skobbler story - from start to exit

From start to Exit: The skobbler story

29th April 2015 / Philipp Kandal / Twitter: @apphil / skobbler Founder / GM Telenav EU

Exits

Quick introPhilipp Kandal – CTO & co-founder skobbler / Now GM Telenav RO

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Founded in 2008 in Berlin Sold for 24 Mio.$+ in January 2014

#1 paid navigation many countries with > 4 Mio. users

We are all about Maps and especially OpenStreetMap

70+ people in Germany and (mostly) Romania (major part is R&D)

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Startup Rollercoaster: From the highest highs to the lowest lows

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Vision: Make navigation affordable

Embedded navi1000-3000€

Portable navi100€ - 300€

Smartphone GPS? 10€ - 30€ ?

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Company start: Management buy-out from Navigon

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Product Launch iOS: > 20.000 customers in first week

Most sold app on iOS. Constantly in Top 10

Top Grossing iPhone app in Germany constantly in Revenue

Top 10

After launch one of the Top 10 most sold iOS apps in Germany 2008 – 2013

4 Years+ #1 iPhone navigation app in Germany

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Success brings Trouble: Navigon sues skobbler for 1 Mio. €

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Disrupter being disrupted: Google launches free navigation

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Re-Boot: From consumer to B2B startup and technology provider

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Exit from skobbler to Telenav

Future of Automotive

Future: Car industry is changing

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The next 10 years the industry will bring more changes as in the last 100 years

Zukunft der Automobilbranche

Silicon Valley is attacking the auto industry

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Future of Automotive

The Phone Industry has completely disappeared from Europe

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Future of Automotive

Telenav is investing massively in the future of Automotive

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