2. What is Seedcamp? What Seedcamp is: A micro-seed investor (€50K investment) A year-long program designed to help companies A network of the best mentors and investors globally What Seedcamp is not: Just another business plan competition An open event – it is by invitation-only A conference – the content is designed specifically to benefit the companies
3. What do SeedcampCompanies get?(other than money…) Monthly events & speakers that focus around topics such as sales, financing, product development, and human resources. Our USA trip where we travel across the USA to meet Investors and amazing companies. Our Learning Forum, Seedcamp Week, where companies undergo a week long mentoring bootcamp by the investment community in London A ‘Demo Day’ where our companies can present the progress they’ve made on their product. An ‘Investor Day’ where we bring together our top investors to see how our companies are doing and to have a chance to speak with them 1:1. A 'Founders pack’ of free or reduced rate services for our companies. Lastly, the personal time that the Seedcamp team commits to the winning teams, particularly the three months following our investment and thementoring provided by our mentors
4. CONFIDENTIAL Jan-Jun Mini Seedcamps 140+ 350 ISRAEL, PARIS, LONDON, WARSAW, BERLIN, SWEDEN, SOUTH AFRICA STARTUPS / P LOCAL ADVISORS Jul-Aug Mini Seedcamps 1500+ TOTALLY OPEN APPLICATIONS PROCESS SHORTLISTED MINI SEEDCAMP TEAMS APPLICATIONS Sept Seedcamp Week 600+ MENTORS Oct-Dec Mini Seedcamps LUNCHES, DINNERS WITH MENTORS DEMO INVESTOR, BROAD INVESTOR DAYS TRIP TO VALLEY AND CONFERENCES Seedcamp’s Process in Detail
5. Calendar 2011 London - 25 January, Investment Interviews 27 January Tel Aviv - 16 February Berlin - Mid April Nordics - Early May New York City - Mid June + Investment Interviews Southern Europe/Africa - Mid July Asia - Early August Seedcamp Week - Mid September + Investment Interviews Central / Eastern Europe - End of October Paris - Early November Balkans - Early December
34. Europe Needs Seedcamp CONFIDENTIAL Severe gap in micro seed funding not filled by any equity asset class Need to form a cohesive network of entrepreneurs and experts across Europe As capital required to start up drops, we need venture accelerators that are also capital efficient in how they fund startups
35. Seedcamp’s History Seedcamp Fund I Improving, stimulating, and educating the EMEA entrepreneurial ecosystem Establishing a pan-European network of entrepreneurs, mentors, and professional services Providing funding in volume at small scale at the riskiest stage Seedcamp Fund II Continuing on the Success of Fund I Investing in more companies upfront Investing throughout the year Following the winners to return greater value to shareholders and help funding in this crucial stage
36. Our Eastern and South Eastern European Investments Around a third of all of our companies are from eastern Europe: Brainient, Codility, ERPLY, Grabcad, Ubervu, Zemanta, GIS Cloud, Ubervu, and Profitero have their roots in Eastern and Central Europe. ----- We are proud to see them launching internationally, growing strong, and attracting top international investors. 1/3
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38. The CEE countries are steadily increasing their applications (Poland, Estonia, Ukraine Croatia, Slovenia, etc.)