Streamline Drone · Capital Partner Deck · Aug 2026
High-Rise Cleaning,
Drone-Delivered.
Lucid Bots Sherpa · South Florida exterior cleaning
02 // The Problem
Gravity Is Expensive.
Rope-access pricing: $10–25K high-rise, $18–40K towers. Multi-day, weather-dependent.
One incident threatens the whole company. Anchor-cert chains compound the risk.
Labor-scarce and hard to scale. More crews = more risk, more insurance, more cost.
Eaten by crew, rigging, insurance and downtime. The model caps itself.
Every clean is a gamble on weather, labor and OSHA — and the industry has priced that gamble into its margins for decades.
03 // The Real Risk
The Human Is The Risk.
Rope access puts a human on the wall, an anchor-cert chain in the file, and the whole company on the line. The drone removes all three.
Anchor-cert liability chain eliminated. Every rope anchor = inspection, certification and wrongful-death exposure. Gone with the crew.
Rope-access premiums scale with crew count. Drone ops: ~$400–550/yr for $2M aviation liability + pressure-wash endorsement.
Humans on the wall → 2 on the ground. Pilot + ground support. The business scales without scaling its risk surface.
04 // The Solution
Meet The Sherpa.
Commercial-grade pressure on demand — no scaffolding, no rigging.
Vs. 4–6 for rope access. Labor cost collapses with the headcount.
No scaffolding, no rope rigging, no anchor certification. Faster jobs.
The drone does the work. OSHA fall exposure eliminated by design.
Lucid Bots Sherpa · 300–4,500 PSI · tethered · 2-person crew
05 // Sherpa Specifications
By The Numbers.
06 // The Market
A City Of Glass.
Broader commercial exterior cleaning: $50–120M. And 90 more high-rises are already under construction in Miami alone — the TAM is compounding.
Miami-Dade 350–450 • Broward 100–150 • Palm Beach 80–120.
In Miami alone. Every crane is a future recurring-clean contract.
Florida is the #1 pressure-washing state in the country.
Under 12 stories — addressable with the tether today.
07 // Cost Comparison
Rope Vs Rotor.
Both figures are gross margin — direct crew, water and chemical only. Fixed costs are broken out on slide 08.
| Metric | Traditional Rope Access | Sherpa Drone |
|---|---|---|
| Crew Size | 4–6 workers | 2 workers |
| Mid-Rise (5–13 storeys) — in reach | $6,000 – $14,000 | $3,000 – $7,000 |
| High-Rise (14+ storeys) — past 150 ft | $10,000 – $25,000 | Out of reach — rope access still wins |
| Job Duration | 2–5 days | 1–2 days |
| Fall-From-Height Risk | HIGH — OSHA reportable | ZERO — operator on ground |
| Scaffolding / Rigging | Required — adds cost + time | None required |
| Insurance Premium | High — rope-access surcharge | ~$400–550/yr for $2M |
08 // Unit Economics
One Job, One P&L.
Reach sets the price, not ambition. 150 ft is about 13 storeys, so our job is a mid-rise. South Florida competitors publish $3,000–$7,000 for that building. We model $6,500.
One 6,500-dollar mid-rise job · direct cost only · equipment and insurance clear monthly, slide 09
Cross-check: Lucid Bots reports its own operator fleet averaging $15,000–$20,000 a month. Our base case lands at $19,500 — inside that band, not above it.
09 // Cost Of Entry
What It Actually Costs.
Every dollar of the $20,000, and why it is $20,000 and not a round number someone liked. Month-one outlay is $12,425. The balance is reserve sized to the downside trough on slide 10.
Total capital required $20,000 · window-capable tier · Part 107 exam fee $175
Subscribe or buy? Buying only wins after month 20 — later than the trade press says, because purchase customers also pay $600/mo for Lucid Suite, which the subscription includes.
What the raise does not have to buy, because the operating partner already runs it:
| Not funded | List | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Rig trailer | $23,499–$25,499 | Truck and tank in service |
| Power tether | $17,600 | Not needed under 13 storeys |
| Crew | — | Already on payroll |
| Book of business | — | Already under contract |
Roughly $43,000 of equipment and an existing customer list arrive as contributed capital. That is the moat, priced.
