Connecting Europe’s best Startups to Corporates

Alberto Onetti President Mind The Bridge European Entrepreneurship & Innovation Stanford Engineering Jan 25 2016

THE GOAL European Startups that Scale

Scaleups exist on top of a solid

startup ecosystem

European Startups that Scale THE GAP

Only 16 are in the Billion Dollar Startup Club

Source: The Wall Street Journal & Dow Jones Venture; January 2016 Source: GP. Bullhound, May 2015

EU UNICORNS

Only a few European companies are in the «Billion-Dollar Startup Club».

A growing number of startups are entering the Unicorn «MiniClub». 1,000 European ICT scaleups (raised $1M+) and 40 scalers (raised $100M+) identified in 5 ecosystems. Cumulatively $23B of capital raised. 400 ICT exits (including 24 IPOs) in the last 5 yr. period for the same geographies. 43% of acquirers are US based companies.

There is Life on Planet Scaleup

THE PLATFORM

A Cross-Industry Pan-European"Open Innovation Platform

Insurance Banking Telcos Software&Electronics

Utilities ...

Matching Format

MATCHING

Startups Apply Through Referrals

Knowledge Exchange

CorporatesStartups

Startups Pitch

1. Startups get referred through partner network!

!2. 15/20 startups are! filtered!!3. 1:1 high-qualified

meetings!!4. Learn from corporates! and other scaleups!!!

1.Indicate areas !of scouting !

!2. Validate the deal flow!

prior the Matching!!

3. Exposure to selected startups!

!4. Learn about new

innovations, biz models!!

OUTPUT: Procurement + Investment + Acquisition !

SEP Matching

SEP Matching: KPIs

*  London  &  Helsinki    Matching  Event  outputs  s9ll  to  be  assessed  ^  2  Corporate  Boot  Camps  (Ver9cal  Matching  focused  on  E-­‐Gov  and  Energy)  

Matching Events: 10+2 !̂Selected Startups: 180 !Corporates Involved: 26 !Qualified Meetings: 355!of which Crossborder: 283!Follow-up: 43 !Ongoing Biz Discussions: 23*!Deals closed: 9*!

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