route to £12m+ recurring revenue.

£300k pre-seed → validate paid adoption£1m planned 2028 seed → scale2031: £10.8m UK ARR (~4.8% share) + £1.56m Germany + £0.24m API licensing

Sebastien Duval · Co-Founder & CEO · seb@deltatrader.ai