Investor Presentation
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Introducing our
new Board Members
Executive Chair
Karim Razak
Karim is a Sydney based business owner and investor with over a
decade of experience building, scaling and exiting businesses across
multiple industries. He has founded and grown companies
independently and without external capital, leading them from early-
stage operations through to national scale and strategic exit process.
His business portfolio spans hospitality, real estate, technology and
healthcare, providing him with broad commercial insight and a strong
understanding of operational execution, capital discipline and growth
strategy. Karim has also established governance boards and supported
executive leadership teams through periods of scale and transformation.
Karim holds qualifications in Business management.
Non-Executive Director
James Matthews
James Matthews is a technology, marketing and growth-focused business
leader with over a decade of experience founding, scaling, and exiting
multi-million-dollar businesses across Australia and Asia. He has built and
scaled companies independently, without external capital, leading them
from inception through to international scale and successful exit.
James has founded and exited multiple technology-enabled businesses,
including a mass-participation registration and payments platform that
scaled rapidly across multiple countries. His experience spans payments,
marketplaces, data platforms, SaaS and AI-enabled automation, giving
him strong commercial insight into governance, execution, localisation
and scalable growth.
James holds a Master of Business Administration and a Bachelor of Laws
from the University of Sydney and has completed multiple Australian
Institute of Company Directors programs.
Q1 Recap
Key areas of focus:
• Simplifying the business,
• Implementing the new 3 pillar product strategy
• Strong Sales and Marketing strategy
• Resizing the business with the correct cost base and correct structure
• Stabilising product - ready to scale from February
• Manage change without impacting revenue
CEO Summary
Before Now
No of staff 90 50
No of products 13 3
Aligned simplified product vision –
Can be quickly executed
What is different now?
Focus on
execution.
Laser focus on recurring revenue
Highly motivated leadership team
Sensible cost base implemented
Spenda Retail
3 pillar product strategy recap and new terminology
Spenda Pay Spenda Ledger
3 core products lines focused on immediate revenue and removing key customer reliance.
• Roadmap removed
• Focus on product quality
• Reporting only to be developed
• Stabilize product ready for scale
• Current capability covers 70% of stores
• Additional cohorts actively being targeted
• Rolling in Swift Statement
• Building in rewards
• Offering lending
• Re-launch February
• Building dashboard
• Enhance Lending capability
• Re-launch February
Quarterly Results
December 2025
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Q1 FY23 Q2 FY23 Q3 FY23 Q4 FY23 Q1 FY24 Q2 FY24 Q3 FY24 Q4 FY24 Q1 FY25 Q2 FY25 Q3 FY25 Q4 FY25 Q1 FY26 Q2 FY26
Consistent quarterly growth in payments volume
FY23 $96m
FY24 $250m
FY25 $464m
($,000)
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Q1 FY23 Q2 FY23 Q3 FY23 Q4 FY23 Q1 FY24 Q2 FY24 Q3 FY24 Q4 FY24 Q1 FY25 Q2 FY25 Q3 FY25 Q4 FY25 Q1 FY26 Q2 FY26
FY24 $5.4m
FY25 $11.5m
FY23 $3.5m
Consistent growth in cash receipts
DEC - Target Dec - Actual Difference
Total Revenue (cash receipts) $2,400,000 $2,800,000 +$400K
Total Payment Flow (TTV) $208M $227M +$19M
SME Funding $4.6M $4.7M +$100K
Growth 9% 33% +24%
Comparison – Target Versus Actual
Quarterly
Operational Update
Tight Cost Management
Cost Savings Initiatives
Implementation of cost saving initiatives since
change in Leadership of circa $3.85M PA.
Importantly, savings will have no impact on the
company’s ability to meet its business objectives.
Spenda Retail
One platform to quote, track jobs, bill clients,
and process payments.
Types of opportunities:
Trades & Building
Supplies & Services
• Plumbing, electrical, and
HVAC
• Property maintenance
and repair
• Cleaning and facility
services
• Equipment hire and
servicing
Home Improvement
Supplies & Services
• Flooring, furniture and
appliances
• Homewares, hardware,
and building supplies
• Delivery, installation, and
removal services
Commercial Cleaning &
Facilities Management
• Office and industrial
cleaning
• Maintenance and repairs
Spenda Ledger
One platform to handle payments and lending.
Types of opportunities:
01
• Growth in travel product
• Implementation of
lending products
Continuous build of
our current platform
02
• Targeting marketplaces
that offer payments and
lending
White-labelled Payments
for Marketplaces
03
Payment orchestration and
loan management for:
• Fintechs
• Funders
• Large Corporates with
poor infrastructures
Platform Licensing
Opportunities
FUTURE PLAN – Development Required
Spenda Retail & Spenda Ledger
Sales and Marketing Update
Sales function established
Formally commenced sales activity for
Spenda Retail and Ledger.
