Pre-Seed Extension · €350k

Pitch Deck
v1.7 · April 2026

Best Quote Boat

An integrated marketplace
for nautical transport.

Sea Access Simplified

Market

€4.2B TAM

Adriatic nautical tourism

Network

1,200+ vessels

Pre-existing network from 20+ years in nautical-related fields across Montenegro & Croatia

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Problem

A €4.2B market
with no real digital layer.

The Adriatic has 6,400 km of coastline and millions of tourists who travel by sea every summer. Nautical tourism grows +18% YoY post-pandemic — yet today's booking experience is walk-in, social DMs, websites and hospitality desks, with no platform offering choice, wide selection, or price comparison.

B2C Tourists / clients Demand side

×Prices vary per tourist — negotiate at the marina in a foreign language.
×Fragmented digital channels — IG DMs, walk-in, hotel desks · no comparison.
×Cash to strangers — high fraud risk, no recourse.
×Last-minute cancellations with no compensation.
×No guarantee on vessel quality or skipper license.

B2B Boat owners / providers Supply side

×Low utilization — vessels idle 60–70% of the season.
×Agents take 25–30% commission with no transparency.
×Manual booking management (phones, paper, spreadsheets).
×Cash collection = unpaid risk + late payments.
×Strong seasonality — near-zero income outside Jun–Sep.

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Solution

Send a request. Instant Book or Bid.
You pick.

BQB is a two-sided marketplace. Clients can Instant Book any pre-listed offer from verified providers nearby, or trigger a 5-minute bid within an adjustable radius. The best offer wins — by price, vessel size, class, condition or ETA.

BID · OPTIONAL

Instant Book + 5-min bid

One-tap Instant Book from pre-listed offers, or optionally trigger a real-time auction with adjustable radius (wider for charter & long tours).

Multi-criteria sorting

Sort offers by price, vessel size, luxury class, or ETA — apples-to-apples comparison.

Escrow + monthly payout

Funds held safely until ride completes. Providers paid monthly to IBAN — predictable cash flow.

Transfer

Point-to-point sea transport, A → B. From €45.

Tour

Multi-stop excursions, 3–8 hours. From €120.

Charter

Full vessel rental, 1+ day with or without skipper. From €850.

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Why Now

The window is open.
Three forces converge in 2026.

Tourism is rebounding to record levels, mobile-first is the default booking channel, and regulatory frameworks are aligning across the Adriatic. We're entering at the right inflection point.

01 · Demand

Post-pandemic boom

Adriatic nautical tourism is rebounding faster than any pre-COVID year. Tourists actively seek experiences, not just hotels — boat trips are the highest-margin discretionary spend.

+18%

YoY growth · UNWTO 2024

02 · Behavior

Smartphone-first traveler

European tourists already book flights, hotels and activities on mobile. The Adriatic has the audience — but no app exists for nautical transport. We fill that vacuum.

75%

Mobile bookings · Statista

03 · Tailwind

Regulatory alignment

Montenegro's EU integration is harmonizing maritime and PSD2 payment rules. Croatia entered the Eurozone in 2023 — single currency unlocks frictionless cross-border expansion.

EUR

Unified currency · MNE + HR

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Market Size

A big market
with a capturable slice.

We approach the Adriatic as three concentric circles — total industry, our addressable region, and what we'll realistically capture by Year 3.

TAM Total Addressable

€4.2B

Adriatic nautical tourism

Total annual spend on nautical tourism and sea transport across Montenegro, Croatia, Italy, and Greece.

SAM Serviceable

€890M

Transfers · Tours · Charter (MNE + HR)

Our primary markets — 65% of transactions still go through cash or agents. Ready for digitalization.

SOM 3-Year Target

€85M

BQB GMV target by Y3

~10% capture of SAM in Year 3 — conservative based on marketplace benchmarks.

At 15% blended take rate

€12.7M annual revenue

Sources: ICOMIA Recreational Boating Industry Statistics · MONSTAT (Montenegro) · DZS (Croatia) · UNWTO Tourism Trends. Methodology: SAM = avg spend per tourist × % using vessels × # tourists in MNE + HR.

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Product

Five steps
from request to ride.

A clean, mobile-first experience for both sides of the marketplace. Instant Book is the default — clients can also optionally trigger a 5-minute bid for a better price.

01

Service

Transfer, Tour, or Charter — three core offerings.

