1. A N D R E A S T S C H A S
C E O & C O - F O U N D E R P I O N E E R S
@ P I O N E E R S @ A N D R E A S T S C H A S
BUILDING A STARTUP ECOSYSTEM
IN EUROPE AND AROUND THE GLOBE
EUROPEAN ENT REPRENEURSHIP & INNOVATION,
STANFORD ENGINEERING
FEB 21ST 2016

2. VIENNA – THE MOST LIVABLE CITY IN THE WORLD

3. Funding
Talent
Corporate Environment
is preferred
Too few big funds No Community
Support
Market
Fragmented Markets
Government
Understanding is missing No entrepreneurial
aspiration
Education
Universities
Theoretical teaching No fail culture
Culture
THE CEE STARTUP ECOSYSTEM IN 2009

4. VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS

5. THE WORLD IS FACING MANY CHALLENGES
Global Warming, Poverty, Diseases, Youth Unemployment, Public Depts,
Lack of Vision and Perspectives

6. …but we are more
empowered
than ever
before
GRAND CHALLENGES

7. 5 B I L L I O N + I N 2 0 2 0

8. The supercomputer in our
pocket

9. E m p o w e r i n g I n n o v a t i o n

10. PRINTING HOUSES

11. R e a c h i n g m i l l i o n s i n s e c o n d s

12. 1 I N D I V I D U A L
C A N C H A N G E T H E I N D U S T R Y

13. THIS PERSON IS
CHANGING THREE
INDUSTRIES

14. MAKE PEOPLE PIONEER

15. EVOLUTION OF PIONEERS
2009
40 people at our first event

16. EVOLUTION OF PIONEERS
2009
40 people at our first event
2015
A crucial point in the global startup
ecosystem

17. IDEAS THAT CHANGE THE WORLD
FOR THE BETTER
Our motivation and the fuel that drives Pioneers.

18. Unlimited Tomorrow

19. AEROMOBIL

20. SPOTTING THE STARTUP HOTSPOTS 2015

21. Brilliant start-ups, big thinkers, and a finely tuned program make
Pioneers the ideas festival to beat today. If you want to understand
the future, this is stop number one.
Pioneers Challenge Partners

22. THE 500 YEAR OLD IMPERIAL PALACE
-HOME OF EMPEROR FRANZ JOSEF I (1830-1916)

23. A world where tech
innovators have the
NETWORK TO SUCCEED.
Hermann Hauser
2500
Invite only participants
98
Countries (2015)
1000
Early-Stage
Entrepreneurs
Community & Partners
400
Growth-Stage
Entrepreneurs
150
200
Juried Media
100
Governmentals
Investors
300
Executives
350

24. Probably the highest density of game
changers in tech per m².
Adam Cheyer
Co-founder
SIRI
Hilton Romanski
Chief Strategy Officer
CISCO
Daniel Kraft
Chair of Medicine & Exponential Medicine
SINGULARITY UNIVERSITY
Bobak Ferdowsi
Systems Engineer
NASA
Easton LaChappelle
Co-founder
UNLIMITED TOMORROW
Esther Dyson
Investor
EDVENTURE HOLDINGS
The inspiring
DOERS & GAME CHANGERS.
150,000 LIVE STREAM online viewers
100+ Hours of hand-crafted content
Speakers70
5 Stages
Match-making Application at venue
Exclusive networking spaces
Hand-picked entrepreneurs and experts
Inspire. Empower. Connect.
Dirk Ahlborn
CEO
HYPERLOOP
Manoj Bhargava
Founder & CEO
Living Essentials®
Tim Draper
Founder
DFJ

25. Pioneers Festival
STARTUP HEROES & EXPERTS.
Financial Services
Business & Productivity
Materials & Manufacturing
Energy & Utilities
Lifestyle & Entertainment
Mobility & Transportation
Life Sciences & Agriculture
Something we need
more of in Europe.

26. The Pioneers500 is an annual selection of the 500 most promising early-
stage tech start-ups identified in cooperation with the global tech
community and selected key players. Once approved, Pioneers will
cover the costs of 2 Pioneers Festival passes for each of the
Pioneers500.
That’s how much we believe in our start-ups.
THE 500 MOST PROMISING
EARLY-STAGE START-UPS.
Start-ups look to Vienna
as next big thing.

27. THE PIONEERS 500 PARTNERS

28. FINDING
THE NEXT BIG THING.
Meet the Pioneers500 start-ups and witness the winners of
the seven ecosystems (Top7) present at the Arena stage of
Pioneers Festival for the award "Pioneer of the Year".
Start-ups that matter, inspiring minds, great fun.
An epic event!
--
Michael Seibel
PIONEERS500
TOP70
TOP7
Start-ups applying from 7 ecosystems

29. PIONEERS DISCOVER
Connecting
Corporations and
Start-ups
OUR PRODUCTS TO MAKE START-UPS SUCCEED
PIONEERS EVENTS
The Marketplace for
Corporations
Investors
Start-ups
PIONEERS VENTURES
$10 Million Fund
For early stage Start-ups

30. STAKEHOLDER TRACTION
Weekly average deal-flow
x5 in last 14 months
Adding +200 Start-ups/ week
on average and growing
Deal-flow is becoming more
International
50% EUROPE
26% ASIA
10% NORTH AMERICA
START-UPS
+45 client projects since Q4 2013
Clients include
CISCO | WORLD BANK | KONICA
RED BULL | MICROSOFT | POST
KUKA | VODAFONE | PWC | CMS
NIKKEI | NOMURA | T-MOBILE | WIRECARD
BBVA | BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM
OR MANY OTHER …
CORPORATIONS
+1200 Investors in database
+50 quality Deal-flow partnerships
Investments triggered by Pioneers
(among others)
BELLABEAT
MYSUGR
RAINBIRD
SHPOCK (exit $200M)
RUNTASTIC (exit $220M
MAMMOTH DB
INVESTORS

31. BUSINESS MODEL
EVENTS DISCOVER VENTURES
CORPORATIONS
START-UPS
INVESTORS
EVENT
BUSINESS
Ticketing
Sponsoring
CORPORATIONS
CONSULTING
BUSINESS
Service
START-UPS
VENTURE CAPITAL
BUSINESS
Exit
IPO

32. Funding
Talent
Good Tech Talent
More funds Active Community
Support
Market
Founders Think
international
Government
Understanding is missing No entrepreneurial
aspiration
Education
Universities
Theoretical teaching Knowledge is growing
Culture
THE CEE STARTUP ECOSYSTEM IN 2016

33. COMING TO TOKYO ON MARCH 23rd 2016
Nikkei Inc., one of the world‘s largest business news publishing houses, and the team of Pioneers
Festival, Europe‘s leading conference on entrepreneurship, science, and future technologies
teamed up to provide new impulses for the startup ecosystem of Japan & Asia.

35. P I O N E E R I N G I S A N
A T T I T U D E O F L I F E
ANDREAS TSCHAS
ANDR EAS @PI ON EER S.IO
@ P IONEE RS
@ A NDREA S TSC HA S