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WHY SLOVENIA? Slovenia is the place where Talking Tom and fi rst Slovenian unicorn Outfi t7 was born. It’s a small country of 2 million people, a EU member and uses the Euro as its currency. There are more than 100 million in-vestments annually in Slovenian startups. Slovene crowd funding proj-ects on Kickstarter are probably deserving Guinness book of records for successful number of projects per capita for such a small country! What’s the secret? Most classic foreign investors are attracted by Slovenia’s strategic position at the heart of Europe, its value chains, industry clusters and centers of excellence. Startups will recognize vibrant ecosystem and great internationally focused entrepreneurial spirit. Slovenia’s development programs are aiming to achieve an in-novative, technologically developed, export oriented and for foreign investors attractive destination.
USEFUL CONTACTSTHE SLOVENIA – The Institute for research, development and promo-tion of better future. +386 (0)30 706 [email protected] www.the-slovenia.com
SPIRIT Slovenia – Public Agency for Entrepreneurship, International-ization, Foreign Investments and Technology+386 (0)1 [email protected] www.spiritslovenia.si
Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia+ 386 1 5898 [email protected]/eng
European Commission Representation in The Republic Of Slovenia +386 (0)1 252 88 [email protected] https://ec.europa.eu/slovenia/
Initiative Start:up SloveniaThe Initiative Start:up Slovenia is an active facilitator and promoter of public and private stakeholders of the Slovenian startup ecosystem. In collaboration with them, they also carry out and promote national pro-grams for supporting innovative entrepreneurship. With all listed activi-ties and partners, they are trying to place Slovenia on the map of es-tablished European startup hubs. The leading partners of the Initiative are the strategically connected Venture Factory and Technology Park Ljubljana. Members of the Initiative are Primorska Technology Park, Po-murje Technology Park, Savinja Region Incubator, SAŠA Incubator, RC IKT and RCR Zasavje.
More information can be found on website www.startup.si.
Top 20 contactsTechnology Park Ljubljana +386 (0)1 62 03 400, [email protected], www.tp-lj.si
ABC Accelerator Slovenia [email protected], www.abc-accelerator.com/slovenia
ABC Hub Coworking Space [email protected], www.accelerationbusinesscity.com
IQBATOR +386 (0)41 69 06 66, [email protected], www.iqbator.si
CorpoHub +386 (0)41 25 26 14, [email protected], www.corpohub.com
LUI - Ljubljana University Incubator+386 (0)1 62 03 480, [email protected], www.lui.si
Poligon creative center [email protected], www.poligon.si
NLB CIP - Center for Innovative Entrepreneurship+386 (0)1 47 62 101, [email protected], www.nlb.si/cip
CONDA Crowdinvesting +386 (0)31 46 71 78, [email protected], www.conda.si
Hekovnik +386 (0)41 35 65 93, [email protected], www.hekovnik.com
Ustvarjalnik www.facebook.com/ustvarjalnik
Mladi podjetnik www.mladipodjetnik.si
Tovarna Podjemov (IRP Maribor) +386 (0)2 22 94 270, [email protected], www.tovarnapodjemov.org
Pomurje Technology Park +386 (0)2 53 08 200, [email protected], www.p-tech.si
Savinja Region Incubator +386 (0)40 66 22 66, [email protected], www.inkubatorsr.si
SAŠA Inkubator +386 (0)3 77 77 103, [email protected], www.sasainkubator.si
RC IKT - A Unique Development Center for Information and Communication Technologies in the Region +386 (0)4 20 73 500, [email protected], www.rcikt.com
Primorska Technology Park +386 (0)5 39 32 450, [email protected], www.primorski-tp.si
UIP - University Incubator of Primorska +386 (0)5 61 17 950, [email protected], www.uip.si
Incubator Podbreznik +386 (0)7 33 72 980, [email protected], www.rc-nm.si
Cofound.it cofound.it, [email protected]
Company formation in SloveniaSPOT, Slovenia Bussines Point The Eugo Slovenian portal is a state business point that helps foreign business entities from the EU, EEA Member Countries and the Swiss Confederation who want to do busi-ness in Slovenia. +386 1 478 83 38, http://eugo.gov.si/, www.spot.siHelp & Support [email protected]
Data d.o.o. +386 1 6006 270 Viber & WhatsApp: +386 40 530 [email protected] www.data.si/en
Firmica.si +386 (0)41 82 38 88, info@fi rmica.si, www.fi rmica.si
Agencija SPIN +386 (0)41 77 77 61,, [email protected], www.agencijaspin.s
ZEUS +386 (0)5 90 96 357, [email protected], www.accounting-slovenia.eu
Lawyers Slovenia +386 (0)70 31 33 73, offi [email protected], www.lawyersslovenia.com
Clear winner last year was blockchain, building on the foundations from bitstamp and iconomi, a whole generation of founders created 5% of global ICOs.
