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INTRO TO THE LONDON
      STARTUP SCENE
      Courtney Boyd Myers
      Director of Audience Development, General Assembly

Wednesday, November 28, 12
Wednesday, November 28, 12
INTRODUCTION                                               3

      COURTNEY BOYD MYERS
      DIRECTOR OF AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT,
      GENERAL ASSEMBLY EUROPE
      ‣ Member               of #10’s Tech City Advisory Group
      ‣ Mentor           at BBC WorldWideLabs, Ignite100
      ‣ Recovering             Technology Journalist
      ‣ The       Next Web, The Huffington Post, Forbes
      ‣ @CBM




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AGENDA                                                     4

      ‣ London               vs. Silicon Valley vs. NYC
      ‣ Startups             You Need to Know
      ‣ VCs,        Angels, Media
      ‣ Accelerators,             Incubators, Coworking Spaces
      ‣ Networking               events
      ‣ Need         a job?
      ‣ Keeping              up with London
      ‣Q      &A


Wednesday, November 28, 12
INTRO TO THE LONDON STARTUP SCENE                              5

      LONDON VS. SILICON VALLEY VS. NYC
      ‣ London   is the largest technology ecosystem in Europe. But...
        Silicon Valley’s ecosystem is currently 3X bigger than New
        York City, 4.5X bigger than London + 12.5X bigger than Berlin.




Wednesday, November 28, 12
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      LONDON VS. SILICON VALLEY VS. NYC
      ‣ London   is the largest technology ecosystem in Europe. But...
        Silicon Valley’s ecosystem is currently 3X bigger than New
        York City, 4.5X bigger than London + 12.5X bigger than Berlin.
      ‣ SV’secosystem has 22% more companies in the “scale stage”
        than in NYC and 54% more than in London.




Wednesday, November 28, 12
INTRO TO THE LONDON STARTUP SCENE                              7

      LONDON VS. SILICON VALLEY VS. NYC
      ‣ London   is the largest technology ecosystem in Europe. But...
        Silicon Valley’s ecosystem is currently 3X bigger than New
        York City, 4.5X bigger than London + 12.5X bigger than Berlin.
      ‣ SV’secosystem has 22% more companies in the “scale stage”
        than in NYC and 54% more than in London.
      ‣ SV startups raise 2-3X more money in the the first 3 phases of
        development - but in the scale stage, New York City startups
        raise 27% more money and London startups raise 30% more
        money than Silicon Valley.
Wednesday, November 28, 12
INTRO TO THE LONDON STARTUP SCENE                               8

      LONDON VS. SILICON VALLEY VS. NYC
      ‣ London   + NYC outsource 34% more of their product dev than
        Silicon Valley companies.




Wednesday, November 28, 12
INTRO TO THE LONDON STARTUP SCENE                             9

      LONDON VS. SILICON VALLEY VS. NYC
      ‣ London + NYC outsource 34% more of their product dev than
        SV companies.
      ‣ SV companies have 46% more helpful mentors than companies
        in London.




Wednesday, November 28, 12
INTRO TO THE LONDON STARTUP SCENE                           10

      LONDON VS. SILICON VALLEY VS. NYC
      ‣ London + NYC outsource 34% more of their product dev than
        SV companies.
      ‣ SV companies have 46% more helpful mentors than companies
        in London.
      ‣ Pivoting happens much more frequently in Silicon Valley.
        Pivots happen 45% more on average in Silicon Valley than New
        York City and 33% more than London.


Wednesday, November 28, 12
INTRO TO THE LONDON STARTUP SCENE   11

      STARTUP GROWTH IN LONDON




Wednesday, November 28, 12
Wednesday, November 28, 12
INTRO TO THE LONDON STARTUP SCENE            13

      BIG TECH COMPANIES IN LONDON




                                          Source: Duedil


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INTRO TO THE LONDON STARTUP SCENE                                                              14

      LONDON’S BIG EXITS


                     SOLD TO SABRE FOR $1.1B IN 2005       SOLD TO CBS FOR $280 MILLION IN 2007




                             $2.4B IPO IN 2010         SOLD TO AMAZON.COM FOR $317 MILLION IN 2011


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INTRO TO THE LONDON STARTUP SCENE   15

