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Bootstrapping vs Fundraising

Bonus: a comprehensive guide to understand Venture Capital
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“For [VC-Backed] startups,
escape velocity has to do
with becoming the dominant
vendor and growing indefinitely.”
— David Cummings
Part 1. How does fundraising work?
Startups don’t get money from bankers (lending), only from shareholders (equity)
Banks won’t lend money to finance projects with no
short term revenue generation
PS: there are lots of subsidies in France, from 50K to 500K. Go and look for it (warning: it’s very time consuming)
So let’s focus on shareholders
(Equity = long-term financing needs in uncertain corporate investment)
that’s you
Who will fund you?
Pre-seed
Savings
Love Money (F&F)
Grants
Seed
Venture Capitalists
Love Money (F&F)
Business Angels
Angel Funds
Wealth managers
Series A & B
Venture Capitalists
Angel Funds
Wealth managers

Corporate funds
Serie C+
<100K 100K-1.5M 500K-5M
Venture Capitalists

Growth funds
M&A
IPO
Who are the shareholders for each step?
Rule of thumb: each round you give around 20-30% of your remaining capital, except in pre-seed when you give around 5-10%
Shareholders
Pre-seed
Savings
Love Money (F&F)
Grants
Seed
Venture Capitalists
Love Money (F&F)
Business Angels
Angel Funds
Wealth managers
Series A & B
Venture Capitalists
Angel Funds
Wealth managers

Corporate funds
Serie C+
<100K 100K-1.5M 500K-5M
Venture Capitalists

Growth funds
M&A
IPO
Who are the shareholders for each step?
Shareholders
If you raise funds in tech, it will most likely be sooner or later
with venture capitalists
You’ll certainly work with VCs.



Do you really know them?
Behind each VC there is at least one LP*
Startups
Business governance
LPs Acquirer**Venture Capital
*Limited Partners
financial flow
VCs also raise funds and need to be profitable
when you raise, you add two constraints:
sell your company within 5-8 yrs (1) at a bigger price than your last valuation (2)
& when VCs fund your startup, they also risk their own money (between 1% and 3% of the total fund)
**M&A/IPO
When do VCs earn money?
Shareholders get paid ONLY when they sell the company
The objective of a startup is to grow the business and its value
as fast as possible to realize the greatest ROI possible on exit
So all the profits get reinvested rather than paying dividend
QUICK TEST
2 questions about venture capital
eg: if you say x1.5 it means that you have to earn 

€3M if you have invested €2M
What should be the minimum return per startup?1
Answer: x2.25
Do you wanna know why? 

Please refer to Annex at the end of the presentation, it’s a bit technical
What should be the minimum return per startup?1
eg: the startup was a member of France Digitale
What are the key factors for an exit?2
Answers
Profitability
especially if you look for a financial exit (LBO/MBO/IPO),
Growth
it’s the only real focus of an entrepreneur
Visibility
from the mass market and from the key players
Barrier to entry
IP, distribution, partnership, technology...
People -> Process
the right organization to keep scaling the business
What are the key factors for an exit?2
What are the differences between FCPI & FCPR?3
Category
!
Funded by
!
Investment period
!
Investment criteria
!
Maturity
!
Size
!
Management Fees
!
Raising period
!
Retail investment fund
!
Tax-incentivized individual investors*
!
30 months
!
Innovative* companies in Europe
!
5 to 7 years
!
Between 10M€ to 30M€

around 3,5% / year
!
Every year (following the fiscal calendar)
Institutional investment fund
!
Limited Partners (institutional)
!
36 to 48 months
!
Defined by the GP
!
7 to 10 years
!
Between 30M€ to 200M€
!
2% /year
!
No rule (usually when the investment 

period of the previous fund is finished)
FCPI FCPR
*Individual	
  investors	
  benifi2ng	
  from	
  a	
  tax	
  incen2ve	
  :	
  immediate	
  18%	
  IR	
  tax	
  credit	
  /	
  immediate	
  50%	
  ISF	
  tax	
  credit
What does a VC expect from a startup?
“The best shot is a very large market with
big companies where nothing disruptive
happened for 5+ years“
— Stéphanie Deslestre, Qapa
Venture capitalists look at the same things*

