3. INTRODUCTION
‣ Director of Audience Development, General Assembly Europe
‣ Member of #10’s Tech City Advisory Group
‣ Mentor at BBC WorldWideLabs, Ignite100
‣ Recovering Technology Journalist
‣ The Next Web, The Huffington Post, Forbes
‣ @CBM
COURTNEY BOYD MYERS
FOUNDER, AUDIENCE.IO
CO-FOUNDER, 3460 MILES
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4. AGENDA
‣ Facts & Figures
‣ Startups You Need to Know
‣ VCs, Angels, Media
‣ Accelerators, Incubators, Coworking Spaces
‣ Networking events
‣ Need a job?
‣ Keeping up with London
‣ Q & A
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FACTS!
‣ London is the largest technology ecosystem in Europe. But...
Silicon Valley’s ecosystem is currently 3X bigger than New
York City, 4.5X bigger than London + 12.5X bigger than Berlin.
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‣ London is the largest technology ecosystem in Europe. But...
Silicon Valley’s ecosystem is currently 3X bigger than New
York City, 4.5X bigger than London + 12.5X bigger than Berlin.
‣ In 2010, the Internet accounted for more than 8% of UK GDP,
more than any other G20 nation, including the US (at 5.4%) and
China (6.9%).
MORE FACTS!
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‣ London is the largest technology ecosystem in Europe. But...
Silicon Valley’s ecosystem is currently 3X bigger than New
York City, 4.5X bigger than London + 12.5X bigger than Berlin.
‣ In 2010, the Internet accounted for more than 8% of UK GDP,
more than any other G20 nation, including the US (at 5.4%) and
China (6.9%).
‣ There are 2,000 startups & 143 investors on AngelList.co
based in London
EVEN MORE FACTS!
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STARTUP GROWTH IN LONDON
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BIG TECH COMPANIES IN LONDON
Source: Duedil
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11. $2.4B IPO IN 2010
SOLD TO CBS FOR $280 MILLION IN 2007
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LONDON’S BIG EXITS
SOLD TO SABRE FOR $1.1B IN 2005
SOLD TO AMAZON.COM FOR $317 MILLION IN 2011
SOLD TO AOL FOR $850 MILLION IN 2008
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LONDON’S TOP STARTUPS
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LONDON’S TOP FASHION STARTUPS
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LONDON’S RISING FIN TECH SCENE
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U.S. TECH COMPANIES IN LONDON
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VENTURE CAPITAL
‣ Index
Ventures
‣ Accel
Partners
‣ Balderton
Capital
‣ DJF
Espirit
‣ Hoxton
Ventures
‣ Connect
Ventures
‣ Octopus
Ventures
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Scott Sage
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ENTREPRENEUR FUNDS
‣ PROfounders
‣ Atomico
‣ Passion Capital
‣ Notion Capital
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Brent Hoberman Eileen BurbidgeNiklas Zennstrom
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18. THE WHO’S WHO
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Joanna Shields
CEO of Tech City Investment
Organisation
Rohan Silva
Former Senior Policy Adviser for
Technology to the Prime
Minister now EIR at Index
Sherry Coutu
Angel Investor
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19. THE WHO’S WHO
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Eric Van Der Kleij
Ex-CEO of Tech City, now
Advisor to the Canary Wharf
Group
Benjamin Southworth
Former Deputy CEO of
Tech City
Dale Murray
Serial entrepreneur and
angel investor
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20. ‣ Wayra UK
‣ Seedcamp
‣ TechStars (formerly Springboard)
‣ The Bakery
‣ BBC Worldwide Labs
‣ Entrepreneur First
‣ FinTech Innovation Lab
‣ HealthBox
‣ Accelerator UK
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INCUBATORS + ACCELERATORS
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22. ‣ White Bear Yard, Clerkenwell
‣ Google Campus, Shoreditch
‣ The Trampery, Multiple Locations
‣ TechHub, Shoreditch
‣ Innovation Warehouse, Farringdon
‣ The Cube, Shoreditch
‣ The Hub: Kings Cross, Westminster, Islington
‣ Central Working, Shoreditch
‣ Rainmaking Loft, Tower of London
‣ Warner Yard, Clerkenwell
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COWORKING SPACES
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‣ And if you can’t remember...
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23. ‣ Hire My Friend
‣ Built in London
‣ Silicon MilkRoundabout
‣ Escape the City
‣ The Fetch
‣ WorkInStartups.com
‣ 3 Beards
‣ StackOverflow
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NEED A JOB?
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NETWORKING EVENTS
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WHAT NEEDS WORK
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‣ Geographical Disparity
‣ Engineer Wages
‣ Investor Battles
‣ Hiring Time Period
‣ It’s Friday, where is everyone?
‣ Fear of Failure
‣ Scaling from the Start
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SYNC UP WITH LONDON
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‣ General Assembly’s Mailing List
‣ 3460 Miles
‣ The Fetch
‣ 3 Beards
‣ Escape the City
‣ Startup Digest
‣ Tech City News Mailer
‣ The Albion London
‣ Facebook Groups:
London Startups & London Startup Events
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GENERAL ASSEMBLY LOVES LONDON
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