Sales Narrative simplified
Clearer sales pitch developed.
Targeted customer engagement
Sales efforts focused on businesses that
are a strong out of the box fit
Product demos underway
Live demos of Spenda products are being
conducted with prospective customers.
Sales capability expansion
Spenda is actively recruiting a dedicated
salesperson.
Marketing clarity
Marketing efforts are focused on clearly defining
and communicating Spenda’s three core products
– Spenda Retail, Spenda Pay and Spenda Ledger.
Go to market strategy and scalable growth plans
Key industry verticals identified for Retail and Ledger. Early sales activity is being used to refine our market
positioning, validate target markets and establish repeatable sales processes ahead of a broader rollout.
Spenda Pay (AP)
What this product does:
Pays bills and adds
rewards
Let's businesses earn credit card
points when paying invoices
Turns invoices into
digital format
No manual typing needed
Checks payment
security
Confirms supplier identity
to prevent fraud
Provides funding
options
Businesses can apply for
money to pay suppliers
Handles early payment
discounts
Helps track and manage
supplier discounts
For Capricorn Members
Allows Capricorn Members to
reconcile statements and
earn both credit card and
Capricorn points when paying
their account.
One platform to securely pay invoices
and earn reward points.
Capricorn Engagement
Objective: Move existing SwiftStatement users
onto the Spenda Pay platform and build early
momentum.
Key activities:
• In-app prompts guiding users to upgrade
• Email campaigns explaining the value of
Spenda Pay
• Simple guides and support resources
• Direct internal sales engagement
Next steps: Once upgraded users are
established,
we expand marketing to the wider Capricorn
Member base.
Broker Networks
Objective: : Use lending as the entry point to bring
new SMEs onto the platform.
Key activities:
• Broker outreach focused on lending opportunities
• Position Spenda Pay as part of a broader financial
solution
• Target first new SME onboardings March
General SME Engagement
Objective: Introduce Spenda Pay to the broader
SME market and build awareness, education, and
demand.
Key activities:
• Spenda Pay webpage and product content go
live
• Organic content rollout focused on educational
SEO-driven product content and social media
engagement
• SME association engagement
• Next steps: Support organic activity with
targeted paid digital campaigns. The goal is
driving qualified traffic to Spenda Pay and
support conversion as awareness builds.
Spenda Pay: Sales and Marketing Update
Starting: February 2026 Starting: February 2026 Starting: March 2026
What success looks like: • Smooth transition of existing users to Spenda Pay
• Clear product understanding across SMEs
• Early traction from brokers and lending-led onboarding
QE Dec 25
• Cost cutting exercise
• New product strategy –
commercialisation focus only
• Product stabilisation focus
• Align ELT
• Align GMEX team
• Setup Accountability matrix
• Design and plan new Spenda Pay build
• Adding features to our Spenda Ledger
product
• Set sales and marketing plan
01 02 03
Path to success
QE March 26
• Launch new Spenda Pay
product
• Launch Ledger product
• Continue Retail rollout
• Identify next Retail cohorts
• Drive Sales and Marketing
• Implement AI strategy
• 15% growth
QE June 26 QE Sept 26
• Implement 2027 Strategy
• Scale Spenda Pay Product
• Scale Spenda Retail Cohorts
• Scale Spenda Ledger
• Drive Sales and Marketing
• 47% Growth
04
• Scale Spenda Pay product
• Scale Retail cohorts
• Scale Ledger product
• Drive Sales and Marketing
• 36% growth
• Set 2027 Strategy
Spenda’s AI Evolution
Adopt a dual-interface
AI architecture
Internal AI Agent SPI
Pluggable AI agents embedded in payment
workflows (fraud, risk, disputes).
External MCP Server
A controlled AI gateway allowing LLMs and
agents to safely query and request actions.
Key Principles:
Spenda understands your intent and
takes action — safely, securely, and
with full audit trails.
• AI never executes irreversible actions
• All AI decisions are explainable and auditable
• Context is explicit, immutable, and replayable
• Policies, not models, make final decisions
• Zero vendor or language lock-in
Business Values:
• Reduces fraud and operational cost
• Improves dispute resolution and customer experience
• Enables AI-native merchant tooling
• Accelerates innovation without regulatory risk
Positioning Statement
“We do not let AI move money.
We let AI help us decide how money should move.”
Questions?
Thank you.
spenda.co
Spenda Limited
1300 682 521
sales@spenda.co
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