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Saeed Amidi is the Founder, President and CEO of Plug and Play Tech Center. Plug and Play is the premier technology startup accelerator in the world with over 200 companies which collectively have raised over $750 million.
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Details at http://www.tecglobal.org
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Pitch Johnson Opens TEC International Startup Conference (Dec 6,2011)Stas Khirman
Details at http://www.tecglobal.org
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Saeed Amidi keynote at TEC International Startup Conference (Dec 6,2011)
1. PLUG AND PLAY
INTERNATIONAL
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2. Silicon Valley Advantage
The high-tech hub of the world
– 400,000+ high-tech workers
– Largest cluster of technology companies
worldwide
– Highest concentration of venture capital
funding (~40 % of US)
– World-class academic / R&D resources
through Stanford, UCB, UCSF, UCSC,
UCD, Lawrence Livermore Labs, NASA
Ames
– Seed and early stage incubators in San
Francisco Bay Area
Silicon Valley is not just a location; it is a network of interconnected individuals
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3. Plug and Play History
Saeed Amidi
CEO & Founder
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4. Plug and Play Quick Facts
Accelerated over 600 startups since 2006
Community of over 300 startups across 3 campuses
Outreach to over 3,000 startups in Silicon Valley
Startups have raised over $750M in venture funding since 2006
Relationships with 100 corporate partners
Relationships with over 150 VC partners
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5. Plug and Play Community in 2010
Over $600 million Over $150 million venture funding
15 exits through M&A raised by over 30 companies
Plus 9 others…
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6. Plug and Play Ecosystem
Education Business Focus: Early Stage Technology
Services Companies
Product/Service already on the
market
Generating Revenues
Received seed capital through
angel, venture or international
investors
Looking to raise series A, B with
Silicon Valley brand
Targeting global market
Financial Plug & Play
Resources Network
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7. Funding Relationships
Over 150 VC partners such as DFJ, Sequoia, Canaan Partners
Co-investments through Plug & Play Ventures
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8. Startup Investments
Over 80 portfolio companies since 1996
Pre-seed to seed stage investments
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10. University Relationships
Strategic Objective:
Fund 10 University
Startups per Year
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11. International Partnerships
Startup Acceleration Programs at Plug & Play in Silicon Valley
Strategic Partnerships and Platforms in select international locations
Three Month Acceleration
Bridge to
Silicon Valley
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12. Plug & Play International Platforms
Partner with government, corporate, university and other strategic allies
Fund, launch, incubate and accelerate local innovative startups
Spin-off US and other portfolio companies into Singapore
Examples:
Company
Platform
Partner
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13. MySQL
www.mysql.com
Company Overview
“Having a strong but small presence in Silicon Valley was a
• Founded in Sweden, 1995 must for MySQL. Otherwise we could not have served key
• Opened Silicon Valley office in 2001, leading to customers like Yahoo, Google and Facebook well. Many of
3 venture funding rounds our key partners were Silicon Valley based, too, and so were
• Acquired by Sun Microsystems for $1 billion some key competitors. There was no way we could reach
success without going to Silicon Valley.
The challenge of this constellation is that you must be able to
manage an organization that is spread over multiple
locations. But that's a demand that all successful startups
Funding meet anyhow, so you might as well take the challenge
upfront. Once you master it, you will be in better shape than
Series Amount By those Silicon Valley based startups who never ventured
Seed Funding $1M Angel outside their valley.”
Series A 11/2001 $1.8M Angel
Benchmark Capital -Marten Mickos, Former CEO of MySQL
Series B 06/2003 $19.5M
Index Ventures
Institutional Venture Partners
Intel Capital
Series C 02/2006 $18.5M Presidio STX
Red Hat
SAP Ventures
Exit 01/2008 $1Billion Sun Microsystems
14. Business Objects
www.SAP.com
“Having a US presence for technology companies founded out of
Europe is an essential component of their development. The US
continues to be driving a significant part of the innovation in
Company Overview technology, and any company with a global ambition needs to have an
important part of their business there if they want to succeed. And in
• Founded in France, 1990 the US, the Silicon Valley remains in my own view by far the best
• Enterprise software company, specializing in location. It is where most of the ecosystem is in several of the key
Business Intelligence segments of the technology business. Large established technology
businesses like Oracle, Cisco, HP, Intel are there. New internet
• Acquired by SAP for $6.8 billion in 2007
businesses like Google, Yahoo, Facebook, Twitter are there. The
majority of business angels, and venture capitalists are located there.
Some of the most prestigious universities like Stanford or Berkeley are
there, providing a great pool of talent. All in all, a large part of the
players and influencers of the innovation industry are there. And when
people have come here, they tend to stay.
US Expansion Benefits
So for a company to reach its ambition, to be visible, to establish
• Went public on NASDAQ in September 1994
partnerships, and to recruit from a great talent pool, it should seriously
(first French company listed in US) consider establishing a strong presence in the Valley. At Business
• Moved headquarters from Paris to San Jose in Objects, we moved our headquarters in 1997 from Paris to San Jose,
1997 and it was a pivotal moment in the development of the company. At
Balderton Capital, the London-based venture firm I belong, we
• Selected by Time Magazine as Europe’s Digital specialize in helping companies expand from their European roots into
Top 25 and BusinessWeek’s Stars of Europe the global market, and that most often goes through a presence in the
Valley. Leaders in their field like Talend (open source data integration)
from Paris, nlyte (Data Center Infrastructure Management) from
London, or Abiquo (cloud computing) from Barcelona have all made
the jump.”
-Bernard Liautaud, Co-founder and former CEO, Business Objects
15. ZONG
www.zong.com
"When I decided to move the Silicon Valley to build Zong, I
was based in Switzerland. Moving to the Valley proved to
Company Overview be one of the best business, and personal decisions I've
ever made. What pushed me to move my company, and
• Founded in 2008 by David Marcus
family here, is the unmatched ecosystem surrounding tech
• Mobile payments system for online gaming and companies, and the concentration of talents.
social networking web sites
• Processed mobile payments for 10 million We chose to establish our US headquarter at Plug and
unique users Play in Redwood City, and that too proved to be a wise
• Leverages telecommunications network from choice. The PnP "family" of entrepreneurs, and startups
was immensely helpful to accelerate our market
parent company Echovox
penetration and understanding. Through PnP's network, I
was able to cut by a good 9 months the time required to
feel like a Silicon Valley native. The whole staff, including
Funding both Saeed, and Amir Amidi were very gracious with us,
and helped us personally on too many occasions to
• $15 Million Series A on April 2010
enumerate. Bottom line, if you're a tech entrepreneur,
• Matrix Partners, Advent Ventures and Newbury and you're not in the Silicon Valley, move quickly if
Ventures you can, and explore joining PnP when you get here. It
just works!“
• Introductions made by Saeed Amidi, CEO of -David Marcus, Founder and CEO
Plug and Play Tech Center
16. THANK YOU
Jupe Tan Fernando Gouveia Jena Wuu
VP of International Operations International Relations Manager International Relations Manager
Jupe@plugandplaytechcenter.com Fernando@plugandplaytechcenter.com jena@plugandplaytechcenter.com
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