Why should you invest in YC Bersatu?
1. YC Bersatu is one of the best soy sauce companies in East Malaysia and the company has been approved as a Bio-based Accelerator (BBA) company with Bionexus Status Readiness Award 2022 recently by Malaysian Bioeconomy Development Corporation under the Ministry of Science Technology and Innovative. As a Bionexus Status company, we have access to shared research facilities and a supportive network which will further enhance our products and reputation in the industry. 

2. Right timing to ride the coattail of the rising global Halal market. The global Halal market is promising with growth projected to reach 6.3% or US$1.97 trillion by 2024, particularly from the Middle East, a Muslim-dominated population. The Halal market in Malaysia is also expected to reach US$147.4 billion (approximately RM614.36 billion) by 2025.

3. Attractive Return on Investment (ROI) of 50% with option to redeem or convert the preference share upon maturity after 5 years.

Project Overview
YC Bersatu Biotech Sdn. Bhd. is a sauce manufacturing cum marketing company with a few product lines such as chilli sauce, tomato sauce, oyster sauce, soy sauce, dark soy sauce and sesame oil under its wing, catering mainly to the local market.

YC Bersatu Biotech Sdn. Bhd. is established in 2020 and in such short period, the company has managed to acquire a few well-known local brands i.e. Angsa Emas, Machi, Cool Plus, Ice Boy, Kiki Catz and E-Plus that have long been established (29 years) in the industry.

 
In YC Bersatu, we envisioned to become The First Go-To Choice for sauces in the East Malaysia market and subsequently expanding to be recognized in the nationwide market. We are also committed to provide quality-assured and consistently good tasting products to our consumers. We are aiming to achieve RM18 million in sales this year and become The Top 1 in Sabah. Our goal is to go IPO listing by 2024.

About the Founder

 
My name is Dennis Ang Eng Hooi and I am 36 years old. I graduated with a BA (Hons) majoring in Business Management. 

Soy sauce has been a traditional condiment for Chinese cuisine with a history dated as far back as thousand years ago and was slowly being accepted and became part of the staple condiments consumed by other parts of the world.

I have been involved in the food industry, noodle manufacturing predominantly, for 15 years but I have always been very interested in soy sauce manufacturing and would like to be producing and owning a soy sauce brand one day. Soy sauce has become one of the essential condiments in our Asian foods and the demand continues to grow year after year. I would like to manufacture and carry my own soy sauce brand to keep this traditional condiment going.

With this dream in mind, I founded YC Bersatu Sdn. Bhd. in 2020 with a few product lines such as chilli sauce, tomato sauce, oyster sauce, soy sauce, dark soy sauce and sesame oil manufactured and marketed under this company. With my 15 years of experience in the industry, I aim to promote only natural ingredients in my sauces while applying in-house technology in the sauce manufacturing processes.

 
My dedication and efforts have been recognised as I was awarded with National Outstanding Entrepreneur Achievement Award and Asia Pacific Outstanding Business Leader Lifetime Achievement Award by KSI Strategic Institute for Asia Pacific in 2021. Moreover, YC Bersatu was also honoured with an invitation to participate in the BBA Program by Bioeconomy Corporation under the Ministry of Science Technology and Innovative. All these awards and recognitions have become the pillar of strength that kept me going and striving to bring YC Bersatu to another greater achievement ahead.

The Story of YC Bersatu
Many people’s lives have changed after going through the pandemic. People are more health conscious now than ever and paying more attention to the food they are consuming on a daily basis. Hence, product source traceability and ingredients used are important for the consumers as they are concerned with what goes into their food.

Our products are quality-assured especially those under the acquired brand names with 29 years of history in the market. YC Bersatu has also started to develop and manufacture our own natural product line using only the finest ingredients. We at YC Bersatu are dedicated to achieve high-volume of high-quality products so we can mass-produce and market them to the global food industry. 

Our products are also certified with assurance for quality products and we make sure each and every one of our clients and consumers are able to purchase and consume with a peace of mind. YC Bersatu is also aiming to expand to reach the whole Malaysia market and then further to the Middle East market next in view of the growing demand for Halal food market in the Middle East.

