At the Notation annual LP meeting this past fall, we gave a short talk on how we think about pre-seed investing & risk, and why we think there's a particularly interesting risk versus reward tradeoff at this stage.
We are big advocates of transparency at Seedcamp and understand first hand just how tough the fundraising process can be. It's not just startups who go through this but funds too. In the spirit of openness, we're sharing the deck we used to go out to investors for Seedcamp Fund IV.
Read more about our plans to invest in 100 new European startups with our biggest and boldest fund yet over on our blog: http://seedcamp.com/seedcamp-fund-iv-announcement/
At the Notation annual LP meeting this past fall, we gave a short talk on how we think about pre-seed investing & risk, and why we think there's a particularly interesting risk versus reward tradeoff at this stage.
We are big advocates of transparency at Seedcamp and understand first hand just how tough the fundraising process can be. It's not just startups who go through this but funds too. In the spirit of openness, we're sharing the deck we used to go out to investors for Seedcamp Fund IV.
Read more about our plans to invest in 100 new European startups with our biggest and boldest fund yet over on our blog: http://seedcamp.com/seedcamp-fund-iv-announcement/
How do I Raise Capital? - Lecture at University of OxfordSia Houchangnia
Dr Ricardo Schäfer and Sia Houchangnia from the Seedcamp investment team, were invited to give a lecture at the Oxford University Saïd Business School, as part of its flagship lecture series Building a Business. The lecture was given to 200 students interested in learning more about starting a business and the key principles of how to do so. The topic of this lecture is on How to Raise Capital.
The lecture was filmed and you can watch the video here:
https://youtu.be/KWjtRikKDLE?list=PLtXf43N26ZiefSYP5o2GmMnN6V_WYkUe3
Irish Technology Capital-European Technology Venture Fund - John Hartnett - S...Burton Lee
Presentation by John Hartnett, Irish Technology Capital, about the new venture Fund that he is raising in Ireland and Silicon Valley, aimed at the Irish and European hitech startups marketplace. Stanford Engineering, January 4 2010. Program Director and Course Instructor Dr. Burton Lee. Homepage: http://me421.stanford.edu
Transparency is one of our core values at Seedcamp and we are no strangers to how tough the fundraising process can be. In a continued spirit of openness and to show how - like with startups - our own story and proposition moves on, we're sharing the deck we used to raise our heavily-oversubscribed Seedcamp Fund V.
Read more about our plans to invest in and support the next generation of exceptional European talent on our blog: https://seedcamp.com/news/
Sasin Entrepreneurship October Sundowner
Topic: Venture capital in southeast Asia
Speaker: Douglas Abrams
Date: October 15, 2014
Time: 18:00-20:00
Place: Room 502, 5th floor, Sasin
Andrew Romans - general partner of Rubicon Venture Capital.
Andrew Romans, based in Silicon Valley, is a successful VC-backed entrepreneur, author of two top-selling books on venture capital, former tech VC and M&A investment banker, cofounder of an angel group and now General Partner of Rubicon Venture Capital, a VC fund active in Silicon Valley, New York and Europe. Masters of Corporate Venture Capital and The Entrepreneurial Bible to Venture Capital have been translated into Chinese, Japanese and Russian by major publishers.
Romans raised over $48m for tech startups he founded by the age of 28. He has continually raised VC funding as a founder, banker or VC ever since. Romans was the founder and General Partner of The Founders Club and also acted as the Managing Director of EMEA at VC-backed Sentito Networks (acquired by Verso Technologies) and managed enterprise software sales in Europe at VC-backed Motive Communications (NASDAQ IPO). He founded a global angel group and turned that into a venture capital group Rubicon Venture Capital. He is also a frequent VC guest speaker on TV shows including MSNBC, CNBC and ABC, as well as various TV channels in China and Russia. He was born in Japan, lived in Europe for 15 years and is fluent in English, German, and French and can speak conversationally in Slovak. He began his career in 1993 working in the UNIX computing industry at Pencom Systems in New York, Silicon Valley, and Austin. He holds a BA from the University of Vermont and an MBA in finance from Georgetown University, which he completed on scholarship.
