Emrah Yalaz - String Ventures - Turkey - Stanford Engineering - Feb 24 2014

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Talk by Emrah Yalaz, String Ventures, Istanbul @ Stanford Engineering, Feb 24 2014. Website: http://me421.stanford.edu

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Emrah  Yalaz  Founding  Partner,  String  Ventures    www.stringventures.com      

 Stanford  Engineering  European  Entrepreneurship  and  Innova@on  February  24,  2014  

Turkey’s  Emerging  Startup  &  Venture  Capital  Ecosystem  

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             Emrah  Yalaz    

1998   2009  2005   2007   2014  2012  

adviser  to  Silicon  Valley  startups    

QRM  signed    35  of  top  50  banks  in  US  

QRM  Interna@onal  Expansion  

Early  employee  in  product  

LeS  Chicago  for  SF  to  pursue  tech  startups  

Cofounded  

Teaching  tech  

startups    

2013  

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Turkey  Seems  Ripe  For  a  Tech  Boom    

Source:  The  World  Bank,  IMF,  TK.gov.tr,  comScore  Media  Metrix,  SocialBakers,  GP  Bullhound  LLP,  Semiocast,  Flurry    

World's  15th,  Europe's  6th  economy    

36.5m    Internet  users    5th  in  Europe  

33m  Facebook    10m  TwiXer  users      (top  10  in  World,  top  3  in  Europe)  

67m  mobile  users  38m  on  3G  

185%  YoY  Smartphone  

growth  

Startup  Ecosystem  building  up  rapidly  

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Turkey  Is  Sizeable,  Young  

popula@on=76m,  median  age  =29.3  Source:  TurkStat,  UN  

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Istanbul  Is  The  Center  

City  Center  

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Istanbul  +  Ankara  =  Income  +  Universi@es  

Source:  Time  World  University  Rankings,  UN  

Istanbul  

Ankara  

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20+  Early  Stage  Accelerator/Incubators  

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Seed  Financing  Dominated  by  Aslanoba  

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2012:  <200  Angels  invested  $10m      2013:  Aslanoba  invested  $38m  in  37  startups.  Turkish  Government  introduced    75%  Angel  Investment  tax  write-­‐off,  highest  in  Europe    2014  Expected:    >600  Angels  and  $200M      

Startup  Ecosystem  Building  Up  

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Hummingbird  $300M  fund  based  in  Belgium  $40M  in  Peak  Games  (social  gaming)  with  EarlyBird    

EarlyBird  $800M  fund  based  in  Germany    Peak  Games,  seed  in  Metrekare  (real  estate  classifieds)    

General  Atlan@c  $20B  PE  fund  based  in  NYC  $44m  in  Yemek  Sepe@  (GrubHub  clone)    

Tiger  Global  $2.8B  PE  fund  based  in  NYC.  Mynet  (Yahoo  clone),  $26M  in  Trendyol  (Gilt  clone)  with  KPCB    

RTP  Ventures  $750M  fund  of  RuNet  Holdings  in  Moscow  $3M  Investment  in  Lidyana  (fashion  ecommerce)  

Venture  Capital  Dominated  by  Foreigners    

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Marquee  VCs  and  Corps  Are  Lurking  

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 iLab  both  an  investor  and  incubator,  focuses  primarily  on  classifieds,  price  comparison  and  ecommerce  investments:  Gipgidiyor  (ebay  clone),  Kariyer.net  (online  job  pos@ng)    212VC  largest  early-­‐stage,  local  $30M  VC  fund    investments:  Solvoyo  (supply  chain),  CloudArena  (hotel  management  Saas)      

Turkish  VCs  Play  Catch  Up  

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Problem:    20+  Turkish  Accelerators  +  Seed  Programs  +  Angels  =  liXle  innova@on  +  lots  of  ecommerce  +  copy  cats    

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Why?  

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1.  Not  adop@ng  US  model  to  fit  Turkey’s  ecosystem    YC  model  works  for  YC  

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2.  Missing  out  on  top  talent    VCs  fail  to  differen@ate  great  technical  talent  from  good  

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3.  Investors  without  innova@on  background    VCs  lack  product  and  growth  marke@ng  skills,  few  experiened  10x  tech  solu@on  

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4.  Limited  connec@on  to  Silicon  Valley    LiXle  experience  about  what  Silicon  Valley  demands  and  how  it  operates  

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Solu@on  ≠  Accelerator  

Accelerator  =    Shallow  talent  pool  →  Compe@@on-­‐like  applica@on    →  Batch  Process  →  Graduated  Rapidly    →  Investment  Frenzy  at  Demo  Day  Disserves  Investors  and  Technical  Founders  

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Solu@on  ≠  Incubator  

Incubator  =  Shallow  talent  pool  →  Compe@@on-­‐like  applica@on    →  Batch  Process  →  Provide  Office  Space    →  Keep  Around  with  government  subsidies  Yields  Zombie  Startups  

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Solu@on  =  New  VC  Model  1.  Win  the  talent  war  early:  scout  and  recruit  top  technical  and  design  talent,  especially  at  universi@es  

 

2.  Inject  product  know-­‐how  early  and  retain  talent  to  build  products  aiming  at  global  or  regional  leadership    

3.  Place  growing  products  in  Silicon  Valley  to  overcome  the  shallow  ecosystem  (e.g.  YC  prep-­‐school)  

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Sample  Porxolio  Companies    

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 imcom  revolu@onary    

furniture  buying  experience  using  depth  sensors  and  projec@on  mapping  www.imcom.com.tr    

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 Surfio    

fully  interac@ve    gesture/touch-­‐controlled  

large  surfaces    www.surfio.com    

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hXp://bit.ly/1hIY8Y9    

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SigmaRD    Advanced    

Computer  Vision  and  Natural  User  Interfaces  tools  www.sigmard.com    

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hXp://bit.ly/1eo8aWC    

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Emrah  Yalaz  emrahyalaz@stringventures.com  www.stringventures.com    Stanford  Engineering  European  Entrepreneurship  and  Innova@on  February  24,  2014