Machine Learning is the new buzz word and AI is the slang word these days. What does happen in this exiting field in Europe? Is AI common ground for all businesses or the exclusive territory for a few? Who has managed to validate a business model for autonomous vehicles or chatbots? What does data-driven or API-first business models look like?
HealthTech is at the forefront of startups and scaleups, in the United States as well as in Europe. There is no single European healthcare system or market. Instead, high complexity and cultural diversity of healthcare systems makes it challenging to jump into multiple markets and thus to scaleup new companies. But if you take a close look, you’ll quickly notice that there is interesting stuff happening in Europe
With this report we want to provide a comprehensive review of investment in startups and high-growth HealthTech technology companies across 31 countries in Europe. Our aim is to provide data-driven guidance, insights, perspective and inspiration to stakeholders in the European scaleup ecosystem.
European scaleups had another great year with a significant jump in funding in 2018 compared to 2017.
Wondering what countries and cities are performing well? What verticals are booming? What technology and business models have traction? How many female founders raised funding?
So there you go, 133 (!) pages packed with detailed information on the state of the European scaleup ecosystem:
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Enjoy the reading and kindly share the report in your (social) network!
While Europe might be a single market, it’s definitely not a single tech scene. That fact makes it difficult to feel the pulse of the European tech. But if you take a close look, you’ll quickly notice that there is interesting stuff happening in Europe
With this report we want to provide a comprehensive review of investment in startups and high-growth technology companies across 31 countries in Europe. Our aim is to provide data-driven guidance, insights and inspiration to stakeholders in the European scaleup ecosystem.
Belgian startup scene is booming
Belgium is not just the country of waffles, chocolates, beer and smurfs. It has a thriving startup scene too.
Brussels, both the capital of Belgium and Europe, is hosting the lion share of Belgian startups: a whopping 33% of all startups are based there.
Startups in Belgium are mainly B2B oriented (72%), it’s the opposite of Silicon Valley where B2C startups dominate with a ratio of 2:1. There is a reason for it: location. If you would take a radius of 500 km around Brussels, you will find the highest diversity in industrial capabilities and know how in the world. It also explains why manufacturing focused startups are the second biggest vertical in the industry ranking.
1/3 of the Belgian startups are in a scaling stage, but with only € 100M of VC investment last year, there is still a long way to go. Despite the finance gap, the startup ecosystem is accelerating as of 2010. More startups are created in the last 4 years than in the previous 40 years.
10% of Belgian startups have a foreign branch, given that it’s a small multilingual market, this is not a surprise. The popular destination is the USA, with 31% of all foreign branches, followed by the neighboring countries France, Netherlands, UK and Luxembourg. Surprisingly, neighboring manufacturing powerhouse Germany didn’t make it to the top 5.
Lastly, 9% of startups started their life as an university spin-off. Given the enormous amount of public money that is invested in (technology) research this is a rather low output. Once again it confirms the European paradox: great science but the translation of knowledge into marketable innovations is poor.
Israel has the well deserved name of startup nation. The question however is can it also become a scaleup powerhouse. The purpose of this report is exactly that subject: taking the pulse of the Israeli scaleup ecosystem.
With this report we want to provide a comprehensive review of investment in scaleups and high-growth technology companies in Israel. Our aim is to provide data-driven guidance, insights and inspiration to stakeholders in the Israeli scaleup ecosystem.
This report covers venture capital funding in Europe and Israel (including Russia and Turkey). Founded in 2013 in Amsterdam, Dealroom has become Europe’s leading venture capital database, tracking over 500,000 high-growth companies and 10,000 investors in Europe and beyond. Dealroom provides a 360° view by combining research with big data and machine learning, plus contributions from over 10,000 local market experts.
HealthTech is at the forefront of startups and scaleups, in the United States as well as in Europe. There is no single European healthcare system or market. Instead, high complexity and cultural diversity of healthcare systems makes it challenging to jump into multiple markets and thus to scaleup new companies. But if you take a close look, you’ll quickly notice that there is interesting stuff happening in Europe
With this report we want to provide a comprehensive review of investment in startups and high-growth HealthTech technology companies across 31 countries in Europe. Our aim is to provide data-driven guidance, insights, perspective and inspiration to stakeholders in the European scaleup ecosystem.
European scaleups had another great year with a significant jump in funding in 2018 compared to 2017.
Wondering what countries and cities are performing well? What verticals are booming? What technology and business models have traction? How many female founders raised funding?
So there you go, 133 (!) pages packed with detailed information on the state of the European scaleup ecosystem:
If you prefer a higher resolution PDF version or need more details on a specific country or vertical , just contact me
Enjoy the reading and kindly share the report in your (social) network!
While Europe might be a single market, it’s definitely not a single tech scene. That fact makes it difficult to feel the pulse of the European tech. But if you take a close look, you’ll quickly notice that there is interesting stuff happening in Europe
With this report we want to provide a comprehensive review of investment in startups and high-growth technology companies across 31 countries in Europe. Our aim is to provide data-driven guidance, insights and inspiration to stakeholders in the European scaleup ecosystem.
Belgian startup scene is booming
Belgium is not just the country of waffles, chocolates, beer and smurfs. It has a thriving startup scene too.
Brussels, both the capital of Belgium and Europe, is hosting the lion share of Belgian startups: a whopping 33% of all startups are based there.
Startups in Belgium are mainly B2B oriented (72%), it’s the opposite of Silicon Valley where B2C startups dominate with a ratio of 2:1. There is a reason for it: location. If you would take a radius of 500 km around Brussels, you will find the highest diversity in industrial capabilities and know how in the world. It also explains why manufacturing focused startups are the second biggest vertical in the industry ranking.
1/3 of the Belgian startups are in a scaling stage, but with only € 100M of VC investment last year, there is still a long way to go. Despite the finance gap, the startup ecosystem is accelerating as of 2010. More startups are created in the last 4 years than in the previous 40 years.
