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Imperious	
  Group	
  
International	
  venture	
  capital	
  company	
  
based	
  in	
  USA,	
  Israel	
  and	
  Eastern	
  Europe	
  	
  
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1.	
  Company	
  overview	
  
2.	
  Markets,	
  areas	
  of	
  investment	
  and	
  strategy	
  
3.	
  Imperious	
  Group	
  portfolio	
  
4.	
  Team	
  
5.	
  Contacts	
  
eff
Company	
  overview	
  
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  Company	
  Pro<ile	
  
Imperious	
  Group	
  
Rapidly	
  developing	
  venture	
  capital	
  company	
  
based	
  in	
  USA,	
  Israel	
  and	
  Eastern	
  Europe	
  
▪  Formed	
  in	
  late	
  2010	
  with	
  12-­‐years	
  term	
  
▪  Active	
  deal<low	
  from	
  2013.	
  
▪  Fund	
  size	
  –	
  25	
  mln	
  USD	
  
(currently	
  invested	
  33.4%	
  of	
  money)	
  
▪  Investments	
  in	
  6	
  countries	
  
▪  30+	
  successfully	
  <inanced	
  startups	
  
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Markets,	
  areas	
  of	
  investment	
  and	
  strategy	
  
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▪  Focused	
  on	
  startups	
  at	
  Pre-­‐seed,	
  Seed	
  and	
  Series	
  A	
  stages	
  
▪  Investment	
  range:	
  $50k-­‐400K	
  (average)	
  
▪  Target	
  markets:	
  Europe,	
  USA	
  and	
  Asia	
  
▪  Target	
  locations	
  of	
  teams:	
  CIS,	
  Europe,	
  Israel,	
  USA	
  and	
  Asia	
  
▪  We	
  are	
  Berkeley	
  educated	
  professionals	
  with	
  vast	
  experience	
  
in	
  the	
  venture	
  area	
  
▪  “Smart	
  money”	
  +	
  no	
  intervention	
  into	
  operational	
  process	
  
	
  	
  Our	
  focus	
  and	
  markets	
  
eff
Copyright@2015ImperiousGroup
The	
  focus	
  of	
  our	
  work	
  –	
  investing	
  in	
  growth	
  of	
  strong,	
  interesting	
  
startups	
  in	
  such	
  areas:	
  
	
  	
  Investment	
  areas	
  
▪  E-­‐commerce	
  
▪  Advertising	
  (adtech)	
  
▪  SaaS	
  
▪  Mobile	
  
▪  Education	
  /	
  MOOC	
  
▪  Cloud	
  services	
  
▪  Healthcare	
  
▪  Big	
  Data	
  
▪  Fintech	
  
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  Our	
  strategy	
  
▪  Focus	
  on	
  prospective	
  and	
  rapidly	
  growing	
  global	
  markets	
  
▪  Rapid	
  scaling	
  of	
  portfolio	
  projects	
  
(through	
  synergy	
  effect	
  and	
  cross-­‐integrations	
  with	
  partners)	
  
▪  Investing	
  in	
  startups	
  in	
  targeted	
  areas	
  and	
  locations	
  
▪  Co-­‐investing	
  with	
  international	
  similar-­‐focused	
  VC	
  funds,	
  angels	
  
and	
  partners	
  to	
  maximize	
  potential	
  growth	
  and	
  quality	
  of	
  
invested	
  companies	
  
eff
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Imperious	
  Group	
  portfolio	
  
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Chart	
  1.	
  Portfolio	
  structure	
  by	
  sectors	
  
✓  Have	
  invested	
  in	
  30+	
  projects	
  
from	
  Ukraine,	
  CIS,	
  USA	
  and	
  
Israel	
  
	
  
✓  The	
  most	
  active	
  VC	
  fund	
  in	
  
Ukraine	
  in	
  2013-­‐2014	
  
✓  20	
  seed–stage	
  investments	
  
	
  
✓  9	
  pre-­‐seed	
  investments	
  
	
  
✓  3	
  extended	
  seed	
  /	
  Round	
  A	
  
investments	
  
	
  
✓  2	
  projects	
  operating	
  in	
  Asia	
  
Chart	
  2.	
  Portfolio	
  structure	
  by	
  customers	
  
	
  	
  Imperious	
  Group	
  portfolio	
  
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Copyright@2015ImperiousGroup
	