* but they don’t see things the same way
The criteria of investment for VCs:
team + opportunity + business model

Team = risk of execution
the most important criteria by far
Super bonus: recommendation from a VC/BA or entrepreneur
Mega bonus: you already sold one company before
Ultra Bonus: you already sold one company before with a multiple of x2.25+
Best format:
2-3 founders
with complementary skills,
experience in the field,
good learning pace,
connexions within the industry,
(or a community already built).
1
Competitors
(you are not the best, you do things differently and that’s a better way to do it and you execute it well. Focus on your
competitive advantages.)
Problem/solution
(problem/solution -> be very specific & convincing about the problem)
Timing
(the later you enter a market the less risky but also the more expensive - don’t be too early though)
Market size
(you have to be ambitious & disrupt a huge market)
2 Opportunity = vision+promise
make them want to know more. work on your brand.
Joker: exit easy to spot (big players + recent M&As)
(or IPO if you want to rock the world)
Joker: you’ve got wonderful traction
Distribution
(growth hacking plan)
(if it seems very risky you’d better have some good figures)
Value proposition
(not the technology but the product/service for the client)
Clients
(you’d better really know them)
Competitive Advantage
(distribution, technology, partnership...)
3 Business Model = smart & wise
show them you know your job & you’re creative
Valuation 101
Valuation: the basics
Pre-money
value of the company + goodwill
Post-money
Post-money fully diluted
funding
stock options
+
+
Valuation: illustration
Pre-money
Post-money
Post-money fully diluted*
10M€
15M€
16.67M€*
Capitalisation
10% stock option

Pre Post Post FD
Historic shareholders
New shareholders
Stock options
100% 66%
33%
valorisation = 10M€
fundraise = 5M€
60%
30%
10%
* it’s like you have only (1-% stock options) of the company, since the stock options will dilute the overall shares
Valorisation Post FD = post-money/(1-% stock option)
Looking for advanced lessons about valuation?
Check Khan Academy
All stocks are not made equal
1.1. Right of pre-emption
Right to acquire stocks that are sold before it can be offered to any other person or entity.
Also called "first option to buy".
1.2. Right of anti-dilution
In common and preferred stock, the right of a shareholder to maintain the same percentage of ownership in a company,
should the company issue more stock. The anti-dilution clause can also indicates the right of a shareholder to purchase
more shares in a new round of financing at the offering price up to his/her previous percentage of ownership.
* if an investor have 20% of the company for 700K€ in seed, and anticipates a future need of financing of 10M€, he
will allocates 2M€ (or more) to maintain 20% of the company.
Preferred stocks & main associated rights
1. Rights of capital protection
2.1. Right to board representation
Preferred stocks & main associated rights
2. Political Rights
2.2. Vote of strategic decisions
Acquisition, budget, dividends.. can be vetoed
Preferred stocks & main associated rights
3. Financial Rights
3.1. Liquidation preference

Specify which investors get paid first and how much they get paid in the event of a liquidation event such as the sale of the
company. Liquidation preference helps protect venture capitalists from losing money by making sure they get their initial
investments back before other parties. eg: the first 5% pro rata for all shareholders, then to financial shareholders till the level of
their investment, then the rest pro rata for all shareholders
3.2. Ratchet
Correction of the pricing for the next round if the shares are at lower price. Two possibilites: full ratchet = the initial shares
are priced at the level of ones from the new round ; weighted average ratchet = initial shares are priced at the level of the
weighted average price paid during the different rounds
More about preferred stocks & main associated rights (french)
The 2Ps: prediction-process
Investing in VC is not really an exact science*
A glance at the anti-portfolio of Bessemer Venture Partner
Prediction: chances to fundraise with a VC
in France are pretty low
[0,4-1]%
chances
with a specific VC fund
* dealflow of around 1000-1500 startups/year for a reputed VC fund (between 500 & 2000 depending of the scope & the attractiveness of the fund). 5-10 deals closed/year
5% chances
with any VC fund
** around 4000 startups/year seeking fund. Around 200 fundraise in the whole ecosystem.
The Process
Executive
Summary
Dealflow
instruction
analyst
Weekly
investment
committee
full team
90% OUT
First meeting
analyst + partner
Slideshow
Business Plan
Instruction
2 partners/1 partner-1 analyst

