idcee 2013: project a internationalizes online businesses from two central hubs - uwe horstmann...

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Project A internationalizes online businesses from two central hubs 1 Project A’s current locations Berlin Sao Paulo Track record in rolling out online businesses internationally Good experience in internationalizing businesses from a central hub e.g. easy to hire native speakers of all European countries in Berlin Less friction by keeping operations close together Berlin Office Sao Paulo Office Berlin Office •Central team and +100 functional experts •Already serving many European countries European expansion from central hub: Sao Paulo Office Latin American expansion from central hub: •Central team and +10 functional experts •Starting to rollout Brazilian ventures across Latin America

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Page 1: IDCEE 2013: Project A internationalizes online businesses from two central hubs - Uwe Horstmann (Founding Partner @ Project A Ventures)

Project A internationalizes online businesses from two central hubs

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Project A’s current locations

Berlin

Sao Paulo

• Track record in rolling out online businesses internationally

• Good experience in internationalizing businesses from a central hub• e.g. easy to hire native speakers

of all European countries in Berlin• Less friction by keeping

operations close together

Berlin Office Sao Paulo Office

Berlin Office

• Central team and +100 functional experts• Already serving manyEuropean countries

European expansion from central hub:

Sao Paulo Office Latin American expansion from central hub:

• Central team and +10 functional experts• Starting to rollout Brazilian ventures across Latin America

Page 2: IDCEE 2013: Project A internationalizes online businesses from two central hubs - Uwe Horstmann (Founding Partner @ Project A Ventures)

Our Brazilian office …

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Brazil

• Opened in Sao Paulo in June 2012

• Main focus: Shared Services and Business Development

• Currently 11 functional experts in the areas of Finance, HR, Business Development, Online Marketing, Venture Management and Facilities

• Two ventures launched: Epicerie and natue (see below)

Olivier RaussinManaging Director LatAm

Marcos LealBusiness Development

Milena HamaCFO

Pablo Del VecchioCTO

• Adoption of Project A’s European business “Wine in Black”

• Shopping community for wine

• Launched in April 2013

• ~20 FTEs in IT/product management, customer service, operations, online marketing and sourcing

• Very strong team led by Ari Gorenstein (Master in Wine & Logistic and experienced wine importer)

• Online shop for wellness products (e.g., natural food, sports supplement, vitamins, slimming products, etc.)

• Launched in December 2013

• ~30 FTEs in IT, marketing, procurement, operations, customer care service and onsite content creation

• Business synergies with “Nu3” (e.g., global potential suppliers, TI, etc.)

• Unique team led by Fabio Katayama (MD, Harvard Business School, consulting) and Priscila Capellato (former Rocket Internet founder, consultant)

local adaption of European models (very strong MoM growth curve)Next step: pure Brazilian plays