      LONDON’S TOP STARTUPS




Wednesday, November 28, 12
INTRO TO THE LONDON STARTUP SCENE   16

      LONDON’S TOP FASHION STARTUPS




Wednesday, November 28, 12
INTRO TO THE LONDON STARTUP SCENE   17

      LONDON’S RISING FIN TECH SCENE




Wednesday, November 28, 12
INTRO TO THE LONDON STARTUP SCENE                                 18

      LONDON’S TECH CITY



       Rohan Silva                        Joanna Shields
       Senior Policy Adviser for          CEO of Tech City Investment
       Technology to the Prime            Organisation
       Minister




Wednesday, November 28, 12
INTRO TO THE LONDON STARTUP SCENE                                 19

      LONDON’S TECH CITY



          Benjamin Southworth             Eric Van Der Kleij
          Deputy CEO of Tech City         Ex-CEO of Tech City, now
                                          Advisor to the Canary Wharf
                                          Group




Wednesday, November 28, 12
INTRO TO THE LONDON STARTUP SCENE                                       20

      VENTURE CAPITAL
      ‣ Index         Ventures         ‣ Atomico            ‣ Hoxton   Ventures
      ‣ Accel         Partners         ‣ Notion   Capital   ‣ Connect   Ventures
      ‣ Balderton            Capital   ‣ DJF   Espirit




Wednesday, November 28, 12
INTRO TO THE LONDON STARTUP SCENE   21

      SEED FUNDS + ACCELERATORS
      ‣ Passion              Capital
      ‣ PROfounders

      ‣ Wayra           UK
      ‣ Seedcamp

      ‣ Springboard




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INTRO TO THE LONDON STARTUP SCENE                  22

      ANGELS



       Alex Hoye                          Sherry Coutu




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INTRO TO THE LONDON STARTUP SCENE            23

      TECH MEDIA
      @TheNextWebUK            Milo Yiannapoulos
      @Jemimah_Knight          @Nero
      @RobinWauters            @KernelMag
      @MartinSFP               @WSJEurope
      @TechCrunch              @BenJRooney
      @MikeButcher



Wednesday, November 28, 12
INTRO TO THE LONDON STARTUP SCENE           24

      COWORKING SPACES
      ‣ White          Bear Yard, Clerkenwell
      ‣ Google               Campus, Shoreditch
      ‣ TechHub,               Shoreditch
      ‣ Innovation    Warehouse,
              Farringdon
      ‣ The       Cube, Shoreditch
      ‣ The    Hub: Kings Cross,
              Westminster, Islington
Wednesday, November 28, 12
INTRO TO THE LONDON STARTUP SCENE        25

      BRITISH CYNICISM
      ‣ Geographical               Disparity
      ‣ Engineer              Wages
      ‣ Talent          Lock Up
      ‣ It’s     Friday, where is everyone?
      ‣ Risk-averse?

      ‣ Fear        of Failure
      ‣ Scaling              from the Start

Wednesday, November 28, 12
INTRO TO THE LONDON STARTUP SCENE   26

      HIRING + JOBS
      ‣ Enternships

      ‣ Roundabout.io

      ‣ Escape               the City
      ‣ The       Fetch
      ‣ WorkInStartups.com

      ‣ Ventureloop

      ‣ CrunchBoard                UK

Wednesday, November 28, 12
INTRO TO THE LONDON STARTUP SCENE                 27

      SYNC UP WITH LONDON
      ‣ General              Assembly’s Mailing List!
      ‣ The       Fetch
      ‣ Escape               the City
      ‣ Startup              Digest
      ‣ The       Albion London
      ‣ Facebook    Group:
              London Startup Events

Wednesday, November 28, 12
INTRO TO THE LONDON STARTUP SCENE   28

      NETWORKING EVENTS




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INTRO TO THE LONDON STARTUP SCENE   29

      GENERAL ASSEMBLY LOVES LONDON




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Intro to the London Startup Scene