02

Vessel

Speedboat, yacht, sailboat, catamaran, RIB, or any.

03

Instant Book or Bid

Instant Book from Top Picks, or trigger a 5-min auction.

Bid · Optional

04

Pay

Card, Apple/Google Pay, or cash for verified clients.

05

Review

AirBnB-style mutual rating builds trust.

Multi-criteria sort Price, vessel size, luxury class, ETA

Escrow protection Funds held until ride completes

Live GPS tracking Real-time position during ride

In-app comms Chat & calls only via platform

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Business Model

Tiered commission.
Monthly payout. Fintech-ready.

Two revenue legs from day one — transaction fees and float interest on escrow. Future fintech adds advances and loans for top providers.

Commission tiers · 10–20%

Bronze

New provider · <20 rides · ≥4.3★

20%

Silver

20–100 rides · ≥4.6★ · <5% cancellations

15%

Gold

100+ rides · ≥4.8★ · <2% cancellations

12%

Platinum

300+ rides · ≥4.9★ · <1% cancellations

10%

Why tiered? Aligns provider incentives with quality. Top 20% of providers earn lower commission, increasing retention and reducing churn. BQB blended take rate ~16% at scale.

Cash flow model · escrow

1

Client pays via app on booking — card, Apple/Google Pay, or cash (verified clients only).

2

Funds held in escrow on BQB account during the ride — secured for both sides.

3

Captured automatically after the ride completes and review window closes.

4

Monthly payout to provider's IBAN with full breakdown — gross, commission, net.

5

Float earns interest for BQB between collection and payout — second revenue leg.

Future fintech · Y3+

Advances & loans for top providers

Gold & Platinum providers unlock pre-season advances and seasonal working-capital loans. Adds 3rd high-margin revenue leg.

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Traction

Supply side
derisked from day one.

Most marketplaces struggle for years to build supply. BQB starts with 1,200+ vessels already accessible through a pre-existing network — built over 20+ years in nautical-related fields across Montenegro & Croatia.

★ Unfair advantage

1,200+

Vessels in pre-existing network

Through 20+ years of founder experience across marina management and maritime transportation in Montenegro & Croatia, BQB has direct relationships with vessel owners on day one. Supply doesn't need to be built from scratch.

2

Countries
covered

20+ yr

Nautical
experience

€0

Cold supply
acquisition cost

Where we are today

✓

MVP ~2 months from launch App, bidding engine, dashboards built

✓

Beta cohort identified 10–15 vessels in Montenegro via our network

✓

Pilot site secured · Porto Montenegro, Tivat Premium yacht hub, ideal launch market

✓

Brand & product design complete App UI, provider dashboard, web platform

✓

Full-time founding team · 4 people CEO + CTO + CDO + MRA aligned

◐

Payment integration · Stripe / Adyen In progress · escrow infrastructure

◐

Maritime & insurance partnerships In negotiation · skipper licensing flow

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Competition

No one combines
Instant Book + bidding + escrow.

Existing platforms are charter-only or geographically distant. Local agents are expensive and offline. BQB owns the unaddressed combination on the Adriatic.

Feature	BQB	Click&Boat	Boatsetter	Local agents	WhatsApp
Real-time bidding (5 min)	●	○	○	○	○
Transfers (A → B)	●	○	◐	●	●
Tours + Charter	●	●	●	●	◐
Escrow payment + monthly payout	●	●	●	○	○
Commission	10–20%	15–22%	17–25%	25–30%+	0% (cash)
Adriatic focus & supply	●	◐	○	●	●

★ Key takeaway

Click&Boat is charter-only · Boatsetter is US-focused · local agents are expensive and offline. BQB is the only platform combining Instant Book + real-time bidding, full service mix and escrow on the Adriatic.

●Full support

◐Partial

○Missing

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Go-to-Market & Roadmap

From Montenegro to the
Mediterranean in 30 months.

Sequential expansion: prove the model in one premium location, scale across Montenegro, replicate to Croatia, then unlock the wider Mediterranean and fintech.

Phase 01 · Now

MVP &
Pilot

0 – 7 months

App, bidding engine, escrow, payments. Beta launch with founder's network at premium yacht hub.

Porto Montenegro Tivat

Target

10–15 vessels live

Phase 02

Montenegro
coverage

7 – 12 months

Full coastal rollout. Pre-summer marketing campaign. Hotel concierge partnerships.

