RAAS Research Group Webinar Presentation
Airtasker Limited
ABN 53 149 850 457
7 August 2024
ASX Announcement
Airtasker Limited (ASX:ART)
RAAS Research Group Webinar Presentation
Airtasker Limited (ASX:ART) (Airtasker) is pleased to lodge the attached presentation being made
by Chief Executive Officer Tim Fung and Chief Financial Officer Mahendra Tharmarajah to the RAAS
Research Group Stock Take Webinar to be held today as follows:
Date:
Time:
Webinar link:
Wednesday 7 August 2024
12:00pm AEST
https://techinvest.online/techinvest-webinars/raas-group-stock-take-webinar
Mr Fung and Mr Tharmarajah will also participate in a moderated Q&A session where Webinar
attendees will have the opportunity to submit questions directly to management.
A recorded copy of the Webinar will be made available following the event.
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For further information, please contact:
Media Enquiries
Andrea Philips
andrea.philips@airtasker.com
Investor Relations
www.investor.airtasker.com
investors@airtasker.com
About Airtasker
Airtasker Limited (ASX:ART) is Australia’s leading online marketplace for local services, connecting
people and businesses who need work done with people who want to work. With a mission to
empower people to realise the full value of their skills, Airtasker aims to have a positive impact
on the future of work by creating truly flexible opportunities to work and earn income. Since
launching in 2012, Airtasker has put more than $600m into the pockets of workers (payments
made after all fee revenue is deducted) and served more than 1.3m unique paying customers
across the world. For more information visit: investor.airtasker.com.
This announcement was approved for release by the Board of Directors of Airtasker Limited.
7 August 2024
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agents and advisers that you agree to be bound by the limitations and
conditions set out in this disclaimer.
All FY24 financial information is unaudited. All financial information has been
previously lodged with ASX through the Quarterly Activity Reports, Appendix
4C Quarterly Cash Flow Reports, the Appendix 4D Half Year Report and the
Interim Report.
Non-IFRS financial measures
Airtasker uses certain measures to manage and report on its business that are
not recognised under Australian Accounting Standards or International
Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). These measures are collectively
referred to in this presentation as ‘non-IFRS financial measures’ under
Regulatory Guide 230 ‘Disclosing non-IFRS financial information’ published by
the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC).
Management uses these non-IFRS financial measures to evaluate the
performance and profitability of the overall business. Although Airtasker
believes that these measures provide useful information about the financial
performance of Airtasker, they should be considered as supplements to the
income statement measures that have been presented in accordance with the
Australian Accounting Standards and IFRS in Airtasker’s audited financial
statements released on ASX and not as a replacement for them.
Disclaimer
No representation or warranty, whether express or implied, is made by any
person as to the fairness, accuracy, completeness or correctness of the
information, opinions and conclusions contained in this presentation.
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Our mission:
To empower people
to realise the full
value of their skills.
Creating jobs isn’t a by-product of the
work that we do: it’s our core purpose.
“Airtasker allows me to tailor my
work around other commitments
as a single parent - something I
thought I could never do.”
“After a motorcycle accident nearly
claimed my life, I’m so grateful that
I was able to turn to Airtasker to
earn a full time income. I haven’t
looked back.”
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Airtasker is building
the world’s most
trusted marketplace to
buy and sell local
services.
New brand image that speaks to two
people connecting
We connect people who need work done,
with people who want to work.
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Unique value proposition:
Open community
Infinitely horizontal
Built on transparency and
accountability to enable trust with
an eicient light touch operating
model.
Unifying a fragmented local
services industry and creating
entirely new service categories.
For customers:
For Taskers:
● Super fast responses
● Huge range
● Great value
● Instant work
● Pricing control
● Complete flexibility
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Revenue model tightly aligns Airtasker with the
success of Taskers in our community
Sales tax
2.0%
Revenue
20.0%
Paid to
Users
78.0%
GMV 1,3
Revenue 2,3
Insurance
0.9%
Merchant fees
3.7%
Gross profit
95.4%
How does Airtasker make money?
● Free to post a task and receive oers.
● Free to access jobs and create quotes.
● Connection Fee is charged when customers are
successfully connected and a Service Fee is
charged when the task is completed.
A truly win-win business model:
● Low risk for Taskers. Unlike advertising models,
Taskers can access jobs with no upfront fees.
● Widest range. Removing upfront fees means
customers access the greatest range of services.
● Strong gross margin. Light touch model
delivers 95%+ gross margins.
1. Gross marketplace volume (GMV) for Airtasker only. GMV represents the total price of all tasks booked through the Airtasker marketplaces before cancellations and inclusive of price adjustments between customers and Taskers, bonuses paid
by customers to Taskers, fees payable by customers and Taskers to Airtasker, and any applicable sales taxes.
2. Revenue comprising the Airtasker and Oneflare marketplaces.
3. Based on FY24 financial data.
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Competitive landscape: Airtasker is uniquely
positioned as a global platform for local services
Ecommerce model
Community model
Free to join. Customers choose who
they work with based on ratings,
reviews and verified qualifications.
Curated supply model
Remote
outsourcing
Local
services
Workers pay an upfront fee to join
and Taskrabbit selects which
workers can access jobs.
*US/UK markets only. Not operating in AU.
