Kerfline

Quoting software for countertop shops. Granite theme, 12 slides.

Made from a paragraph and a spreadsheet

Seed deck for Kerfline. Countertop shops take 3 to 5 days to send a kitchen quote; Kerfline builds one in ten minutes from a photo and three measurements. 6 pilot shops, 410 quotes. 4 paying at $249 a month. Raising $1.2M.

founder-notes.txt · pilot-results.csv

12 slides · 1 figure needs a source

1 / 12 · Cover

Kerfline

Countertop quotes, built in ten minutes.
2 / 12 · Problem

3–5 days

A countertop quote takes 3 to 5 days to send. The job goes to whoever answers first.
3 / 12 · Proof

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shops we spoke to still quote on paper or in Excel.

Interviews with fabrication shops in Texas and Arizona.
4 / 12 · Product

A photo and three measurements. A slab layout and a price in ten minutes of work.
5 / 12 · How it works
One visit: photo, measurements, price.
1. Photo Kitchen, 14 Alder StTwo runs and an island
2. Measure Run A 118 inRun B 64 inIsland 72 × 38 in
3. Price Taj quartzite, 2 slabs41 sq ft$4,860 installed
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6 / 12 · Traction

Six pilot shops, 410 quotes. Average turnaround down from 3.6 days to 4 hours.

Before Kerfline 3.6 days
With Kerfline 4 hours

Request to quote sent, average across six pilot shops.
7 / 12 · Pricing

$249

a month per shop. Four paying, two on trial.

$996 a month in revenue today.
8 / 12 · Market

9,000

About 9,000 fabrication shops in the US.

Source neededYour notes say 'check'.

Slide 8: no source for 9,000 yet.
9 / 12 · Why now

Why now: the phone in every installer’s pocket can measure a kitchen.

From the founders’ answers.
10 / 12 · Competition
Scheduling suites don’t quote. Layout software doesn’t leave the office.

In the officeOn site Doesn’t quoteQuotes Scheduling suitesLayout softwarePaper and ExcelKerfline
- Scheduling suitesOn siteDoesn’t quote
- Layout softwareIn the officeQuotes
- Paper and ExcelIn the officeDoesn’t quote
- KerflineOn siteQuotes
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11 / 12 · Team
Eight years running a fabrication shop. An estimating tool built at a construction software company.
- Dani Ruiz, CEORan operations at a family fabrication shop for eight years.
- Maya Chen, CTOBuilt estimating software at a construction software company.
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12 / 12 · Ask

Raising $1.2M to reach 120 paying shops.

17 months of runway at $70K a month.

Product 55%Sales 30%Operations 15%

Slide 12: runway corrected from 18 to 17 months.