1. European Entrepreneurship
Discussion
Stanford – Jan 24, 2011
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2. SoftTech VC
• Investment management company founded in May 2004
– GP of 3 early stage funds: SoftTech VC I (<$1M), SoftTech VC II
($15M), SoftTech VC III ($15M closed, $35M target)
• One of Silicon Valley’s most active Consumer Internet
seed investor, and one of the first “Super Angel” funds
• Involved in funding/supporting 90+ startups since 2004.
To date:
– 17 companies have generated $500M+ in total exit consideration
– 40 companies have raised $400M+ in follow-on financing
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3. A few SoftTech exits
SoftTech VC I SoftTech VC II
Dec 05 Aug 06 Dec 06 May 09 Dec 09 May 10
Acquired by Acquired by Acquired by Acquired by Acquired by Acquired by
Aug 07 Aug 07 Dec 09 July 10 July 10 Sept 10
Acquired by Acquired by Acquired by Acquired by Acquired by Acquired by
July 10 Dec 10
Acquired by Acquired by
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4. Jeff Clavier (aka @jeff)
• CTO of Effix Systems, sold to • Media accolades:
Reuters in 1993 – 2007: “Web 2.0 King Maker”
Business 2.0
• CTO/VP Engineering of Reuters
– 2008: “25 most influential people on
Trading Systems the Web” BusinessWeek
– 2010: “Top 25 Angels in Tech”
• GP at Reuters Greenhouse Fund BusinessWeek
LP ($450M corporate venture – 2009/2010: “Finalist for Best Angel
arm of Reuters) Investor” Crunchies
• Started angel investing in Web • Popular speaker on investing
2.0 startups in 2004 and consumer internet trends
• Portfolio of 90+ companies, with
17 M&As & $400M in follow-on • Advisor to Telefonica
investments • Mentor at YCombinator,
TechStars & SeedCamp
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Rights Reserved SoftTech VC I
Social Media, Commerce & Communities
Gaming “New” Areas
Monetization
Search & Discovery
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B2B/B2C Services
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Social Media, Commerce & Communities
Gaming “New” Areas
Bunndle
Monetization Search & Discovery
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B2B/B2C Services
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7. © SoftTech VC 2011 – All
Rights Reserved SoftTech VC III
Social Media, Real-time Web & Commerce
Gaming “New” Areas
Mobile Applications Search, Local &
& Infrastructure Monetization
(Cloud) Applications &
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Infrastructure Services
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