Talk by Marco Marinucci, MindTheBridge (Silicon Valley), at Stanford on March 5 2018, in our session: 'The State of Tech in Europe : A Pan-European View on Startup and Scaleup Deal Flow, Venture Funding and Corporate M&A Activity'.
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3. Bridging the World through
Entrepreneurship and Innovation
We are dedicated to developing, promoting, and supporting
sustainable entrepreneurial ecosystems around the world by empowering
startups, institutions and corporations to succeed in global markets
4. Our History
F r o m h u m b l e b e g i n n i n g s …
Founded as a side project by Googler Marco
Marinucci, MTB initially focused on developing
Italy’s (Marco’s home country) startup ecosystem,
building bridges with Silicon Valley.
Marco brings on board a top notch Board of Directors
and Alberto Onetti, an Italian university professor
with an in-depth startup experience and knowledge of
the Silicon Valley ecosystem, as its Chairman.
2007
2009
2008-2012
In five years MTB supports hundreds of startups,
runs an incubator in San Francisco and a Startup
School that produces 50+ entrepreneur
graduates per year, and organizes several of
events attended by thousands.
5. Marco quits Google to work full
time on MTB and raises a seed
investment fund (Mind the
Seed).
MTB starts working in support of
Innovation and M&A department of
corporations.
Telefonica, BBVA, Orange2012
November
2013
January
2014
Mind the Bridge is selected by the
European Commission to lead
Startup Europe Partnership.
2017
- Serving 20+ Corporations,
- offices in SF, London, Italy,
Barcelona
- partnership with London
Stock Exchange
• … t o t o d a y ’s r o l e
6. BRANDING
/CSR
CULTURAL EDUCATION
TECHNOLOGY
SCOUTING
INVESTMENT
ADVISORY
M&A
Sponsoring Startup Events Silicon Valley Immersion Trip
Training in Silicon Valley
Market Reports
Ad-Hoc Executive Sessions
Select + Host Startup Bootcamp
Corporate Accelerators Support
Scout for Best Intl. Startups
Corp/Startup Matching Events
Setup Antenna in Silicon Valley
Due Diligence for Investment
Deal Negotiation
MARKET/STRATEGIC
ASSESSMENT
Support Startup Competition
Transaction Advisory
Feeding Corporate Innovation Hunger
We serve the entire Innovation Journey of a Corporation
Tech Missions to SV/Israel Global Matching Programs
Open Innovation Workshops
7. RESEARCH - MACRO AREAS
FAST GROWING TECH COMPANIES
(SCALEUPS)
EXITS
(M&A/IPO)
OPEN INNOVATION
(MODELS & OUTPOSTS)
8. WHAT IS A SCALEUP?
36% DECREASE
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14. Acquisitions have played a central role in Silicon Valley’s success
Buying startups is one of the fastest ways for companies
to embrace disruption and keep innovating
US and Silicon Valley companies are more acquisitive
So how much has changed
since the last report?
15. New research by Mind the Bridge + CrunchBase
33,600 M&A transactions completed since 2010
15,500 startup acquisitions
13,000 involving US and European companies
Startup M&As
2017 REPORT
16.
17. SOLID growth in worldwide startup
M&A
ACCELERATED since 2014
Recent growth was not mirrored in
the VALUE
18. Europe managed to grab more exit share
ASIA is GROWING TOO
Europe: 24%-> 27% Europe: 20%-> 31%
19. There is a clear preference between US and EU
ecosystems for each other.
26. 71% OF THE EXITED STARTUPS DON’T RETURN THE CAPITAL INVESTED
54% ARE FIRE SALES (RETURN LESS THAN 50% THE CAPITAL RAISED)
16% RETURN BETWEEN 1/3X
8% ARE SOLD AT GOOD MULTIPLES (3/10X)
3-5% ARE THE “WILD” ONES (10+X MULTIPLE)
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AN ACTION ORIENTED DAY
BRINGING TOGETHER
THE CURRENT AND FUTURE
EU UNICORNS
+ EU POLICY MAKERS
+ MEMBERS STATE
TO MEET THE SILICON VALLEY
DIGITAL ECONOMY STAKEHOLDERS
EUROPEAN INNOVATION DAY
SEPTEMBER 11, 2018
EID 2018
The Digital Europe Conference in
Silicon Valley
Computer History Museum