10% of Belgian startups have a foreign branch, given that it’s a small multilingual market, this is not a surprise. The popular destination is the USA, with 31% of all foreign branches, followed by the neighboring countries France, Netherlands, UK and Luxembourg. Surprisingly, neighboring manufacturing powerhouse Germany didn’t make it to the top 5.
Lastly, 9% of startups started their life as an university spin-off. Given the enormous amount of public money that is invested in (technology) research this is a rather low output. Once again it confirms the European paradox: great science but the translation of knowledge into marketable innovations is poor.
Israel has the well deserved name of startup nation. The question however is can it also become a scaleup powerhouse. The purpose of this report is exactly that subject: taking the pulse of the Israeli scaleup ecosystem.
With this report we want to provide a comprehensive review of investment in scaleups and high-growth technology companies in Israel. Our aim is to provide data-driven guidance, insights and inspiration to stakeholders in the Israeli scaleup ecosystem.
This report covers venture capital funding in Europe and Israel (including Russia and Turkey). Founded in 2013 in Amsterdam, Dealroom has become Europe’s leading venture capital database, tracking over 500,000 high-growth companies and 10,000 investors in Europe and beyond. Dealroom provides a 360° view by combining research with big data and machine learning, plus contributions from over 10,000 local market experts.
The defining asset of every leading technology company is talent. At Balderton, our job is to provide capital to support European technology companies to attract and retain world leading talent and get the best out of them. As a result, we’re fortunate to have learnt a lot about what it takes to identify, attract and retain people from the teams we work with.
In this report, we’ve set out to identify where people working in European technology companies come from, what experience they have, and what they expect in their roles. We did this by profiling almost 15,000 employees in over 1,000 venture-backed companies in Europe, and by working closely with a select group of recently backed start-ups.
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The largest Insurtech company in the world isn’t in San Fransisco or Silicon Valley — but in Shanghai. As a matter of fact, Zhongan has more customers than any other insurance company in the world. Zhongan was founded in 2013 and 4 years later, went public.
The average company in our cohort has a market cap of $6.5b, founded 9 years ago, and is growing at 65% YoY. What makes these companies so successful?
It may surprise you to learn:
FinTechs are some of the fastest growing listed companies, as PurpleBricks grows @ 150% YoY, ZhongAn @ 84%, Quidan @ 70%, and RedFin @ 43% YoY.
Zhongan — arguably the worlds most successful InsurTech business, has an average gross written premium of $1.97
Chinese entrepreneurs are building $10b FinTech businesses in the span of 4–5 years. ZhongAn (insurance) began trading in in 2014 and Quidan (short term lending) in 2015.
Square generated $452m in revenues in their last quarter, as they grow 21% YoY. Its market cap is now $20b.
Subprime lending is out of favour as shares of Quidian drop 40% since the IPO. Elevate completed its IPO at 50% of its expected valuation range.
Valuations for lending companies vary greatly as LendingClub trades at 2.3x their quarterly revenue run rate, Qudian @ 3.8x, Elevate @ .4x, and Credible @ 16x (pro-forma at IPO).
Find this, and much more in our 47-page slide deck.
White Star Capital - Canadian Venture Capital Landscape 2018Sanjay Zimmermann
In this second edition of our report, we aim to reiterate our enthusiasm for the Canadian Tech and Venture Capital ecosystem as well as touch upon a few additional topics.
In addition to sharing our excitement about Canada and expressing our belief that the ecosystem is stronger than ever, we look at a few new topics. We examine a few subsectors, larger round dynamics, VCCI and regional programs. We are also pleased to further explore one of Canada's key strengths: it's diversity and talent. Finally, we end with an updated deep dive on VC's and other investors making up the space.
An overview of the European venture and growth financing market in 2016 based on Go4Venture’s Headline Transactions Index (HTI) http://go4venture.com/go4venture-2016-year-end-review/
White Star Capital Germany Venture Capital Landscape 2020JeandeLencquesaing
We are pleased to publish the second edition of our German Venture Capital report and hope you will enjoy reading it. 2019 was a year where Germany has really played to its strengths and cemented its position as one of the European leaders in tech venture capital, and we are more excited than ever about the development of this ecosystem.
Our report unpacks the current progress and outlook for the German ecosystem using our ecosystem model to highlight Germany’s unique positioning in an increasingly global playing field for startups.
So what did we find?
- Germany had a record year in VC reaching $5.7bn in funding with 49% yoy growth, the second best funded country in Europe
- Germany leverages its global industrial leadership to retain its place as the top destination for European mobility VC investment in 2019, reaching $1.3bn in funding, representing 26% of total funding. Its corporate strengths also drive investments in fintech and B2B software, representing 23% and 20% of total funding, respectively.
- Corporate Venture Capital plays a key role and participates in 58% of the total funding, the highest level worldwide. Next47 (Siemens), IFB Hamburg, Bosch are some of the most active German CVCs. As LPs (investors in VCs), corporates represent 28% of total German VC funds raised, the highest level in Europe, further boosting the local ecosystem
In addition to sharing our excitement about Germany and expressing our belief that the ecosystem is stronger than ever we look at robust business networks, the continued government support via entities such as KfW and the vibrant founder community.
White Star Capital has made landmark investments in Germany and seen many of the findings play out with our portfolio companies. Tier has raised Series B in 2019 led by international investors such as Mubadala, Goodwater and ourselves, while Clark has benefited from a large domestic market for insurance.
White Star Capital - German Venture Capital Landscape 2018Sanjay Zimmermann
In this report, we aim to share our enthusiasm on the German tech and Venture Capital ecosystem from the perspective of an international VC fund.
We aim to share our excitement about Germany and express our belief that the ecosystem is gaining momentum. We also look at a few particularities that make the German market unique such as its decentralization, the impact of Rocket Internet on talent, differences in deal terms and media for equity. Finally, we end with a deep dive on VC’s and other investors making up the ecosystem.
At White Star Capital, we made our first major investment in Germany by co-leading Clark’s Series B round earlier this year. We are proud of the progress of the company so far and are looking forward backing many more.