focus on specific points, “friendly“ due diligence
85% OUT
40% OUT
Negotiation
at least one partner
Everything you got
>10% OUT
Party
everyone cool
Champaign
chance of raising: 100*(1-40%)*(1-90%)*(1-85%)*(1-40%)*(1-10%)=0,48%
/! due diligence
try to avoid this step by meeting them
before you need funds (chances almost x2)
40% OUT
What they will ask you:
- reporting (revenue each month or quarter)
- an action plan
- validate the P&L and the main decisions
!
What you should ask them:
read this wonderful article
The relationship AFTER the raise
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yes, this is just an option
Part 2. Should you raise funds?
What do they have in common?
They bootstrapped.
You can make an incredible startup
without raising funds. 

No money = great constraint to look for efficiency
Money is a painkiller. 

Founded in 2008 - 3 cofounders.
1 kept working full time during the early days,
the 2 other made freelancing on the side.

* Github
Founded in 2010 - 3 cofounders.
Build the MVP with $60 (open source + outsourcer)
First test on Reddit : 200 deals of pro accounts at imgur.com 50% discount

Then rebuilt the site & sold 500 productivity bundles on Lifehackers. POC + cashflows.

* AppSumo
Yes, this is possible*.
So when should you raise fund?

* also in France, look at MyLittleParis, HumanCoders, Adopteunmec, Wisembly, Capital Koala, Appgratis (at least for a long time), etc.
The next slide could hurt
your aesthetic sensibility.
Do you have significant upfront
investment to test your
market?
Can you grow your business as
you wish with your revenue
stream before burning all your
cash?
Do you charge man days to
your clients?
Is your market small?
DON’T RAISE!
DON’T RAISE!
C’mon, 

close more deals.

(you don’t sale 

enough to raise)
Do you want to keep the
control of your business
Either you can find a way to
generate enough revenue or
your dead
You’re in troubleRAISE!
YES
NO
NO
NO
NO
NO YES
YES
YES
Do you want to grow very fast
to disrupt a market?
YES
RAISE!
NO
YES
you are here
What should you remember?
Not raising is not failing.

Raising is not succeeding.
What should you remember?
By the way...
Github raised funds eventually.
So did 99designs
!
raising funds is not a one time decision
in practice
What does bootstrapping mean?
Bootstrapping = lower velocity
Escape velocity, in physics, is basically the speed needed to break free from gravity.

For a bootstrapper it might only be the freedom to pay the bills.
Your growth can be linear.

If you have 10 new clients every month and if your retention is great.
that makes 120 clients per year. That can be more than sufficient
Distribution can be smaller

If you need a few thousand customers and not millions,
you can use any channel that is ROI positive. Even if it doesn’t scale.

Acquisition & retention can be manual

You can email yourself your power customers and get to know (or at least talk
to) most of your clients, sooner or later. 

Conclusion for PG
“Avoid investors till you decide to raise money, and then when you do, talk
to them all in parallel, prioritized by expected value, and accept offers
greedily. That's fundraising in one sentence. Don't introduce complicated
optimizations, and don't let investors introduce complications either.
!
Fundraising is not what will make you successful. It's just a means to an
end. Your primary goal should be to get it over with and get back to what
will make you successful—making things and talking to users—and the
path I've described will for most startups be the surest way to that
destination.
!
Be good, take care of yourselves, and don't leave the path.“

- Paul Graham
Credit
Infos of bootstrapped companies in Quora

Discussion with lots of investors, especially Marie Ekeland, Xavier Lazarus, Samantha
Jerusalmy & Sebastien Derhy (Elaia Partners), Emanuele Levi (360 Capital Partner),
Nicolas Celier (Alven Capital), Jean-David Chamboredon (ISAI) & Vladimir Bolze (Fa
Diese), Jérôme Masurel (50 Partners)


Discussion with Frederic Mazzella (BlaBlaCar)


Discussion with Oussama Ammar (The Family) and his wonderful workshops (in french:
fundraising & valorisation)
Workshop France Digitale + Girls in Tech about “Financing Seed“

Presentation (in french) from Christophe Raynaud (ISAI)

