Saul Klein at The Next Web Conference

Slide 1: Why Europe needs to seed the growth of its new stars? Saul Klein Index Ventures

Slide 2: Should we really envy two small areas?

Slide 3: Ruled over by 2 geeks and a whiteboard….

Slide 4: $295bn

Slide 5: Or 2 geeks with an old skool monitor….

Slide 6: $38bn

Slide 7: Or 1 geek and a spray-painted sign…

Slide 8: $28bn

Slide 9: Or 1 geek, an MBA and a consultant…

Slide 10: $36bn

Slide 11: Or 2 geeks, too much paper, a strange clock

Slide 12: $156bn

Slide 13: $553bn of wealth creation, ignoring…

Slide 14: And forgetting….

Slide 17: The ecosystem is primed for success… + +

Slide 18: Constantly commercializing what’s next….

Slide 19: So what about Europe?

Slide 20: We’ve always had creative prodigies….

Slide 21: We still create global entertainment…

Slide 22: Brands that define global luxury….

Slide 23: Brands that disrupt markets globally….

Slide 24: We’ve given birth to powerful technologies…

Slide 25: We have amazing young R&D talent…

Slide 26: We have 7/10 top locations for young coders

Slide 27: Experienced and willing venture capital...

Slide 28: Entrepreneurs mentoring and seed investing... • Oliver Jung • Saul & Robin Klein • Samwers • Klaus Hommels • Niklas Zennstrom & Janus Friis • Martin Varsavsky • Stefan Glaenzer • Michael Kleindel • Brent Hoberman • Hugo Burge and David Soskin

Slide 29: We’ve started to have some great exits… $4.1bn $1.1bn $366m $900m $575m $265m $280m

Slide 30: $4.2bn

Slide 31: $1.7bn

Slide 32: We have a pipeline of web leaders….

Slide 33: Online advertising is very advanced…

Slide 34: EU has 11 of Top 15 broadband markets

Slide 35: Mobile phones are everywhere….

Slide 36: is now in 50 cities….

Slide 37: So go out there, think big, take some risks…

Slide 38: It’s ok to fail…learn from your mistakes

Slide 39: Pick yourself up and try again…

Slide 40: Let’s build Europe’s first $10bn web business….

Slide 41: saul@klein.name http://localglo.be http://www.opencoffeeclub.org

Slide 42: $3.9bn

Slide 43: $3.1bn