Startup Rock-stars (raised over $10M in last 10 years)
Bellabeatwww.webshop.bellabeat.com
Bitstampwww.bitstamp.net
Celtra (Financial round)www.celtra.com
Cofound.it (ICO)www.cofound.it
Elaphewww.in-wheel.com
Emotechwww.heyolly.com
Iconomiwww.iconomi.net
Layer (Financial round)www.layer.com
Lystwww.lyst.com
OriginTrailwww.origintrail.io
Rialto (ICO) www.rialto.ai
Tokens (ICO)www.tokens.net
Uniplaceswww.uniplaces.com
Urban mining companywww.urbanminingco.com
Viberate (ICO) www.viberate.io
Zemantawww.zemanta.com
Top-Tier (investments >$1M in last 10 years)
1nadan 4th offi ce Azumio Bia separations Citadela Databox Datafy.it Doctrina Eurosender Flaviar Flykly Genialis Gnowbe Goopti Hive Project Iddiction Ipd med Iptvbeat
Business Angels of Slovenia www.poslovniangeli.si
ABC Accelerator Slovenia www.abc-accelerator.com/slovenia/programs
ABC First Growth www.abcfi rstgrowth.com
SILICONGARDENS www.silicongardens.si
FIL ROUGE CAPITAL www.fi lrougecapital.com
PRVI SKLAD, družba tveganega kapitala, d.o.o. www.rsg-capital.si
DTK MURKA, družba tveganega kapitala, d.o.o. www.dtkmurka.si
META INGENIUM, družba tveganega kapitala, d.o.o. www.meta-group.com
STH VENTURES, družba tveganega kapitala, d.o.o. www.sth.si
Cofound.it www.cofound.it
Foreign direct investment There has never been a better time to land your investment in Slovenia Slovenia is focusing its efforts on building a strong business-friendly en-vironment as a precondition to capturing growth-fueling FDI investments. Foreign direct investment is equally important to Slovenia’s economic growth as it is for global GDP and jobs worldwide. Facts and fi gures, investor stories and experiences over the past decades can help potential investors to benchmark the qualities of the country and its people to land investment project in Slovenia.
For investors seeking to buy into state-owned enterprises, timing is perfect as the government is preparing to dispose of its stakes under the sover-eign holding law. The process of selling assets will be transparent and investors will have only one entity to talk to.
Major InvestorsThe largest recent FDI infl ows are the post-privatization takeovers (Good-year, Ljubljana Airport, Mahle) or classic takeovers (Lek-Novartis, Simobil-Mobilkom, SKBSociete Generale, NLB-KBC etc).