Article of Paul Graham


Special thanks to Mathieu Daix, Taro Ugen & Emmanuelle Coulon, my dear colleagues
that helped me to improve this presentation
Slides 27-28, 31-32 were made by Marie Ekeland (Elaia Partners)

Slides 63-65 were made by Emanuele Levi (360° Capital Partner)
Slide 19 were made by Barbara Belvisi (PiedElephant)
Willy Braun
GM France Digitale.
willy@francedigitale.org
www.francedigitale.org
click here*
Want to be part of the
amazing community

of France Digitale ?
* or send me an email
Mathieu Daix
CMO France Digitale.

mathieu@francedigitale.org

www.francedigitale.org
THE DARK SIDE OF THE PRESENTATION
Annex
€100M with a hurdle rate: 7%* (6 year average holding
period positive return) -> €150M minimum
!
Target IRR of fund investors (the LP) 10-15%*net of
carried interest -> around €225M to stay in business

Corporate finance 101: hurdle rate & IRR
you can skip this slide, only for math lovers
* average in the venture capital market
Below 2x they actually “lose money“ (20x4x2=160 < 225)
3x is a positive contributor to fund objectif (20x4x3= 240 > 225)
5x & 10x are needed to compensate bad investments
20 startups in the portfolio
€4M of funding per startup
valuation x2
target size for
the fund
Let’s explain why you need a x2.25
on average without math (1/2)
1 blockbuster: 20x = 80m
!
1 Star: 10x = 40m
!
2 Successes: 5x = 2x20m = 40m
!
4 Average: 2-3x = 4x10m = 40m
!
6 Bad investments: 0,5x-2x = 20m
!
6 Write-offs
!
€220M, net IRR to investors 12%*
On any given investment, x10 must be possible.
*including 20-25m of carried interests (for 12 years of work)
Let’s explain why you need a x2.25
on average without math (2/2)

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The Best Way to Fund your Startup

  • 1. Bootstrapping vs Fundraising
 Bonus: a comprehensive guide to understand Venture Capital
  • 2. Nos partenaires sur le financement & l’accompagnement
  • 3. Are you sure you need investors?
  • 4. Are you sure investors need you?
  • 5. France Digitale is 
 the alliance of the best entrepreneurs & investors 
 to create more world-class digital champions in France. ! We lobby to make a startup-friendlier environment and make awesome events ! Interested in being part of this amazing community? Drop us an email: willy@francedigitale.org More info: www.francedigitale.org
  • 6. “For [VC-Backed] startups, escape velocity has to do with becoming the dominant vendor and growing indefinitely.” — David Cummings Part 1. How does fundraising work?
  • 7. Startups don’t get money from bankers (lending), only from shareholders (equity) Banks won’t lend money to finance projects with no short term revenue generation PS: there are lots of subsidies in France, from 50K to 500K. Go and look for it (warning: it’s very time consuming) So let’s focus on shareholders (Equity = long-term financing needs in uncertain corporate investment) that’s you Who will fund you?
  • 8. Pre-seed Savings Love Money (F&F) Grants Seed Venture Capitalists Love Money (F&F) Business Angels Angel Funds Wealth managers Series A & B Venture Capitalists Angel Funds Wealth managers
 Corporate funds Serie C+ <100K 100K-1.5M 500K-5M Venture Capitalists
 Growth funds M&A IPO Who are the shareholders for each step? Rule of thumb: each round you give around 20-30% of your remaining capital, except in pre-seed when you give around 5-10% Shareholders
  • 9. Pre-seed Savings Love Money (F&F) Grants Seed Venture Capitalists Love Money (F&F) Business Angels Angel Funds Wealth managers Series A & B Venture Capitalists Angel Funds Wealth managers
 Corporate funds Serie C+ <100K 100K-1.5M 500K-5M Venture Capitalists
 Growth funds M&A IPO Who are the shareholders for each step? Shareholders If you raise funds in tech, it will most likely be sooner or later with venture capitalists
  • 10. You’ll certainly work with VCs.
 
