ABOUT VIDAR ANDERSEN
FOUNDING PRINCIPAL +ANDERSEN & ASSOCIATES
• NORWEGIAN LIVING IN COLOGNE, DE SINCE 2005
• WORKING WITH F500 CORPORATIONS AND GOS SOLVING PROBLEMS WITH TECHNOLOGYSINCE 1996
• SERIAL STARTUP FOUNDER & ENTREPRENEUR WITH HITS & MISSES
• EDUCATOR (UNIVERSITY LECTURER ON STARTUP ENTREPRENEURSHIP, STARTUP NEXT INSTRUCTOR & CERTIFIED LEAN LAUNCHPAD EDUCATOR @ STANFORD)
+ANDERSEN & ASSOCIATESCORPORATE INNOVATION & GROWTH THROUGH ENTREPRENEURSHIP + SCIENCE
[email protected] +49 151 40 133 149
“[Vidar Andersen] one of the most important persons in the German startup scene.” –
Wirtschafts Woche, April 2015
THE CASE FOR GERMANY
• EXCELLENT INFRASTRUCTURE
• EXCELLENT ECONOMIC & POLITICAL STABILITY
• EXCELLENT HIGHER EDUCATION & RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES
• ENTREPRENEURIAL - 5 MILLION SELF-EMPLOYED
• LARGEST NUMBER OF “HIDDEN CHAMPIONS” 1.300 - ONE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED!
• 33 OF GLOBAL FORTUNE 500S HEADQUARTERED IN GERMANY
• THE ENGINE AND THE LARGEST OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMY & POSITIVE GROWTH
• LARGEST SINGLE MARKET IN EUROPE
• IN THE PHYSICAL CENTER OF EUROPE
• FREE FLOW OF QUALIFIED TALENT - ESPECIALLY YOUNG & CEE DEMOGRAPHY
33 GLOBAL F500 IN GERMANYDeutsche Telekom, Deutsche Post DHL, Lufthansa, Bayer, E.ON, Metro, Franz Haniel, RWE, ThyssenKrupp, Bertelsmann, Volkswagen, Daimler, Allianz, Siemens, BASF, BMW, Munich Re Group, Deutsche Bank, Robert Bosch, Landesbank Baden-Württemberg, Deutsche Bahn, Continental, Heraeus Holding, DZ BANK, Edeka Zentrale, Phoenix Pharmahandel, Commerzbank, Energie Baden-Wuerttemberg, TUI, Marquard & Bahls, Fresenius, KFW Bankengruppe
NOTABLE GERMAN ACQUISITIONSParstream → CiscoOctober 2015Undisclosed
6Wunderkinder → MicrosoftJune 2015€100 - 200 million
Quandoo → RecruitMarch 2015€202.5 million
Fyber (SponsorPay) → RNTSOctober 2014$150 million
TeamViewer → PermiraMay 2014€830 million
Sociomantic → DunnhumbyApril 2014€150 million
Trivago → ExpediaDecember 2012€477 million.
DailyDeal → GoogleSeptember 2011€82.8 million
Bigpoint → Summit Partners and TA Associates
April 2011
€272.6 million
brands4friends → eBay
December 2010
€150 million
NOTABLE GERMAN IPOSFerratum* February 2015€110.8 million.
Rocket InternetOctober 2014€6.5 Billion ZalandoOctober 2014€5.3 billion
THE CASE FOR NRW
• ENGINE OF THE GERMAN INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
• OLD MONEY STILL HERE - LOTS OF POTENTIAL
• EXCELLENT UNIVERSITIES (UNI CGN, RWTH, BITS, WHU, ETC)
• MOST POPULOUS STATE +19 MILL
• 10 F500 CORPORATIONS
• HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF HIDDEN CHAMPIONS
• HIGHLY DEVELOPED INFRASTRUCTURE
• NASCENT SCENE - NOISE VS SIGNAL = EASIER TO STAND OUT, MAKE A DIFFERENCE
• +300 STARTUPS AND COUNTING
• CLOSER TO PARIS, LONDON, AMSTERDAM, VIENNA, MUNICH THAN BERLIN
INDUSTRY FACTS NRW
2012 520 BILLION EURO
2012 (IN BIL. EURO)
17 OF 50 THE LARGEST GERMAN COMPANIES ARE SITUATED IN NRW
10 GLOBAL F500 IN NRWNAME F500 CITY
Deutsche Telekom 89 Bonn
Deutsche Post DHL 98 Bonn
Lufthansa 248 Cologne
Bayer 187 Leverkusen
E.ON 16 Duesseldorf
Metro 72 Duesseldorf
Franz Haniel 272 Duisburg
RWE 124 Essen
ThyssenKrupp 122 Essen
Bertelsmann 492 Guetersloh
Cologne, sold to Cisco
Cologne, sold to Google
Dusseldorf, sold to Google
Cologne, next big thing?
Dusseldorf, next big thing?
Cologne, next big thing?
Cologne, next big thing?
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