  	
  Pre-­‐seed	
  portfolio	
  
2014	
   2014	
   2014	
  2014	
  
BethClip	
  is	
  instant	
  cloud	
  
clipboard	
  sync	
  service	
  
device	
  between	
  your	
  other	
  
registered	
  devices	
  
Dental	
  Cloud	
  is	
  an	
  online	
  
service	
  that	
  helps	
  to	
  
organize	
  the	
  effective	
  work	
  
of	
  dental	
  of<ices	
  and	
  clinics	
  
Foodle	
  is	
  a	
  your	
  solution	
  
for	
  eating	
  out	
  abroad,	
  
multilingual	
  restaurants'	
  
menu	
  guide	
  
Happy	
  Tom	
  is	
  
subscription	
  food	
  tailored	
  
for	
  your	
  pet	
  
	
  
2014	
   2014	
   2014	
  2014	
  
Audaster	
  allows	
  to	
  use	
  Twitter	
  
hands	
  and	
  eyes	
  free:	
  listen	
  the	
  
Twitter	
  feed	
  in	
  your	
  
headphones,	
  tweet	
  via	
  
microphone	
  
Mitten	
  –	
  mobile	
  CRM	
  and	
  
Data	
  Platform	
  for	
  Beauty	
  
Industry	
  
EXCLUSIVIO	
  brings	
  
together Social	
  Mass	
  
Media and	
  Social	
  
Reporters	
  
ARQuest	
  is	
  augmented	
  
reality	
  quest	
  technologies	
  
for	
  B2B	
  and	
  B2C	
  
eff
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2013	
  
Hashtago	
  is	
  a	
  hashtag	
  
analytics	
  tool,	
  essential	
  
for	
  marketers	
  of	
  
businesses	
  of	
  all	
  sizes	
  
2014	
   2014	
  2014	
  
Cupli	
  provides	
  highly	
  
targeted,	
  and	
  cost	
  effective	
  
online	
  surveys,	
  for	
  
specialized	
  market	
  research	
  
you	
  can	
  rely	
  on	
  
Publicfast	
  is	
  the	
  easiest	
  
way	
  for	
  brand	
  to	
  start	
  
working	
  with	
  in<luencers	
  
in	
  social	
  media	
  
Polltopay	
  is	
  a	
  platform	
  
for	
  monetization	
  non-­‐
paying	
  audience	
  via	
  
surveys	
  
✓  We	
  have	
  a	
  strong	
  pool	
  of	
  adtech	
  projects	
  in	
  our	
  portfolio	
  
	
  
✓  High	
  scalability,	
  focus	
  on	
  speci<ic	
  marketing	
  channels	
  and	
  easy	
  
integration	
  for	
  marketers	
  needs	
  are	
  main	
  keys	
  for	
  their	
  rapid	
  
growth	
  
	
  	
  Advertising	
  projects	
  
eff
Copyright@2015ImperiousGroup
	
  	
  E-­‐commerce	
  and	
  software	
  projects	
  
2013	
   2014	
   2013	
  2013	
  
Bazzilla	
  provides	
  drop	
  	
  
ship	
  product	
  sourcing	
  	
  
solutions	
  for	
  online	
  	
  
retailers	
  
Chooos	
  is	
  the	
  <irst	
  free	
  
app	
  that	
  lets	
  users	
  buy	
  
goods	
  directly	
  from	
  the	
  
Facebook	
  timeline	
  
JetMe	
  is	
  a	
  service	
  to	
  
search,	
  book	
  and	
  pay	
  for	
  
Private	
  Jet	
  <lights	
  
TOPES	
  offer	
  amazing	
  
corporate	
  of<ice	
  solutions	
  
for	
  effective	
  businesses	
  
✓ We	
  target	
  markets	
  with	
  maximum	
  growth	
  –	
  e-­‐commerce	
  ones	
  
	
  