 Do you really know them?
  • 11. Behind each VC there is at least one LP* Startups Business governance LPs Acquirer**Venture Capital *Limited Partners financial flow VCs also raise funds and need to be profitable when you raise, you add two constraints: sell your company within 5-8 yrs (1) at a bigger price than your last valuation (2) & when VCs fund your startup, they also risk their own money (between 1% and 3% of the total fund) **M&A/IPO
  • 12. When do VCs earn money? Shareholders get paid ONLY when they sell the company The objective of a startup is to grow the business and its value as fast as possible to realize the greatest ROI possible on exit So all the profits get reinvested rather than paying dividend
  • 13. QUICK TEST 2 questions about venture capital
  • 14. eg: if you say x1.5 it means that you have to earn 
 €3M if you have invested €2M What should be the minimum return per startup?1
  • 15. Answer: x2.25 Do you wanna know why? 
 Please refer to Annex at the end of the presentation, it’s a bit technical What should be the minimum return per startup?1
  • 16. eg: the startup was a member of France Digitale What are the key factors for an exit?2
  • 17. Answers Profitability especially if you look for a financial exit (LBO/MBO/IPO), Growth it’s the only real focus of an entrepreneur Visibility from the mass market and from the key players Barrier to entry IP, distribution, partnership, technology... People -> Process the right organization to keep scaling the business What are the key factors for an exit?2
  • 18. What are the differences between FCPI & FCPR?3
  • 19. Category ! Funded by ! Investment period ! Investment criteria ! Maturity ! Size ! Management Fees ! Raising period ! Retail investment fund ! Tax-incentivized individual investors* ! 30 months ! Innovative* companies in Europe ! 5 to 7 years ! Between 10M€ to 30M€
 around 3,5% / year ! Every year (following the fiscal calendar) Institutional investment fund ! Limited Partners (institutional) ! 36 to 48 months ! Defined by the GP ! 7 to 10 years ! Between 30M€ to 200M€ ! 2% /year ! No rule (usually when the investment 
 period of the previous fund is finished) FCPI FCPR *Individual  investors  benifi2ng  from  a  tax  incen2ve  :  immediate  18%  IR  tax  credit  /  immediate  50%  ISF  tax  credit
  • 20. What does a VC expect from a startup? “The best shot is a very large market with big companies where nothing disruptive happened for 5+ years“ — Stéphanie Deslestre, Qapa
  • 21. Venture capitalists look at the same things*
 * but they don’t see things the same way
  • 22. The criteria of investment for VCs: team + opportunity + business model

