Capacity Building for Europe’s Next Generation Technology Entrepreneurs
Who is this guy?
Philipp Moehring@pmoehring
Associate at Seedcampportfolio management, organization, events,
general tidying up
Biz head, startup heartbusiness education, experience in startups, tech,
venture capital
What is Seedcamp
A micro-seed fund that enables talent across every part of Europe to start up strong internet
technology companies.
Recognized as a leading platform bringing together tech entrepreneurs and mentors across Europe, US,
Africa, and Asia
Mini Seedcamps
TEAMS
PROPRIETARY CRM
DATABASE
LUNCHES, DINNERS WITH
MENTORS
DEMOINVESTOR,
BROAD INVESTOR DAYS
4 person team running it
TRIP TO VALLEY AND
CONFERENCES
20+
MENTORS300
INVESTMENTS11
EQUITY
8%-10%SHORTLISTED
MINI SEEDCAMPTEAMS
PROPRIETARY APPLICATIONS AND JUDGING
SYSTEM
ISRAEL, PARIS, LONDON, WARSAW, BERLIN, SWEDEN, LJUBJANA, KIEV
STARTUPS220
LOCAL ADVISORS700+
MENTORS600+
Investment
SeedcampWeek
3 Months Mentoring
A year-long program supporting seed stage start ups in Europe
FUNDING€50K
33 companies across 17 geographies
Kyko
New models of seed investing
Start ups are cheaper
More folks with experience & network
Quite a compelling job
Who has seen this?
FFF “proper VCs”Angels
So what’s happening?
FFF “proper VCs”Angels
Super Angels
Growth Funds
VCs’ Seed funds
Builders
Incubators
PPP/GovMicro Seed
FFF
Friends, Family and others
Always been there
Won’t go away
Builders & Incubators
Involved in ideation
Take large stakes (not all!)
Added benefits (corp, dev, etc)
Angels
Experienced individuals
Giving back
Not a full time job
Super Angels
Experienced individuals
OPM – other people’s money
Definitely a full time job
Lots and lots of deals
VCs’ seed funds
Carve outs
Get in on the action
Signaling problem?
Adding value & easing follow on
But: we’re all friends
Everybody can play together
More deals = more opportunity
Everybody does play together
Why?
Earlier proof points easy to reach
Smaller exits and profitable companies
Inefficient markets allow for specialisation
Results
More start ups
Smaller exits in untraditional ways
More movement, more entrepreneurs
Where is Seedcamp in this
All shapes and sizes
Follow on by angels, super angels, VCs, PPP, international investors, bootstrapped
Scaling acceleration across Europe and US
Secret Sauce
Deal sourcing at scale
Investing at volume
Building globally
Get in touch
Follow us: facebook.com/seedcamp and @seedcamp
@pmoehring and pmoehring.de
www.seedcamp.com