Tech Startup Day - the road to fundinghow neoScores went from 3 guys in a bar to a ‘real’ company and what are lessons learned are

What is neoScoresor… what is Gustaf?

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our road to Series A fundingit seems like a road now

What we thought we had to doBeing naive doesn’t hurt

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OWN25 K CUSTOMERSBANK

25 K

What we didThe load is long and our legs are weary

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OWN25 K

CUSTOMERS

FFF120 K

SUBSIDY185 K

SEED FUNDING120 K

BANK100 KVC

1,9 M

CROWD100 K

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Are we there yet?

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So, still into fundraising?You can leave now if you want.

There is only 1 reason to go for VC-fundingall others… go for

You are a ‘real’ startupby the definition of our next president Omar Mohout

A startup creates and commercializes a proprietary product that rapidly scales to

global proportions without linear dependence on human capital

and you have really no other option to get money on your bank account

So, still into fundraising?You can leave now if you want.

Let’s help.Lessons learned. For what it’s worth. #payitforward

Invest in lines, not dotsMark Suster, VC Upfront Ventures

Tip 1

Some VC’s are human too, make friends with them

Bart Van der Roost, CEO neoScores

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Be prepared!

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Follow your marketEurope is the least you can do

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Get in touch

Look for help

Startups.be, Innovatiecentrum, iMinds, startit@KBC, …

Ask your questions, hunt the VC’s

www.bva.be

www.investeurope.eu

Drop me a line

bart@neoscores.com - @Bart_VdR

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