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Republic (OpenDeal Portal LLC, CRD #283874) is hosting this Reg CF securities offering by Loan Automatic LLC. View the official SEC filing and all updates:
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Highlights


Venture-backed
Company is backed by a venture capital firm
  • A digital platform connecting independent dealers, lenders, and investors
  • Underserved market of 55,000 independent dealerships nationwide
  • 1400 dealerships on Automatic
  • $25 – $30M in recurring monthly deal flow
  • Financed total amount of 2021 loans within the first two quarters of 2022
  • Incubated by 10X Capital

Problem


Auto financing is a $1.3 Trillion industry...

...that stopped evolving in 2004:


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Market gaps for used independent dealers

An underserved market of 55,000 dealerships nationwide

Solution


A digital platform connecting independent dealers, lenders, and investors

with transparency and trust.

Our mission is to bring underserved independent dealers to traditional and alternative lenders in the auto ecosystem through the most trusted fintech platform.


Product


Take full control of your business

Automatic is a paradigm shift for used car financing companies and auto dealerships. Our next-generation platform streamlines the entire loan process, helps dealerships boost vehicle sales by reducing the funding and titling, and maintains transparency at every step. The result is enhanced buyer trust and satisfaction.


Automatic’s loan syndication process



The value proposition


  • Access to liquidity,
  • Instant lender decisioning
  • Ability to add multiple ancillary products to financial application
  • Cost Efficient
  • Integration with DMS’s and CRM’s

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  • Vetted dealerships
  • Big data analysis on loans
  • Criteria driven rate cards, only Pre-qualified applications
  • Correspondent lending
  • LOS friendly (Fiserv, TCI, Meridian Link)

Traction


Automatic: A working platform making an impact

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Financials + net income achieved by end of year 1

209.59%

CAGR Loans

 215.5%

CAGR Gross Revenue

92%

 CAGR Expense

—

Automatic dealerships to-date


Automatic quarterly deal flow 2021-2022

Customers


Used independent dealers:
An underserved market


• 55,000 independent dealerships nationwide

• Independent dealers lack the financing support that Franchise dealers receive from their manufacturing arm

• $228B in originated serviceable loans coming from the independent space

• 39.3 Million used auto units sold in 2020

• The lack of new car inventory due to industry shortages lead to an average used auto transaction price of $26,457 in June of 2021, 27% increase YoY


Strategic customer acquisition


Dealership Headstart
Through Eric Burney, CEO and his 20+ years industry experience and a personal network of 1300 independent dealerships.

Strategic Vendor Partnerships
Over 75+ Finance & Insurance agents will shortly begin signing up dealerships on Automatic’s behalf

DMS Integrations
Currently in talks with multiple Dealer Management Systems to unlock networks of 1000s dealerships per system.

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Estimate of adding 2-3K+ dealerships by EOY 2022
for 122%-233% Growth
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Business model


Transactional revenue model

  • 35bps of loan market value
  • $3002 per lead closed to F&I/Ancillary products
  • $25 per Aftermarket product lead



3-year revenue projections*


* Click here for important information regarding Financial Projections which are not guaranteed.

Market


Lasting market changes

De-urbanization and economic macro-conditions increase purchases of used cars

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Used car purchases rebound sharply and outperform:

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Used car purchases outperform in tough times:



Big picture


Competition


The new dealership model

  1. Carvana: 750,000 unit transactions since Jan. 2013
    Last quarter: 107,815 units sold
    Q2 revenue: $3.3B
  2. Independent Dealers will be able to leverage Automatic SaaS to stay competitive
  3. While the consumer journey may begin digitally, 61.4% of customers still prefer to buy from the dealership


Competitive advantage vs other financing platforms


Vision and strategy


Additional revenue opportunities

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Resale 
Credit Bureau, CARFAX

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Aftermarket Products
 WeatherTech, Sirius XM 

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White-Labeling
 Foreign markets, small national lenders

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Data 
Stratified reporting, industry insights 

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LOS Integration
 Receiving turn down loans passed though automatic lending network


Use of funds


Founders


Eric Burney

CEO, Co-Founder
20+ yrs. auto lender and broker


Max Kane

CFO, Co-Founder
20+ yrs. MBS market.


John Liu

Co-Founder
19+ yrs. strategy and fintech


Alex Egan

 Marketing Advisor, Co-Founder
10 yrs. marketing and fintech

Deal terms


Valuation cap

$20,000,000

The maximum valuation at which your investment converts into equity shares or cash.
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Discount

0%

If a trigger event for Automatic occurs, the discount provision gives investors equity shares (or equal value in cash) at a reduced price.
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Minimum investment

$100

The smallest investment amount that Automatic is accepting.
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Maximum investment

$500,000

The largest investment amount that Automatic is accepting.
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Funding goal

$2.4M

Automatic must achieve its minimum goal of $25K before the deadline. The maximum amount the offering can raise is $2.4M.
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Deadline
Automatic needs to reach their minimum funding goal before the deadline ( ). If they don’t, all investments will be refunded.
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Type of security

Crowd SAFE

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Nominee Lead

Chief Executive Officer of the Company (currently Eric Burney)

Will direct the Nominee on certain matters like voting, amendments and conversions affecting the security.
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How it works

Documents

Republic (OpenDeal Portal LLC, CRD #283874) is hosting this Reg CF securities offering by Loan Automatic LLC. View the official SEC filing and all updates:
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Company documents
Automatic Crowd SAFE Loan Automatic LLC Form C.pdf

About Automatic

Legal Name
Loan Automatic LLC
Founded
Jan 2020
Form
Delaware LLC
Employees
7
Website
automaticusa.com
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1216 Hartford Turnpike D , Vernon, CT
Headquarters
1216 Hartford Turnpike, D, Vernon, CT, United States 06066

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Everyone helping build Automatic, not limited to employees

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