PAVILION

Pre-seed · Muscat, Oman

The operating system of the creative economy

Pavilion is one connected place where creators exhibit, sell, teach, build community and run their creative business.

Tour the product
CreateExhibitEducateConnectCollaborateSellGrow

Pavilion app home screen showing Lina Artworks' acrylic painting 'Emotions in Color' for sale, beside menu tiles for Exhibition, Marketplace, Workshops, Community, Digital Booth and AI Assistant, and a live booth chat with 128 people online.

The problem

One creative business, six disconnected platforms

The creator economy has grown, but the infrastructure behind it has not kept pace. A typical creator runs a single business across separate tools for:

  • 01Discovery & audience reach
  • 02Portfolio & showcase
  • 03Products & services
  • 04Education & workshops
  • 05Community & messaging
  • 06Customers & operations
More complexity→More dependency→Harder management→Slower growth

The market has plenty of platforms. What it lacks is integration.

Illustration: scattered platforms for discovery, portfolio, community, education, commerce and business tools on the left flow into a single Pavilion cube on the right, labelled 'A connected creator ecosystem'.

What is Pavilion

Two connected experiences, one creator journey

Pavilion is a unified digital ecosystem for creators. Instead of each step of the journey happening on a different service, it all happens in one place.

For creators

Build a home for the whole business

Creators build a professional space, showcase work and products, connect with audiences and communities, offer education and services, and grow their creative business.

For visitors

Discover, learn and buy in one visit

Visitors discover creators and their work, join their communities, take part in workshops and courses, and buy products and services when they choose.

Pavilion is not just a marketplace, a social network or a learning platform. It is infrastructure for the creator’s professional journey.

Product tour

What a creator gets on day one

Concept screens from the Pavilion design. Each one replaces a tool creators currently pay for and manage separately.

Creator Booth screen for Lina Artworks with follower counts, featured artworks, handmade products and upcoming workshops.

Digital Booth

Every creator owns a booth

More than a social profile. Portfolio, gallery, storefront and audience live in one permanent destination that grows with the creator.

One creator. One home.

Publish screen where a creator uploads a video and chooses to distribute it to booth, community, email subscribers and notifications.

Publishing

Publish once, reach everywhere

An artwork, product, article, course, podcast or live event is uploaded once and appears across the booth, portfolio, storefront and learning space.

One upload. Showcase, sell, teach.

Product Community screen with a live audio room of speakers and a member discussion thread.

Community

From followers to members

Each creator has their own community where customers, students, collectors and fans meet through live rooms, workshops and memberships.

Relationships, not reach.

Creator store dashboard showing total revenue of $12,840, revenue by stream, and recent sales of paintings and workshops.

Business

Your business, your revenue

Commerce, education, memberships and premium services sit side by side, with orders, customers and earnings managed from one dashboard.

Many revenue streams. One ecosystem.

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The ecosystem

Ten connected systems, released in versions

Each system shares the creator’s identity, audience and data with the others. That connection is the product: no single feature is the advantage.

01V1

Virtual Exhibition

Exhibition halls, galleries, curated collections and live exhibition events.

02V1

Creator Identity

Profile, booth, portfolio and a verification system that builds trust.

03V1

Commerce

Physical, handmade and digital products, services, bookings and custom orders.

04V1

Community & Messaging

Booth chats, groups, private messages, member-only spaces and moderation.

05V1

Learning

Live workshops, online courses, recorded classes and one-on-one mentorship.

06V1

Business Tools

Creator dashboard, orders, workshops, earnings and analytics.

07V2

Pavilion AI

Listing copy, translation, pricing suggestions, search and business insights.

08V2

Creative Supply Store

Materials, tools and workshop supply lists for creators and their students.

09V3

Auction Marketplace

Live and scheduled auctions for original and limited-edition works.

10Future vision

Beyond the screen

Immersive 3D exhibition spaces, AR, VR and mixed reality, multi-user tours and global digital exhibitions, added on the same modular architecture.

V1 MVP core V2 Next release V3 Later release

Visitors browsing a verified creator's booth in a Pavilion exhibition hall, with banners for verified identity, quality review, trusted community and safe commerce.
Curated by design

A trusted ecosystem, not an open bazaar

Many creators sell through social apps that were never built for commerce, with weak identity checks, payment uncertainty and scam risk. Every Pavilion creator joins through structured onboarding instead.

Verified identity

Real creators, real people.

Quality review

Every creator is reviewed before joining.

Trusted community

A safe space for creators and visitors.

