Enabling High Performance Wireless Connectivity NASDAQ:AIRG © Copyright 2018 Airgain, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Investor Presentation May 2018 Exhibit 99.1
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Who We Are Airgain is a leading provider of advanced antenna technologies used to enable high performance wireless networking across a broad range of devices and markets, including connected home, enterprise, automotive, and IoT. Connected Home, Enterprise, IoT Aftermarket Fleet, Public Safety, M2M, MRM, DSRC Automotive, 5G, mmWave, CBRS We work with our customers and provide them with solutions to complex RF engineering challenges. Airgain helps improve the throughput and connectivity of next gen devices using 10+ years of proprietary device/chipset performance data. Our antennas are deployed in carrier, fleet, enterprise, residential, private, government, and public safety wireless networks and systems. We have a diverse partner and revenue base. WE SHIPPED OVER 150 MILLION ANTENNA PRODUCTS IN 2017
Worldwide Engineering and Service Offerings Scottsdale, AZ Design, manufacturing & sales office San Diego, CA Headquarters, sales & design offices London, UK Sales & design office Melbourne, FL Design office Suzhou, China Design Center Shenzhen, China Sales & design offices Seoul, South Korea Sales office Taipei, Taiwan Sales office Global Engineering and Solutions Design Deliver Optimize Define
Who We Work With
Global Megatrends – Connected Everything By 2020 there will be close to 7 times the number of connected devices as people on the planet* *Source: PwC, Technological Breakthroughs: https://www.pwc.co.uk/issues/megatrends/technological-breakthroughs.html
Addressable Markets for Airgain (2017 to 2022 CAGR) Sources: *ABIresearch Forecasts, 2016 Enterprise and Infrastructure 10% Auto 21% IoT 35% 15% Connected Home △ Machina Forecasts, 2016 △ △ * *
Airgain continues to be the essential value-added partner that our customers rely on, and our strong reputation is highly valued within the customer ecosystem Airgain's Critical Position in Value Chain Engage OEMs & ODMs Influence Customers Partner Chipset Suppliers
Global engineering and solutions Technology Tailwinds: Driving Our Existing Technologies and New Markets An Expansive Landscape of New Wireless Standards and Applications with Global Opportunities We believe we are well positioned to take advantage of the anticipated growth in new markets. Connected Home Enterprise IoT Advanced RF Technology team, Wi-Fi, LTE, GPS/GNSS, BT, ZigBee, LoRa. LPWan, 5G (CBRS/mmWave) Automotive 5G Fleet Public Safety M2M Simplifying the Complex
Sources: 1-CableLabs / 2-Wi-Fi Findings by D-Link, September 2014 3-Cisco Router Switch Blog, October 17 / 4-ITU Report M.2410-0, November 2017 The Convergence of Wired + Wireless Data Speeds 3 1 1 1 2 4 4 2
Customers are demanding high throughput and complete wireless coverage, while providing wired quality of service Drivers of the Revolution Accelerating Broadband Speeds Multiple Devices OTT Potential U.S. subscriber units to be upgraded: 233 million* Multiple devices drive the need for high throughput and complete Wi-Fi coverage in the connected home. *Leichtman Research Group 11/17 Today in the US alone: an estimated 94M homes with broadband connectivity that can be upgraded to new 802.11ac gateways* The Connected Home Is Going from Wired to Wireless
Enterprise, IoT & Infrastructure Connectivity *Sources: ABIresearch, 2016 Enterprise + Carrier Access Points 22M Access Points Projected by 2020* IoT: Connected Smart Home & Smart City Embedded and external connectivity solutions for low power wide area networking, such as NB-IoT and LoRa. Seemingly endless connectivity options from people and animals, to in-home gateways to city man-hole covers. 1.5B end devices shipped in 2020* M2M and IoT Infrastructure 60M Access Points Projected by 2020* In-building, Out-building and On-building connectivity solutions for commercial, retail and office Outdoor kiosk, signage and asset connectivity & tracking LPWAN NB-