We hope you enjoy reading this report!
An overview of the European venture and growth financing market in Q1 2017 based on Go4Venture’s Headline Transactions Index (HTI) http://go4venture.com/q1-2017/
Dealroom - Q3 2018 investment update for Europe & IsraelElad Ratson
Dealroom.co provides an investment update for Europe & Israel, including major investments, exits, industry trends, country comparisons and much more. In the third quarter of 2018, €6.1 billion was invested, including four rounds valued $1 billion or more.
The defining asset of every leading technology company is talent. At Balderton, our job is to provide capital to support European technology companies to attract and retain world leading talent and get the best out of them. As a result, we’re fortunate to have learnt a lot about what it takes to identify, attract and retain people from the teams we work with.
In this report, we’ve set out to identify where people working in European technology companies come from, what experience they have, and what they expect in their roles. We did this by profiling almost 15,000 employees in over 1,000 venture-backed companies in Europe, and by working closely with a select group of recently backed start-ups.
To join the mailing list or receive a PDF copy, comment “send me the PDF” (and leave your email) or “join the mailing list”.
The largest Insurtech company in the world isn’t in San Fransisco or Silicon Valley — but in Shanghai. As a matter of fact, Zhongan has more customers than any other insurance company in the world. Zhongan was founded in 2013 and 4 years later, went public.
The average company in our cohort has a market cap of $6.5b, founded 9 years ago, and is growing at 65% YoY. What makes these companies so successful?
It may surprise you to learn:
FinTechs are some of the fastest growing listed companies, as PurpleBricks grows @ 150% YoY, ZhongAn @ 84%, Quidan @ 70%, and RedFin @ 43% YoY.
Zhongan — arguably the worlds most successful InsurTech business, has an average gross written premium of $1.97
Chinese entrepreneurs are building $10b FinTech businesses in the span of 4–5 years. ZhongAn (insurance) began trading in in 2014 and Quidan (short term lending) in 2015.
Square generated $452m in revenues in their last quarter, as they grow 21% YoY. Its market cap is now $20b.
Subprime lending is out of favour as shares of Quidian drop 40% since the IPO. Elevate completed its IPO at 50% of its expected valuation range.
Valuations for lending companies vary greatly as LendingClub trades at 2.3x their quarterly revenue run rate, Qudian @ 3.8x, Elevate @ .4x, and Credible @ 16x (pro-forma at IPO).
Find this, and much more in our 47-page slide deck.
White Star Capital - Canadian Venture Capital Landscape 2018Sanjay Zimmermann
In this second edition of our report, we aim to reiterate our enthusiasm for the Canadian Tech and Venture Capital ecosystem as well as touch upon a few additional topics.
In addition to sharing our excitement about Canada and expressing our belief that the ecosystem is stronger than ever, we look at a few new topics. We examine a few subsectors, larger round dynamics, VCCI and regional programs. We are also pleased to further explore one of Canada's key strengths: it's diversity and talent. Finally, we end with an updated deep dive on VC's and other investors making up the space.
An overview of the European venture and growth financing market in 2016 based on Go4Venture’s Headline Transactions Index (HTI) http://go4venture.com/go4venture-2016-year-end-review/
White Star Capital Germany Venture Capital Landscape 2020JeandeLencquesaing
We are pleased to publish the second edition of our German Venture Capital report and hope you will enjoy reading it. 2019 was a year where Germany has really played to its strengths and cemented its position as one of the European leaders in tech venture capital, and we are more excited than ever about the development of this ecosystem.
Our report unpacks the current progress and outlook for the German ecosystem using our ecosystem model to highlight Germany’s unique positioning in an increasingly global playing field for startups.
So what did we find?
- Germany had a record year in VC reaching $5.7bn in funding with 49% yoy growth, the second best funded country in Europe
- Germany leverages its global industrial leadership to retain its place as the top destination for European mobility VC investment in 2019, reaching $1.3bn in funding, representing 26% of total funding. Its corporate strengths also drive investments in fintech and B2B software, representing 23% and 20% of total funding, respectively.
- Corporate Venture Capital plays a key role and participates in 58% of the total funding, the highest level worldwide. Next47 (Siemens), IFB Hamburg, Bosch are some of the most active German CVCs. As LPs (investors in VCs), corporates represent 28% of total German VC funds raised, the highest level in Europe, further boosting the local ecosystem
In addition to sharing our excitement about Germany and expressing our belief that the ecosystem is stronger than ever we look at robust business networks, the continued government support via entities such as KfW and the vibrant founder community.
White Star Capital has made landmark investments in Germany and seen many of the findings play out with our portfolio companies. Tier has raised Series B in 2019 led by international investors such as Mubadala, Goodwater and ourselves, while Clark has benefited from a large domestic market for insurance.
White Star Capital - German Venture Capital Landscape 2018Sanjay Zimmermann
In this report, we aim to share our enthusiasm on the German tech and Venture Capital ecosystem from the perspective of an international VC fund.
We aim to share our excitement about Germany and express our belief that the ecosystem is gaining momentum. We also look at a few particularities that make the German market unique such as its decentralization, the impact of Rocket Internet on talent, differences in deal terms and media for equity. Finally, we end with a deep dive on VC’s and other investors making up the ecosystem.
At White Star Capital, we made our first major investment in Germany by co-leading Clark’s Series B round earlier this year. We are proud of the progress of the company so far and are looking forward backing many more.
We hope you enjoy reading this report!
An overview of the European venture and growth financing market in Q1 2017 based on Go4Venture’s Headline Transactions Index (HTI) http://go4venture.com/q1-2017/
Dealroom - Q3 2018 investment update for Europe & IsraelElad Ratson
Dealroom.co provides an investment update for Europe & Israel, including major investments, exits, industry trends, country comparisons and much more. In the third quarter of 2018, €6.1 billion was invested, including four rounds valued $1 billion or more.
Digital Services - Presentation by Friedrich Schwandt, Founder & CEO of Statista at the NOAH 2015 Conference in London, Old Billingsgate on the 12th of November 2015.
