Waffles On Waffles — Investor Pitch Deck · Seed $350k Print / Save PDF
W.O.W. Seed Round · 2026

Waffles
On Waffles.

The kids' favorite event dessert — scaling Texas one trailer at a time.

$350,000SEED RAISE
72%GROSS MARGIN
15 trailersYEAR 3 TARGET
Little Elm, TXHQ
01 · The Problem
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Parents pay premium prices for tired event desserts they don't want their kids — or themselves — to eat.

  • Mobile dessert is stuck in 1985. Snow cones, kettle corn, funnel cakes — low perceived value, zero brand.
  • Parents overpay for nostalgia. $8+ per kid with no Instagram moment to show for it.
  • Operators are locked out. $80k+ to start a food brand from scratch kills new entrants.
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02 · The Solution

A premium, social-native waffle stick — built for events, licensable for operators.

  • Product: hot-pressed waffle stick, five signature flavors, build-your-own topping bar.
  • Format: wrapped trailer designed for festivals, fairs, and private events.
  • Model: operators rent the trailer + license the brand — we keep the IP, they run the routes.
Why it works

Hot, branded, mobile, Insta-ready. Kids ask for it. Parents pay for it. Operators scale it.

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03 · Market Opportunity

Texas is the proving ground.
Then the South. Then everywhere kids gather.

Dessert food trucks are the fastest-growing segment of the mobile food economy. DFW alone is a 7.4M-person metro with hundreds of annual festival days — and almost no branded dessert players competing for them.

$2.5B
US Dessert Food Truck TAM
7.4M
DFW Metro Population
250+
DFW Annual Festivals
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04 · Why Now

Three tailwinds
arriving at once.

Post-pandemic event spend, algorithmic food virality, and democratized trailer financing — converging on a category nobody has branded.

  • Event boom. Fairs, festivals, and private parties are at all-time highs post-pandemic.
  • TikTok discovery. Visual food brands compound for free — our product was built for the feed.
  • Cheap capital for operators. Trailer financing is more accessible than ever, lowering our licensing friction.
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05 · Product

Five signature flavors.
One unforgettable bite.

Hot-pressed waffle stick, ~9 inches, served on a kraft sleeve. Crispy outside, fluffy inside. Engineered for one-handed eating, photographed-from-above branding, and $9–$10 premium price points.

Dulce de Leche Churro
Warm indulgence
$9
Cookies & Cream
Familiar premium
$9
Banana Pudding
Nostalgic luxury
$10
Peach Cobbler
Southern comfort
$10
Strawberry Cheesecake
Upscale dessert
$10
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06 · Business Model

Four revenue streams.
One recurring royalty engine.

Operator royalty7% of operator gross · recurring
25%
Trailer rent$2,500/mo per licensed trailer
35%
Direct trailer revenueEvents + private catering
30%
Retail / wholesaleFrozen waffle stick line · Phase 3
10%

Year 3 revenue mix.

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07 · Unit Economics

Every trailer pays for itself
inside 24 months.

A single wrapped trailer becomes a profitable, brand-consistent micro-business — the asset we replicate, the unit we license, the engine we scale.

$40–55k
Trailer Build Cost
72%
Gross Margin
18–24mo
Trailer Payback
$140k
Year 1 Trailer Revenue
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08 · Traction

Brand locked.
Pilots booked.
Operators waiting.

  • Brand system complete. Logo, mascot, recipes, signature flavor lineup — all locked.
  • DFW pilot events scheduled. Little Elm, Frisco, and Plano on the calendar.
  • Three operator markets queued. Inbound interest from prospective Texas licensees.
  • Commissary plan drafted for Little Elm production hub — ready to break ground on close.
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09 · Go-to-Market

Prove. License. Compound.

Year 1 · Prove
2founder-operated trailers
MarketsDFW
GoalLock unit economics
Year 2 · License
5licensed operators
MarketsDFW · Austin · Houston
GoalValidate licensing playbook
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10 · Competition

Nobody owns hot,
branded, mobile dessert.

Kona Ice
Shaved ice franchise
Seasonal product, no hot food, no premium dessert occasion.
Local funnel cake
Cash, untrained vendors
No brand, inconsistent quality, zero social presence.
Crumbl Cookies
Brick & mortar chain
Strong brand but not event-mobile — they can't come to the festival.
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Mobile · branded · hot · Insta-ready
The only player combining all four. Built for the feed, priced for the parent, designed for the route.
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11 · The Ask
Raising$350kSeed round · open now

Capital deployed against four trailers, a commissary, and the marketing engine that turns Year 1 into a licensable Year 2.

$200k
57% · Fleet
4 wrapped trailers + equipment
$75k
21% · Commissary
Little Elm production build-out
$50k
14% · Marketing
Launch + paid social
$25k
8% · Legal / IP
Brand IP + FDD prep
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12 · Returns Projection

$280k → $2.4M
in 36 months.

Year 1
$280k
Trailers2
EBITDA$70k
Year 2
$820k
Trailers5
EBITDA$245k
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The invitation

Let's WOW
Texas.

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