About DUPLAYS 2013 Who Is DUPLAYS? EVENTS
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EVENTS About DUPLAYS 2013 Who is DUPLAYS? EVENTS The UAE’s largest provider of adult recreational & competitive sport leagues for men, women and mixed play A growing social network of over A central sports portal for: Information, registration, 45,000 active users communication, booking, scheduling What we offer: 40000 35000 1 2 3 35000 30000 Event Corporate Recreational 25000 20003 Management Wellness Sport Leagues 20000 15000 9125 10000 4300 EVENTS CORPORATE 5000 380 0 From event Leagues, events & Anyone can join. Teams, 2007 2008 2009 2010 2012 conception to comprehensive health Individuals, Beginners, Men, execution & wellness programs. Women. Sign up online. Annual growth of 69% per annum since 2007 Why DUPLAYS? EVENTS We have organised more sporting events than anyone else in the region over the last 5 years. 45 events | 15 sports | over 35 brands Established and experienced in the UAE We manage everything online, which will make the event a success, but also, easy to quantify for the future. Great relationships with many sporting facilities. We operate at over 40+ facilities across the UAE. We are a sport events agency that can drive footfall to your events. We have an in-house corporate team with a large database of companies. Experience across the region… not just the UAE Leaving a Legacy We have offices in KSA, India & Qatar We have run events in UAE, KSA, Qatar, Lebanon, Oman, Jordan, Kuwait Experience • DUPLAYS is the largest provider of sport leagues for adults in the UAE. • DUPLAYS has grown to over 45,000 members in 5 years. • DUPLAYS manages 15 different organized sports across 30 venues with 60 staff for 5,000 people every week. Enough said. • DUPLAYS organizes sport for the adult and youth population. We understand the differences in their requirements. Credentials EVENTS We manage high profile, logistically complicated sporting events across the region. DUPLAYS and Volkswagen Regionals Apr ’12 Audience: 120 People What are DUPLAYS Events? Youth Football Tournament involving teams from across the GCC From event conception to execution – we manage all aspects of events. DUPLAYS and Castrol Apr ’12 Audience: 5000 People We turned the Dubai Mall Ice Rink into a Football Pitch. Tournament involving league winners from 5 different countries • We have experience in working around the GCC with large international brands DUPLAYS and du May ’12 Audience 1000 People • We are not just an events company 2 Day Youth Tournament involving 800 boys competing in a 7 a-side but a sports company organising tournament and individual skills competition. large scale events. DUPLAYS and Samsung May ’12 Audience: 500 People • We have experience in complicated Youth Skill Competition across 2 cities in 2 countries - Dubai and Doha. logistical events. DUPLAYS and Panadol May ’12 Audience: 400 People • We have managed events for both One day beach games featuring an open beach volleyball tournament in Jumeriah Beach Park, Dubai. kids and adults. DUPLAYS and FIFA May ’12 Audience: 1.3 million online viewers FIFA Interactive World 2012; An ‘money can’t buy’ 3 day itinerary designed, created and executed by DUPLAYS involving 10 different locations across Dubai including the Burj Khalifa Observatory, Burj Al Arab, and the Desert General Capability EVENTS Who we are Company Snapshot: • Founded in the UAE in 2007 URL: http://duplays.com • DUPLAYS.com is a platform for sport enabling users to search & sign up to Industry: technology + sport event management play in a league or activity Full-time employees: 19 • Our mission is to accelerate the discovery of sport in communities & facilitate Part-time employees: 70+ sporting connections Founded: Q4 2007 • DUPLAYS has grown from 400 members in Q4/2007 to over 40,000 Market presence: Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Al Ain, Doha, members as of May 2013 Delhi (Gurgaon) • DUPLAYS is the largest provider of sport leagues for adults in the UAE Financial Information: Company stage: growth What we do Capital raised to date: seed: $300,000, Series A: • People struggle to find a network of fellow sports enthusiasts DUPLAYS $800,000 provides a feature-rich website to facilitate organized activity Accounting System: Peachtree • MENASA countries in particular have highly fragmented sport communities DUPLAYS is positioned as the online resource to discover sport Management Team: • Engendering a culture of community sport yields immediate tangible Ravi Bhusari, Co-founder & Director of Business benefits for a population’s health and welfare DUPLAYS is aligned with Development government initiatives to improve health by organizing sport for all skill Derv Rao, Co-founder & Director of Specials levels at a grassroots level Projects Brian Sigafoos, Partner & CTO