VC Fundraising Deck Template: Carta x Kauffman FellowsNihar Neelakanti
Carta and Kauffman Fellows present a venture capital fundraising deck template highlighting the various components a GP should include as part of their fundraising story to attract limited partners.
A presentation for the Investor Day Central and Eastern Europe in Kiev, 29th of October, 2010
Comments:
4: This is what Seedcamp looked like in the year 2010 – loads of events, startups, great mentors, and companies.
5: See the new additions to our portfolio in green
We’re thrilled to announce that we’ve raised Kleiner Perkins’ 18th venture fund -- $600 million to focus on early stage investing. This marks 47 years for our firm, and with a fresh team and strategy, we’re incredibly excited for the next 47 years.
weXelerate is a place with a unique ecosystem of open innovation on nearly 9000 sqm. One of the main goals is to connect startups with partners of world-leading corporates. Each year the weXelerate accelerator supports 100 of the most promising European startups, and the main focus is on industries like banking, insurance, industry 4.0, media and energy & infrastructure, also cross industries like IoT, AI&Bot, blockchain, cybersecurity and mobility solutions. The weXelerate startup batch will start on september 15th this year.
How do I Raise Capital? - Lecture at University of OxfordSia Houchangnia
Dr Ricardo Schäfer and Sia Houchangnia from the Seedcamp investment team, were invited to give a lecture at the Oxford University Saïd Business School, as part of its flagship lecture series Building a Business. The lecture was given to 200 students interested in learning more about starting a business and the key principles of how to do so. The topic of this lecture is on How to Raise Capital.
The lecture was filmed and you can watch the video here:
https://youtu.be/KWjtRikKDLE?list=PLtXf43N26ZiefSYP5o2GmMnN6V_WYkUe3
Irish Technology Capital-European Technology Venture Fund - John Hartnett - S...Burton Lee
Presentation by John Hartnett, Irish Technology Capital, about the new venture Fund that he is raising in Ireland and Silicon Valley, aimed at the Irish and European hitech startups marketplace. Stanford Engineering, January 4 2010. Program Director and Course Instructor Dr. Burton Lee. Homepage: http://me421.stanford.edu
Transparency is one of our core values at Seedcamp and we are no strangers to how tough the fundraising process can be. In a continued spirit of openness and to show how - like with startups - our own story and proposition moves on, we're sharing the deck we used to raise our heavily-oversubscribed Seedcamp Fund V.
Read more about our plans to invest in and support the next generation of exceptional European talent on our blog: https://seedcamp.com/news/
Sasin Entrepreneurship October Sundowner
Topic: Venture capital in southeast Asia
Speaker: Douglas Abrams
Date: October 15, 2014
Time: 18:00-20:00
Place: Room 502, 5th floor, Sasin
Andrew Romans - general partner of Rubicon Venture Capital.
Andrew Romans, based in Silicon Valley, is a successful VC-backed entrepreneur, author of two top-selling books on venture capital, former tech VC and M&A investment banker, cofounder of an angel group and now General Partner of Rubicon Venture Capital, a VC fund active in Silicon Valley, New York and Europe. Masters of Corporate Venture Capital and The Entrepreneurial Bible to Venture Capital have been translated into Chinese, Japanese and Russian by major publishers.
Romans raised over $48m for tech startups he founded by the age of 28. He has continually raised VC funding as a founder, banker or VC ever since. Romans was the founder and General Partner of The Founders Club and also acted as the Managing Director of EMEA at VC-backed Sentito Networks (acquired by Verso Technologies) and managed enterprise software sales in Europe at VC-backed Motive Communications (NASDAQ IPO). He founded a global angel group and turned that into a venture capital group Rubicon Venture Capital. He is also a frequent VC guest speaker on TV shows including MSNBC, CNBC and ABC, as well as various TV channels in China and Russia. He was born in Japan, lived in Europe for 15 years and is fluent in English, German, and French and can speak conversationally in Slovak. He began his career in 1993 working in the UNIX computing industry at Pencom Systems in New York, Silicon Valley, and Austin. He holds a BA from the University of Vermont and an MBA in finance from Georgetown University, which he completed on scholarship.
