the future
of retail

The era of search is over, and the data war has been won. Our data belongs to us and to us alone, and we get paid to share it.

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The world of retail has become optimally efficient. Customers save money, businesses are profitable, communities have displaced monopolies and duopolies, and citizens have reduced their carbon footprint.
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This has created a sustainable and symbiotic relationship between the retail world and our needs and wants.
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This is the future of retail, and we have been building it since 2011.

WHY US

Meet Beam

Beam is a global payments acceptance platform for the 21st century with built-in support for smart contracts.

We created Beam to help retail value chain stakeholders become more efficient by engaging with their customers in a direct, meaningful and effective manner.
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Beam enables stakeholders across the retail value chain to incentivise desired customer behaviour by defining measurable goals with an attached monetary reward for their achievement.

$250 million

Processed

4.3 million

Smart contracts processed

750,000

Users

5,000

Live stores

Our retail partners include

Backed by industry leading partners

Oliver Bussman

Previously, Group CIO at UBS, and current President of Crypto Valley Association

Vinay Gupta

Founder of Mattereum, Co-ordinated the release of the blockchain platform Ethereum

Roel Wolfert

Owner VGRIP & Non Executive Director, previously at VISA Europe

Edgar Kampers

Founder & Chief Currency Officer at Qoin

The Problem

Today, the retail value chain is inefficient. This is because no one truly understands customer needs and wants. Companies you come into digital contact with have fragments of your data in disparate centralised databases.
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Each party holds a piece of the puzzle and are unwilling or unable to share it with each other. No one has a complete picture of individual consumer behaviour that dictates demand and supply.
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Tech and payment giants monopolise this loophole to reinforce an exploitative product-driven economy. While the technology is available to take the retail value chain to the 21st century, the giants are too powerful to overcome.

The Solution

Deciphering customer needs and wants is the key to informing demand and supply, and there’s really only one source of truth when it comes to customer data - the customers themselves.
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We have created the Beam Platform to end the war on data. We are building the future of retail where the customers are the owners of their data. Not only will the data belong to us, we get paid for sharing all or parts of it with whomever we see fit.
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Utilising blockchain, the Beam Platform facilitates the exchange of data for value between retail customers and stakeholders. This exchange solves the customer behaviour puzzle by providing the retail value chain with real time access to insights that were previously deemed impossible.
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This is the greatest opportunity in the history of retail to eradicate waste and free itself from incumbent intermediaries.

Read the White Paper

Benefits of the platform

Customers

Has full control over their data
Earns value back on everyday spend
Free to redeem rewards at any store on the network
Earns and burns in same transaction, no friction
Optimised experiences for different environments

Has full control over their data
Free to redeem rewards at any store on the network
Earns and burns in same transaction, no friction
Optimised experiences for different environments
Has full control over their data

Retailers

Risk free marketing with guaranteed results
Contextual/personalised engagement with customers
Behavioural insights never possible before
Richer loyalty experience
Positive feedback loop (NPS, satisfaction etc.)
Zero transaction cost

Point of Sale

Process retail transactions for the first time
Helps eliminating the credit / debit card machine
Contains line item level data - rich insight

Shopping Centers

Behavioural insights never possible before
Ability to join conversations in their shopping centres
Real time monitoring of customer engagement
Automatic reporting of retail sales

Governments

Becomes aware of travel and shopping patterns
Ability to join conversations in their municipality
Behavioural insights never possible before
Realtime collection of taxes
Realtime tax reporting

Charities

"Round up" for a good cause or % of rewards earned
Public can track how donations are spent

Product milestones and roadmap

2011

• Sydney, Australia pilot 11th of November

2012

• Shezan Amiji and Nadim Khoury invest $3m and join Beam
• Launch in Dubai, September 2012

2013

• Public launch in Dubai
• Carrefour and Apparel Group join Beam

2014

• Majid Al Futtaim invests $7m (first round)
• Costa rolls out Beam in all all UAE