Major foreign investors in SloveniaManufacturing Aviat Networks, Belimed, BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte, Brigl&Bergmeister, Carthago, Danfoss, E.G.O. Elektro Geräte, Ecolab, Geberit, GKN Italia, Goodyear Dunlop Tires Europe, Grammer Au-tomotive, Gruppo Bonazzi, Hella, Henkel, Johnson Controls, Knauf Insula-tion, Lafarge Perlmooser, Mahle, Meyr Melnhof, Odelo, Palfi nger, Poclain Hydraulic, Renault, Safi lo Group, Sandoz Group, Siemens, Sogefi , Solvay, Styria, Unicut, Vogtronics, XAL, Wolford, Yaskawa
Financial services Apollo + EBRD, Addiko Bank, Raiffeisen Bank, In-tesa SanPaolo, Société Générale, UniCredit Bank
Retail Aldi Süd, E. Leclerc, Eurospin Italia, Harvey Norman, Lidl, MOL, ÖMV, Rutar, Spar
Other services AC Nielsen, Debitel, Deloitte, DHL, Ernst & Young, GfK, Grieshaber Logistik, KPMG, IBM, ISS Servissystem, Magna Steyr, Mc-Donald’s, Microsoft, Mobilkom, Oracle, PricewaterhouseCoopers, SAP, Schenker, Sodexho Alliance, SHS Aviation, S&T
CEED SLOVENIA www.ceed-slovenia.org
LIONS CLUB www.lionsljubljana.si
ROTARY www.rotaryslovenija.org
American Chamber of Commerce - AmCham Slovenia www.amcham.si
British-Slovenian Chamber of Commerce - BSCC www.bscc.si
The German-Slovene Chamber of Commerce and Industry – AHK Slowenien www.slowenien.ahk.de
Advantage Austria www.advantageaustria.org
Luxembourg-Slovenian Business Club (LSBC) www.lsbc.lu
ItalianTrade Agency (ICE) www.ice.gov.it
Slovene-Russian Business Club www.slovenia-russia.com
Kazakh-Slovenian Business Club – KSBC www.facebook.com/KAZAKH-SLOVENIAN BUSINESS CLUB (KSBC)
Slovenia Ministry of Foreign Affairs www.mzz.gov.si
List of Embassies and Consulates in Sloveniawww.mzz.gov.si/en/representations_abroad
SILA – International Women’s Club Ljubljana www.sila.si
International mediaThe Slovenia Times - Daily News and Features from Slovenia www.sloveniatimes.com
Radio Si www.radiosi.eu
MMC – Public Broadcaster www.rtvslo.si
The Slovenia www.the-slovenia.com
In Your Pocket – Destination City Guides www.inyourpocket.com
STA - Slovenian Press Agency https://english.sta.si
ECOSYSTEM STARTUPS STARTUP INVESTMENT FUNDINGS
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS IN SLOVENIA
www.the-slovenia.com
STARTUP2018 Startup & Business in SloveniaSpecial Edition PODIM
SLOVENIA BY THE NUMBERSPopulation 2,048,951 (2011 estimate)
Area 20,273 square kilometres
Ethnic composition Slovenian 83%, Former Yugoslav Minorities 5.3%, Hungarian, Albanian, Roma, Italian and others 11.7%
Offi cial Languages Slovenian, Italian, Hungarian
Local Time Central European (GMT +1hr)
Longest River Sava (221km in Slovenia)
Highest Mountain Triglav 2,864m
Borders Austria 318km, Italy 280km, Hungary 102km, Croatia 670km
Exchange rates€1 = 1.24 US$ = 0.87 UK£ = 1.20 CHF = 118.97 дин = 4.98 TRY = 75.31 RBL = 7.76 CNY = 1314.58 W (19.04.2018)
Blue chip companies cooperating with StartupsBTC www.btc.si
Danfoss www.danfoss.si
Dewesoft www.dewesoft.com
MDS IT www.mds-it.si
Halcom www.halcom.si
Iskratel www.iskratel.com
Kolektor www.kolektor.si
Nova KBM www.nkbm.si
Outfi t7 www.outfi t7.com
Petrol www.petrol.si
Plastika Skaza www.skaza.si
Pošta Slovenije www.posta.si
SRC www.src.si
Telekom Slovenije www.telekom.si
Zavarovalnica Sava www.zav-sava.si
Zavarovalnica Triglav www.triglav.eu
The Slovene Enterprise Fund (SEF) + 386 234 12 60, [email protected], www.podjetniskisklad.si
SEF offers fi anncial products in the form of:
START UP INCENTIVES (grants) for establishing an enterprise
SEED CAPITAL (convertible loans and capital investments) for the entry and expansion on the market
VENTURE CAPITAL (mezzanine capital) for rapid globala growth
MICROCREDITS (direct SEFs credits) for specifi c target groups for current operation
GUARANTEES for bank loans with interest rate subsidy for current operation and further growth
LOGO CMYKYOU CAN FIND OUT MORE about the ambassadors of Slovenian startup entrepreneurship, whose achievements, actions, reputation and development potential represent a new generation of Slovenian innova-tive entrepreneurs. Their success also promotes the Slovenian startup community.
