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FREED GROUP Post COVID-19 Digitalization & New Consumer Trend - Travel AI Digitalization Solution - AWS
FREED GROUP
Post COVID-19 Digitalization & New Consumer Trend
Travel AI Digitalization Solution

                        Abel Zhao
                        FreeD Group

                        April 2021
FREED GROUP Post COVID-19 Digitalization & New Consumer Trend - Travel AI Digitalization Solution - AWS
MARKET TREND CHANGES: PRE AND POST – COVID19

              POST COVID-19 MARKET TREND

                                2019                                        2020                   Post COVID-19 Consumer Behavioral Changes
                                                                                                   Commercial
                                                                                                   Food / Dining
                   Domestic          International              Domestic          International        2019: 15%                       2020: 56%

  S. Korea            16%                 84%                      80%                 20%
                                                                                                   eCommerce
   Japan              41%                 59%                      68%                 32%             2019: 14%                              2020: 63%

  Australia           30%                 70%                      62%                 38%
                                                                                                   Domestic Activity/Travel
  Vietnam             15%                 85%                      61%                 39%          2019:11%                  2020: 44%

New Zealand           13%                 87%                      41%                 59%
                                                                                                   Traditional Travel (cross-border)
  Thailand            21%                 79%                      63%                 37%                                        2019: 48%
                                                                                                  2020 – 1%

Data period: Flight searches from 1-30 June 2020 vs same period in 2019 for traveling in July -   Data sources: statista.com; www.mxmedia.co; World Bank Report 2019 & 2020;
Dec 2020 vs. same period in 2019                                                                  globenewswire.com; businesswire.com
Data source: ForwardKeys Flight Search Data
FREED GROUP Post COVID-19 Digitalization & New Consumer Trend - Travel AI Digitalization Solution - AWS
POST COVID-19 MARKET TREND

                                                            A MARKET NEEDS CHANGE

   Result-driven Digital                             End 2 End Consolidated
   Solutions                                         Supply & Distribution
   Post COVID-19, 85% of existing travel             80% of traditional travel service providers
   companies aimed to adopt to Digital               focus on flights & hotels. Post COVID-19, travel
   Solutions if not yet                              providers need more to capture lost revenues
                                                     and keep their customers

   Flexible IT Supports To                           Ecosystem Approach
   Meet Different Needs
                                                     Connecting different parties to collaborate to
   Travel section requires easy-adoptable and low-
                                                     maximize benefits for all
   cost IT supports
FREED GROUP Post COVID-19 Digitalization & New Consumer Trend - Travel AI Digitalization Solution - AWS
FREED BRINGS POWER AND VALUE
                                  BACK TO PARTNERS

INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY                    PROPRIETARY BUSINESS MODEL                            EQUAL VALUED, PERSONALIZED
           (patented)                            (pending for patent)                                      DISTRIBUTIOIN

           AI Digital Solutions                                 S2B2C
       SMART Distribution System           Solutions + Supplier + Market Data => Business =>     Consolidate multi-source content with one single
 Personalization Recommendation Engine                        Consumer                          connection and data source with patented AUTO-
         AI Marketing Solution                                                                    VALUING and SMART Recommendation Engine
FREED GROUP Post COVID-19 Digitalization & New Consumer Trend - Travel AI Digitalization Solution - AWS
BUSINESS                                                                          P
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CREATE VALUES TO ALL PARTIES

 AI Digitalization For Tourism Industry   Channel Partner:               End consumers :
 • cost-efficient distribution strategy   • Ancillary revenue streams    • Personalized content and service
 • Consumer data for improvement          • Consumer behavior analysis
 • Major Suppliers + SME
FREED GROUP Post COVID-19 Digitalization & New Consumer Trend - Travel AI Digitalization Solution - AWS
END2END AI
                         P                                           T Y           DIGITAL
                        U    E                                     R
                     R O   P                                                       SOLUTION &
                    G PR O                                                         SERVICES
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SMART Inventory &      AI Digital Solution               GO-TO-Market Strategy

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Distribution System    (available on all digital           (WeChat, LINE, Weibo)

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                              channels)

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                                                              RETAIL DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

              L E                                        Increased Trust                               User Acquisition

          E L                                                   &                                          BANNER ADS,

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                                                                                                        POPUPS, DIGITAL ADS
                                                            Credibility                                    PROMOTIONS