Safe commerce

Secure transactions built into the platform.

$250B+ TAM · global creator economy $20–30B SAM SOM

Market opportunity

A $250B+ market that is still accelerating

Artists, makers, educators and designers are building independent businesses across commerce, education, digital products and services. Each existing platform serves one slice of that work.

TAM
$250B+Global creator economy
SAM
$20–30BCreator commerce and education
SOM
Launch marketsInitial creator communities, then phased regional and global expansion
ArtistsMakers & craftspeopleEducatorsDesignersPhotographersArchitectsMusiciansWriters

Circle areas are drawn to scale for TAM and SAM (SAM at the $25B midpoint). Figures from Pavilion’s market analysis.

Business model

Pavilion earns when creators earn

Revenue comes from the tools and services that help creators grow, not from advertising or selling user data.

Premium memberships

Upgraded booths, visibility and advanced tools for creators.

Marketplace services

Commerce on products, services, commissions and custom orders.

Learning experiences

Workshops, courses and mentorship sold through creator booths.

Business tools

Analytics, management and AI features for growing creators.

Partnerships

Brand, supplier and institutional partners across the ecosystem.

No intrusive ads. Attention is not the product.No data resale. Creators keep their audience.Aligned incentives. When creators grow, Pavilion grows.

Go-to-market

Land with leaders, expand with their audience

Quality before scale. Pavilion launches with a hand-picked group of Founding Creators instead of chasing mass sign-ups.

Founding Creators

Respected creators get priority access and work directly with the founding team to shape the product.

Trusted communities

Each brings an existing audience, reputation and community who follow them onto the platform.

Sustainable growth

Growth through authentic relationships, market by market, rather than paid acquisition.

Stage & plan

A defined vision, ready to build

Pavilion is at the pre-seed stage. The product, model and launch strategy are designed. The next milestone is building and validating the MVP.

  1. Pre-seedWe are here
  2. Team formationNext
  3. MVP development
  4. Launch
  5. Validation
01

Build the core

  • Creator & visitor apps
  • Digital booth & identity
  • Commerce
  • Community & messaging
  • Learning
  • Business tools
02

Launch with Founding Creators

  • Release the MVP
  • Gather real user feedback
  • Measure usage and ecosystem health
03

Learn and validate

  • Refine the core product
  • Validate product–market fit
  • Prepare for scale
AI-first foundationThe architecture is AI-ready from day one, so intelligent features can grow across every system.
Product visionDesigned around the full creator journey
Product structureCreators, visitors, booths, community, commerce, learning, tools
Business modelMulti-stream revenue tied to ecosystem growth
Go-to-marketPhased entry led by Founding Creators
RoadmapFrom MVP through V2, V3 and beyond

No commercial traction yet. We say so plainly: the next step is turning this foundation into a real product and testing it with early creators.

Team

The founding core

Pavilion grew out of years of research and the founder’s two decades working alongside creative communities, tourism and international visitors.

Portrait of Alireza Motiee Rad

Alireza Motiee Rad (Iliya Rad)

Founder & CEO

Leads Pavilion’s vision, product direction, business model and overall strategy.

Portrait of Ali Abdulrasool Al-Halwachi

Ali Abdulrasool Al-Halwachi

Business & Strategic Advisor

Provides strategic and management guidance on business decisions and long-term direction.

Portrait of Ali Hassan Al-Halwachi

Ali Hassan Al-Halwachi

Project & Communications Associate

Supports the founder in international meetings, presentations and project communications.

The product team this round will build

  • Backend Engineer
  • Frontend Engineer
  • Flutter Developer
  • UI/UX Designer
  • AI Engineer
  • QA Engineer · part-time
  • DevOps Engineer · part-time

The opportunity

Help turn the vision into a validated product

Pavilion is seeking its first strategic pre-seed investment, or a venture-builder partner, to complete the MVP, establish the Founding Creator community and prepare for scalable growth.

Pre-seed investment

Capital to hire the core product team and build, launch and validate the MVP. Each later round is tied to a clear, measurable milestone.

  • Product & engineering team
  • User experience & infrastructure
  • Founding Creator launch

Venture builder partnership

Partner brings

  • Engineering team
  • MVP development
  • Product validation
  • Fundraising support
Pavilion brings

  • Vision & product direction
  • Business model
  • Creator strategy
  • Founder leadership
MVP→Validation→Funding→Scale

Talk to the founder

Alireza Motiee Rad, Founder & CEO · Muscat, Sultanate of Oman

Full investor document and pitch deck available on request.

info@iliyatech.com

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