Big Data & Analytics - Presentation by Yaniv Leven, Co-Founder & CEO of Panoply.io at the NOAH Conference Tel Aviv 2018, Haoman 17 on the 13th of March 2018.
Spanish Digital Startup Ecosystem Overview 2015Aleix Valls
Spain is known for many things all around the world, but digital or technology have not been one of such things for many decades. However, things are slowly but steadily changing for both regions.
Barcelona has been described by many as and up-and-coming technology hub in Europe, thanks to a healthy combination of high class educational institutions, government support, ability to attract foreign talent and various waves of entrepreneurs and companies that have planted the seeds for generations to come.
Given the young nature of Spain and Barcelona’s technology scenes, an analysis of their evolution has yet to be produced. 2015 was a record year for the country, and this report will analyse the bigger trends that have defined this record period of time and the areas that could and should still improve over the next few years in order for Spain and Catalonia to become worldwide known for their technology advancements.
Developing a digital portfolio through acquisitions and entrepreneurial ventu...CatchTalk.TV
Full video here: http://www.catchtalk.tv/events/digitalmediastrategies?video=developing-a-digital-portfolio-through-acquisitions-and-entrepreneurial-ventures-ulrich-schmitz-cto-axel-springer
Picking investments which compliment and boost your core business. Discovering effective new business models in third party ventures. Fostering innovation and entrepreneurship within the business. When to integrate, when to keep seperate and when to sell on.
Ben Hancock (CNN) Programmatic Advertising in Europe - ProgrammatiCon 2018e-dialog GmbH
Insights from the latest IAB Europe Attitudes to Programmatic Advertising and European Programmatic Market Sizing reports, the industry benchmarks on the development of programmatic in Europe will be shared to reveal the latest buy-side and sell-side drivers, barriers and strategies and the size and growth of the market.
Marketing Tech - Company Presentation by Michael Altendorf, Co-Founder & CEO of Adtelligence at the Axel Springer NOAH Conference 2018 in Berlin, Tempodrom 6-7 June 2018.
Digital ad spend in Europe increased by 11.9% in 2013 to surpass the €27bn mark, with the UK extending its lead as the most developed market in the region, although growth in Western Europe’s second-largest market (Germany), was relatively flat, according to figures released by the IAB.
Software development is part of the DNA of Ingenia. In more than 20 years of existence, we have evolved with the technologies available, offering our clients applications, developments and products to satisfy their needs.
We would like to share a report where we show the state of the tech ecosystem in Europe as of end of Q3 2018.
As described, the European tech ecosystem has continued scaling, consolidating the funding level observed in 2017.
Why is this book so important? One of the biggest lessons I have learned within the startup landscape is that even though pricing, together with the business model, remains by far the lever that most impacts revenue, the subject is a sensitive one.
Pricing is a strong — but often underused — tool available to capture a share of value created for customers
Pricing is one of the biggest challenges that startup face. The book is a practical toolkit that positively influences the pricing strategies of startups. It reveals insights in the different pricing methods and tactics used by successful companies.
The "Genesis: Idea Stage" ebook explains the phase where the journey starts for every startup: the idea stage. This eBook is the first part of the "Startup Master Class" series covering the idea, problem/solution fit, product/market fit and scaling stages.
Construct a Lean Content Marketing Machine in 7 StepsOmar Mohout
The fast track to credibility is content that vouches for your expertise. With just eight hours and $135, you can create SEO-optimized content for multiple distribution channels and jumpstart your position as the Go-To Person in your field.
Building material for your audience takes a simple seven steps. By outsourcing key elements, you not only increase the appeal -- and the likelihood you capture viewers -- but you also save time. Extra time allows for extra content. Assuming the quality is top notch, the more content you produce, the greater your chance to cast yourself as an expert.
In an easy Seven Steps you, too, can construct a Lean Content Building Machine that showcases your ability and converts you into a bona-fide expert.
Cash flow is where the essential properties of a business model are determined.
Do the quiz and check if you understand the importance of cash flow for your business model.
Understand which models are successful applied by Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, Symantic, vmware, RealDolmen, Cegeka, A.C.A. IT Solutions, Salesforce, LinkedIn, Netsuite, Constant Contact, Amazon, 99designs, Zalando, Elance, Facebook, Twitter, Zynga, Yelp, Yahoo! and Google
PAY NEVER AKA bootstrap-the-VC business model for software web services compa...Omar Mohout
The "PAY NEVER" model is perfect for consumer web & app companies without a clear monetization strategy, that is if you have the (financial) runway to gain traction. The focus is users, users and users.
However, the only place in the world to finance this model is Silicon Valley as it requires very deep (VC) pockets hence the name: bootstrap-the-vc model.
These 10 slides explain all you need to know about this business model
The "PAY NOW" cash flow model for software companies explained in just 10 slidesOmar Mohout
The "PAY NOW" model is perfect for software companies with a bootstrapped growth strategy. Practically all big software companies in the world use this model. These 10 slides explaining all you need to know about this business model
VAT Registration Outlined In UAE: Benefits and Requirementsuae taxgpt
Vat Registration is a legal obligation for businesses meeting the threshold requirement, helping companies avoid fines and ramifications. Contact now!
https://viralsocialtrends.com/vat-registration-outlined-in-uae/
LA HUG - Video Testimonials with Chynna Morgan - June 2024Lital Barkan
Have you ever heard that user-generated content or video testimonials can take your brand to the next level? We will explore how you can effectively use video testimonials to leverage and boost your sales, content strategy, and increase your CRM data.🤯
We will dig deeper into:
1. How to capture video testimonials that convert from your audience 🎥
2. How to leverage your testimonials to boost your sales 💲
3. How you can capture more CRM data to understand your audience better through video testimonials. 📊
Memorandum Of Association Constitution of Company.pptseri bangash
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A Memorandum of Association (MOA) is a legal document that outlines the fundamental principles and objectives upon which a company operates. It serves as the company's charter or constitution and defines the scope of its activities. Here's a detailed note on the MOA:
Contents of Memorandum of Association:
Name Clause: This clause states the name of the company, which should end with words like "Limited" or "Ltd." for a public limited company and "Private Limited" or "Pvt. Ltd." for a private limited company.
