Post on 12-Jan-2015
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Capacity Building for Europe’s Next Generation Technology Entrepreneurs
What is Seedcamp?
• What Seedcamp is:– A micro-seed investor (€50K investment)– A year-long program designed to help
companies– A network of the best mentors and investors
globally
• What Seedcamp is not:– Just another business plan competition– An open event – it is by invitation-only– A conference – the content is designed
specifically to benefit the companies
What do Seedcamp Companies get?
(other than money…)• Monthly events & speakers that focus around topics such as
sales, financing, product development, and human resources.• Our USA trip where we travel across the USA to meet
Investors and amazing companies. • Our Learning Forum, Seedcamp Week, where companies
undergo a week long mentoring bootcamp by the investment community in London
• A ‘Demo Day’ where our companies can present the progress they’ve made on their product.
• An ‘Investor Day’ where we bring together our top investors to see how our companies are doing and to have a chance to speak with them 1:1.
• A 'Founders pack’ of free or reduced rate services for our companies.
• Lastly, the personal time that the Seedcamp team commits to the winning teams, particularly the three months following our investment and the mentoring provided by our mentors
Jan-JunMini
Seedcamps
LUNCHES, DINNERS WITH
MENTORS
DEMOINVESTOR,
BROAD INVESTOR DAYS
TRIP TO VALLEY AND
CONFERENCES
MENTORS600+
TOTALLY OPEN APPLICATIONS
PROCESS APPLICATIONS1500
+
SHORTLISTED MINI SEEDCAMP
TEAMS
ISRAEL, PARIS, LONDON, WARSAW, BERLIN, SWEDEN,
SOUTH AFRICASTARTUPS / P140+
LOCAL ADVISORS350
Jul-AugMini
Seedcamps
SeptSeedcamp
Week
Oct-DecMini
Seedcamps
Seedcamp’s Process in Detail
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Calendar 2011
• London - 25 January, Investment Interviews 27 January• Tel Aviv - 16 February• Berlin - Mid April• Nordics - Early May• New York City - Mid June + Investment Interviews• Southern Europe/Africa - Mid July• Asia - Early August• Seedcamp Week - Mid September + Investment Interviews• Central / Eastern Europe - End of October• Paris - Early November• Balkans - Early December
Our Investors
Investors include• Atlas Venture• Anthemis• Atomico• Balderton Capital• Doughty Hanson• Eden Ventures • Index Ventures• Nauiokas Park • NESTA• Northzone Ventures• Venrex• Angel investors
Partners• Google• Microsoft• IBM• Yahoo• Oracle/Sun• Cisco• Facebook• FT• Techcrunch
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• 360 Capital • DN Capital • NESTA, • Notion Capital • Orrick• TAG, • Lars Hinrichs• Ahti Heinla
WHY SEEDCAMP?
Europe Needs Seedcamp
Severe gap in micro seed funding not filled by any equity asset class
Need to form a cohesive network of entrepreneurs and experts across Europe
As capital required to start up drops, we need venture accelerators that are also capital efficient in how they fund startups
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Seedcamp’s History
Seedcamp Fund I• Improving, stimulating,
and educating the EMEA entrepreneurial ecosystem
• Establishing a pan-European network of entrepreneurs, mentors, and professional services
• Providing funding in volume at small scale at the riskiest stage
Seedcamp Fund II• Continuing on the Success
of Fund I
• Investing in more companies upfront
• Investing throughout the year
• Following the winners to return greater value to shareholders and help funding in this crucial stage
Our Eastern and South Eastern European Investments
• Around a third of all of our companies are from eastern Europe: Brainient, Codility, ERPLY, Grabcad, Ubervu, Zemanta, GIS Cloud, Ubervu, and Profitero have their roots in Eastern and Central Europe. ----- We are proud to see them launching internationally, growing strong, and attracting top international investors.
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Our Companies by Geography
• Applications from Scandinavia, Israel and the Balkans are increasing at a high pace
• The CEE countries are steadily increasing their applications (Poland, Estonia, Ukraine Croatia, Slovenia, etc.)
• Top 9 countries - UK, France, Germany, Israel, Sweden, Poland, Ukraine, Spain, Italy
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Our Most Recent Companies
Our Companies
Kyko
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Seedsummit is our new initiative
Launched in late Dec
100+ Investors
Fast Track Financing for companies
Highlighting European Investors
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