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At MANA, we are dedicated to fueling the performance and potential of students in public and private schools across the country with our premium nutritional vending services.

Our mission is to provide access to high-quality, performance-enhancing snacks and beverages that support the unique dietary needs of students in an on-the-go world.


We believe that proper nutrition is key to achieving excellence on and off the field and the first step in making America’s youth healthy again.

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FAQs

Quick Answers to Your Nutrition Queries with MANA

Why Does MANA Exist?

1 in 6 children and adolescents in the U.S. are overweight.

20% of children ages 2 to 19 in the U.S. are obese.

Childhood obesity rates continue to drastically rise YoY.

What is the MANA Opportunity?

There are 96K+ public schools in the U.S.

There are 32K+ private schools in the U.S.

An estimated 4.7M students attend private schools

3.47M students are estimated to graduate from public and private high school in academic year 2023/2024

The median annual tuition cost for NYC private school is ~$50K NYC private school students are our initial target customers

MANA will be live and testing machines in NYC schools starting in January 2025

What is MANA Asking?

Seed Raise: $50K

5 Units - $10K / Unit

Ownership Converted to SAFE Note During Series A Capital Usage: Up to 8 Machines w/ Product Fill

What is MANA's GTM Approach?

Start with NYC Private Schools and Scale from there:

There are nearly 600 private high schools in NYC metro area.

Xavier Catholic High School (Private, Chelsea, NYC) has agreed to house our first GOAT machine and test and learn in Winter / Spring ’25.

We have 13 additional NYC schools who have requested GOAT machines in Q1

Hard Costs (1 Machine)

Machine purchase, product purchase, school rental fee, student reps, et al not to exceed $7.5K in hard costs, and will break even / become profitable after selling through ~12.5 product loads.

What is MANA's Big Picture?

Start B2C (Schools) → Scale to B2B (Businesses) and other verticals (Healthcare, Government,

etc.)

GOAT App / Social Media Platform where athletes can connect with other athletes around the country and get rewarded for eating healthy, working out/training, buying sporting goods.

Build a leaderboard/community where athletes are competing to be the G.O.A.T. Partnerships with nutritionists and trainers to post blogs, recipes, workouts.

Corporate Partnerships where athletes can purchase food, apparel and training services via a GOAT Credit Card to earn points / get discounts.

We are driven by science and will affect change through technology

no students will be left behind

What is MANA's Competetive Advantage?

Network

We have direct access to school administrators & decision-makers, brands and A+ athlete talent to help us bring our vision to life.

Timing

We are at a pivotal moment in U.S. history where America’s health is in the spotlight and at an inflection point. The new administration has promised to make major strides in improving the health of America’s citizens.

First Mover

Americans spend north of $5K / year on wellness, or $1.8T annually, making the U.S. the largest health & wellness market in the world.

There are no direct competitors to our knowledge looking at bringing healthy vending machines into U.S. schools at scale.