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Registered Office Clause: It specifies the location where the company's registered office is situated. This office is where all official communications and notices are sent.
Objective Clause: This clause delineates the main objectives for which the company is formed. It's important to define these objectives clearly, as the company cannot undertake activities beyond those mentioned in this clause.
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Liability Clause: It outlines the extent of liability of the company's members. In the case of companies limited by shares, the liability of members is limited to the amount unpaid on their shares. For companies limited by guarantee, members' liability is limited to the amount they undertake to contribute if the company is wound up.
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Capital Clause: This clause specifies the authorized capital of the company, i.e., the maximum amount of share capital the company is authorized to issue. It also mentions the division of this capital into shares and their respective nominal value.
Association Clause: It simply states that the subscribers wish to form a company and agree to become members of it, in accordance with the terms of the MOA.
Importance of Memorandum of Association:
Legal Requirement: The MOA is a legal requirement for the formation of a company. It must be filed with the Registrar of Companies during the incorporation process.
Constitutional Document: It serves as the company's constitutional document, defining its scope, powers, and limitations.
Protection of Members: It protects the interests of the company's members by clearly defining the objectives and limiting their liability.
External Communication: It provides clarity to external parties, such as investors, creditors, and regulatory authorities, regarding the company's objectives and powers.
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Binding Authority: The company and its members are bound by the provisions of the MOA. Any action taken beyond its scope may be considered ultra vires (beyond the powers) of the company and therefore void.
Amendment of MOA:
While the MOA lays down the company's fundamental principles, it is not entirely immutable. It can be amended, but only under specific circumstances and in compliance with legal procedures. Amendments typically require shareholder
RMD24 | Retail media: hoe zet je dit in als je geen AH of Unilever bent? Heid...BBPMedia1
Grote partijen zijn al een tijdje onderweg met retail media. Ondertussen worden in dit domein ook de kansen zichtbaar voor andere spelers in de markt. Maar met die kansen ontstaan ook vragen: Zelf retail media worden of erop adverteren? In welke fase van de funnel past het en hoe integreer je het in een mediaplan? Wat is nu precies het verschil met marketplaces en Programmatic ads? In dit half uur beslechten we de dilemma's en krijg je antwoorden op wanneer het voor jou tijd is om de volgende stap te zetten.
Falcon stands out as a top-tier P2P Invoice Discounting platform in India, bridging esteemed blue-chip companies and eager investors. Our goal is to transform the investment landscape in India by establishing a comprehensive destination for borrowers and investors with diverse profiles and needs, all while minimizing risk. What sets Falcon apart is the elimination of intermediaries such as commercial banks and depository institutions, allowing investors to enjoy higher yields.
RMD24 | Debunking the non-endemic revenue myth Marvin Vacquier Droop | First ...BBPMedia1
Marvin neemt je in deze presentatie mee in de voordelen van non-endemic advertising op retail media netwerken. Hij brengt ook de uitdagingen in beeld die de markt op dit moment heeft op het gebied van retail media voor niet-leveranciers.
Retail media wordt gezien als het nieuwe advertising-medium en ook mediabureaus richten massaal retail media-afdelingen op. Merken die niet in de betreffende winkel liggen staan ook nog niet in de rij om op de retail media netwerken te adverteren. Marvin belicht de uitdagingen die er zijn om echt aansluiting te vinden op die markt van non-endemic advertising.
Tata Group Dials Taiwan for Its Chipmaking Ambition in Gujarat’s DholeraAvirahi City Dholera
The Tata Group, a titan of Indian industry, is making waves with its advanced talks with Taiwanese chipmakers Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (PSMC) and UMC Group. The goal? Establishing a cutting-edge semiconductor fabrication unit (fab) in Dholera, Gujarat. This isn’t just any project; it’s a potential game changer for India’s chipmaking aspirations and a boon for investors seeking promising residential projects in dholera sir.
Visit : https://www.avirahi.com/blog/tata-group-dials-taiwan-for-its-chipmaking-ambition-in-gujarats-dholera/
Enterprise Excellence is Inclusive Excellence.pdfKaiNexus
Enterprise excellence and inclusive excellence are closely linked, and real-world challenges have shown that both are essential to the success of any organization. To achieve enterprise excellence, organizations must focus on improving their operations and processes while creating an inclusive environment that engages everyone. In this interactive session, the facilitator will highlight commonly established business practices and how they limit our ability to engage everyone every day. More importantly, though, participants will likely gain increased awareness of what we can do differently to maximize enterprise excellence through deliberate inclusion.
What is Enterprise Excellence?
Enterprise Excellence is a holistic approach that's aimed at achieving world-class performance across all aspects of the organization.
What might I learn?
A way to engage all in creating Inclusive Excellence. Lessons from the US military and their parallels to the story of Harry Potter. How belt systems and CI teams can destroy inclusive practices. How leadership language invites people to the party. There are three things leaders can do to engage everyone every day: maximizing psychological safety to create environments where folks learn, contribute, and challenge the status quo.
Who might benefit? Anyone and everyone leading folks from the shop floor to top floor.
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2016 EUROPEAN AI & DATA ANALYTICS REPORT FOREWORD
PARTNERS
There are many companies, small and big, trying to get on the Artificial
Intelligence bandwagon. Machine Learning is the new buzz word and AI is the
slang word these days. What does happen in this exiting field in Europe? Is AI
common ground for all businesses or the exclusive territory for a few? Who
has managed to validate a business model for autonomous vehicles or
chatbots?Whatdoesdata-drivenor API-firstbusinessmodelslook like?
With this report we want to provide a comprehensive review of investment in
startups and high-growth AI and Data Analytics companies across 22 countries
in Europe. Our aim is to provide data-driven guidance, insights, perspective
andinspirationto stakeholdersintheEuropeanscaleupecosystem.