2015

• Carrefour rolls out contactless payment at all stores
• Introduced pay-at-table with tipping experience. 300,000 Beamers with 2,000 stores

2016

• ENOC petrol stations - pay for fuel from car experience
• Majid Al Futtaim Invests $7m (second round)
• 8x fold growth, rewards model proven
• 570,000 Beamers, 65% retention after 2 years

2017

• Platform focus - SDK development for iOS & Android
• Launched in Gothenburg, Sweden
• Live in Sydney, Australia
• Pagero invest $2.5 million

2018

• Express Beam - transactions under 1 sec, Q1
• Retailer Terminal app V2, Q2
• Release of the Beam White Paper, Q2
• Beam Platform on Blockchain - Solution Design, Q3
• Token Sale, Q3
• Network Development Fund activations, Q4
• Ticketless parking with auto payments, Q4
• Stored value system (inc Cryptocurrency Funding Sources), Q4
• Bill Payments, Q4
• Retailer self provisioning, Q4
• Rewards integration with Emirates Airlines & Airmiles, Q4

2019

Beam Protocol Design, Q1
• Launch in Amsterdam, Stockholm, Lisbon and Ithaca (New York), Q1
• Launch Beam in Spain & South Africa, Q2
• Enabling Beam POS integrations to support Beam Protocol, Q2
• Enabling Beam SDKs to support Beam Protocol, Q3
• Renewed Beam for Business services for Stakeholders, Q3
• Beam Charity Features (round up for a good cause), Q3
• Permissioned Data Access Protocol Integration Design, Q3-Q4
• Enabling Consumer Lending - Blockchain and traditional, Q4

2020

• Enabling Business Lending - Blockchain and traditional, Q1
• Micropayments & Donations, Q4
• Subscription based payments, Q4
• Integration with other Blockchain projects

The Team

Beam employs over 50 people in Gothenburg (Sweden), Dubai (UAE) and Sydney (Australia).

Token Sale

Token specifications

Name

BEAM Token

Platform

Ethereum - ERC20 Token

Purpose

Growth and usage of Beam Platform *

Divisibility

18 decimals

Underlying value

Network value

Supply

10,000,000,000 fixed supply - 1.5% per annum issuance for 5 years

User classes

ICO Participants, Local Partners, Retailers, Customers, Acquirers, Issuer Apps,
Brands, Malls, Lenders etc.

* See in our White Paper “Roadmap > Go to market > Zero payment processing fees”
** Note: Global BEAM Tokens can be converted to local currencies such as Euro Beams, Dirham Beams or US Beams and spent on the Beam Network. We will also support other cryptocurrency holders to spend their holdings on the Beam Network through BEAM and local currencies.

Private Sale - Live

Open to all private companies and accredited investors. If you'd like to participate at this level, please get in touch.

Min invest : 1,000 ETH
Max invest: 40,000 ETH
Optimised experiences for different environments

Get in touch

Public pre-sale

Something about the pre-sale here. Bonus token % calculated on how much you invest. The more you invest the greater the bonus.

Min invest: 20 ETH
Max invest: 5,000 ETH
Something else

Public sale

Something about the pre-sale here. Bonus token % calculated on how much you invest. The more you invest the greater the bonus.

Min invest: 20 ETH
Max invest: 5,000 ETH
Something else

Token Distribution

Use of funds

* 5% of all BEAM tokens will be donated to Qoin Foundation for growing the Beam Network in localities that focus on Social Impact projects.
** Tokens allocated to the Team and most advisors will vest in a periodic manner spanning over 2 years. The schedule is: 3 months: 10%, 6 months: 20%, 12 months: 20%, 18 months: 25% and 24 months: 25%
*** Network development tokens will be distributed to retailers and POS systems joining the platform. These tokens will vest on a quarterly basis between 12 months and 4 years.