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1. Encore Ventures & DFJ Esprit
2. General themes investors look for irrespective of stage
3. Venture funding stages vs. Product development stages
4. Case study
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Who we are
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Krishna Visvanathan - Partner
11 years as Venture Capitalinvestor.
Previously a partner at 3iresponsible for several successfulinvestments including Ezurio, BlueLithium, Ubinetics, E2V plc &Fastnet Systems
Currently on the boards ofCambridge Semiconductor, Icera,Light Blue Optics, Netronome,Taptu & The Cloud
Encore Ventures - dedicated secondary vehicle underDFJ Esprit’s umbrella
Encore Fund 1 - £130m purchase of 3i’s European ventureportfolio
DFJ Esprit – leading technology focused European VC
Three funds, with >£350m under management
Recently closed our new fund and actively seeking newinvestment opportunities
Encore & DFJ Esprit part of DFJ Global Network
Two brands to cater to the requirements of our investors
In essence - 12 highly experienced venture investors with>150 years of combined investing experience across allstages
Strategic partner of CCL’s with respect to their spin outactivity
The DFJ network in action
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DFJ GothamNew York
Element PartnersRadnor, PA
Draper TrianglePittsburgh, PA
Draper TrianglePittsburgh, PA
DFJ Mercury Houston, TX
Access Venture Partners Denver, CO & Austin, TX
EPIC Ventures Salt Lake city, UT
Phoenix, AZAlbuquerque, NM
DFJ FIR Brazil FundSao Paulo, Brazil
DFJ Dragonfund ChinaSan Jose, CA
Zone Ventures Los Angeles, CA
Element PartnersMenlo Park, CA
DFJ Growth Fund & DFJ IncubeMenlo Park, CA
Draper Fisher JurvetsonMenlo Park, CA
DFJ FrontierSacramento, CASanta Barbara, CA
DFJ EspritLondon, UK
DFJ Tamir FlashmanTel-Aviv, Israel
DFJ VTB AuroraMoscow, Russia
DFJHyderabad, India Bengalore, India
DFJ AthenaSeoul, South Korea
DFJ DragonFund ChinaShanghai, ChinaBeijing, China
DFJBeijing, China
LOCAL PRESENCE, GLOBAL REACH
Company RevenueEBIT@
ExitExit EV
Revenue Multiple
Holding Period (Yrs)
Cash Multiple Returned
$29.8m Negative $225.0m 7.6x 3.0 5.3x
$46.0m Breakeven $125.0m 2.7x 1.6 4.8x
$10.6m Negative $123.0m 11.6x 3.6 3.1x
$0.1m Negative $62.2m 1,555x 4.0 3.1x
$27.6m Negative $100.0m 3.6x 4.6 10.4x
$10.8m Negative $36.9m 3.4x 1.5 1.9x
$7.6m Negative $41.5m 5.5x 2.4 2.3x
$40.0m Negative $40.0m 1.0x 4.3 1.2x
$0.5m Negative $35.0m 76.1x 9.0 1.1x
Median $10.8m - $62.2m 5.5x 3.6 3.1x
Average $19.2m - $87.6m 185.2x 3.8 3.7x
ESPRIT RECENT EXITS
Encore I Portfolio Overview
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SoftwareDigital Media &
InternetHardware &
SemisNextGen Telecom
& WirelessHealthcare & Biosciences
CleanTech
Exits
Current Investments
PulmagenTherapeutics
1. Encore Ventures & DFJ Esprit
2. General themes investors look for irrespective of stage
3. Venture funding stages vs. Product development stages
4. Case study
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There is no generic template for success – huge variations by company/segments e.g. web vs. software vs. hardware vs. biotech/medtech
There are always exceptions
Successful companies/investments share many similar characteristics
People, people, people - the team we are backing is always key:-
– Vision, ambition, conviction, hunger
Product meets a need, TAM is sizeable - not a technology looking for a market
Routes to market
Competitive landscape
Business/Revenue model
Scalability – people, product and business model
Understanding of what it takes to create a winning product and a winning company
General Themes Investors Look For Irrespective
of Stage
1. Encore Ventures & DFJ Esprit
2. General themes investors look for irrespective of stage
3. Venture funding stages vs. Product development stages
4. Case study
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Venture Capital Funding Stages mapped
to Product Development Stages
Funding Stage Product Stage Key Questions
Pre-seed/Seed Concept/ Proof of
Concept (α)
Illustrates the vision of the founder(s)
Value proposition – is it credible ?
Just a better mouse trap or something
truly novel?
Visualisation appeals to emotive
aspects of an investor
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Venture Capital Funding Stages mapped
to Product Development Stages
Funding Stage Product Stage Key Questions
Series A Prototype/
demonstrator (β)
Does it work?
Is it really better than state of the art?
Can it be “production-ised”?
Is it defensible – IP/know how?
Customer feedback loop?
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Venture Capital Funding Stages mapped
to Product Development Stages
Funding Stage Product Stage Key Questions
Series B Production ready
(FCS/GA)
Form, fit, function
Differentiation/Competitive
benchmarking
ASPs & BoM costs
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Venture Capital Funding Stages mapped
to Product Development Stages
Funding Stage Product Stage Key Questions
Series C
& beyond
Mass production
Product Variants
Roadmap
Scalability & profitability
Value potential & metrics
Sustainability vs. One trick pony
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Venture Capital Funding Stages mapped
to Product Development StagesFunding Stage Product Stage Key Questions
Pre-seed/Seed Concept/ Proof of
Concept (α)
Illustrates the vision of the founder(s)?
Value proposition – is it credible?
Just a better mouse trap or something
truly novel?
Visualisation appeals to emotive
aspects of an investor
Series A Prototype/
demonstrator (β)
Does it work?
Is it really better?
Can it be “production-ised”?
Is it defensible – IP/knowhow?
Customer feedback loop
Series B Production ready
(FCS/GA)
Form, fit, function
Differentiation/Competitive
benchmarking
ASPs & BoM costs?
Series C
& beyond
Mass production;
product variants
Roadmap
Scalability & profitability
Value potential & metrics
Sustainability
1. Encore Ventures & DFJ Esprit
2. General themes investors look for irrespective of stage
3. Venture funding stages vs. Product development stages
4. Case study
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