Panel intro: The European Startup: Opportunities

Mike Butcher Editor, TechCrunch Europe http://eu.techcrunch.com/about [email_address] @mikebutcher Linkedin.com/in/mikebutcher Facebook.com/mikebutcher

European Start-Up Trends
VCs going early stage or ‘growth’
European startups accelerators
Groupon clones
Enterprise startups
Startups focused on culture
Mobile innovation
Launching on big platforms (FB/Tw)

European Start-Up Trends
VCs: Capital concentrated in London
Accelerators not Incubators
Groupon clone fallout
Enterprise: Erply / MarketInvoice
Culture: Artfinder, Garmz, Songkick
Mobile: Apps (Nokia shifts to US)
Platforms: Tweetdeck, Datasift

European Start-Up Accelerators
White Bear Yard
HackFwd
Seedcamp
TechHub

Seedcamp

Seedcamp
Launched 2007, Euro first, increasingly global
VC & angels investors
Network of 500+ mentors
Multiple ‘mini events’ around the globe
Annual Seedcamp Week: 5-10 startups win €50,000 funding for c. 5-10% stake
Further 3 months of intensive mentoring

Seedcamp

HackFwd

HackFwd
Backed by Lars Hinrichs, founder of Xing, and other investors in 2010
Funding goes up to €191,000 per team
Funding designed to last a year
HackFwd takes 27% of a company it invests in, founders keep 70% equity, with 3% going to advisors
Quarterly un-conferences "in cool places”

HackFwd

White Bear Yard

White Bear Yard
Backed by three prominent London-based Angels with a European network
Large physical space for startups
Not a formal programme as such
Closer to incubator?

White Bear Yard

TechHub.com

TechHub
Founded 2010, by Elizabeth Varley (CEO) and Mike Butcher (Strategy)
Backed by Sponsors (Google/Pearson)
Large physical space for startups to co-work/ hotdesk or rent cheap desks
Accelerator programme, education
Services: Introductions to investors
“ Platform” for others to use
£375 ($615) a year to join

TechHub

Others in Europe
Le Camping (France)
SpringBoard (UK)
Launch48 (UK)
Startup Bootcamp (Denmark)
TNW Incubator in Amsterdam
Garage48 (Estonia)
Openfund (Greece)
TetuanValley (Spain)
The Founder Institute (Pan-European)

Mike Butcher Editor, TechCrunch Europe http://eu.techcrunch.com/about [email_address] @mikebutcher Linkedin.com/in/mikebutcher Facebook.com/mikebutcher (I don’t carry business cards)

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