seedrs stanford presentation - fuelling european startups
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History, hubs, connectivity and vibrant mass affluent population make European cities great places to start up.TRANSCRIPT
Fuelling Great European Startups
Jeff Lynn | CEO and Co-FounderSeedrs
About Me
• CEO and Co-Founder of Seedrs
• Non-Executive Director of Companies House
• Founding Chairman of The Coalition for a Digital Economy
• Former M&A/securities lawyer with Sullivan & Cromwell LLP (New York and London)
The leading European platform for discovering and investing in great startups
Seedrs OverviewEntrepreneurs can raise seed and early-stage investment from friends, family, angels and their communities.
Investors can invest from £10 up into the startups they choose.
We act as nominee to ensure investors are protected and entrepreneurs aren’t burdened with a huge cap table.
Our fees are success-based: 7.5% commission on funding, 7.5% carry on profit.
Our Activity
• 65 deals to date
• £6.1M ($10M) raised though us
• £94K ($154K) avg. deal
• 24 avg. days to fund
• 115 avg. investors per deal
• £703 ($1,153) avg. investment
$0 $500,000
$1,000,000 $1,500,000 $2,000,000 $2,500,000 $3,000,000 $3,500,000 $4,000,000 $4,500,000 $5,000,000
H2 2012H1 2013H2 2013
Net Investments
Case Study:Future Ad Labs
Raised £60K ($98K) from 70 investors.
Pioneering a new age ofCAPTCHAs that are Engaging, Simple & Secure.
Has since raised top-tier VC round.
Case Study:Mikes Fancy Cheese
Raised £80K ($131K)from 98 investors.
Creating Northern Ireland’sfirst raw milk, artisanal,blue cheese for direct andwholesale distribution.
Case Study:Happy Days – A New Musical
Raised £250K ($400K) from 336 investors.
26-week UK theatre tour for original musical.
First major theatre production to raise online equity crowdfunding.
James Alexander - Co-founder of first major peer-to-peer lending platform, Zopa
Mike Butcher – Editor-at-Large of TechCrunch
Dale Murray CBE - Investor and entrepreneur , British Angel Investor of the Year (2011)
Todd Ruppert - Former CEO & President of T. Rowe Price Global Investment Services
Ralph, Lord Lucas - Member of the House of Lords
Our Advisory Board
Our Funding History• 2009-2011: £350K
($575K) in pre-seed capital (before FSA authorisation) from friends, family and small angels
• 2012: £1.1M ($1.8M) in seed capital for launch from finance and tech angels
• 2013: £2.6M ($4.3M) crowd round after 18 months from 909 customers, angels and funds
Equity Crowdfunding Will Thrive In Europe
• Growth in entrepreneurship
• Geographic dispersion (hubs)
• Global reach and mindset
• Characteristics of capital and investors
Timing Is Right For Entrepreneurship In Europe
• Technology: High online and mobile adoption.
• Economic: Financial crisis leading talented people to create their own value.
• Cultural: Successes being celebrated. Failure being embraced.
We Have Multiple Startup Hubs…
• Dozens of tech clusters are developing rapidly throughout the continent – each with their own unique fabric.
• Increased interconnectivity – “cluster of clusters”.
• Easy for entrepreneurs to travel and network with other hubs.
• More accelerators and support for entrepreneurs.
…and Each Has its Unique Value• London – Fintech and media
capital of the world, favourable tax regime.
• Stockholm – Thriving digital sector and large population of early-adopters.
• Berlin – Affordable talent and real estate; high concentration of accelerator programmes.
• Barcelona – Climate, culture and universities draw global tech talent.
Small Countries with a Global Reach And Mindset
“We didn’t think about one market — the world is our market.”
Niklas Zennström, Skype co-founder
A Different Approach to Capital• Less intensive
concentrations of angel investors and high-net-worth individuals
• Significant mass affluent base of capital
• Regulatory environment more open to innovative forms of investing
Europe Is Ablaze With Great Startups…and Seedrs is Fuelling Their Growth
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