21% CAGR for ‘17 – ’22 Projected 55M vehicles in 2020* Innovative Antennas Systems for Fleet Aftermarket Connectivity *Source: Machina Research IoT Forecast, 2016 AFTERMARKET Fleet Connectivity Mobile fleets require sophisticated rugged external solutions for data, video telematics and asset tracking connectivity Rugged external multi-technology antennas provide connectivity for public safety and private fleets Outdoor antennas, Dual-LTE, Six-Wi-Fi, GNSS, Bluetooth Fleet/M2M MRM Public Safety Devices All Airgain LTE products are FirstNet™ ready, optimized for LTE Band 14 support. Our RF Technology capabilities enables a complete solution. Smallest form factor in the industry
The Ubiquitous Connected Car 21% CAGR for ‘17 – ’22 Projected 100M cars in 2020* *Source: Machina Research IoT Forecast, 2016 OEM Connected Car Connected Cars require complex internal and external antennas for a complete solution In-car infotainment, gateways and driver interface Driver assistance and safety Vehicle to vehicle and infrastructure, vehicle software updates and driver behavior Components for Tier 1 & 2 suppliers, embedded & external antennas Drive Assistance Infotainment V2V Safety Well-being
ENABLING WIRELESS MULTI GIGABIT THROUGHPUT OTA 5G Systems – Antenna Complexity Increases Multifold mmWave 24GHz – 100GHz Sub-6Ghz Femtocell (Gateway/Access Point) 5G Fixed Wireless (Point-to-Point) 5G Technology Enablers 5G Market Applications Massive MIMO with Active Antenna Systems 5G Spectrum Interference Cancellation: Massive MIMO technology supports beam forming to increase data throughput and get higher signal to interference ratio IoT and Small Cell Ultra-low energy Ultra-high density Extreme capacity Extreme data rates V2V and V2X Source: ITU Report M.2410-0, November 2017
Revenues Annual and Projected Revenue ($M) Quarterly Revenue ($M) 2015 2016 2017 2018 *based on 2018 annual growth guidance
December FY Q1 2016 Q2 2016 Q3 2016 Q4 2016 2016 Q1 2017 Q2 2017 Q3 2017 Q4 2017 2017 Q1 2018 Sales $8.5 M $9.9M $12.4M $12.6M $43.4M $11.3M $13.0M $12.4M $12.8M $49.5M $13.3M Gross Profit % of Sales 43.2% 46.1% 44.8% 43.4% 44.4% 47.0% 47.0% 48.4% 46.0% 47.1% 46.6% Operating Expenses $3.6M $3.6M $4.3M $4.3M $15.8M $4.9M $6.2M $5.8M $5.4M $22.3M $7.4M Op Ex as a % of Sales 41.8% 36.2% 34.9% 34.4% 36.4% 43.2% 48.0% 46.8% 42.3% 45.1% 55.3% Operating Income $0.1M $1.3M $1.2M $1.1M $3.4M $0.4M -$0.1M $0.2M $0.5M $1.0M -$1.2M Operating Margin 1.4% 9.9% 9.9% 9.0% 7.9% 3.8% -1.0% 1.6% 3.7% 2.0% -8.7% GAAP Financial Model
December FY 2015 2016 2017 2018 Guidance Sales $27.8M $43.4M $49.5M 20% Growth Gross Profit % of Sales 41.9% 44.4% 47.1% Operating Expenses $12.0M $15.8M $22.3M OpEx as a % of Sales 34.4% 36.4% 45.1% Operating Income -$0.3M $3.4M $1.0M Operating Margin -1.2% 7.9% 2.0% Annual GAAP Financial Model & Targets
Potential Growth Opportunities NEW PRODUCTS SaaS-based Wi-Fi monitoring solution for carriers NEW MARKET EXPANSION Automotive, enterprise and small cell LEVERAGE WINS IN EMERGING DEVICES Smart metering and IoT CREATE ADDITIONAL PULL FROM CARRIERS Demonstrate continued ROI of solutions to drive adoption GEOGRAPHIC EXPANSION CREATE ADDITIONAL PULL FROM CARRIERS Demonstrate continued ROI of solutions to drive adoption GEOGRAPHIC EXPANSION FAVORABLE TECHNOLOGY TAILWINDS 802.11ac, 802.11ax upgrade cycle and new communication technologies such as 5G and LPWAN NEW MARKET EXPANSION Automotive, 5G
Investment Highlights Enabler in high performance antenna solutions for heterogeneous next-gen wireless devices and networks Growing addressable market, driven by proliferation of Wi-Fi connected devices, data intensive applications, streaming video and multiple connectivity standards for a “connected planet” Compelling business model with history of predictable revenue growth and profitability Strong outlook for potential growth and total market expansion Well protected technology position with 235 patents and patents pending as of December 31, 2017 Seasoned management team with 20+ years of average industry experience Key Stats* Shares outstanding Institutional holdings IPO 9.5M Free float (est.) 7.5M 40% Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments (mrq*) $33M Founded 2004 2016 *As of March 31, 2018
Contact Us Anil Doradla CFO Alexis Waadt Director of Investor Relations investors@airgain.com Airgain, Inc. 3611 Valley Centre Drive Suite 150 San Diego, CA 92130