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“Mentor the german startup ecosystem”
- 1. “Mentor the German Startup Ecosystem” Thomas Grota, VC at Deutsche Telekom@thomasgr - thomasgr.tumblr.com
- 2. “We don’t have the mentoringyet in Europe that the newgeneration of entrepreneursdeserves, …” Tariq Krim CEO Jolicloud
- 3. … let‘s do some mentoring!
- 4. Thomas Grota.Investment Director at T-VentureVenture Capital arm of Deutsche Telekom / T-Mobile. - CTO of Pironet AG for 7 years (IPO 2000) - Dynamic CMS & Digital Asset Management - Deutsche Telekom 2003 - today: - VP Marketing & Strategy (Paris, London) - IPTV Expert at Detecon (Asia, MENA) - Investment Director at T-Venture - Exited Swoodoo to Kayak in 2010 - Exited worldwide games to Next Idea 2012 - Raised +$70m for his portfolios @thomasgr
- 5. My current portfolio and areas of VC expertise.Mobile Internet & Cloud based platforms. Exit 2010 Exit 2012
- 6. T-Venture Funds Structure - Two funds managedby T-Venture for Deutsche Telekom Group.
- 7. The worldhas changed.
- 8. Global Mobile Traffic
- 9. Monetization of Mobile
- 10. Leadership is changing
- 11. Global trends are stable
- 12. Industries disrupt
- 13. Germanychanged too …
- 14. At a day in Cologne “The whole world outside Germany thinks Germany is f#§§_ing amazing. And cool. And productive. And smart. But the Germans try to hide it.” Morten Lund Chairman @ LundXO & Tradeshift http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WX9mY952ymM
- 15. International VCs think: Berlin = Germany
- 16. For therecord …
- 17. ...Germany is not Berlin alone
- 18. Germany has a history of regions. “everyone is cookinghis own soup.”
- 19. and is stilltoday … Map shows areasprefered by foundersin Germany.
- 20. Is Germany different from the rest of Europe?
- 21. Venture Capital in Germany:
- 22. What founders think …
- 23. Deal Sizes in Europe
- 24. Deals are still happening But less Exits happening in Europe and only a few are significant.
- 25. Investors got burned …
- 26. Winter is coming...
- 27. Founders get prepared!
- 28. Fundraising isn’t easy in USAtal Deal Volume and aggregated Dollars raiseerall deal volume and raised funds decreased from Q2 2
- 29. Life cycle of a Startup
- 30. Valuations adapted in USA
- 31. Its important to know your space.
- 32. General Interests (almost Verticals (stilltaken) opportunities) “to be big in more verticals” Spotify, Deezer, rdio Doxo, Smarthive, doo Airbnb,Wimdu, 9flats Delivery Hero, .... Uber, myTaxi Tripadvisor, Everplaces OpenTable Amazon, Zalando, eBay New ..... Biz New Groupon, Living Social Biz Instagram, Path Pinterest, Slideshare Square, payleven, sumup, “become expert in one iZettel vertical 1st” viralit autorize connect y facebook Social LinkedIn Microsof Google+ Twitter facebook LinkedIn Microsof iTunes Google+ Twitter Plattforms iTunes B2B World: Cloud platforms & Infrastructur tt B2B World: Cloud platforms & Infrastructur Apps Apps
- 33. Whats next for founders?
- 34. Startups don’tknow how to pitch …
- 35. Solve the problem, MENTORS.
- 36. Not too hard: educate yourself.
- 37. Learn the basics.
- 38. Learn the obvious.
- 39. Work on your ecosystem.
- 40. Start a local facebook group. http://www.facebook.com/groups/cgn.startups/
- 41. Coordinate events. www.nerdhub.de
- 42. Focus at Co-Working spaces.
- 43. Join Clusterhaus initiative.
- 44. …so have fun…
Thanks for the slides. Great presentation.
One of my big questions is this: how do we add value for the mentors?
Mentors are a diverse group. Many do it for fun. Lots of service providers do it to meet new clients. Angel investors do it to meet new investments. How do we develop the skills of such a mixed group and how do we provide them value, so that the ecosystem develops and they keep coming back - even when they don't find new customers, investments, and it's not as much fun as it used to be?
Nick Hawtin