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2015HOTTESTTECHTRENDS INEMERGINGMARKETS

WHO WE ARE

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2015 Itinerary

LATAM11 regional events

CEE & MENA17 regional events

Africa12 regional events

Asia & Oceania16 regional events

Abidjan, Accra, Addis Ababa, Cape Town, Dakar, Dar Es

Salaam, Gaborone, Kampala, Kigali, Lagos, Maputo, Nairobi

Bogota, Buenos Aires, Lima, Mexico City, Montevideo,

Panama, Quito, Santiago, Sao Paulo, San Jose, Santa Cruz

Alger, Amman, Baku, Bahrain, Beirut, Belgrade, Cairo, Casablanca, Dubai,

Istanbul, Jeddah, Kiev, Moscow, Ramallah, Sofia, Tehran, Yerevan

Bangalore, Bangkok, Dhaka, Ho Chi Minh, HK/ Shenzhen, Islamabad, Jakarta, Kuala

Lumpur, Manila, Naypyidaw, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore,

Sydney, Taipei, Tokyo

55+ cities & events

4 regional teams on the ground

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What is Seedstars World?

Global Entrepreneur Network

Global network of startups, advisors,

mentors and accelerators

Exclusive Startup Competition

A startup competition covering ~50 countries

in 2015

Final Event & Conference

Week long event in Switzerland reuniting

the global network

Startup Investment Club

A platform to discover and invest in the top

startups from around the globe

50+ countries

3000+ entrepreneurs

300+ investors

1000+ innovators

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Finding the world’s best startups year after year

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Our selection process

A process and network we’ve fine tuned over the past 2 years

1 winner

2500+ startups screened

800+ invited to pitch

10+ semi-finalists

Recommended by local partners – 100+ accelerators, VCs, co-working spaces, startup communities

Selected by Seedstars: < 2 years old ; funding < $500k; existing product; potential to be global

≈ 250 regional jury members (local investors, accelerators, incubators & entrepreneurs)

Investors, mentors & entrepreneurs select the top startups

Worldwide jury membersselect the best startups in all 3 tracks

Best startup <$500k equity investment

3 winners

50+ local winners(invited to Switzerland)

WHY EMERGING MARKETS?

COLOMBIA / NIGERIA / INDONESIA

DRUGS / CORRUPTION / OVER POPULATION

COLOMBIA / NIGERIA / INDONESIA


The world as you see it

$250 - $1,300

$1,300 - 3,500

$3,500 - 7,800

source: IMF World Economic Outlook 2014

$7,800 - 22,000

$22,000 - 117,000

GDP per capita


The world as you could also see it

% People with no Internet

> 80%

60% - 80%

40% - 60%

<40%

source: World Bank


The reality

People with Internet: 3B

People without Internet: 4.3B

blue ocean


Timeframe: the next 4 yearsCountry Extra nb of Internet

users (in million)

China + 133.4

India + 130.7

Indonesia + 39.3

Nigeria + 26.6

Philippines + 21.3

Mexico + 21

Brazil + 18.2

Vietnam + 15.3

Turkey + 12.5

Egypt + 11.4

France + 2.8 source: eMarketer.com

430M new Internet users in those 10 countries alone

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The new digital economy

FranceNetherlands

FinlandNorwayJapanAustriaBelgiumAustraliaDenmark

MalaysiaChina

ThailandMexicoIndia

ColombiaVietnamTurkey

Philippines


What about innovation?Change in Global Innovation ranking from 2012 to 2014

source: The Global Innovation Index (INSEAD)

China 35th 29th

Indonesia 100th 87th

Nigeria 123rd 110th

Mexico 79th 66th

Vietnam 76th 71st

Turkey 74th 54th

TRENDS IN EM

OVERVIEW


4 key global trendsAcross all 4 continents, we identified 4 key trends

Mobile penetration is shaping new

behaviors

Internet penetration is disrupting existing

industries

Emerging Markets are overcoming the

Developed ones (leapfrogging)

Disruptive technology is arising

from Emerging Markets


17 hand picked Rockstars

Leapfrogging


Emerging Markets are Overcoming Developed Ones

3 observed leapfrogging applications

Mobile phone

Mobile money

Mobile retail


Skipping Fixed Line Telephones


Skipping Traditional Banking


Skipping Physical Stores

USA

APAC

1200 people per retail outlet

90,000 people per retail outlet


Leapfrogging for the unbanked: Salarium

End to end automation of payroll without limit to borders. Aiming to bank the unbanked through electronic payroll


