The Four-Free Method revolutionizes the thousand-year-old traditional way of sprouting bean sprouts. Yiwei Keyi is sincerely seeking seed round financing.
1. Core Pain Points and Market Demands the Project Aims to Address
There has been a core pain point in the traditional method of sprouting beans at home for thousands of years: the process is extremely cumbersome. Consumers need to water the beans 3 to 5 times a day, and the whole cycle lasts 4 to 5 days, with at least 15 times of watering and changing water in total. For modern people living at a fast - paced life, especially office workers who can't go home at noon, this poses an almost insurmountable barrier, leaving many families with the intention but no ability to sprout beans at home. The greater contradiction lies in the current market situation. On the one hand, commercially available bean sprouts often have additive problems in order to pursue high yields and good appearance. The growing concerns about food safety make more and more consumers reluctant to eat them. On the other hand, the price of the very few organic and additive - free bean sprouts is prohibitively high, making them unaffordable for ordinary families. As a basic vegetable with broad - spectrum demand, the strong consumer demand for bean sprouts at the household level has been severely suppressed for a long time. The "Four - Free Method" bean - sprouting products launched by Yiwei Scientific Instrument are designed to completely solve this prominent contradiction. With the subversive model of "no watering, no water - changing, no bean - soaking, and no maintenance", it simplifies the complex biological cultivation process to the extreme, making bean - sprouting as easy as eating instant noodles, and thus re - activating the huge potential market for millions of households to enjoy safe bean sprouts. This is a large market with high - frequency, essential, and repeatable consumption.
2. Product/Technology Solutions and Key Capabilities
The core technology of this project is based on a patent held by Yiwei Company. It completely subverts the traditional logic that "bean - sprouting must involve frequent watering and water - changing". Through a specially designed planting environment, no additional watering or water - changing is required throughout the entire germination cycle. To optimize the user experience, the product is designed as a highly integrated "one - button planting box". The box comes pre - equipped with an independent water bag and a carefully selected seed packet. Consumers only need to perform three simple steps: tear open the water bag and pour the water, spread the seeds evenly, and cover the box. Then, place it on any flat surface indoors. After 4 to 5 days, they can directly harvest a box of plump and fresh bean sprouts without any maintenance during the process. The key capabilities of this product are reflected in three aspects: With its extremely simple operation design, it truly reduces the difficulty of bean - sprouting to zero, enabling everyone to sprout beans and every family to grow them. The additive - free, self - growing and self - harvesting model makes food safety completely visible and controllable, giving consumers an absolute sense of security. The stability and reliability of the underlying technology ensure a high seedling - emergence rate and excellent appearance even without any user intervention.
3. Business Model, Target Users, and Market Space
In terms of the business model, we will use multi - channel online content marketing and brand promotion to guide users to our official mall for centralized transactions. Then, we will rely on the cloud - warehouse distribution system for drop - shipping, directly delivering products to consumers or B - end merchants, thus forming an efficient closed - loop of "online promotion - centralized transactions - direct delivery from cloud warehouses". Our target user profile is very clear: Our user group is as large as that of Master Kong and Uni - President instant noodles. We mainly target families, urban white - collar workers, and delicate moms who pursue a healthy diet but are short on time, as well as the general public who are highly concerned about food safety. Bean sprouts are a basic vegetable for families of all ages. People from 20 to 80 years old can be our target customers, and there are almost no generational barriers in the market. As long as there is enough space on the table for a box of tissues, a box of good bean sprouts can be grown. The market space is extremely broad.
4. Team Background and Current Progress
The Yiwei Scientific Instrument team has been deeply involved in this field for 16 years. It is a mature team integrating R & D, brand building, and marketing. We have an extremely stable supply - chain system. We entrust production and logistics delivery to professional partners, while our team focuses on core technology iteration and market expansion and has accumulated rich practical experience in online marketing. In terms of product verification and data performance, we always adhere to the high - quality route. Our products strictly comply with the national standard GB 4806.7 - 2023 for food - contact materials, which is the strictest safety standard at present. Our "Zhongba" trademark has established considerable influence in the niche industry and has become a synonym for quality and professionalism. The online - shopping version of the Four - Free Method series products has been sold on mainstream platforms such as Pinduoduo, Taobao, and video accounts for a long time, with nearly 2 million sets sold across the network in total. The business model and product value have been initially verified by the market. The new model planned to be put into production with this round of financing has the same technical principle as the products that have been verified by the market, but significant improvements have been made in terms of integration and convenience. The internal self - testing results are very excellent. This new product has not been introduced to the market yet and will be launched as the core flagship product after this round of financing.
The purpose of this round of financing is very clear: to conduct a seed - round financing for the new product series with verified technical principles and successful optimization and iteration. The funds raised will be mainly used for mold - opening and production, initial inventory preparation, market cold - start, recruitment of key talents, and platform building. We already have mature technology, a verified market, and improved products. We look forward to collaborating with capital that shares our vision to popularize the extremely simple planting method of "as easy as eating instant noodles" to every Chinese family.