Updated slide deck of my presentation about the StartUp Stuttgart community during the 4YFN conference in Barcelona in February 2014.

1. Our Community
Kathleen Fritzsche
Accelerate Stuttgart & StartUp Stuttgart
Twitter: @kathl_fritzsche

2. »Be sure to get what you like
or you might have to like
what you get.«
(Anonymous)

3. Startup Ecosystems
(Brad Feld)
Feeders
• Politics
• Universities
• Investors
• Mentors
• Service Providers
• Corporates
Leaders
• Entrepreneurs
• Members
Photo: © Marcin Ryczek

4. Southwest Germany has…
• Strong automotive sectors & industries
• Big corporations & SMEs
• Traditional engineering know-how
• Hardware/ Internet of Things initiatives
• Health/ Pharma research

5. StartUp Stuttgart – Our story
• 2010 – First Startup Weekend Stuttgart
• 2011 – Launch of StartUp Stuttgart
• 2013 – Startup Weekend B2B
• 2014 – First NEXT program,
First Startup Weekend Women

6. What we are doing
• Writing about our startups & startup ecosystem
• Organising events for entrepreneurs
• Connecting people & building a community
www.startup-stuttgart.de

7. Our community in numbers
• ~ 100 Startups
• Our Blog: 5000 unique visits/month
• Biggest Events
– Startup Weekend: ca. 100-120 attendees
– Founders‘ BBQ: ca. 80 attendees (monthly)
– Leancamp, Lean Startup Meetup, Startup Lunch...

8. A few startup examples

9. Exits (examples)
• 2013: edelight exited to Burda (undisclosed)
• 2014: Teamviewer exited to Permira ($1.1b)

10. Investments (examples)
• 2013: Regiohelden funded by Bertelsmann,
Mountain Super Angel, netSTART Venture
• 2014: Simpleshow funded with $5.4m by
Japanese investors
• 2014: Smoope funded by High Tech-
Gründerfonds (HTGF)
• 2014: Mauz & Wauz funded by private
investors

11. Kathleen Fritzsche
Accelerate Stuttgart & StartUp Stuttgart
Twitter: @kathl_fritzsche