✓ Most	
  of	
  our	
  projects	
  were	
  born	
  in	
  Eastern	
  Europe,	
  but	
  all	
  of	
  
them	
  target	
  the	
  global	
  market	
  and	
  have	
  clients	
  all	
  around	
  the	
  
world	
  
eff
Copyright@2015ImperiousGroup
2013	
  
Cardsup	
  –	
  application	
  for	
  
banking	
  cards	
  statistics	
  and	
  
personal	
  accounting	
  
2013	
  
Lending	
  star	
  is	
  peer-­‐to-­‐peer	
  
lending	
  and	
  investment	
  online	
  
platform	
  with	
  a	
  focus	
  on	
  small	
  
businesses	
  and	
  private	
  
entrepreneurs	
  
2013	
  
Settle	
  –	
  is	
  a	
  food	
  pre-­‐
ordering	
  and	
  table	
  booking	
  
app	
  
2013	
  
Croice	
  –	
  is	
  a	
  soundcloud	
  for	
  
live	
  audio	
  broadcasting,	
  that	
  
allows	
  you	
  to	
  record	
  the	
  
instances	
  when	
  the	
  photo	
  
simply	
  isn’t	
  simply	
  enough	
  
2014	
  
Echo	
  connects	
  playbacks	
  of	
  
each	
  devices	
  and	
  plays	
  
music	
  in	
  the	
  same	
  time,	
  in	
  
sync	
  	
  
2012	
  
SportAndMe	
  –	
  cloud	
  
platform	
  for	
  sport	
  events	
  
organizers	
  and	
  social	
  betting	
  
tool	
  
	
  
	
  	
  Fintech,	
  sport	
  and	
  audio	
  projects	
  
eff
Copyright@2015ImperiousGroup
2013	
  
UbiqMobile	
  is	
  enterprise	
  
solution	
  for	
  easy	
  cross-­‐	
  
platform	
  development	
  of	
  
mobile	
  apps	
  
2014	
  
Coursmos	
  –	
  micro-­‐learning	
  
platform	
  where	
  micro-­‐
courses	
  are	
  simple	
  to	
  create	
  
and	
  easy	
  to	
  learn	
  
2013	
  
FreshOf]ice	
  is	
  a	
  fully	
  
integrated	
  cloud	
  based	
  SaaS	
  
IT-­‐solution	
  for	
  SMB,	
  with	
  
elements	
  of	
  social	
  network	
  
2013	
  
MDMaps	
  –	
  is	
  application	
  for	
  
accessing	
  and	
  monitoring	
  
personal	
  medical	
  histories	
  for	
  
clinics,	
  patients	
  and	
  insurance	
  
companies	
  
	
  	
  Healthcare,	
  edtech	
  and	
  cloud	
  projects	
  
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Team	
  
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Our	
  team	
  
consists	
  of	
  highly	
  motivated	
  and	
  experienced	
  VC	
  professionals	
  
Pavel	
  Aleshin	
  
Venture	
  partner	
  
Kirill	
  Mazur	
  
Associate	
  partner	
  
Dmitriy	
  Shvets	
  
Associate	
  partner	
  
Professional	
  experience:	
  
Berkeley	
  Venture	
  Capital	
  Executive	
  
Program	
  graduate	
  	
  
	
  
Focus	
  responsibilities:	
  new	
  deals	
  
and	
  integrations	
  negotiations	
  ,	
  
projects	
  search	
  and	
  origination,	
  
startups	
  analysis,	
  partnerships,	
  
startups	
  portfolio	
  management	
  and	
  
coordination	
  
	
  
Interests:	
  e-­‐commerce,	
  social,	
  
<intech,	
  big	
  data	
  
Professional	
  experience:	
  
IT-­‐entrepreneur	
  with	
  5+	
  years	
  
experience	
  in	
  outsourcing,	
  
programming	
  and	
  digital	
  marketing	
  	
  
with	
  clients	
  from	
  USA,	
  Canada,	
  UK,	
  
Ukraine,	
  Russia	
  and	
  Kazakhstan	
  
	
  
Focus	
  responsibilities:	
  projects	
  
technical	
  expert	
  evaluation,	
  projects	
  
search,	
  startups	
  analysis,	
  partnerships,	
  
startups	
  portfolio	
  management	
  and	
  
coordination	
  
	
  
Interests:	
  sport,	
  digital	
  health,	
  mobile,	
  
advertising	
  (AdTech),	
  SaaS	
  
Professional	
  experience:	
  
A	
  VC	
  professional	
  with	
  expert	
  
experience	
  in	
  strategic	
  and	
  startups	
  
consulting,	
  IB	
  and	
  government	
  
administration	
  	
  
	
  
Focus	
  responsibilities:	
  projects	
  
<inancial	
  expert	
  evaluation,	
  projects	
  
search,	
  startups	
  analysis,	
  
partnerships,	
  startups	
  portfolio	
  
management	
  and	
  coordination	
  
	
  
Interests:	
  education	
  (EdTech),	
  
mobile,	
  healthcare	
  
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Thank	
  you!	
  
