February 26, 2016 #hello VentureFriends: Invest, Help, Grow OpenCoffee Athens Apostolos Apostolakis George Dimopoulos Stefanos Katsimpas
February26,2016
#hello
VentureFriends:Invest,Help,GrowOpenCoffee Athens
Apostolos ApostolakisGeorgeDimopoulosStefanos Katsimpas
TheVentureFriends team
2
Serialentrepreneurturnedinvestor
3
§ 2 years with Boston Consulting Group
§ Co-founder e-shop.gr, OpenFund, e-food.gr, doctoranytime.gr key investor and member of the board in Taxibeat
§ Angel investor 40+ startups focus on e-marketplaces, e-commerce and SaaS
§ Civil engineering at NTUA and MBA from Columbia Business School
Apostolos
Investmentbankerturnedinvestor
4
§ 4 years with Bank of America Merrill Lynch in London
§ Deal structuring experience in numerous transactions with total valuation of c. €17bn across multiple geographies
§ Angel investor with more than 10 investments including Taxibeat
§ MBA from Columbia Business School
George
Startuper turnedinvestor
5
§ Tech guy with passion for digital marketing
§ Has a 2 time startup experience with Goodbyte and teamup
§ Marketing [email protected]
§ Has supported startups on marketing and product in Greece and US.
§ Studied Physics at EKPA
Stefanos
`
6
WhyVFisrelevant?
§ VFraised€12mfrom23privateinvestors
§ €4mdeployedortobedeployedin9companieswithinH12016
7
4Whatwevalue
4Whatwelookfor
4Whatwebring
Ourvisionistohelpcreateinternationalchampions…
8
…andenhancethestartupecosysteminGreecebyconnectingandsharing
Wearedrivenbyacommonmission…
9
WewanttohelpGreekFounders andputGreeceonthemapofGlobalSuccessfulStartups
…andasenseofurgency
10
Wearebehind ornear theother
peripheralEuropeanecosystems
Thereisnotimetowaste;weneedtotakeactionASAP
11
4Whatwevalue
4Whatwelookfor
4Whatwebring
Butmostimportantlyyouneedtohavethedrivetocreateaninternationalsuccesswithnetrevenue€10min5Years
Greatanddrivenfounders
12
Product
Engineering
Business
Youneedtobeverygoodoverallor….decentoveralland
Amazing insomething
Thereisadirectcorrelationbetweentherevenuepotentialofstartupandcorrespondingeffortsrequiredtoachievethescale
Hardwork,determinationandpersistence
13
Effortrequired(capital,resources,stress)
€0.5mil
RevenuePotential
Low
High
High
RevenuePotentialvs.EffortRequired
a
Big Ideas
Ideasthatsolvetangiblebutbigproblems
14
SaaSMarketplaces
We don’t mind if these are problems that have been solved elsewhere
TalktoVCifyouareafterastartupthatcanhave10M+revenuein5years
15
Investor Type Revenuepotentialcutoff
Family 0<
Friends/ Individual Investors 1,000,000<
Angels 5,000,000<
National Venturecapital 10,000,000 <
InternationalVentureCapital 30,000,000<
“It’salmostalwayshardertoraisecapitalthanyouthoughtitwouldbe,anditalwaystakeslonger.Soplanforthat.” – RichardHarroch,VCandAuthor
16
4Whatwevalue
4Whatwelookfor
4Whatwebring
Weunderstandinternetbusinessandentrepreneurialhardships
17
Weofferourrelentlesssupporttoourfounders
18
Wearefightersandworkhard
Wecreatemarketingsynergies
19
Wedobusinessdevelopmentandconnectsuccessfulstartups
20
21
Wecanhelpinternationally
Ourinternationalfootprintacross14countriescomesalsowithaccesstolocalplayers/founders
Wewillshareourlearningsandbestpractices
22
Weareopentoco-investingwithAngelsandotherGreekFunds
23
Therewillberoadblocks,guaranteed…butyouwillovercomethem
24
Success
Time
Temporarylowpoints/fails
“Ifyouaregoingthroughhell,keepgoing.” –WinstonChurchill,BritishPrimeMinister
Andfinally…
25