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STARTUPS GERMANY & NRW STARTPLATZ DÜSSELDORF DECEMBER 3RD 2015 WITH VIDAR ANDERSEN

Germany, the state of North-Rhine Westphalia (NRW) & Startups

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STARTUPS GERMANY & NRWSTARTPLATZ DÜSSELDORF DECEMBER 3RD 2015 WITH VIDAR ANDERSEN

ABOUT VIDAR ANDERSEN

FOUNDING PRINCIPAL +ANDERSEN & ASSOCIATES

• NORWEGIAN LIVING IN COLOGNE, DE SINCE 2005

• WORKING WITH F500 CORPORATIONS AND GOS SOLVING PROBLEMS WITH TECHNOLOGYSINCE 1996

• SERIAL STARTUP FOUNDER & ENTREPRENEUR WITH HITS & MISSES

• EDUCATOR (UNIVERSITY LECTURER ON STARTUP ENTREPRENEURSHIP, STARTUP NEXT INSTRUCTOR & CERTIFIED LEAN LAUNCHPAD EDUCATOR @ STANFORD)

+ANDERSEN & ASSOCIATESCORPORATE INNOVATION & GROWTH THROUGH ENTREPRENEURSHIP + SCIENCE

[email protected] +49 151 40 133 149

+20 YEARS EXPERIENCE

TEACHING AT E.G.

ANDERSEN FOUNDED E.G.

FEATURED & RECOGNIZED

& more…

“[Vidar Andersen] one of the most important persons in the German startup scene.” –

Wirtschafts Woche, April 2015

CERTIFIED LEAN LAUNCHPAD (LLP) EDUCATOR @STANFORD

LLP LECTURE MARCH 2015 @ QAZVIN ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY, IRAN

THE CASE FOR GERMANY

• EXCELLENT INFRASTRUCTURE

• EXCELLENT ECONOMIC & POLITICAL STABILITY

• EXCELLENT HIGHER EDUCATION & RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES

• ENTREPRENEURIAL - 5 MILLION SELF-EMPLOYED

• LARGEST NUMBER OF “HIDDEN CHAMPIONS” 1.300 - ONE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED!

• 33 OF GLOBAL FORTUNE 500S HEADQUARTERED IN GERMANY

• THE ENGINE AND THE LARGEST OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMY & POSITIVE GROWTH

• LARGEST SINGLE MARKET IN EUROPE

• IN THE PHYSICAL CENTER OF EUROPE

• FREE FLOW OF QUALIFIED TALENT - ESPECIALLY YOUNG & CEE DEMOGRAPHY

SMACK IN THE MIDDLE OF EU

33 GLOBAL F500 IN GERMANYDeutsche Telekom, Deutsche Post DHL, Lufthansa, Bayer, E.ON, Metro, Franz Haniel, RWE, ThyssenKrupp, Bertelsmann, Volkswagen, Daimler, Allianz, Siemens, BASF, BMW, Munich Re Group, Deutsche Bank, Robert Bosch, Landesbank Baden-Württemberg, Deutsche Bahn, Continental, Heraeus Holding, DZ BANK, Edeka Zentrale, Phoenix Pharmahandel, Commerzbank, Energie Baden-Wuerttemberg, TUI, Marquard & Bahls, Fresenius, KFW Bankengruppe

BIOTECH & PHARMA CLUSTERS

ENERGY& ENVIRONMENT CLUSTERS

FINANCE CLUSTERS

MEDICINE & HEALTH CLUSTERS

TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION CLUSTERS

TRANSPORT & LOGISTICS CLUSTERS

STARTUP HUBS

ACCELERATORS IN GERMANY

ETC ETC ETC…

#2 IN STARTUP DEALS 2014

VC FINANCING ON THE RISE

MOST ACTIVE VC IN GERMANY

MAJOR NAMES ALREADY HERE

NOTABLE GERMAN ACQUISITIONSParstream → CiscoOctober 2015Undisclosed

6Wunderkinder → MicrosoftJune 2015€100 - 200 million

Quandoo → RecruitMarch 2015€202.5 million

Fyber (SponsorPay) → RNTSOctober 2014$150 million

TeamViewer → PermiraMay 2014€830 million

Sociomantic → DunnhumbyApril 2014€150 million

Trivago → ExpediaDecember 2012€477 million.

DailyDeal → GoogleSeptember 2011€82.8 million

Bigpoint → Summit Partners and TA Associates

April 2011

€272.6 million

brands4friends → eBay

December 2010

€150 million

NOTABLE GERMAN IPOSFerratum* February 2015€110.8 million.

Rocket InternetOctober 2014€6.5 Billion ZalandoOctober 2014€5.3 billion

THE CASE FOR NRW

• ENGINE OF THE GERMAN INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

• OLD MONEY STILL HERE - LOTS OF POTENTIAL

• EXCELLENT UNIVERSITIES (UNI CGN, RWTH, BITS, WHU, ETC)

• MOST POPULOUS STATE +19 MILL

• 10 F500 CORPORATIONS

• HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF HIDDEN CHAMPIONS

• HIGHLY DEVELOPED INFRASTRUCTURE

• NASCENT SCENE - NOISE VS SIGNAL = EASIER TO STAND OUT, MAKE A DIFFERENCE

• +300 STARTUPS AND COUNTING

• CLOSER TO PARIS, LONDON, AMSTERDAM, VIENNA, MUNICH THAN BERLIN

INDUSTRY FACTS NRW

2012 520 BILLION EURO

2012 (IN BIL. EURO)

17 OF 50 THE LARGEST GERMAN COMPANIES ARE SITUATED IN NRW

10 GLOBAL F500 IN NRWNAME F500 CITY

Deutsche Telekom 89 Bonn

Deutsche Post DHL 98 Bonn

Lufthansa 248 Cologne

Bayer 187 Leverkusen

E.ON 16 Duesseldorf

Metro 72 Duesseldorf

Franz Haniel 272 Duisburg

RWE 124 Essen

ThyssenKrupp 122 Essen

Bertelsmann 492 Guetersloh

REGULAR FAST TRAINS

3h

3h4:30h

4:20h2h

1:50h

4h

SILICON VALLEY

TEL-AVIVDAILY FLIGHTS

Cologne, sold to Cisco

Cologne, sold to Google

Dusseldorf, sold to Google

Cologne, next big thing?

Dusseldorf, next big thing?

Cologne, next big thing?

Cologne, next big thing?

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