  • 23. Team = risk of execution the most important criteria by far Super bonus: recommendation from a VC/BA or entrepreneur Mega bonus: you already sold one company before Ultra Bonus: you already sold one company before with a multiple of x2.25+ Best format: 2-3 founders with complementary skills, experience in the field, good learning pace, connexions within the industry, (or a community already built). 1
  • 24. Competitors (you are not the best, you do things differently and that’s a better way to do it and you execute it well. Focus on your competitive advantages.) Problem/solution (problem/solution -> be very specific & convincing about the problem) Timing (the later you enter a market the less risky but also the more expensive - don’t be too early though) Market size (you have to be ambitious & disrupt a huge market) 2 Opportunity = vision+promise make them want to know more. work on your brand. Joker: exit easy to spot (big players + recent M&As) (or IPO if you want to rock the world)
  • 25. Joker: you’ve got wonderful traction Distribution (growth hacking plan) (if it seems very risky you’d better have some good figures) Value proposition (not the technology but the product/service for the client) Clients (you’d better really know them) Competitive Advantage (distribution, technology, partnership...) 3 Business Model = smart & wise show them you know your job & you’re creative
  • 27. Valuation: the basics Pre-money value of the company + goodwill Post-money Post-money fully diluted funding stock options + +
  • 28. Valuation: illustration Pre-money Post-money Post-money fully diluted* 10M€ 15M€ 16.67M€* Capitalisation 10% stock option
 Pre Post Post FD Historic shareholders New shareholders Stock options 100% 66% 33% valorisation = 10M€ fundraise = 5M€ 60% 30% 10% * it’s like you have only (1-% stock options) of the company, since the stock options will dilute the overall shares Valorisation Post FD = post-money/(1-% stock option)
  • 29. Looking for advanced lessons about valuation? Check Khan Academy
  • 30. All stocks are not made equal
  • 31. 1.1. Right of pre-emption Right to acquire stocks that are sold before it can be offered to any other person or entity. Also called "first option to buy". 1.2. Right of anti-dilution In common and preferred stock, the right of a shareholder to maintain the same percentage of ownership in a company, should the company issue more stock. The anti-dilution clause can also indicates the right of a shareholder to purchase more shares in a new round of financing at the offering price up to his/her previous percentage of ownership. * if an investor have 20% of the company for 700K€ in seed, and anticipates a future need of financing of 10M€, he will allocates 2M€ (or more) to maintain 20% of the company. Preferred stocks & main associated rights 1. Rights of capital protection
  • 32. 2.1. Right to board representation Preferred stocks & main associated rights 2. Political Rights 2.2. Vote of strategic decisions Acquisition, budget, dividends.. can be vetoed
  • 33. Preferred stocks & main associated rights 3. Financial Rights 3.1. Liquidation preference
 Specify which investors get paid first and how much they get paid in the event of a liquidation event such as the sale of the company. Liquidation preference helps protect venture capitalists from losing money by making sure they get their initial investments back before other parties. eg: the first 5% pro rata for all shareholders, then to financial shareholders till the level of their investment, then the rest pro rata for all shareholders 3.2. Ratchet Correction of the pricing for the next round if the shares are at lower price. Two possibilites: full ratchet = the initial shares are priced at the level of ones from the new round ; weighted average ratchet = initial shares are priced at the level of the weighted average price paid during the different rounds More about preferred stocks & main associated rights (french)
  • 35. Investing in VC is not really an exact science* A glance at the anti-portfolio of Bessemer Venture Partner
  • 36. Prediction: chances to fundraise with a VC in France are pretty low [0,4-1]% chances with a specific VC fund * dealflow of around 1000-1500 startups/year for a reputed VC fund (between 500 & 2000 depending of the scope & the attractiveness of the fund). 5-10 deals closed/year 5% chances with any VC fund ** around 4000 startups/year seeking fund. Around 200 fundraise in the whole ecosystem.
  • 37. The Process Executive Summary Dealflow instruction analyst Weekly investment committee full team 90% OUT First meeting analyst + partner Slideshow Business Plan Instruction 2 partners/1 partner-1 analyst
 focus on specific points, “friendly“ due diligence 85% OUT 40% OUT Negotiation at least one partner Everything you got >10% OUT Party everyone cool Champaign chance of raising: 100*(1-40%)*(1-90%)*(1-85%)*(1-40%)*(1-10%)=0,48% /! due diligence try to avoid this step by meeting them before you need funds (chances almost x2) 40% OUT
  • 38. What they will ask you: - reporting (revenue each month or quarter) - an action plan - validate the P&L and the main decisions ! What you should ask them: read this wonderful article The relationship AFTER the raise
  • 39. Want to be part of the amazing community of France Digitale ? Click here* * or send us an email: willy@francedigitale.org
  • 40. yes, this is just an option Part 2. Should you raise funds?
  • 41. What do they have in common?
  • 43. You can make an incredible startup without raising funds. 

  • 44. No money = great constraint to look for efficiency Money is a painkiller. 

  • 45. Founded in 2008 - 3 cofounders. 1 kept working full time during the early days, the 2 other made freelancing on the side.
 * Github
  • 46. Founded in 2010 - 3 cofounders. Build the MVP with $60 (open source + outsourcer) First test on Reddit : 200 deals of pro accounts at imgur.com 50% discount
 Then rebuilt the site & sold 500 productivity bundles on Lifehackers. POC + cashflows.
 * AppSumo
  • 47. Yes, this is possible*. So when should you raise fund?
 * also in France, look at MyLittleParis, HumanCoders, Adopteunmec, Wisembly, Capital Koala, Appgratis (at least for a long time), etc.
  • 48. The next slide could hurt your aesthetic sensibility.
  • 49. Do you have significant upfront investment to test your market? Can you grow your business as you wish with your revenue stream before burning all your cash? Do you charge man days to your clients? Is your market small? DON’T RAISE! DON’T RAISE! C’mon, 
 close more deals.
 (you don’t sale 
 enough to raise) Do you want to keep the control of your business Either you can find a way to generate enough revenue or your dead You’re in troubleRAISE! YES NO NO NO NO NO YES YES YES Do you want to grow very fast to disrupt a market? YES RAISE! NO YES you are here
  • 50. What should you remember?
  • 51. Not raising is not failing.
 Raising is not succeeding. What should you remember?
  • 52. By the way... Github raised funds eventually. So did 99designs ! raising funds is not a one time decision
  • 53. in practice What does bootstrapping mean?
  • 54. Bootstrapping = lower velocity Escape velocity, in physics, is basically the speed needed to break free from gravity.
 For a bootstrapper it might only be the freedom to pay the bills.
  • 55. Your growth can be linear.
 If you have 10 new clients every month and if your retention is great. that makes 120 clients per year. That can be more than sufficient
  • 56. Distribution can be smaller
 If you need a few thousand customers and not millions, you can use any channel that is ROI positive. Even if it doesn’t scale.