VC Fundraising Deck Template: Carta x Kauffman FellowsNihar Neelakanti
Carta and Kauffman Fellows present a venture capital fundraising deck template highlighting the various components a GP should include as part of their fundraising story to attract limited partners.
A presentation for the Investor Day Central and Eastern Europe in Kiev, 29th of October, 2010
Comments:
4: This is what Seedcamp looked like in the year 2010 – loads of events, startups, great mentors, and companies.
5: See the new additions to our portfolio in green
We’re thrilled to announce that we’ve raised Kleiner Perkins’ 18th venture fund -- $600 million to focus on early stage investing. This marks 47 years for our firm, and with a fresh team and strategy, we’re incredibly excited for the next 47 years.
weXelerate is a place with a unique ecosystem of open innovation on nearly 9000 sqm. One of the main goals is to connect startups with partners of world-leading corporates. Each year the weXelerate accelerator supports 100 of the most promising European startups, and the main focus is on industries like banking, insurance, industry 4.0, media and energy & infrastructure, also cross industries like IoT, AI&Bot, blockchain, cybersecurity and mobility solutions. The weXelerate startup batch will start on september 15th this year.
Startizen.me Startizen builds the infrastructure to encourage and educate tal...Денис Семыкин
http://startizen.me/
Our mission
In the XXI century you must continually acquire new skills in order to meet the growing demands of the world and remain adequate to the professional environment.
Startizen builds the infrastructure to encourage and educate talented people around the world to create businesses that impact the life of others.
Because we believe that every project is a potential startup that could become a successful business with the necessary support.
In the modern world people never stop learning using for this purposes universities, business schools and open e-universities. Every project is a potential start up that could become a successful business with the necessary support.
We build the infrastructure to encourage and educate talent around the world to create businesses that impact the life of others.
Startizen is a community of business leaders, talent and academic committed to using the power of entrepreneurial action to transform lives and shape a better more sustainable world.
Startup Stage - Gaming, Education & Media - Presentation by Guy Klajman, Co-Founder of ExamPAL at the NOAH Conference London 2017, Old Billingsgate on the 3rd of November 2017.
This presentation was given as part of a two-day course for Economic Development Professionals sponsored by the Ohio Economic Development Association and focuses on entrepreneurial approaches to economic development and highlights the success we are having with the Dublin Entrepreneurial Center.
Join the IE Israel Venture Day in collaboration with Microsoft Ventures to meet the most active investors and entrepreneurs in the Spanish & LATAM markets. Pitch your startup for a chance to win a round-trip ticket & roadshow in Spain.
Introduction à l'Entrepreneuriat - The MethodFlorian Gaudel
Présentation basique, en Français, de l'entrepreneuriat et des premieres etapes de developpement a suivre lorsqu'on demarre son projet entrepreneurial !
Discussed to initiate a business incubation centre at Mirzapur ,Uttar Pradesh India. The Idea was cPresented by Akhilesh Shukla Director JSS Mirzapur in a workshop held on 04th April 2019 at Mirzapur.
This first Startup Sesame annual report - “Why Tech events matter” - highlights a breakdown of Startup Sesame partner events (30) in 2017.
This first Startup Sesame annual report - “Why Tech events matter” - highlights a breakdown of Startup Sesame partner events (30) in 2017.
91% of Tech event participants surveyed, report that attending events was beneficial to their business, 21% attended over 6 events during the past year.
Similar to IDCEE - models of early stage funding (20)
2. Who is this guy?
Philipp Moehring
@pmoehring
Associate at Seedcamp
portfolio management, organization, events,
general tidying up
Biz head, startup heart
business education, experience in startups, tech,
venture capital
3. What is Seedcamp
A micro-seed fund that enables talent across
every part of Europe to start up strong internet
technology companies.