      IN
Big-Data Analytics &
     Reporting
                       UNO Management
                           Portal
                                                                                     User Engagement
                                                                                       WECHAT, WEBSITE,
                                                                                     SOCIAL GAMES, SHOPS. User Retention
                                                      Higher
                                                    Engagement                                             DEAL, REVIEW,
                                                                                                         GIFT, DAILY EVENT..
                                                   Rates and ROI

                                                           Staying Interest
                                                             of Customer
FREED GROUP Post COVID-19 Digitalization & New Consumer Trend - Travel AI Digitalization Solution - AWS
S2B2C MODULIZED CROSS-INDUSTRY
SYSTEMATIC SUPPORTING STRUCTURE

                                                                                            Modulized Cross-

                                                       FreeD S2B2C System Structural Flow
                                                                                            Industry Data and
                       Industry Application Scenario                                        technology utilization

                                                                                            •   Consumer
                                                                                                behavioral data
                                                                                                analytics capability
                                                                                            •   Market trend centric
                                                                                                data processing
                                                                                            •   Content & Service
                                                                                                data cross-
                                                                                                supporting functions
                                                                                            •   Systematic AI Data
                                                                                                processing &
                           Core Tech & Solution
                                                                                                utilization
FREED GROUP Post COVID-19 Digitalization & New Consumer Trend - Travel AI Digitalization Solution - AWS
FreeD MicroService Modular
 Architecture                                                                                                      RESULT-DRIVEN
                                                                                                                   INTEGRATED
                                                                                                                   AUTOMATION AI
CONFIDENTIAL

                                     P       T Y
                                       Continuous Delivery

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                                                                                                                   ENGINE
                               R       P
    Kubernetes

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  managed ISTIO

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                                                                                                 AI & NLP Engine

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                                                                                                Load Balancers

                    FR T U                                                                                                               90%
                                                                                                                   AI Recommendation

                           C
                                                                                                 Data Streaming          Accuracy

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                                                                                                Event Streams
             B2B Channels

                     L
                                                                                                                   AI Machine Learning
                                                                                                                                         85%
                   E
                            AI Recommendation
                                   Engine
                                                                                                                      Capability Ratio

                 T
               IN                                                                                                  Overall Repeat User
             B2B Partners

    Cloud - Support
                                                                                                  Scylla DB /
                                                                                               Cassandra on K8s            Ratio         36% (2020)
                                                                                                EDW – Data Mart
                Availability
  Cloudflare
                Monitoring

   Object          Watson
                                                      Marketplace
   Storage         Studio                                           POS CRM             TSCM
                                                        & OLTP
FREED GROUP Post COVID-19 Digitalization & New Consumer Trend - Travel AI Digitalization Solution - AWS
UNO: ENTERPRISE MACHINE DATA ENGINE

       CONSUMER DATA                                                                     OUTSIDE DATA CENTER

       o    Click-stream data                                                            o   Mobile network
       o    Shopping cart data                                                           o   Telecom Location based
       o    Online transaction data                                                      o   Consumer preference
       o    Chatbot interactions                                                         o   Market trend

Log Files           Settings           Messages       Alerts         Metrics           Scripts         Changes             Tickets

            CLOUD                       Web/App                POS                   DATABASES                 Networking
   •   Registry                  •   Web Logs         •   CRM                  •   Configurations       •     Configurations
   •   Event Log                 •   Log4             •   Zone Controls        •   Audit/query logs     •     Syslog
   •   Configuration             •   .Net Events                               •   Tables               •     SNMP
   •   File System               •   Code & Scripts                            •   Schemas              •     Net Flow
FREED GROUP Post COVID-19 Digitalization & New Consumer Trend - Travel AI Digitalization Solution - AWS
ARA BIZ: AN EVOLUTIONARY ENE 2 END
                   ENTERPRISE INTEGRATED SOLUTION
TRADITIONAL BI DATA                                                                          AI-FIED RESULT
                                                       Collect &
o   Basic Sales Forecast                              Index data                             o   User behavior metrics
o   Booking, Billing, Backlog                                                                o   Qualify of service
o   Revenue Recognition                      ARA Biz Integration                             o   Customer interaction
o   Expense Management                                                                           management
                                Report &                                        Search &     o   Supply planning
                                 analyze                                       Investigate
                                                                                             o   Access management
                                                                                             o   And more
                                                         Web
                                                  Mobile Application,
                                                       DB Event                                                Mobile
     Payable       Revenue                                                                       Website
                                                      Messaging                                                 App
                                                  Marketing Events
                                                    Infrastructure
                                                                                                 Social        Others
     Purchase        Sales                                                Added
                                      Monitor &                                                  Media          (RCS)
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                                  Innovation Of the Year
                                  Award
UTILIZATION OF
FREED AI
TECHNOLOGY &
SOLUTIONS