Mission To become the leading sports platform in the world and be at the centre of the Investor: sport ecosystem in each market we enter. MENA Venture Investments, Beco Capital, Wamda Capital (Abraaj) Scope of our Services EVENTS Implementation Staffing • Budget and project management. • All coaches will be briefed by DUPLAYS to ensure they are in line • Awareness plan and strategy with the brand guidelines. • Management of sign up process • All staff have been vetted and hired by DUPLAYS. (*not including Provider staff) • Website design and management • Sponsor dedicated contact at DUPLAYS: One easy point of • Scheduling management contact • Timeline management Health & Safety Communication • All Staff will be vetted by DUPLAYS. • Mailers and contact with signed up participants • Sessions will have adequate First Aid Cover. • Regular mailers to DUPLAYS network to promote. (40,000 members) • First Aid packs to be with staff when required. • Social Media Management. Updates, plan & strategy • DUPLAYS has Third Party Public Liability Insurance Equipment Website • Content management: DUPLAYS will continue to keep the • Personal equipment to be supplied by the individual. content on the website relating to the specific activity. • All required equipment at Fundamental Fitness Classes to be supplied by DUPLAYS. • Online registration: DUPLAYS to manage the online registration process for duration of said activity or event. • Scheduling: All up to date schedules on the website. PR • Social Media Plan relating to all events,. • Facebook and twitter updates. DUPLAYS Team EVENTS Derv Rao Ravi Bhusari Co-founder & Director of Brian Sigafoos Co-founder & Director of Biz Dev Special Events Partner & CTO Partnerships, funding, B2C Sponsorship, events, B2B Web development Ray Gibson Rehan Muhammed Przemek Hocke UI Designer Director of Abu Dhabi Operations Software Engineer Monica Saade Suraj Gopinathan Events Manager Raza Ali Chief Accountant Software Engineer Gopinath Selvaraj Assistant Ops Manager Hussain Badri Muhammad Nauman Dubai Operations Relationship Manager, Corporate Manager Wellness Shabaz Javeed Mark Webb Senior Software Engineer Account Manager Team Structure EVENTS Events & Corporate Operations Web Platform Director of Special Director of Business CTO Projects Development Brian Derv Ravi Head of Dubai Abu Dhabi Events Account Chief Development Corporate Operations Operations Manager Manager Accountant Manager Design Lead Wellness Manager Director Monica Mark Suraj Shahbaz Rehan Nauman Hussain Ray Corporate Account Manager, Dubai Assistant Abu Dhabi Event & Sr Software Software Research & Operations Corporate Operations Operations Marketing Engineer Engineer Analytics Coordinator Wellness Manager Manager Intern (s) Raza Przemek Intern(s) Borja Adam Gopi open FIFA Interactive Gaming World Cup 2012 3 Day Event | May 2012 | 1.3M Audience The top 24 gamers in the world of EA SPORTS™ FIFA 12 battled it out in Dubai over 3 days. Alfonso Ramos was crowned champ and took home the $20,000 1st place prize in the 2012 FIFA Interactive World Cup Dubai. DUPLAYS organized an incredible adventure for the finalists that included gaming sites such as the Burj Khalifa, Burj Al Arab, Villa Beach and the desert! DUPLAYS Role: • Creating and conceptualizing the unique 3 day itinerary • Travel Logistics (visa, Accommodation, (coordinating flights from all around the World) • Transport Logistics • Venue procurements • Event management • Budget management • Branding production • AV + Entertainment Setup. • Staffing • Tournament organisation • Additional tour organisation. Sponsor: FIFA, PR: Gallafilz, Execution and Activation: DUPLAYS FIFA Interactive World Cup 2012 EVENTS One the largest international gaming tournaments in the world. 1.3M registrations, 24 finals contestants 1,300,000 registrations 24 countries 21,000 likes, 9,800 comments 10.8M video views, 283,000 unique viewers Video documentary available at: http://duplays.com/event-portfolio Castrol Goal Football Tournament 1 Day Event | April 2012 | 5,000 Audience DUPLAYS transformed the Dubai Mall Ice Rink into a football pitch for 24 hours for the Castrol Goal 2012 Football Tournament Finals. From across the Middle East, 16 regional winners of tournaments in Lebanon, Kuwait, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the UAE battled it out to be crowned the ultimate 5-aside futsal champ and win tickets for their team to Euros 2012 in Ukraine. DUPLAYS Role: • Organised local leagues in 5 nations • Event management • Budget management • Tournament + League organisation (schedules, formats, staffing) • Venue procurement : Building venue • Travel Logistics (Flights, Accommodation, Visas, F&B) • Transport Logistics • Staffing • Branding • Social Media Management Sponsor: Castrol, PR: IPN, Relay: Management, Execution : DUPLAYS Castrol Goal Tournament