This document discusses mentoring the German startup ecosystem. It notes that entrepreneurs in Europe deserve better mentoring. The author, Thomas Grota, is a VC at Deutsche Telekom who wants to provide more mentoring. His background and investment areas are outlined. Charts show trends in mobile traffic, monetization, leadership changes, and venture capital in Germany. The document discusses the stages of a startup's life cycle and challenges founders face in fundraising and pitching. It encourages founders to educate themselves and work on building their local ecosystem through groups, events and co-working spaces.

1. “Mentor the
German Startup
Ecosystem”
Thomas Grota, VC at Deutsche
Telekom
@thomasgr - thomasgr.tumblr.com

2. “We don’t have the mentoring
yet in Europe that the new
generation of entrepreneurs
deserves, …” Tariq Krim
CEO Jolicloud

3. … let‘s do some
mentoring!

4. Thomas Grota.
Investment Director at T-Venture
Venture 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
managed
by T-Venture for Deutsche Telekom Group.

7. The world
has changed.

8. Global Mobile Traffic

9. Monetization of Mobile

10. Leadership is changing

11. Global trends are stable

12. Industries disrupt

13. Germany
changed 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 the
record …

17. ...Germany
is not
Berlin
alone

18. Germany
has a
history
of
regions.
“everyone is
cooking
his own soup.”

19. and is
still
today …
Map shows
areas
prefered by
founders
in Germany.

20. Is Germany different from
the rest of Europe?

21. Venture Capital in Germany:

22. What founders
think …

24. Deal Sizes in Europe

25. Deals are still happening
But less Exits happening in
Europe and only a few are
significant.

26. Investors got burned …

27. Winter is coming...

28. Founders get
prepared!

29. Fundraising isn’t easy in
USA
tal Deal Volume and aggregated Dollars raise
erall deal volume and raised funds decreased from Q2 2

30. Life cycle of a
Startup

31. Valuations adapted in USA

32. Its important to know your
space.

33. General Interests (almost Verticals (still
taken) 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”
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iTunes
Google+
Twitter
Plattforms
iTunes
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B2B World: Cloud platforms & Infrastructur
Apps
Apps

34. Whats next for
founders?

35. Startups don’t
know how to pitch …

36. Solve the problem, MENTORS.

37. Not too hard: educate
yourself.

38. Learn the basics.

39. Learn the obvious.

40. Work on your
ecosystem.

41. Start a local facebook
group.
http://www.facebook.com/groups/cgn.startups/

42. Coordinate events.
www.nerdhub.de

43. Focus at Co-Working spaces.

44. Join Clusterhaus initiative.

45. …so have fun…