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CadetCatch

Find one cadet inside thousands of event photos.

A photo-discovery product for military-academy families that turns thousands of event images into a fast, private search experience—and gives photographers a higher-conversion route to sales.

Commercial stageCommercial product in market

Find one cadet inside thousands of event photos.

  1. 01Add a reference photo
  2. 02Search the event
  3. 03Review likely matches
  4. 04Purchase or save

Market opportunity

Face search → sale

a validated workflow in graduation and volume photography

Why this opportunity now

Face-assisted discovery already increases utility in volume photography. CadetCatch applies that validated behavior to a concentrated, emotionally valuable customer segment with predictable event cycles.

Commercial readiness

What is ready today.

Current capabilities that can support a pilot, sale, partnership, or licensing discussion.

  1. 01

    A focused Coast Guard Academy experience is live with a defined family subscription offer.

  2. 02

    The complete discovery journey—from reference photo to likely event matches—is already built.

  3. 03

    The model supports both direct family revenue and higher-value partnerships with photographers and event platforms.

Investment thesis

How value is created.

Target buyer
Military-academy families first; volume photographers, graduation vendors, and institutions second.
Revenue model
Family subscriptions, per-event access, and B2B licensing or revenue share with photographers.
Go-to-market
Academy calendars and parent communities create a concentrated entry point; photographer partnerships expand distribution and revenue.
Competitive advantage
Trust, academy event context, privacy controls, and an increasingly valuable history of indexed events.
Likely strategic buyers
Volume-photography platforms, event-commerce software, academy vendors, and family-memory businesses.

Value-creation plan

The next 90 days.

  1. 01

    Complete one paid academy-event pilot with explicit consent controls.

  2. 02

    Measure match quality, time-to-photo, and purchase conversion.

  3. 03

    Secure one photographer partnership to validate the B2B channel.

Key investment consideration

Biometric privacy, consent, false matches, and institutional trust are core investment requirements—not fine print.