Potential to Develop

 
Soy sauce has long been part of the heart and soul of every Asian dish all around the world. Asian dishes rely heavily on sauces to bring out the best of the taste in them. Malaysia, being a multi-racial country, has a reputation as being the food paradise well-known to the world. Our Malaysia’s Muslim market is also on the rising trend with Muslim population accounts for 69% of the total population (32.7 million) in Malaysia. According to the Halal Industry Development Corporation (HDC), Malaysia's Halal market value is expected to reach US$147.4 billion (approximately RM614.36 billion) by 2025.

The domestic demand for sauces is huge as well as every household in Malaysia needs to buy sauce for their own consumption at home too. The strong demand from local consumption is an increasing huge market we are aiming to serve as the number of households in Malaysia has reached to 7.79 million in 2020, according to the National Statistical Office ***, an increase of 1.63% from the previous year.

 
Our existing customer base has reached 1,600+ in 2021 and the number is expected to double to reach 4,000+ this year. Currently, we have a total of 1,658 points of sales from Econsave, 99 Speedmart, Jimat Jimat Fresh, Servay and etc in East Malaysia and 80 points of sales in Peninsular Malaysia. As part of our expansion plan, we have an additional 800 new points of sales coming in the pipeline in East Malaysia and the numbers are expected to increase as we go. We are also distributing to 500 outlets nationwide. Moreover, with the ease of shopping online with renowned e-commerce platforms such as Shopee and Lazada, we are also adapting and preparing to go online too as part of our expansion plan.

 
Furthermore, in light of our promising sales revenue in 2021 which have achieved RM12.4 million, we are planning to establish our own soybean fermentation this year so that we have full control over the product quality and cost, from soybean selection to fermentation and filtration process up to packaging. We have recently received our Bionexus Status Readiness Award 2022 and we are ready to expand our reach to penetrate further into the Peninsular Malaysia market by cooperating with other manufacturers. The Bionexus award comes in handy as we have access to shared research facilities and a supportive network which will further enhance our products and reputation in the industry. 

Upon our expansion to the nationwide market, we are aiming to achieve equal profit return from both East and Peninsular Malaysia in 2023. We are also planning to develop our own sales application where all coffee shops in Sabah are able to place their own order for our product easily with just a few clicks on their mobile phone.

Moving forward, in 2024, YC Bersatu aims to be recognized as the Top 10 Sauce Brand in Malaysia and upon achieving this recognition, we will be planning for our pre-IPO in the same year.

For the next move in 2025, we will be putting full focus on developing an export line to export and market our products to the Middle East market. By carrying 150+ of SKU products coupled with our own production technology to develop and manufacture natural sauces, we are confident our products should be well-accepted in the Middle East market. By 2026, we aim to move up the leaderboard to be the TOP 3 Sauce Brand in Malaysia.

 
On financial forecast, YC Bersatu is aiming to hit RM18 million in sales revenue this year with a consistent growth of an additional of RM7 million each year.

YC Bersatu's Core Team
We have an experienced team with 29 years of combined experiences and exposures in food manufacturing, technology research & development, manufacturing operations, product & development and marketing. Collectively, we believe that our industry knowledge, perspectives, business acumen and experiences can be used to facilitate the development of YC Bersatu and bring the company to a greater height.

Funding Goals, Utilisation & Time Frame
We are looking for equity crowdfunding to accelerate the growth and expansion of YC Bersatu. Our funding target is to raise RM10,000,000 and the raised investment funds will be utilized as follows:

Term Sheet
This is our first-time in doing fundraising via equity crowdfunding. The valuation of YC Bersatu is valued at RM30,000,000. We are targeting to raise to a minimum of RM1,000,000 and the maximum of RM10,000,000.

Investment Package

Return on Investment (ROI) & Exit Plan
Our Return on Investment (ROI) is 50% in 5 years tenure with redeemable 
and convertible preference share as the Exit Plan upon maturity.

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