Recognized as a leading platform bringing together
tech entrepreneurs and mentors across Europe, US,
Africa, and Asia
4. Mini
Seedcamps
TEAMS
PROPRIETARY
CRM
DATABASE
LUNCHES,
DINNERS WITH
MENTORS
DEMO
INVESTOR,
BROAD INVESTOR DAYS
4 person team running it
TRIP TO VALLEY
AND
CONFERENCES
20+ MENTORS
300 INVESTMENTS
11
EQUITY
8%-10%
SHORTLISTED
MINI SEEDCAMP
TEAMS
PROPRIETARY
APPLICATIONS
AND JUDGING
SYSTEM
ISRAEL, PARIS,
LONDON, WARSAW,
BERLIN, SWEDEN,
LJUBJANA, KIEV
STARTUPS
220 LOCAL ADVISORS
700+ MENTORS
600+
Investment
Seedcamp
Week
3 Months
Mentoring
A year-long program supporting seed
stage start ups in Europe
FUNDING
€50K
17. Where is Seedcamp in this
All shapes and sizes
Follow on by angels, super angels, VCs,
PPP, international investors, bootstrapped
Scaling acceleration across Europe and US
19. Get in touch
Follow us: facebook.com/seedcamp
and @seedcamp
@pmoehring and pmoehring.de
www.seedcamp.com
Editor's Notes
‘s me!
This is what Seedcamp looked like in the year 2010 – loads of events, startups, great mentors, and companies.
See the new additions to our portfolio in green
There are some more macro reasons for this talk – just the simple growth in numbers of successful entrepreneurs has widened the market.
This is what the funding cycle used to look like. See this in every single book, presentation, and paper about entrepreneurship and VC.
You can still segment the phases in seed, startup and growth parts, but things get a lot more crowded in the early stages.
Giving back and hopefully making money. Will always be there and are probably the most underrated of all investors.
These guys think of ideas for companies, either in cooperation with or in search of founders and management for these companies. Many of these models evolve out of corporate structures, universities or other constituents who feel they have a competitive advantage in their field. I believe they will be more successful this time around, mainly because of the cheaper nature of startups and fast paths to profitability. Important: deep pockets and a long breath, no probable quick successes. Also, need to make a decent amount of bets to work.
Giving back and hopefully making money – Angels are still here and are investing a lot of money. As always, they are very active in their respective domains and focus on smaller issues – they can’t afford to go for all of the trends at once.
Super angels are more professionally organised angel investors, often also investing OPM. They are very lean run organisations, often hinging on one or very few people. They invests small sums and are active in various markets – a very interesting phenomenon. We should eventually see these structures growing to be more sophisticated and “processized” when they get more capital and see where they are going.
These guys know what they are doing and they are simply adjusting to the realities in the market – startups are cheaper, and there is a lot to do in the early stage. Be prepared to see the later stages go through a similar disruption to what is happening in early stages now – there will be much more supply and opportunities in the typical b round stage in about 2 years, when a lot of great investments will be made.
I don’t feel any of the above categories to be fighting for deals – at least not more than before. We see investments all over the place including all categories of investors, so it is obvious that we all have adjusted to the new models. Seedcamp companies are raising across all of these categories (literally all of them) right now.
Three main reasons exist for these different categories of investors. The less expensive and simpler start up is the main reason for smaller investors to be so active. Small exits are quicker to reach, and companies in exitable size are easier to build. It might be less important than it seems to classify investors, but it is important to understand where each individual investor stands. Entrepreneurs should look for the right partner in any case – and no two companies are alike.
In essence, we will see much more professional investment in early stage startups, maybe increasing the quality substantially. Experienced investors can give input and feedback that might make companies successful or at last surviving. Also, more drawn out exits with stricter earn outs (or more operationally focused earn outs) will be interesting, since buying startups is a lot about transferring culture as well. In aggregate, we should see more entrepreneurs and founders – the current economic climate is still a great place to start.
We try to work with all different types of investors – because we need to. All of our companies come in different stages, in different industries and geographies. Sometimes it’s important to look out for the big scale and home run, sometimes its smarter and more fitting to take your time and find product market fit with a smaller investment.
The main reason this works is our position within our network of investors and mentors. We are able to scale the process, something which usually is very hard to accomplish. A lot of follow on comes fron our own investors, a lot of our mentors help out and become involved in the companies. This way, we both strengthen and play on the strengths of our network.
Get in touch. And follow us. http://www.facebook.com/seedcamp