STARTUPS SLOVENIA www.startup.si/en-us/startups
HOT LISTS OF SLOVENIA STARTUPS www.startaj.fi nance.si
ABC Accelerator Slovenia www.abc-accelerator.com/slovenia/startups
CENTRAL EUROPEAN STARTUP AWARDS www.centraleuropeanstartu-pawards.com
STARTUP CAFE http://startupcafe.si/MLADI PODJETNIK www.mladipodjetnik.si
MAKING IDEAS FLY Venturing together since 2001.
WE MAKE OPPORTUNITIES HAPPEN.Search & Create We look for venture opportunities and focus on proven business models in developing markets.
Innovative EducationWith more than 20 years’ experience in entrepreneurial education in 19 countries, we add value to every orga-nization.
Growth HackingWe accelerate growth of business via strategies and actions.
Marketing & SalesWe apply effective solutions for business ventures.
MonitoringAs supervisory board members we assure credibility and build business for a healthy ROI and possible exits.
FundraisingAs business angel members we make yearly seed investments of 20.000 - 100.000 € in early stage com-panies and syndicated investments up to 1 mio €.
WE HELP THEM TRIVE.
WE CREATE, WE INVEST, WE SHARE We believe in adding value to your ventures.
IQbator d.o.o., Slovenska cesta 17, 1000 Ljubljana, Sloveniawww.iqbator.si
Kosei Mimovrste Moneyrebel Mountvacation Orpe Optiprint Parsek Reveel Quantum Project Solviol Sportify Sphericam Sun Contract Tab systemsTmg-bmc Trainers4me Visionect
Gazelles are fast growing small and medium sized enterprises (SME’s) that have the potential to accelerate sales by 20 percent or more per year for more than a four-year period. Gazelles are often owner-operated or family-owned businesses that have demonstrated success and a capacity for rapid growth if afforded access to capital on reasonable terms.
TEHNOS www.tehnos.si
SiTOR www.sitor.si
Varis Lendava www.varis-group.com
3fs www.3fs.si
ADRIA DOM www.adria-mobilehome.com
Don Don www.dondon.si/
GAZELLES AND BLUE CHIP COMPANIES
SLOVENIAN STARTUP 2018 - FINALISTS
MAG-LEV AudioMAG-LEV Audio offers a new and fresh look on the turntable. By joining great design and innovative technology we were able to enhance the experience of listening to vinyl records by levi-tating the platter. This is a completely unique concept from the design aspect as well as a technological one. The drive has no motor as all other turntables do, but has a magnetic force driv-ing the turntable to a desired speed for playing records.
www.maglevaudio.com
BEEPINGBeeping is an online booking platform that matches customers with a background checked, skilled, equipped, trained profes-sional cleaners. All cleaners are also insured in case of some damages. Beeping offers subscription cleanings as well as one-off cleanings. Team and company is on path to become household cleaning leader in emerging markets of CEE region and Euro-Asia.
www.beeping.si
EVENT REGISTRYEvent Registry collects and analyses in real-time news content produced in 30 languages. From the news it identifi es actual events that occurred and extracts semantic information about them such as what happened, where, when and who was in-volved. Using this structured information, users can create ad-vanced fi lters to immediately identify events of their interest.
www.eventregistry.org
GOTOKYGotoky, a new, unique way of communication - 100% off-grid independent, decentralized, low-cost, portable communication network affordable for any user instead of using standard, con-ventional cellular or mobile network which can be either non-existent, unstable or excessively expensive.
www.gotoky.com
SMART OPTOMETRYSmart Optometry developed AmblyoPlay – vision therapy for children with vision symptoms. Therapy is conducted daily through playing different games that stimulate the weaker eye, as well as encourage good cooperation of both eyes. Therapy is adapted to every individual, it tracks his progress and enables remote supervision by the eye care specialists.
www.smart-optometry.com
Pionirska cesta 9, 1360 Vrhnika, Slovenia+386 (0)30 646 455, [email protected], www.solopex.com
Solopex provides Data Intelligence to industrial manufacturers of all sizes and par-ticularly to the SME segment.
