Investment Panel titled "Startup Investment Trend from Seed to Series A" at SVCW Conference. 2013 is a year of collaborative consumption and sharing economy. Ridesharing services Lyft ($60M Series C) and SideCar, owner car-sharing offers Getaround ($13.9M Series A) and RelayRides ($12.3M Series A), company owned car-sharing offers ZipCar (Acquired by Avis) represents a crowded space. Home-rental site AirBnB ($112M Series B), HomeAway (IPO) and CouchSurfing ($15M Series B), Labor marketplace TaskRabbit ($13M Series C), Thumbtack ($12.5M Series B) and Gigwalk ($6M Series A) reflects the extension of blooming sharing economy. Smart Car, In-Vehicle Technology along with wearable sensors, gesture-based sensors (MYO wristband & Leap Motion) and Smartwatch are following the growth of Smartphone devices iPhone and Android. Our panel from seed, angel and VC funds will discuss the exciting year.

1. Investment Panel:
Startup Investment Trend
from Seed to Series A
SiliconVally China Wireless (SVCW)
Sep 2013 Palo Alto CA

2. Bess Ho
Archimedes Labs
@Bess
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James Zhang
Formation 8
Max Skibinsky
500 Startup
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Manu Rekhi
Inventus Capital Partners
@Manu

3. James Zhang
Partner
Formation 8
Max Skibinsky
Angel
500 Startup
Bess Ho
Partner
Archimedes Labs
Seed Angel Series A➔B➔C➔
Investment Trends
Manu Rekhi
Principal
Inventus Capital Partners

4. Year of
Collaborative Consumption
& Sharing Economy

5. Collaborative Consumption
A class of economic arrangements
in which participants share access
to products or services, rather
than having individual ownership.
eBay Craigslist
Zopa
Marketplaces
Social Lending
Airbnb
Space Sharing
Local Guiding
P2P
Travel Experience
TaskRabbit
P2P
Task
ZipCar
Car Sharing

6. Sharing Economy
Refers to economic and social systems that enable
shared access to goods, services, data and talent
$15M
Series A
Indiegogo
$10M
Series A
KickStarter
CrowdFunding Platforms

7. Share
Car
Own Lease Rent Share
Ride
Evolution of Car Ownership

8. $60M
Series C
Lyft
$10M
Series A
SideCar
$13.9M
Series A
Getaround
$30M
Series A
RelayRides
Owner Car-Sharing Ridesharing

9. $112M
Series B
AirBnB
Home Sharing
$513M
IPO
HomeAway
$15M
Series B
CouchSurfing
NASDAQ $27/Share
Valued at $2.2B
Jun 2011

10. $13M
Series C
TaskRabbit
Labor Marketplace
$6M
Series A
Gigwalk
$12.5M
Series B
Thumbtack

11. Connected Car / In-Vehicle Technology

12. Wearable Sensors
Gesture-based Sensors
MYO Wristband Leap Motion
SmartWatch SmartGlass

13. 3D Printing

14. 225MRegistered Users
500MRegistered Users
Jun 2013 Jul 2013
1.2BRegistered Users
Sep 2013
500MRegistered Users
Jun 2013
500MRegistered Users
May 2013

15. 300MActive Users
Aug 2013
230MRegistered Users
Aug 2013
300MRegistered Users
Apr 2013
Messaging App

16. 1.3BPopulation
US
China
50MRegistered Users
S. Korea
127MPopulation
Japan
739MPopulation
Europe
314MPopulation
1BPopulation
Africa
S. America
388MPopulation

17. Next Big Thing
SmartCar
SmartWatch
3D PrintingSmartGlass
BitCoin
Hardware