	
  
Contact	
  us	
  for	
  cooperation:	
  
	
  
startup@imperiousgroup.com	
  
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Imperious group presentation

  • 1.
    eff Imperious  Group   International  venture  capital  company   based  in  USA,  Israel  and  Eastern  Europe    
  • 2.
    eff 1.  Company  overview   2.  Markets,  areas  of  investment  and  strategy   3.  Imperious  Group  portfolio   4.  Team   5.  Contacts  
  • 3.
  • 4.
    eff Copyright@2015ImperiousGroup    Company  Pro<ile   Imperious  Group   Rapidly  developing  venture  capital  company   based  in  USA,  Israel  and  Eastern  Europe   ▪  Formed  in  late  2010  with  12-­‐years  term   ▪  Active  deal<low  from  2013.   ▪  Fund  size  –  25  mln  USD   (currently  invested  33.4%  of  money)   ▪  Investments  in  6  countries   ▪  30+  successfully  <inanced  startups  
  • 5.
  • 6.
    eff Copyright@2015ImperiousGroup ▪  Focused  on  startups  at  Pre-­‐seed,  Seed  and  Series  A  stages   ▪  Investment  range:  $50k-­‐400K  (average)   ▪  Target  markets:  Europe,  USA  and  Asia   ▪  Target  locations  of  teams:  CIS,  Europe,  Israel,  USA  and  Asia   ▪  We  are  Berkeley  educated  professionals  with  vast  experience   in  the  venture  area   ▪  “Smart  money”  +  no  intervention  into  operational  process      Our  focus  and  markets  
  • 7.
    eff Copyright@2015ImperiousGroup The  focus  of  our  work  –  investing  in  growth  of  strong,  interesting   startups  in  such  areas:      Investment  areas   ▪  E-­‐commerce   ▪  Advertising  (adtech)   ▪  SaaS   ▪  Mobile   ▪  Education  /  MOOC   ▪  Cloud  services   ▪  Healthcare   ▪  Big  Data   ▪  Fintech  
  • 8.
    eff Copyright@2015ImperiousGroup    Our  strategy   ▪  Focus  on  prospective  and  rapidly  growing  global  markets   ▪  Rapid  scaling  of  portfolio  projects   (through  synergy  effect  and  cross-­‐integrations  with  partners)   ▪  Investing  in  startups  in  targeted  areas  and  locations   ▪  Co-­‐investing  with  international  similar-­‐focused  VC  funds,  angels   and  partners  to  maximize  potential  growth  and  quality  of   invested  companies  
  • 9.
  • 10.
    eff Copyright@2015ImperiousGroup Chart  1.  Portfolio  structure  by  sectors   ✓  Have  invested  in  30+  projects   from  Ukraine,  CIS,  USA  and   Israel     ✓  The  most  active  VC  fund  in   Ukraine  in  2013-­‐2014   ✓  20  seed–stage  investments     ✓  9  pre-­‐seed  investments     ✓  3  extended  seed  /  Round  A   investments     ✓  2  projects  operating  in  Asia   Chart  2.  Portfolio  structure  by  customers      Imperious  Group  portfolio  
  • 11.
    eff Copyright@2015ImperiousGroup    Pre-­‐seed  portfolio   2014   2014   2014  2014   BethClip  is  instant  cloud   clipboard  sync  service   device  between  your  other   registered  devices   Dental  Cloud  is  an  online   service  that  helps  to   organize  the  effective  work   of  dental  of<ices  and  clinics   Foodle  is  a  your  solution   for  eating  out  abroad,   multilingual  restaurants'   menu  guide   Happy  Tom  is   subscription  food  tailored   for  your  pet     2014   2014   2014  2014   Audaster  allows  to  use  Twitter   hands  and  eyes  free:  listen  the   Twitter  feed  in  your   headphones,  tweet  via   microphone   Mitten  –  mobile  CRM  and   Data  Platform  for  Beauty   Industry   EXCLUSIVIO  brings   together Social  Mass   Media and  Social   Reporters   ARQuest  is  augmented   reality  quest  technologies   for  B2B  and  B2C  
  • 12.
    eff Copyright@2015ImperiousGroup 2013   Hashtago  is  a  hashtag   analytics  tool,  essential   for  marketers  of   businesses  of  all  sizes   2014   2014  2014   Cupli  provides  highly   targeted,  and  cost  effective   online  surveys,  for   specialized  market  research   you  can  rely  on   Publicfast  is  the  easiest   way  for  brand  to  start   working  with  in<luencers   in  social  media   Polltopay  is  a  platform   for  monetization  non-­‐ paying  audience  via   surveys   ✓  We  have  a  strong  pool  of  adtech  projects  in  our  portfolio     ✓  High  scalability,  focus  on  speci<ic  marketing  channels  and  easy   integration  for  marketers  needs  are  main  keys  for  their  rapid   growth      Advertising  projects  