10 // Return Profile
Build Your Own Downside.
The base case is fixed below. Open the stress test only when the room wants to challenge the two inputs that change the outcome.Three cases, one ramp rule and one cost rule, from model.py. In the live deck a reader can stress-test jobs per month and average job.
Cash in the account, month by month · faint lines are the other two cases · dashed line is the $20,000 in
Stress-test the model
Fixed in every run: $20,000 in, $12,425 spent in month one, $3,600/mo platform, month one books no jobs and the book fills to steady state by month 5.
| Scenario | Downside | Base | Upside |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jobs per month, steady | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Average job | $5,500 | $6,500 | $8,000 |
| Year-one revenue | $99,000 | $175,500 | $304,000 |
| Capital restored | Month 7 | Month 5 | Month 3 |
| Lowest cash balance | $3,975 | $3,975 | $7,575 |
11 // The Moat
Everything But The Drone
Is Already Paid For.
A drone company starting today buys a truck, tanks, insurance, a crew and a customer list, then spends two years earning trust. Streamline Cleaning Solutions has all six. This raise buys one line item.
The standing book
Commercial pressure-washing contracts already in force under the Streamline name. The drone quotes into a warm list on day one — no cold start, no reputation to build, no first-customer discount. [Confirm contract count and years operating before diligence.]
12 // Regulatory
Green Light On Paper.
13 // Objection 01
What If It Crashes?
Drone failure mid-operation. Property damage. Liability. Investor exposure. "Who carries that risk?"
Tethered operation collapses free-flight risk. The Sherpa is physically tied to ground water and power — it is not a free-flying drone. $2M aviation liability covers property damage at ~$400–550/yr. And the subscription model means no stranded equipment cost — ever.
14 // Objection 02
The Field Is Real.
Vista Drone Cleaning runs Sherpas out of North Miami Beach across Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach, advertising 200+ ft reach. SoFlo Drone Cleaning claims 300 ft, Miami to West Palm. Drone Power Washing and Drone Powered Solutions both sell the same service in Florida. Apellix is in Jacksonville. Five operators, not one. Isn’t this market taken?
Five operators is validation, not saturation. Every one of them is a drone company that had to go find cleaning customers. We are a cleaning company adding a drone — the customers are already ours, under contract, on a route. That is the whole difference. This is a better-operator play, not a first-mover play, and the deck says five because five is the honest number. ~600 buildings and 90 more rising; no one is close to covering that.
15 // Team
Who Flies It.
A drone is a purchase. An operator is the business.
[Years operating · active contract count]
[Named pilot + certificate no. — or scheduled test date if not yet certified]
16 // The Ask
De-Risked By Design.
| Use Of Funds | Amount | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Lucid Refresh Growth + data plan — month 1 | $3,600 | Window-capable tier. Launch tier has no window payload. Data plan is mandatory. |
| Demand engine | $6,000 | Quote site, lead capture, outreach into the standing book. |
| Contingency reserve | $3,975 | Residual, then checked against the downside cash trough. |
| Downside carry — one month held | $3,600 | Platform held through a slow ramp with no revenue. |
| Rig adaptation & transport fit-out | $1,200 | Partner's truck and tank are already in service. |
| Chemical & consumable opening stock | $600 | Lucid Clear+ runs ~$75/job. |
| Aviation liability — 12 months | $550 | Broker indication. Not yet in writing. |
| Part 107 certification | $475 | $175 FAA exam fee plus prep. |
| Total | $20,000 | Sized to the month-2 cash trough, not rounded to a number |
0.82 jobs a month covers the $3,600/mo platform at the worst price in our band. The base case books 3. Everything above that first 0.82 is contribution, and every modelled case clears it from month three.
Terms are open and unpapered. Counsel documents the selected structure. Nothing on this slide is an offer.
17 // Capital Partner Close
Fund One Line.
Unlock The Rest.
Capital to stand a drone division up inside Streamline’s operating cleaning platform, with the base case restoring it in month five.
Revenue share or short-term note. The financial model, source register, and operating evidence are available for review. Counsel papers the selected structure before funds move.
Draft · internal review only · no securities offer · proof and compliance items remain open