- Website Domain
- MobileApp
- Social Media
Portfolio Revenue Performance Comparison
                                                                                                    2020 vs. 2019

PLATFORM ENABLEMENT &                                                           eCom
                                                                                         TravelLocal
                                                                                          7% 7%
                                                                                                                            eCom 100%

EMPOWERMENT
Enable businesses to generate ancillary revenue by cross-selling
and upselling                                                              Hospitality                       Local 62%            eCom 25%

- All-in-one consolidated Inventory Management & Distribution
  System
- Big-Data Driven Smart Recommendation System

                                                                                          Local
                                                                                 OTA                             eCom 56%
                                                                                          11%

                                                                                                                                   67%        87%      114%

                                                                                         0%            20%          40%     60%         80%     100%   120%

                                                                   Data Source: FreeD Group clients and affiliates’ platforms
                                                                   revenue performance against 2019 (2019 as 100%)
ALL AROUND DATA
                                                             REPORTING
                                                             FreeD Data Analytics and reporting capability ensure to
                                                             capture client specific and market data for full
                                                             understanding of the market trend and consumer
                                                             behavior

                                                                     POWER OF KNOWING YOUR
                                                                           CUSTOMERS

                                                                   FREED BIG DATA
                                                                   ANALYTICS AND
 Personalized      Patented Data       Real-time SAUS data         REPORTING
Recommendation     Processing and      processing engine
                 Analytics Algorithm
Consumer Overall Behavior

                                                                  Transportation
                                                                                                                                                                                Pubs & Bars
       70%                                    30%
                                                                                                                                                                                5%
       Public                                 Private                                                                               44%                 26%            22%      3%
                                                                                                                  Food & Dine
                                                                                                                                    Mid-scale           Casual         Fine     Cafes
                                                                                                                                                        dining         dining
                                                                  Travel (domestic
       30%              24%        18%        15% 13%               & overseas)
       Local activity   Shopping   Hotel      Flight    Food

        Male                       Female
                                                                                                                   Local Activity    36%             22%         18%     14% 10%
                                                                                                                                     Entertainment   Recreation Theme Online Excursion
                                                                                                                                                                Parks Data
        61%             39%         69%                 31%
                                                                 Shopping Behavior
        Offline         Online      Offline             Online

Data Source: Consolidated data from TravelFlan, ARA and affiliate partners for the period of April 2019 – March 2020

      CAPABILITY TO UNDERSTAND ALL-
      AROUND CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR
EXPONENTIAL GROWTH OPPORTUNITY
Development History
 Launch of 1st gen      Transitioned to        Expanded business scope to lifestyle and eCom;                               Continue to grow business
 of AI Digital Travel   S2B2C business                                                                                      coverage to increase market
                                               Rapid growth in securing milestone projects with leading business partners
 Assistant Solution;    model (travel);                                                                                     shares in key markets
                                               worldwide
 Development of 1st     Launch of milestone
 pilot B2C solution     pilot S2B2C projects

  2015 - 2018                 2019                                                                  2020                                 YTD 2021
MAJOR
CLIENT
                                          Available SKUs                                   Conversion Rate                          Total Engaged Users
 Target Markets
 (China Mobile user base)

                                            5,000+                                                2.4%                                      40M+
                                                                                                                                                                        13M
                                         Revenue Performance (US$)                                           User Acquisition Performance
                                                                                                  $4M
                 Mainland China                                                                                                      9.8M
                     960M                                                                                                                                     8.6M
                                                                                            $3M
                                                                                                                              7M
                                                                         $1.9M                                                                5M
                                                         $1.5M $1.6M                                                 3.7M
                                                                                                                                                      4M

                            HKSAR 4.2M           $131K                             $340K
                                          $2K                                                                540K

                                         Q1 2019 Q2 2019 Q3 2019 Q4 2019 Q1 2020 Q2 2020 Q3 2020 Q4 2020    Q1 2019 Q2 2019 Q3 2019 Q4 2019 Q1 2020 Q2 2020 Q3 2020 Q4 2020

                                          Product Mix (Jan – Dec 2020)                            Service & Solutions

                                                         Lifestyle
                                                           20%
                                                                          Travel
                                                                           49%
                                                         eCom
                                                          31%