Kotor Tivat Budva H. Novi Bar

Target

50+ providers · 1,000+ rides

Phase 03

Croatia
expansion

12 – 18 months

Marina partnerships, HR localization, payment licensing. Adapt provider onboarding.

Dubrovnik Split Hvar Zadar

Target

250+ providers · 12k rides

Phase 04

Mediterranean
scale

18 – 30 months

Greek islands, Italy, Spain. Launch fintech: advances and seasonal loans for top providers.

Greece Italy Spain

Target Y3

600+ providers · 35k rides

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Team

Operator + Tech +
Design + Growth.

Two co-founders backed by design and growth leads — multidisciplinary, entrepreneurial, already shipping. Full-time, no outside commitments.

Marko Škuletić

Co-founder · CEO

20 years across marina management & maritime transportation. Ran Montenegro's first true private marina (Budva, 2006). Multidisciplinary operator with an entrepreneurial approach. Owns supply, ops and partnerships.

Marina mgmt Maritime ops B2B sales Entrepreneur

Dalibor Peković

Co-founder · CTO

Tech architecture and product velocity. Multidisciplinary builder with an entrepreneurial approach — already shipped an AI SaaS to revenue. Owns the real-time bidding engine, mobile apps and payments.

Product Mobile · Backend Real-time Entrepreneur

Jovana Škuletić

CDO · Design Lead

Architect who nurtures passion in design. Owns brand identity, UI/UX and the design system across mobile, dashboard and web — simple yet sophisticated, building BQB's reputation.

Architecture Brand UI/UX Design system

Lucija Škifić Peković

MRA · Growth Lead

Marketing, market research and go-to-market strategy. Multidisciplinary growth lead — drives first paying clients in Montenegro and the Croatian expansion playbook.

Multidisciplinary Research GTM Content

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Financials & Ask

€350k Pre-Seed Extension.
18-month runway to seed.

Funding to launch the MVP, prove unit economics in Montenegro, and reach first 1,000 rides before raising seed at the start of 2028. Avg transaction reflects a blended mix of transfers (~€125), tours (~€400) and charters (~€3,000).

3-Year Projections

	Y1 MNE pilot	Y2 HR launch	Y3 Med scale
Active providers	80	250	600
Completed rides	3,500	12,000	35,000
Avg transaction	€300	€420	€520
GMV	€1.05M	€5.04M	€18.2M
Take rate	15%	16%	16.5%
Net revenue	€158k	€806k	€3.0M

Funding Ask

€350k

Pre-Seed Extension · 18-month runway · path to seed Q1 2028

Use of Funds

40%

Dev & Launch
€140k

25%

Montenegro GTM
€87k

20%

Ops & CS
€70k

15%

Legal & reserve
€53k

★ 5-Year Vision

Mediterranean leader for nautical transport. Strategic exit candidates: Booking Holdings, Click&Boat (Bain/Idinvest), Boatsetter, Ferretti Group. Recent comp: Click&Boat raised €15M Series B in 2022.

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Thank you for your time

Let's build the
future of sea travel.

We'd love to walk you through the product live. Demo and full data room available on request. Looking forward to building bqb together.

Email

hello@bestquoteboat.me

Investor inquiries welcome

Web

bestquoteboat.me

Pre-launch · MVP Q3 2026

Entity

BQB LLC

In formation · Montenegro

An integrated marketplace for nautical transport.

A €4.2B market with no real digital layer.

Send a request. Instant Book or Bid. You pick.

The window is open. Three forces converge in 2026.

A big market with a capturable slice.

Five steps from request to ride.

Tiered commission. Monthly payout. Fintech-ready.

Supply side derisked from day one.

No one combines Instant Book + bidding + escrow.

From Montenegro to the Mediterranean in 30 months.

Operator + Tech + Design + Growth.

€350k Pre-Seed Extension. 18-month runway to seed.

Let's build the future of sea travel.

An integrated marketplace
for nautical transport.

A €4.2B market
with no real digital layer.

Send a request. Instant Book or Bid.
You pick.

The window is open.
Three forces converge in 2026.

A big market
with a capturable slice.

Five steps
from request to ride.

Tiered commission.
Monthly payout. Fintech-ready.

Supply side
derisked from day one.

No one combines
Instant Book + bidding + escrow.

From Montenegro to the
Mediterranean in 30 months.

Operator + Tech +
Design + Growth.

€350k Pre-Seed Extension.
18-month runway to seed.

Let's build the
future of sea travel.