  • 13.
    eff Copyright@2015ImperiousGroup    E-­‐commerce  and  software  projects   2013   2014   2013  2013   Bazzilla  provides  drop     ship  product  sourcing     solutions  for  online     retailers   Chooos  is  the  <irst  free   app  that  lets  users  buy   goods  directly  from  the   Facebook  timeline   JetMe  is  a  service  to   search,  book  and  pay  for   Private  Jet  <lights   TOPES  offer  amazing   corporate  of<ice  solutions   for  effective  businesses   ✓ We  target  markets  with  maximum  growth  –  e-­‐commerce  ones     ✓ Most  of  our  projects  were  born  in  Eastern  Europe,  but  all  of   them  target  the  global  market  and  have  clients  all  around  the   world  
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    eff Copyright@2015ImperiousGroup 2013   Cardsup  –  application  for   banking  cards  statistics  and   personal  accounting   2013   Lending  star  is  peer-­‐to-­‐peer   lending  and  investment  online   platform  with  a  focus  on  small   businesses  and  private   entrepreneurs   2013   Settle  –  is  a  food  pre-­‐ ordering  and  table  booking   app   2013   Croice  –  is  a  soundcloud  for   live  audio  broadcasting,  that   allows  you  to  record  the   instances  when  the  photo   simply  isn’t  simply  enough   2014   Echo  connects  playbacks  of   each  devices  and  plays   music  in  the  same  time,  in   sync     2012   SportAndMe  –  cloud   platform  for  sport  events   organizers  and  social  betting   tool        Fintech,  sport  and  audio  projects  
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    eff Copyright@2015ImperiousGroup 2013   UbiqMobile  is  enterprise   solution  for  easy  cross-­‐   platform  development  of   mobile  apps   2014   Coursmos  –  micro-­‐learning   platform  where  micro-­‐ courses  are  simple  to  create   and  easy  to  learn   2013   FreshOf]ice  is  a  fully   integrated  cloud  based  SaaS   IT-­‐solution  for  SMB,  with   elements  of  social  network   2013   MDMaps  –  is  application  for   accessing  and  monitoring   personal  medical  histories  for   clinics,  patients  and  insurance   companies      Healthcare,  edtech  and  cloud  projects  
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    eff Copyright@2015ImperiousGroup Our  team   consists  of  highly  motivated  and  experienced  VC  professionals   Pavel  Aleshin   Venture  partner   Kirill  Mazur   Associate  partner   Dmitriy  Shvets   Associate  partner   Professional  experience:   Berkeley  Venture  Capital  Executive   Program  graduate       Focus  responsibilities:  new  deals   and  integrations  negotiations  ,   projects  search  and  origination,   startups  analysis,  partnerships,   startups  portfolio  management  and   coordination     Interests:  e-­‐commerce,  social,   <intech,  big  data   Professional  experience:   IT-­‐entrepreneur  with  5+  years   experience  in  outsourcing,   programming  and  digital  marketing     with  clients  from  USA,  Canada,  UK,   Ukraine,  Russia  and  Kazakhstan     Focus  responsibilities:  projects   technical  expert  evaluation,  projects   search,  startups  analysis,  partnerships,   startups  portfolio  management  and   coordination     Interests:  sport,  digital  health,  mobile,   advertising  (AdTech),  SaaS   Professional  experience:   A  VC  professional  with  expert   experience  in  strategic  and  startups   consulting,  IB  and  government   administration       Focus  responsibilities:  projects   <inancial  expert  evaluation,  projects   search,  startups  analysis,   partnerships,  startups  portfolio   management  and  coordination     Interests:  education  (EdTech),   mobile,  healthcare  
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    eff Copyright@2015ImperiousGroup   Thank  you!     Contact  us  for  cooperation:     startup@imperiousgroup.com   www.ig.vc