                                                                                                  Smart Merchandising & Supply        AI Marketing         AI Chatbot
MAJOR
CLIENT
                                                                    Available SKUs                              Conversion Rate                             Total Engaged Users (Korea)
 Target Markets
 (Samsung Market Share)

                                                                       3,200+                                              3%                                       32M+
                                      South Korea 65%
                                          Q3 2019                   Revenue Performance (US$)                                           User Acquisition Performance                        17M
                  China 1%                                                                                              $590K                                                        15M
                  Q2 2021
                                                                                                                                                                       12M
                                                                                                                                                   10M      10.3M

                                                                                                              $245K
                                                                                                    $191K
                                            Taiwan 45%
                     HKSAR 48%                Q2 2021                                      $38K
                                                                                 $35K                                                    670K
                                                                       $800

    Vietnam 31%                                                       Q3 2019   Q4 2019   Q1 2020   Q2 2020   Q3 2020   Q4 2020         Q3 2019   Q4 2019   Q1 2020   Q2 2020    Q3 2020   Q4 2020
                             Thailand 39%
                                                                     Service & Solutions                                                    Data Mix (Jan – Dec 2020)
                  Malaysia 20%
                                                                                                                                                                         Lifestyle
                                                                                                                                                                           25%
                                  Singapore 35%                                                                                                                                            Trave
                                     Q2 2021                                                                                                                                               l 40%

                  Indonesia 25%                   Philippines 25%
                     Q1 2021                                                                                                                                                  eCom
                                                                                                                                                                               35%

                                                                    Smart Merchandising & Supply       AI Chatbot        AI Marketing                    Big Data BI Engine
Abel ZHAO                          Kenneth LEE
           CEO & Co-founder                   CPO & Co-founder

           •   Airline IT, Amadeus            •   Project Head, TD Canada
           •   Regional Head, Travelport          Securities
           •   Global Sales & Strategy, Air   •   Project Lead, Canadian
               Canada                             Government
           •   Business Market, Hyatt         •   Project Lead, CPP &
               Corporation                        Manulife
           •   MBA, Columbia University       •   BS in Computer
           •   EMBA, London Business              Engineering
               School                             University Of Waterloo
           •   Bachelors in Hospitality
               Management, Switzerland

FOUNDING TEAM
FUNDRAISING HISTORY
                                     Lead:
             $ raised: $30M          Follow:      Linear Ventures
Series B     Valuation: $120M                     SOSV Capital
             Time: June / 2021

             $ raised: $3M           Investors:   Radiant Ventures
 Pre – B     Valuation: convert to                SOSV
                                                  Wise AI Holdings
(CB Round)   B round
             Time: 03 / 2021
                                     Lead:        SPK AI Travel Tech Fund (KR)
             $ raised: $7M           Follow:      Linear Venture (CN)
                                                  Radiant Ventures (HK)
             Valuation: $27M
Series A     Time: 11 / 2019
                                                  Artesian Capital (AU)
                                                  SOSV Capital (USA)
                                                  The Ventures Co (Korea Government)
                                                  ITVFC Fund (HK Government)

                                     Lead:        Linear Venture (CN)
             $ raised: $2.5M                      Radiant Ventures (HK)
             Valuation: $7M          Follow:
  Pre - A                                         Cyberport CMF (HK Government)
             Time: 09 / 2017                      Zhuhai DHQ Investment (CN)

                                     Lead:        500startups (USA)
   Seed      $ raised: $465K
                                                  Radiant Ventures (HK)
             Valuation: $3M          Follow:
  Round      Time: 06 / 2016
                                                  GWC (USA)
                                                  Angel Investors
WORKING HARD TOWARDS OUR GOAL

2021 UNWTO               TRAVEL TO SEA      HKMOB Award 2020   2020 Facebook        2019 SOSV         2019 Global Start-up   2019 & 2020 Qianhai
Global Startup         Competition Winner                        Accelerator     China Accelerator      Competition (HK)        International
 Competition                  2020                                                                          Winner                Innovation
   Winner              (Korea Government)                                                                                    Competition Winner

   2019 Marriott         2018 ITB China       2018 APAC ICT    2018 Hong Kong          2018 South        2016 500Startups 2016 GWC Competition
                         Start-up Of the       Grand Award      ICT Gold Award       Korea NIPA ICT                              Winner
    International
Innovation Challenge           Year                                                   Grand Award
       Winner
THANK YOU

Abel Zhao
T: +852 6773 9323
E: abel.zhao@travelflan.com
W: www.freed.group
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