Both Western and Eastern European start-ups struggle with different problems. Lots of them can be solved by connecting ecosystems and enabling the flow of deals and know-how. Prelection from AmberHub Kick-off Event.
2. How to improve early-stage success rate?
Ship
products
to
market
fasterDecrease
burn-‐rate Cooperate
What
keeps
us
from
doing
this?
3. CEE Founders can’t make it to seed
DE PL
Avg Salary
(EUR) 2183 735
Avg Living
cost
(EUR) 1188 741
Time
to
save
for
12
months 15 ???
Social
Insecurity
Seed
rounds
too early
Bad
Cap
Table
4. CEE’s CapTable blocks success
DE PL
Average
Pre-‐Seed
Investment 100k – 250k
EUR 25k
– 100k
EUR
Avg founders
equity
pre-‐seed 70
– 90% 30 – 60%
Early-‐stage
undervaluation
Founders have
too
little
equity
VCs
won’t
invest
even
in
successful
startups
5. CEE lacks stratgic know-how
Great
Entrepreneurial
Skills
Lack
of
Strategic
Know-‐
How
No Global
Success
6. Yearly
Salary
by
PayScale DE PL
Software
Engineer 47
000
EUR 21
300
EUR
Marketing
Manager 49
000
EUR 26
000
EUR
Business Development
Manager 60
000
EUR 41 000
EUR
Western burnrate is too high at early-stage
High
salaries
Huge
Burnrate
Lots of
capital
lost
when
fail
7. Investors in search for start-ups
Global
Entrepreneurship
Monitor DE PL
Total
Entrepreneurship
Activity 5,3% 9,2%
Established
Business
Ownership 5,2% 7,3%
Perceived
Capabilities 36% 54%
Forbes
global
2000 50 8
Less
Entrepreneurs
Corporate
Approach
Demand
for
early
stage
start-‐ups