The European Investment Landscape - Presentation at Pitch LDN
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Sia Houchangnia from the Seedcamp investment team was invited to give the opening talk at the Pitch LDN event on the European investment landscape.
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- 1. The European Investment Landscape Sia Houchangnia - June 22nd @SiaHouchangnia
- 2. Seedcamp is a founder’s first round fund. We invest smart capital into pre-seed and seed stage startups, providing up to €200k and a lifelong platform of Learning, Network and Capital to support the most ambitious Founders. “
- 3. The access to capital $420MTotal Funding Raised by companies since 2007 19% 81% of Seedcamp backed companies raise follow-on funding 84% 500 Total investors 120 US investors Some of the top VCs our companies are raising from
- 5. The generational effect 1990s 2000s 2010s 1st generation 3rd generation 2nd generation 4th generation Supernova Silicon Valley Pre 90’s 90’s 00’s 10’s 90’s 00’s nowadays 2nd generation In EU 3rd generation1st generation
- 6. European Unicorns 2016: Survival of the fittest, GP Bullhound, June 2016 More and more European success stories Country UK SWE GER FR ISR FIN RUS ITA NED IRL Cumulative value (in Bn) $39.6 $31.1 $20.8 $7.2 $3.4 $9.3 $8.0 $4.0 $2.3 $1.6 $1.1 $1.1 $1.0 # of unicorns 18 7 6 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 LTM Additions 2 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
- 7. The European tech “Mafias” The State of European Tech, SLUSH & ATOMICO, Nov 2015
- 8. Where is the capital coming from
- 9. Leading global VC firms Large European VC firms Emerging European VC firms A maturing VC scene
- 10. A growing interest from the Americans The State of European Tech, SLUSH & ATOMICO, Nov 2015 (SWE) (GER) (SWE) (GER) (SWE) (GER) (GER) (UK) (SWE) (UK) (SWE) (UK) (UK) VC Selected investment in Europe (UK) (UK)
- 11. Value add angels with exited experience Barry Smith co-founder Skyscanner Christophe Maire founder Atlantic Labs Jonathan Galore co-founder Wealthfront Ed Wray co-founder Betfair Shakil Khan Advisor & Investor Spotify Errol Damelin founder Wonga Jeremy Yap Investor Citymapper Will Neale founder Grabyo Chris Mairs CTO Metaswitch Alex Chesterman founder Zoopla Turi Munthe Founder Demotix Russell Buckley founder AdMob Gil Dibner Investor The Gifts Project Doug Scott founder Potential VC Richard Reed founder Innocent Drinks Gabbi Cahane founder Cahane & Associates Peter Read Advisor Skype Sherry Coutu Investor Zoopla Richard Fearn Investor Lystable Scott Sage Investor Lyst
- 12. Other sources of funding Crowdfunding platforms Venture Debt Corporates & Family Offices Public Capital
- 13. The Takeaways
- 14. Investors are cautious, expectations are raising
- 15. Focus on tangible proof points http://christophjanz.blogspot.com/2016/05/what-does-it-take-to-raise-capital-in.html
- 16. Raise enough to reach your next milestones
- 17. Be resourceful and find your own route The Atomization of Seed Venture Capital Rounds, NextView, June 2016