Giving Africans a physical address: OkHiA physical address system for emerging markets. An address consists of a GPS point and a photo ofthe person`s gate, and is shared via a mobile app

Mobile penetration


Mobile penetration is shaping new behaviors

#mobile money

#mobile advertizing

#mobile commerce


Mobile Advertizing in MENA

source: IresearchChina, eMarketer & Mobile Planet

+45% growth of mobile display advertising on tablets & smartphones (predicted yearly)

36% vs. 6%

users noticing mobile ads ‘’all the time’’

(Saudi Arabia vs. Germany)

34% vs. 16%users clicking mobile ads(UAE vs. France)


A new mobile ad model: Manads

Mobile phone call screen ads and combined statistical data, user opinions and analysis modules


Mobile Money in Africa

25% of GDP in Kenya is processed through mobile money 52%

vs. 12% % of global mobile money activity

(Sub Saharan Africa vs. Western Europe)9 countries have more mobile money accounts than bank accounts (all in Africa)

source: GSM Association


Remittance with bitcoin: BeamRemit

Help Africans in the diaspora provide for their loved ones back home with Bitcoin technology


Mobile commerce in Asia-Pacific

source: Mobile Planet, e-marketer 2014, SAP

37%of Asia Pacific mobile users shop on their phone(Survey, world average: 26%)

69% vs.

26% % of smartphone users shopping

systematically on mobile (China vs. France)

45%vs. 25%% smartphone users comparing prices on their mobile (Asia Pacific vs. USA)


Real stores, virtual prices: Scandid

Shopping companion app, it simplifies shopping on mobile using barcode reader based price comparison

Internet disruption


Internet penetration is disrupting existing industries

#onlinegaming

#e-commerce

#e-traveling


E-commerce in MENA

$15Bsize of the B2C e-commerce market by 2015

15%of businesses in MENA have an online presence

45% average growth of e-

commerce market on a yearly basis

source: Wamda, Internet World Stats


B2B price comparison: Prisync

Online price tracking and analytics SaaS for the retail industry


Online gaming in Latam

source: Tech.co, Business Insider

+60%growth of the online gaming industry in Latam between 2013 and 2014 (highest worldwide)

130mnb of downloads of the Argentinian game ‘’Preguntados’’ (or ‘’Trivia Crack’’ in the US)

61%payer per player % in Brazil

(highest worldwide)


A netflix for gamers: The Other Guys

The Other Guys: A social games studio creating immersive, episodic and storydriven "interactive series" to become The Netflix of Social Games


e-Travel rush in Asia Pacific

$180Bpredicted size of the online travel industry in Asia Pacific in 2018 ($90B in 2013)

+19%growth of online travel sales in Asia Pacific in 2014

57%of Chinese Internet users

already booked a trip online

source: EuroMonitor International, Tencent Research


Shared economy for the e-traveler: TriipCrowdsourcing customised local travel experiences. The Airbnb

for travel guides


3 industries being disrupted globally

#Entertainment #Human Resources#Education


Make education a gamble: StudyPact

Study Motivation Platform. Earn cash for studying, or pay up when you don’t.


Crowdsourcing your fans: Kpop United

Crowdsourcing platform for K-pop concerts. If enough fans vote for an artist to come to their city, the artist is contacted to set a date.


Hiring the right talent: two approachesThe algorithm approach

Rumarocket (China)The gamification approach

HackerEarth (India)

Technology arising


Disruptive technology is arising from Emerging Markets

what you see what we saw


Bridging an e-commerce gap: V-Decoration

Mobile app that uses ‘Augmented Reality’ to enhance shopping experience. It allows users to visualize their desired decoration in their home


Giving a voice to those without: KintransSystem that allows hearing impaired to communicate

with others by translating sign language into voice and text in real time


Extending the gaming experience: Machina

Motion capture jacket. It turns yourbody into a body controller, allowing for full immersion


Australia is going crazy on Internet of ThingsSaving the planet with the Internet of Things

GoFar Wattcost

WHAT IT MEANS FOR

YOU


2 reasons to follow Emerging Markets

Enter fast growing markets in a smart way

Source innovation for the global market


2 key lessons

You can`t just copy paste in Emerging Markets

Emerging Markets are becoming early adopters of

innovation


Copy paste not allowed


Global innovation is hiding in EM


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