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Startup Europe13 November 2015

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NOAH Conference 2015

Isidro Laso Ballesteros. DG CONNECT. European Commission

Disclaimer: these slides reflect the opinion of the author and do not necessarily represent the position of the European Commission

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How do you connect with other players like you across

EU?

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How do you discover resources available across

EU?

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Discover, network, partnerships, do deals,

change regulation,….

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EU is able to build good startups but not to create big tech buyers

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Source: startupeuropepartnership.eu

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Reasons for EU underperforming……

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Disconnected islands…………….Not Enough Density

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Source: startuphubs.eu

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Scouting is very time consuming and inefficient

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Lack of data …….

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Few crossborders done-deals……. Unquilified meetings with investors and tech buyers

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Source: startupeuropepartnership.eu. May 2015

"Only 14% of the M&As come from another EU country"

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Difficulty to grow…………….Lack of connections in Local Markets

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A way to improve it …..

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Connecting all players of local ecosystems – online & offline

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EU Partnerships among players

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SEP – partnership of corporates and startups

Connecting local authorities & Startups

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Feeding data….

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www.startupeuropesummit.com

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Events

Europass

International missions

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