The Loop

A calm, personal reward system that turns everyday tasks into a dopamine loop people actually look forward to.

Confidential — Investor Overview
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The Loop
The Problem

Starting is the hardest part —
and most apps make it harder.

For millions of people — especially those with ADHD and neurodivergent minds — the barrier isn't knowing what to do. It's the inertia of starting, and the lack of any reward until far in the future.

Initiation inertia

The brain needs a reward to get past the friction of starting. Standard to-do lists offer none — just guilt when things go unchecked.

Overwhelm by design

Most habit apps are cluttered with leaderboards, badges and noise. For a neurodivergent user, that complexity is a reason to quit on day one.

The workplace gap

"Employee of the month" rewards one person, once. Everyone else disengages. There's no continuous, personal motivation system.

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The Loop
The Solution

One app. Three things
no one has combined.

The Loop ties habit formation, real-world rewards, and an enterprise engagement layer into a single brand — built around how the brain's reward system actually works.

  • Habit formation driven by instant micro-rewards, not far-off points.
  • Real-world rewards — discounts, gift cards, experiences from partner brands.
  • Enterprise layer that replaces "employee of the month" with daily, personal motivation.
The intersection no one owns

"Habits that reward your brain instantly — and pay off in the real world."

Habit trackers don't give real rewards. Reward platforms don't build habits. Neither bridges personal and workplace use. The Loop does all three.

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The Loop
How It Works

The loop that keeps people coming back.

Every interaction is engineered around a single behavioural loop — the same mechanism behind the most habit-forming products in the world, redirected toward things that actually improve your life.

1. Act

Open the app, see one small next win, tap to complete. Under five seconds, one thumb.

2. Reward

An instant hit — haptic buzz, soft chime, a satisfying burst. The dopamine lands immediately, not next week.

3. Return

Points build toward real rewards, streaks grow, the app evolves — so tomorrow you come back and do it again.

The principle: other task apps make you do work and pay you later. The Loop rewards your brain the instant you act — and then grows with you.

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The Loop
The Product · Mobile

Calm by default. Rewarding on payoff.

9:41
Morning, Stephanie
Let's start small.
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DAY 1
Today
Make the bed
+10
Drink water
+5
10-minute walk
+15
Add your own
Home
Rewards
Progress

The 5-second home screen — watch a task complete and the points respond instantly.

9:41
Nice. That's a win.
+15
haptic + soft chime
Day 1 streak started

The dopamine hit — the instant reward that builds the habit. This is the difference.

9:41
Rewards
840
260 pts to your next reward
Almost yours
10% off at TJ Maxx
900 pts
Expiring soon
3 days left
Free hot yoga class
1,000 pts
Home
Rewards
Progress

The Reward Shelf — real-world payoffs, suggested for you, with gentle urgency.

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The Loop
The Product · Mobile

It grows with you, so people don't quit.

9:41
What matters to you right now?
Feel healthier
Get moving
Calm my mind
Stay on top of home
Be productive
Treat myself
Start my journey

Personal from the first tap — users choose their own journey.

9:41
Hot Yoga — Single Class
Partner · Glow Studio
You're at 840 / 1,000 pts — 4 tasks away
Redeem · 160 pts to go
Add to wishlist

The wishlist pulls users forward — a goal worth showing up for.

9:41
Your journey
Day 30
2,140POINTS
86TASKS
27STREAK
You've shown up 27 of the last 30 days — that's real consistency.
Home
Rewards
Progress

Day 30 looks richer than Day 1 — the app never goes stale.

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The Loop
The Product · Enterprise (Web)

One dashboard for the whole team.

theloop.app/admin · Northwind Co.
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Northwind Co.142 employees

Engagement Overview

Company-wide · this month
Last 30 days
Active users
128
90% of staff
Avg completion
82%
+14% vs last mo
Tasks done
3,410
+22%
Rewards redeemed
214
$3,180 value
Team completion rate
Share of assigned tasks completed
Sales
91%
Operations
84%
Support
78%
Marketing
69%
Finance
63%
Top performers
By points earned this month
MAMaria Alvarez2,310 pts
JTJames Tan2,040 pts
PRPriya Rao1,920 pts
DKDavid Kim1,760 pts

Managers see engagement, completion and recognition at a glance — no spreadsheets, no chasing. The same calm system employees love, with the visibility leadership needs.

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The Loop
The Product · Enterprise (Web)

Proof it's working — and what it costs.

theloop.app/admin/reports · Northwind Co.
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Northwind Co.142 employees

Engagement & Reward Report

Auto-generated · sent monthly to admins
Export PDF / CSV
Daily active engagement
Last 30 days · trending up
Active employees / day
Most-redeemed rewards
Where points are being spent
Coffee voucherPartner · BrewBar62 redeemed
10% retail discountPartner · TJ Maxx48 redeemed
Extra half-day offCompany reward29 redeemed
Return on engagement
Estimated this quarter
+18% retention
vs baseline

Higher participation correlates with measurably better retention — the report leadership uses to justify renewal.

Reports generate automatically and export in a click — giving HR and leadership the hard numbers that turn a pilot into an annual contract.

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The Loop
The Market Gap

Everyone owns a piece.
No one owns the whole loop.

The category leaders each solve one part. The Loop is the first to combine habit formation, real-world rewards, and an enterprise layer in one product.

ProductHabit formationReal-world rewardsEnterprise layer
Habitica · HabitifyYesNoNo
Bonusly · Nectar · KudosNoPartialYes
Gift-card / rewards appsNoYesNo
The LoopYesYesYes

Recognition platforms like Bonusly and Nectar are already used inside companies like Meta and Google — proof the enterprise appetite is real. The Loop reaches that market and the consumer market under one brand.

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The Loop
Business Model

Revenue from day one — and it compounds.

Three reinforcing streams: consumer subscriptions, enterprise contracts, and partner reward commissions. The individual base builds fast; enterprise contracts carry the high-value weight.

Consumer subscriptions
$168k
illustrative annual run-rate at 1,500 Pro subscribers ($6.99/mo)
Enterprise contracts
$72k
per enterprise client / year — per-seat licensing, billed annually
Partner commissions
10–15%
on every real-world reward redeemed — passive, scales with users

Figures are illustrative scenarios to show scale, not forecasts. Actual results depend on user acquisition and marketing. Early-stage user acquisition has been achieved on comparable 9Mills-built products for as little as $3 per active user.

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The Loop
Roadmap

Launch lean. Prove it. Then scale to enterprise.

PHASE 1 · 12–16 WEEKS

The consumer app

  • Habit & task engine with instant micro-rewards
  • Points, streaks, evolving day-by-day screens
  • Reward Shelf with real partner rewards & wishlist
  • Social sharing for organic growth
  • Live demo of the enterprise layer for B2B sales
PHASE 2 · POST-TRACTION

The enterprise layer

  • Company workspaces, teams & admin controls
  • Task assignment, custom reward programs
  • Analytics & engagement reporting
  • Integrations: Slack, Teams, Asana, Monday
  • Funded by enterprise contracts, not your pocket
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The Loop
The Opportunity

Let's build the loop.

We're raising to build and launch Phase 1 — a consumer app engineered to keep people coming back — with a working enterprise demo ready to convert B2B contracts from day one.

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Build the consumer app — a complete, market-ready Phase 1 in 12–16 weeks.

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Acquire early users — proven low-cost acquisition to validate the loop with real people.

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Convert enterprise — use the working demo and early traction to land the first B2B contracts.

The Loop

Habits that reward your brain instantly —
and pay off in the real world.

Built with 9Mills.com

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