Sincerely,
OmarMohout
4. 4
This report is part of a series of funding reports,
published both quarterly and yearly. Other
reports complement the series, focusing on
geographical markets and vertical industries such
as the HealthTech report, written in collaboration
with dashplus or the FinTech report in
collaborationwithEggsplore.
2016 EUROPEAN AI & DATA ANALYTICS REPORT ABOUT
This report is a snapshot in time, aimed at
analysing funding data, major trends within the
industry and the regions.
The following technologies are considered:
Artificial Intelligence, Data Analytics, APIs,
AutonomousVehiclesandChatbots.
Only deals of at least €750K are considered for
thisreport.
If you would like to provide your input for the
report, signal an omission of data or have any
other feedback, we would love to hear it. Just pop
an emailto omar.mohout@sirris.be
ABOUT THIS REPORT
5. HIGHLIGHTS 2016
5
• € 1.8B across 306 dealsin 22 countries;
• UK is leadingbothin fundingandin numberof deals;
• The city with the highest number of deals is London, followed by Paris
and Stockholm;
• Kima Venturesis themost activeAI venturefundinEurope;
• Content driven is the most popular business model used by AI and Data
Analyticsscaleups;
• No EuropeanAI scaleupwent IPO in 2016;
• 83% of EuropeanAI scaleupsare B2B oriented;
• 8 AI based companies raised twice capital in the same year: Recast.AI,
Navya Tech, Kreditech, Aire Labs, Nutmeg, Brainshake, Honeycomb and
Unomaly;
• 6% of foundersor CEOs are femalein theAI & DataAnalyticsdomain.
2016 EUROPEAN AI & DATA ANALYTICS REPORT HIGHLIGHTS
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€ 581
€ 278
€ 187
€ 110
€ 101
€ 100
€ 78
€ 72
€ 57
€ 41
€ 37
€ 23
€ 20
€ 18
€ 17
€ 16
UK
France
Germany
Belgium
Ireland
Sweden
Switzerland
Spain
Finland
Serbia
Netherlands
Portugal
Austria
Norway
Italy
Denmark
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AMOUNT RAISED PER COUNTRY IN 2016*
*In millions
UK is leading in the data analytics and artificial
intelligence space, France and Germany are
following. The gap between the UK and
Germany / France is significant.
9. European scaleups together raise in average €
147 millionpermonth.
The high peak In October is due 11 deals that are
above € 10M (Navya Tech, Graphcore, Emarsys,
ContentSquare, Dataiku, Feedzai, Chronocam,
ZappiStore,Linkfluence,OpenGamma& Storyful).
4 companies (PayPlug, Uniti, Wealthify and
Storyzy) used crowdfunding to collectively raise
theamountof € 3M.
9
€ 115 € 116
€ 223
€ 155 € 158
€ 186
€ 120
€ 74
€ 112
€ 245
€ 203
€ 61
Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec.
2016 EUROPEAN AI & DATA ANALYTICS REPORT
CAPITAL RAISED IN 2016*
*In millions
10. 10
23
25
27
23
19
29
25
20
26
34
37
18
Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec.
2016 EUROPEAN AI & DATA ANALYTICS REPORT
NUMBER OF DEALS IN 2016
In average 26 deals of at least € 750K are closed in
Europe every month in the artificial intelligence
anddatadomain.
That’s significant higher than the 9 deals in
average per month for Internet of Things, the 3
deals for Virtual Reality, 1.5 deals for wearables
and 1.25 deals for 3D printing and only 1 deal for
Dronecompanies.
11. 11
€ 442
€ 310
€ 181
€ 164
€ 114
€ 73
€ 72
€ 61
€ 39
€ 37
AdTech
FinTech
Business Intelligence
HealthTech
Cybersecurity
HRTech
Automotive
Software development
eCommerce
MediaTech
2016 EUROPEAN AI & DATA ANALYTICS REPORT
AMOUNT RAISED PER INDUSTRY IN 2016*
*In millions
The top 10 industries count for 85% of all
capital raised.
AdTech (including marketing and sales
automation) is the number one industry that is
driven by data and algorithms.
A good example is Belgium based Showpad
that is implementing Artificial Intelligence in
their sales enabling solution. Or another
Belgian stronghold: SparkCentral, providing
customer service via social channels relying
increasingly on data crunching.
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37%
25%
19%
7%
4%
3%
3%
2%
Series A
Series C
Series B
Seed
Private Equity
Debt financing
Series D
Series E
2016 EUROPEAN AI & DATA ANALYTICS REPORT
DEAL TYPES IN 2016
Public funds
7%
Private funds
71%
Combination
Public/Private
22%
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AVERAGE FOUNDING YEAR
Finland
Norway
2010
Ireland
France
2011
Sweden
Belgium
UK
Switzerland
Spain
2012
Denmark
Netherlands
Germany
Italy
2013
Portugal
2014
To raise a series A in Europe, an AI or Data
Analyticscompanyneedsto be foundedin 2012.
It takes in average 4 (long!) years for these type of
companiesto raisesubstantialexternalfinancing.
There are exceptions, 15 scaleups are less than
one year old when they received significant
funding.
16. 1. London
2. Paris
3. Berlin
4. Stockholm
5. Dublin
6. Cambridge
7. Munich
8. Lausanne
9. Barcelona
10. Madrid
1. London
2. Paris
3. Dublin
4. Cambridge
5. Berlin
6. Stockholm
7. Southampton
8. Munich
9. Ghent
10. Madrid
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2016 EUROPEAN AI & DATA ANALYTICS REPORT
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CITIES 2016
NUMBER OF DEALS AMOUNT RAISED
London counts for 18% of all AI deals in Europe,
Paris for 12%, Berlin for 7% and Stockholm for
5%.
UK, Germany and Spain have multiple cities in the
top10 forAI.