Our solutions leverage the power of cloud computing, mathematical optimization, and machine learning.
Our cloud-based Planning Engine SOLO saves industrial manufacturers time and money: Planners save time by planning production-related tasks at the push of a button. And SOLO automatically computes plans that minimize wastage, inventory, and overall production time.
solopleks
mediji - logotipi
LJUBLJANA
Investing done right.Always on the lookout for promising startups.
We invest in highly promising start-up businesses.
We provide smart money support.
We have established a specialized sales offices and are providing sales analyses and other sales consulting services.
We can even become an agent or distributor for a promising start-up.
We offer marketing support for efficient go-to-market strategies.
We currently offer top sales andmarketing package to enter market in demanding German-speaking countries and markets of South Eastern Europe (Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia and Italy).
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www.the-slovenia.com
Up MarketReport of startup fi nancing in 2017
Another record: 140 million dollars raised again!Hundreds of entrepreneurs, thousands of jobs, major economic impact.
Proven ability: 3 exits including our fi rst startup - ZemantaEcosystem is scaled, able, eligible, impactful.
(epi)Center: ICO capital of the world!We have highest concentration of experience with blockchain in the world.
Increased awareness: legislation issues are really get-ting addressed.Identifi cation and implementation of appropriate legislative support is happening on highest level.
Half-a-billion in fi ve years Investments in start-ups from 2005 to 2018We broke the record from phenomenal 2015 - Slovenian founders have raised almost $150M worldwide, with 2018 already trending strong.
TOP DEALS OF 2017Origintrail ICO $22,000,000
Layer 2/24/2017 - Financing round $15,000,000
Celtra 6/21/2017 - Financing round $15,000,000
Tokens 11/26/2017 - ICO $15,000,000
cofound.it 8/9/2016 - ICO $15,000,000
$ Value Of Deals By Type
0.9%
2.6%
57.5%
0.9%
34.5%48,028,000
80,127,895
3.6%
0.1%
crowdfunding
government
ico
angels
Others
vc
private
4.5%
13.4%
44.6%
5.4%
17.9%
2.7%
11.6%
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government
accelerator
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private
ico
# Number Of Deals By Type
Healthy mix of large and small deals
under $50.000
$286,90715 investments
$150.000 - $1M
$6,828,15718 investment
$1M - $10M
$45,973,61016 investments
over $10M
$105,714,2857 investments
$50.000 - $150.000
$3,589,77656 investments
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All Time LeaderboardSince 2005, 345 startups raised over $500M in over 500 transactions. Some founders have raised multiple rounds by now, experiencing dif-ferent types of capital, while other are just starting. Unpublicized deals amounted for a third of all funds raised in 2017, and one half since 2007.
ExitsMimovrste www.mimovrste.com
Zemanta www.zemanta.com
iTivi www.itivi.tv
Cubesensors www.cubesensors.com
Bigdeal www.bigdeal.si
Klika www.klika.si
Kosei www.kosei.com
Outfi t7 www.outfi t7.com
Najdi.si www.najdi.si
Zootfl ywww.zootfl y.com
Toboads www.httpool.si
ICO Rock-starsCofound.it www.cofound.it
Hive projectwww.hive-project.net
Insurepal www.insurepal.io
Moneyrebel www.moneyrebel.io
Origintrail www.origintrail.io
quantum projectwww.quantumproject.org
Rialto www.rialto.ai
Sportify www.spotify.com/int/why-not-available, www.sportyco.io
Sun contract www.suncontract.org
Tokens www.tokens.net
Viberate www.viberate.io
Gramatik www.gramatik.net
Datafund www.datafund.net
Crowdfunding SuccessesMaglev www.maglevaudio.com
Flykly www.fl ykly.com
Goat Story www.goat-story.com
Sipa Boards www.sipaboards.com
Mordhau www.mordhau.com
Chipolo www.eu.chipolo.net
Teodoor www.teodoor.com
Red Pitaya www.redpitaya.com/index2
Lumu www.lu.mu
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