Presentació d'Ana Izquierdo al Fòrum de la Innovació 2012. CEICS

1. Investing on Innovation
Ana Izquierdo Riezu
@airiezu
November 2012

2. The Startup Lifecycle
IPO
ACQUISITION
GROWTH
STARTUP
3. Launch
2. Validation
1. Concept

3. 1. I have an idea, now what?
SHARE WRITE TEAM-UP
Are we solving a REAL problem?

4. the Kantox example

5. the beginning of Kantox
Seedrocket
Funding
Mentors
LinktoStart
Business Plan
start-up Mentors
weekend
Concept
Co-founder

6. Your idea is worth...
NOTHING

7. 2. Is it worth pursuing?
PRODUCT CUSTOMERS $$$
Find the PRODUCT/MARKET fit
before running out of money

8. Adman - Inveready First

9. Adman Validation
Funding
Pilot Mentors
Assumptions
Prototype Users
MVP
Beta

10. Most Startups fail because
they build the WRONG product
or because they take TOO LONG

11. 3. Ready to launch
PRODUCT CUSTOMERS TEAM
Prove & Expand market

12. SNTalent - Inveready First

13. SNTalent - Inveready First
GERMANY
SPAIN Partners
BRAZIL
Technology platform
Candidate acquisition
Customer Sales

14. Investment players

15. Venture Capital

16. Ecosystem players
in Spain
Asociación de Business Angels de la Comunidad de Valencia - cvBAN.org

17. What investors look for
Growth
Team
Potential
Business Project
Model Pitch
By Inveready First

18. Learning from Silicon Valley
Highest number of
start-ups
High networking
“friendnemies”
The largest investment
ecosystem in the world

19. Learning from Silicon Valley
I can always try
If something goes wrong, it’s OK, learn &
move on
Networking is critical, share, find advisors

20. thank you