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BREAKDOWN OF THE INDUSTRY
API driven
7%
Artificial
Intelligence
44%
Autonomous
Vehicles
3%
Chatbot
1%
Data Analytics
45%
18. 83%
17%
B2B B2C
80%
20%
B2B B2C
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2016 EUROPEAN AI & DATA ANALYTICS REPORT
B2B & B2C COMPARISON
NUMBER
OF DEALS
AMOUNT
RAISED
The European scaleup ecosystem is
predominantly B2B: 83% of all scale-ups are B2B,
that is 25% points more than the overall scale-up
ecosystem.
If the number of deals is taking into account,
Belgium has the highest percentage of B2B
scaleups in Europe. Only 1 Belgian scaleup
deploysB2C activities:robo-advisorSwanest.
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100% 100% 100% 100%
94% 92% 92%
89% 87% 87%
69% 69%
57% 57%
0% 0% 0% 0%
6% 8% 8%
11% 13% 13%
31% 31%
43%
47%
Netherlands Norway Portugal Denmark Belgium Ireland Switzerland Finland UK France Germany Spain Italy Sweden
B2B
B2C
2016 EUROPEAN AI & DATA ANALYTICS REPORT
B2B & B2C NUMBER OF DEALS PER COUNTRY
Top 13 countries
20. 20
65%
20%
10%
5%
Content driven
Marketplace
Crowdsourcing
Open Source
2016 EUROPEAN AI & DATA ANALYTICS REPORT
Thanks to Natural language processing, content
driven business models became the leading
business model for scaleups, counting for 65% of
thetotal.
Examples are AX-Semantics, Blogfoster, Content
Insights, Crowdynews, Echobox, Honeycomb,
Honeycomb,SignalMedia,StoryfulandStoryzy.
TYPE OF BUSINESS MODELS 2016
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The most active 2016 venture investor in Europe
for AI is French Kima Ventures from serial
entrepreneurXavierNiel.
Irish originated Intercom received funding from
Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey. German credit-
score scaleup Kreditech received funding from
PeterThielandtheWorldBank.
More than 600 funds and business angels made
investments in AI based scaleups last year.
No EuropeanAI scaleupwent IPO in 2016.
MOST ACTIVE INVESTORS
1. Kima Ventures(France)
2. IBB (Germany)
3. SalesforceVentures(USA)
4. Ventech(France)
5. SunstoneCapital(Sweden)
6. NotionCapital(UK)
7. IQ Capital(UK)
8. AmadeusCapitalPartners(UK)
9. BpiFrance(France)
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2016 EUROPEAN AI & DATA ANALYTICS REPORT
Corporate Venture Capital is involved in 25% of all
European deals and 29% of all capital raised. This
is significanthigherthanotherindustries.
The highest corporate investment was € 59M in
Cambridge based Darktrace by Japanese
SoftBank.
CORPORATE VENTURE CAPITAL
INVESTORS IN 2016
1. Salesforce
2. RobertBosch
3. Intel
4. Alstom
5. Publicis
6. Samsung
7. Axel Springer
8. SchneiderElectric
9. SolvayRhodia
10. SNCF
11. Mitsui
12. Orange
13. Nokia
14. GrupaPracuj
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2016 EUROPEAN AI & DATA ANALYTICS REPORT
TOP 5 BIGGEST DEALS*
€ 59M € 58M € 44M€ 44M € 40M
#01 #02 #03 #04 #05
*In amount raised
24. MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS BY 2016
FUNDED SCALEUPS
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• API-firstKlarnafromSweden raised€ 32M and acquired Cookies App;
• UK based business intelligence company Maru raised € 58M and acquired eDigital Research, a UK-based customer insight company
and the NorthAmericanbusiness of Vision Critical Research and Consulting;
• French Synthesioraised€ 8M and acquired Presentation creatorBunkr in 2017;
• SwissLightbend (SoftwareDevelopment), a spin-offfromEPFL, raised€ 18M and acquired BoldRadiusin April 2016.
2016 EUROPEAN AI & DATA ANALYTICS REPORT
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25%
25%
22%
20%
14%
10%
8%
6%
5%
3%
Portugal
Switzerland
Belgium
Norway
Italy
UK
Ireland
France
Sweden
Germany
2016 EUROPEAN AI & DATA ANALYTICS REPORT
9% of European AI & Data Analytics scaleups are
spin-offs or spin-outs from universities and
knowledgeinstitutes.
It’s very much in line with the 8% of the scaleups
across all industries. It indicates that AI became
accessible to a largepoolof founders.
Even in the Autonomous Vehicles domain, only
one scaleup is a spin-off: BestMile from École
PolytechniqueFédéralede Lausanne.
SPIN-OFFS VS TOTAL TOTAL
BY COUNTRY IN 2016
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16% of the European AI scaleups graduated from
an acceleration program. That’s 2% more than
the14% across all industries.
Program alumni don’t necessary raise more
money, but they are 1.5 years younger on average
when they raise money. It might well be that they
can start to scale earlier or have better access to
investorsthanksto accelerationprograms.
ACCELERATORS, BY NUMBER OF
FUNDED SCALEUPS IN 2016
1. 500 Startups(USA)
2. imec.iStart(Belgium)
3. StartUpHealth(Finland)
4. Paris&Co(France)
5. Level39(UK)
6. ideaSpace(UK)
7. Seedcamp(UK)
8. Techstars(USA)
9. EntrepreneurFirst(UK)
10. Y Combinator(USA)
11. Le HubBpifrance(France)
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BREAKDOWN OF FOUNDERS
Female founders/CEOs
10%
Male founders/CEOs
90%
1 founder
36%
2 founders
40%
3 founders
10%
4 founders
7%
5 founders 7%
29. ADDITIONAL HIGHLIGHTS 2016
29
• The oldest AI company that got funded is Cambridge based Grapeshot. It’s using
advanced probability algorithms to provide data to better target advertising
campaignsandisfoundedin1992;
• 2 French companies got the Gartner Cool Vendor label: Alkemics and
ContentSquare; Synthesio, another French scaleup, received the Forrester Wave
2016recognition.