Advertising model
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Financial Results
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FY24 Highlights
Full year positive free cash flow and solid revenue growth achieved through sales funnel
optimisation and operating eiciency improvements:
🏆 FY24 Positive free cash flow of $1.2m, improved $8.8m (115.3%) on pcp
🏆 FY24 Airtasker marketplaces revenue of $38.1m, up 9.8% on pcp
🏆 UK 4Q24 revenue up 76.3% on pcp
🏆 $17.8m in cash and term deposits on balance sheet
🏆 $11.0m in advertising inventory from oOh!media and ARN
A foundational period seing Airtasker up for the next phase of growth…
4Q24 Financial Highlights
Group Revenue
Airtasker Marketplaces Revenue
Non-Statutory Free Cash Flow1
Operating Cash Flow
$11.2m
$9.1m
-$1.9m
-$1.4m
up 3.2% on pcp
up 6.8% on pcp
improved $2.2m on pcp
improved $1.9m on pcp
$17.8m
cash and term deposits on balance sheet
1.
Non-statutory free cash flow calculated as movement in cash and cash equivalents net of investments in term deposits.
FY24 Financial Highlights
1.
2.
Group Revenue
Airtasker Marketplaces Revenue
Positive Free Cash Flow1
Positive Operating Cash Flow2
$46.6m
$38.1m
+$1.2m
+$3.1m
up 5.6% on pcp; 4 yr CAGR 24.9%
up 9.8% on pcp; 4 yr CAGR 18.7%
improved $8.8m (115.3%) on pcp
improved $13.9m (128.1%) on pcp
Positive free cash flow included proceeds from the issue of shares to the value of $10.4m in FY20, $37.6m in FY21 and $3.8m in FY22. No financing activities occurred in FY23 and FY24.
Positive operating cash flow included proceeds from government grants to the value of $1.0m in FY21.
Media partnership turbocharges international growth in the UK
●
4Q24: GMV up 34.9% on pcp to £1.5m (A$3.0m) and
revenue up 76.3% on pcp to £250k (A$0.5m).
●
FY24: GMV up 9.4% on pcp to US$520k (A$791k) and
revenue up 73.7% on pcp to US$69k (A$104k).
●
FY24: GMV up 20.0% on pcp to £4.5m (A$8.6m) and
revenue up 41.1% on pcp to £682k (A$1.3m).
●
Healthy growth in marketplace activity with disciplined
marketing investment while continuing to explore media
partnership opportunities.
Growth Strategy
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Cash generated in Australian marketplace funds global expansion,
turbocharged by local media-for-equity partnerships
● Airtasker’s marketplace model is proving to be cash
generative at scale but requires upfront marketing
investment to establish network eects.
Airtasker Limited
Investment in
new marketplaces
Cash flow generation
100%
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
80%4
Cash
Airtasker
Australia1
Airtasker
UK2
$17.8m cash and
term deposits
Cash generative
in FY24
Cash invested
100%
x
Airtasker
US 3
Cash invested
Airtasker Australia includes Established Marketplaces (Airtasker Australia and Oneflare) plus global head oice costs.
Airtasker UK refers to Airtasker UK Limited.
Airtasker US refers to Airtasker USA Inc.
Channel 4 invested A$6.7m for a 20% stake in Airtasker UK in June 2023.
Total Addressable Market (‘TAM’) in the UK A$78.0b and in the US A$876.6bn (Frost and Sullivan, 2024).
Seven West Media (‘SWM’) invested in Airtasker in May 2016 enabling Airtasker to grow revenue 20x and generate a 5x ROI for SWM over 5 years.
● We’ve proven the success of the model in Australia
and the excess cash generated in Australia
enables investment into the UK and US markets
where there is a greenfield opportunity and
significant TAM.5
● Following the success of our partnership with
Seven West Media6 in Australia, we have
commenced replicating the media-for-equity
partnership model in new markets to leverage our
investment and turbocharge growth.
Our media partnership strategy enabled
Airtasker to build Australia’s leading
marketplace for local services.
Over 5 years, we generated:
● 60%+ brand awareness
● 20x revenue growth
● 5x investment partner returns
We’re now replicating this model to drive
rapid scale in new markets.
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$91M
Marketing Spend (AUD millions)
Roll out proven media
partnership model to
scale in new markets
$112M
20
$68M
15
$36M
10
9.7
8.4
6.8
5
$12M
2.2
0
FY16
1.2
FY17
FY18
Marketing Spend
FY19
FY20
GMV
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Airtasker’s UK television campaign
“Airtasker. Yeahtasker!” launched on
Channel 4 in October 2023.
Commenced roll out of proven media
partnership model to scale in new markets
£41B+1
Local Services TAM
● A media-for-equity partnership with Seven West Media
enabled Airtasker to build a trusted household brand name
and scale network eects in Australia.
● Over a 5 year partnership, Airtasker grew revenue 20x,
establishing Australia’s no. 1 marketplace for local services
and generating a 5x return multiple for Seven West Media.
£4m
● Our partnership with Channel 4 in the UK provides Airtasker
with $6.7m in advertising media power and access to 47
million UK people each month (78% of the UK population).
Annualised GMV
UK marketplace
1. Frost and Sullivan, 2024.
Australian marketplace
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Our premium suite of media partners set to turbocharge growth:
Television
Outdoor
Audio
£3.5m equity investment
into Airtasker UK Ltd
$5m unsecured convertible note
issued by Airtasker Ltd
$5m unsecured convertible note
issued by Airtasker Ltd
£17m post-money valuation of Airtasker
UK entity, share buyback in June 2028
5.8% coupon, 2 year maturity, 10%
discount if converted to ordinary shares
5.8% coupon, 2 year maturity, 10%
discount if converted to ordinary shares
Solid foundations to accelerate growth in FY25
👊 Positive free cash flow of $1.2m in FY24
👊 Solid Airtasker marketplaces revenue growth of 9.8% in FY24
👊 $17.8m in cash and term deposits on balance sheet at 30 June 2024
👊 $11.0m in advertising inventory from oOh!media and ARN
👊 FY25 targeting full year Group positive free cash flow (Australian marketplaces
generate suicient cash to fund UK/US investment)
Thank you!
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