“mentor the german startup ecosystem”

“Mentor the German Startup Ecosystem”

Thomas Grota, VC at Deutsche Telekom @thomasgr - thomasgr.tumblr.com

“We don’t have the mentoring yet in Europe that the new generation of entrepreneurs deserves, …”

Tariq Krim CEO Jolicloud

… let‘s do some mentoring!

- CTO of Pironet AG for 7 years (IPO 2000)� - Dynamic CMS & Digital Asset Management��- Deutsche Telekom 2003 - today:� - VP Marketing & Strategy (Paris, London) � - IPTV Expert at Detecon (Asia, MENA)� - Investment Director at T-Venture�� - Exited Swoodoo to Kayak in 2010 - Exited worldwide games to Next Idea 2012 - Raised +$70m for his portfolios

Thomas Grota.�Investment Director at T-Venture �Venture Capital arm of Deutsche Telekom / T-Mobile.

@thomasgr!

My current portfolio and areas of VC expertise.�Mobile Internet & Cloud based platforms.

Exit 2010! Exit 2012!

T-Venture Funds Structure - Two funds managed �by T-Venture for Deutsche Telekom Group.

The world �has changed.

Global Mobile Traffic

Monetization of Mobile

Leadership is changing

Global trends are stable

Industries disrupt

Germany �changed too …

At a day in Cologne

“The whole world outside Germany thinks Germany is f#§§_ing amazing. And cool. And productive. And smart.

But the Germans try�

to hide it.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WX9mY952ymM

Morten Lund Chairman @ LundXO & Tradeshift

International VCs think: Berlin = Germany

For the record …

...Germany is not Berlin

alone

Germany has a

history of regions. “everyone is

cooking �his own soup.”

and is still today …

Map shows �areas prefered

by founders in Germany.

Is Germany different from�the rest of Europe?

Venture Capital in Germany:

What founders �think …

Deal Sizes in Europe

Deals are still happening

But less Exits happening in Europe and only a few are significant.

Investors got burned …

Winter is coming...

Founders get prepared!

Fundraising isn’t easy in USA

Total Deal Volume and aggregated Dollars raised:�Overall deal volume and raised funds decreased from Q2 2012

Life cycle of a Startup

Valuations adapted in USA

Its important to know your space.

B2B World: Cloud platforms & Infrastructur Apps

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Plattforms

connect autorize virality

Square, payleven, sumup, iZettel

Pinterest, Slideshare

Instagram, Path

Groupon, Living Social

Amazon, Zalando, eBay

....

“to be big in more verticals”

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General Interests (almost taken) Verticals (still opportunities)

Whats next for founders?

Startups don’t �know how to pitch …

Solve the problem, MENTORS.

Not too hard: educate yourself.

Learn the basics.

Learn the obvious.

Work on your ecosystem.

Start a local facebook group. http://www.facebook.com/groups/cgn.startups/

Coordinate events. www.nerdhub.de

Focus at Co-Working spaces.

Join Clusterhaus initiative.

so have fun …