• Berlin based B2C FinTech company Clark closed a media-for-equity deal with Axel
Springer;
• Only 3 chatbot scaleups raised significant funding in 2016: Babylon Health, Recast.ai
andOrson.
• Aimotive, a Budapest based Autonomous Vehicle scaleup that received € 6M from
amongRobertBoschamongotherisaspin-offfromKishonti,aGeoTechcompany;
• 38 AI & Data Analytics scaleups have 100 employees or more employees (such as
Emarsys, Jobandtalent,Black Swan,Darktrace,PatSnap,Unbabel, Showpad, Feedzai,
Nutmeg,Inbenta,SwrveorOnfido);
• London based ET Index, an investor tools to manage carbon risk, got € 1.4M from
theEuropeanCommission;
• French Recast.ai is founded by four alumni from the famous coding school Ecole 42.
Itraised€ 1MfromthefounderofEcole42,XavierNiel.
2016 EUROPEAN AI & DATA ANALYTICS REPORT
30. AI SCALEUPS WITH REMARKABLE BUSINESS MODELS OR
TECHNOLOGY
30
• Elliptic: identifies illicit activity on the Bitcoin blockchain using AI (UK, FinTech, €
4.5M);
• Navya Tech: driverless vehicles that move safely without special infrastructure or
humanintervention(France,Automotive,€34M);
• source{d}: recruitment company analyzing open source code contributions to find
talent(Spain,HRTech,€ 5.4M);
• Audio Analytic: creating the internet of acoustically intelligent things (UK,
Security,€ 1M);
• Optolexia: UsingAItodetectdyslexiainchildren(Sweden,EdTech,€ 1M)
• Gluru: The smart to do list that helps you identify your tasks and suggests the
answers(UK,BusinessIntelligence,€2.3M);
• Resolver: a customer complaints platform to raise issues with brands and
companies(UK,ConsumerServices,€ 3.1M);
• AX-Semantics: semantic software that creates automatically text content based
on data only - in the quality of a human editor but at the speed of a machine
(Germany,MediaTech,€ 5M);
• Luminance: forensic insight into a company, freeing lawyers to focus on what
matters(UK,LegalTech,€ 2.7M);
• Daedalean: Autonomous flight control for the electric personal aircraft of the near
future(Switzerland,Aerospace,€ 900K).
2016 EUROPEAN AI & DATA ANALYTICS REPORT
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Scaleups, not startups, are generating added value,
create jobs, expand international and create
economic value for stakeholders and society. This
group is attracting the lion share of (venture) capital,
in some countries of up to 90% of all capital. In other
words, we use the Pareto distribution rule to create
an accurate view on the venturing landscape. Only
deals of at least $1M / € 750K are considered.
We encourage you to review the methodology to better understand the
numbers presented in this report. We use a data-driven approach to track
financingactivityforEuropeantechcompanies.
Companies includes web, app, mobile, digital products and services, software,
marketplace, connected hardware, data-driven and HardTech companies.
Companies that have their HQ or launched in Europe are considered.
LifeScience and BioTech (except software solutions targeting this industry),
non digital CleanTech, eCommerce (Hallofresh, Zalando etc) and research
institutesare excluded.
2016 EUROPEAN AI & DATA ANALYTICS REPORT METHODOLOGY
34. 34
Deals with a non-disclosed value or lacking value indication are not counted. If an amount is described as a
seven-figure number, the lowest possible value has been counted. Funding is registered based on
announcement date. All currencies (USD, GBP, CHF, SEK etc) are converted to Euro using aonda.com. The
number of employees is captured on the moment of fund raising and based on the press release, LinkedIn,
Xing,Viadeoor thecompany’swebsite.
The founding year and location is based on information in press releases, company website, Crunchbase,
LinkedIn or Xing. If deal information is being detected or corrected after closing the month, quarter or year,
it will be included in future reports. Funding of both private and public companies are considered. Debt
financing, IPOs, media for equity, crowdfunding, Initial Coin Offering, private placements, post IPO equity,
privateequity,grantsandconvertibleloansare included.
2016 EUROPEAN AI & DATA ANALYTICS REPORT METHODOLOGY
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OMARMOHOUT
Omar Mohout, a former technology entrepreneur, is a widely published technology author, C-level advisor
to high growth startups as well as Fortune 500 companies and Professor of Entrepreneurship at the
University of Antwerp, the Antwerp Management School and Solvay Brussels School of Economics and
Management.
He is author of 'Pricing Strategies for Startups', 'The Belgian Startup Landscape', ‘Crowdfunding in Belgium’
and the popular 'Startup Master Class series'. A contributing author to the ‘100 Days Digital Marketing
Plan’and‘TheFutureof Business’books.
He is Co-chair of the Circle Of Growth; Community host for Corporate Venturing Europe; Organizer of the
Growth Hacking Meetup and Co-founder of the #BeTech Community. He is an active member of the Board
of Directors at Startups.be, BeCentral and serves at the board of high growth technology companies
Aproplan.comandTeamleader.eu.
Mohout is a keynote speaker and panellist on technology, entrepreneurship and innovation topics at
leadingconferences.
2016 EUROPEAN AI & DATA ANALYTICS REPORT ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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Sirris, the collective centre of the Belgian technology industry, helps companies with the implementation
of technological innovations, enabling them to strengthen their competitive position over the long-term.
Sirris helps you make the best technological choice and rapidly turn your innovations into marketable
products and services. The Sirris experts visit companies on site, offer technological advice, launch
innovation paths, and provide guidance to reach the implementation phase. The aim is to find applicable
solutionsto therealchallengesfacedbytechnologyentrepreneursandstartups.
Sirris guides technology companies to a higher level of know-how and expertise in a wide range of
domains. The in-house experts provide a broad range of technological and go-to-market knowledge.
Where necessary, Sirris relies also on external knowledge partners, including specialized companies,
universities,knowledgecentres,andresearchinstitutions.
For moreinformationon howSirriscan helpyourcompanysuccess, pleasevisitwww.sirris.be.
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whentakingintoaccountthedifferentmethodologies.
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