  • 57. Acquisition & retention can be manual
 You can email yourself your power customers and get to know (or at least talk to) most of your clients, sooner or later. 

  • 58. Conclusion for PG “Avoid investors till you decide to raise money, and then when you do, talk to them all in parallel, prioritized by expected value, and accept offers greedily. That's fundraising in one sentence. Don't introduce complicated optimizations, and don't let investors introduce complications either. ! Fundraising is not what will make you successful. It's just a means to an end. Your primary goal should be to get it over with and get back to what will make you successful—making things and talking to users—and the path I've described will for most startups be the surest way to that destination. ! Be good, take care of yourselves, and don't leave the path.“
 - Paul Graham
  • 59. Credit Infos of bootstrapped companies in Quora
 Discussion with lots of investors, especially Marie Ekeland, Xavier Lazarus, Samantha Jerusalmy & Sebastien Derhy (Elaia Partners), Emanuele Levi (360 Capital Partner), Nicolas Celier (Alven Capital), Jean-David Chamboredon (ISAI) & Vladimir Bolze (Fa Diese), Jérôme Masurel (50 Partners) 
 Discussion with Frederic Mazzella (BlaBlaCar) 
 Discussion with Oussama Ammar (The Family) and his wonderful workshops (in french: fundraising & valorisation) Workshop France Digitale + Girls in Tech about “Financing Seed“
 Presentation (in french) from Christophe Raynaud (ISAI)
 Article of Paul Graham 
 Special thanks to Mathieu Daix, Taro Ugen & Emmanuelle Coulon, my dear colleagues that helped me to improve this presentation Slides 27-28, 31-32 were made by Marie Ekeland (Elaia Partners)
 Slides 63-65 were made by Emanuele Levi (360° Capital Partner) Slide 19 were made by Barbara Belvisi (PiedElephant)
  • 60. Willy Braun GM France Digitale. willy@francedigitale.org www.francedigitale.org click here* Want to be part of the amazing community
 of France Digitale ? * or send me an email Mathieu Daix CMO France Digitale.
 mathieu@francedigitale.org
 www.francedigitale.org
  • 61. THE DARK SIDE OF THE PRESENTATION Annex
  • 62. €100M with a hurdle rate: 7%* (6 year average holding period positive return) -> €150M minimum ! Target IRR of fund investors (the LP) 10-15%*net of carried interest -> around €225M to stay in business
 Corporate finance 101: hurdle rate & IRR you can skip this slide, only for math lovers * average in the venture capital market
  • 63. Below 2x they actually “lose money“ (20x4x2=160 < 225) 3x is a positive contributor to fund objectif (20x4x3= 240 > 225) 5x & 10x are needed to compensate bad investments 20 startups in the portfolio €4M of funding per startup valuation x2 target size for the fund Let’s explain why you need a x2.25 on average without math (1/2)
  • 64. 1 blockbuster: 20x = 80m ! 1 Star: 10x = 40m ! 2 Successes: 5x = 2x20m = 40m ! 4 Average: 2-3x = 4x10m = 40m ! 6 Bad investments: 0,5x-2x = 20m ! 6 Write-offs ! €220M, net IRR to investors 12%* On any given investment, x10 must be possible. *including 20-25m of carried interests (for 12 years of work) Let’s explain why you need a x2.25 on average without math (2/2)