  • 1. INTRO TO THE LONDON STARTUP SCENE Courtney Boyd Myers Director of Audience Development, General Assembly Wednesday, November 28, 12
  • 3. INTRODUCTION 3 COURTNEY BOYD MYERS DIRECTOR OF AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT, GENERAL ASSEMBLY EUROPE ‣ Member of #10’s Tech City Advisory Group ‣ Mentor at BBC WorldWideLabs, Ignite100 ‣ Recovering Technology Journalist ‣ The Next Web, The Huffington Post, Forbes ‣ @CBM Wednesday, November 28, 12
  • 4. AGENDA 4 ‣ London vs. Silicon Valley vs. NYC ‣ Startups You Need to Know ‣ VCs, Angels, Media ‣ Accelerators, Incubators, Coworking Spaces ‣ Networking events ‣ Need a job? ‣ Keeping up with London ‣Q &A Wednesday, November 28, 12
  • 5. INTRO TO THE LONDON STARTUP SCENE 5 LONDON VS. SILICON VALLEY VS. NYC ‣ London is the largest technology ecosystem in Europe. But... Silicon Valley’s ecosystem is currently 3X bigger than New York City, 4.5X bigger than London + 12.5X bigger than Berlin. Wednesday, November 28, 12
  • 6. INTRO TO THE LONDON STARTUP SCENE 6 LONDON VS. SILICON VALLEY VS. NYC ‣ London is the largest technology ecosystem in Europe. But... Silicon Valley’s ecosystem is currently 3X bigger than New York City, 4.5X bigger than London + 12.5X bigger than Berlin. ‣ SV’secosystem has 22% more companies in the “scale stage” than in NYC and 54% more than in London. Wednesday, November 28, 12
  • 7. INTRO TO THE LONDON STARTUP SCENE 7 LONDON VS. SILICON VALLEY VS. NYC ‣ London is the largest technology ecosystem in Europe. But... Silicon Valley’s ecosystem is currently 3X bigger than New York City, 4.5X bigger than London + 12.5X bigger than Berlin. ‣ SV’secosystem has 22% more companies in the “scale stage” than in NYC and 54% more than in London. ‣ SV startups raise 2-3X more money in the the first 3 phases of development - but in the scale stage, New York City startups raise 27% more money and London startups raise 30% more money than Silicon Valley. Wednesday, November 28, 12
  • 8. INTRO TO THE LONDON STARTUP SCENE 8 LONDON VS. SILICON VALLEY VS. NYC ‣ London + NYC outsource 34% more of their product dev than Silicon Valley companies. Wednesday, November 28, 12
  • 9. INTRO TO THE LONDON STARTUP SCENE 9 LONDON VS. SILICON VALLEY VS. NYC ‣ London + NYC outsource 34% more of their product dev than SV companies. ‣ SV companies have 46% more helpful mentors than companies in London. Wednesday, November 28, 12
  • 10. INTRO TO THE LONDON STARTUP SCENE 10 LONDON VS. SILICON VALLEY VS. NYC ‣ London + NYC outsource 34% more of their product dev than SV companies. ‣ SV companies have 46% more helpful mentors than companies in London. ‣ Pivoting happens much more frequently in Silicon Valley. Pivots happen 45% more on average in Silicon Valley than New York City and 33% more than London. Wednesday, November 28, 12
  • 11. INTRO TO THE LONDON STARTUP SCENE 11 STARTUP GROWTH IN LONDON Wednesday, November 28, 12
  • 13. INTRO TO THE LONDON STARTUP SCENE 13 BIG TECH COMPANIES IN LONDON Source: Duedil Wednesday, November 28, 12
  • 14. INTRO TO THE LONDON STARTUP SCENE 14 LONDON’S BIG EXITS SOLD TO SABRE FOR $1.1B IN 2005 SOLD TO CBS FOR $280 MILLION IN 2007 $2.4B IPO IN 2010 SOLD TO AMAZON.COM FOR $317 MILLION IN 2011 Wednesday, November 28, 12
  • 15. INTRO TO THE LONDON STARTUP SCENE 15 LONDON’S TOP STARTUPS Wednesday, November 28, 12
  • 16. INTRO TO THE LONDON STARTUP SCENE 16 LONDON’S TOP FASHION STARTUPS Wednesday, November 28, 12
  • 17. INTRO TO THE LONDON STARTUP SCENE 17 LONDON’S RISING FIN TECH SCENE Wednesday, November 28, 12
  • 18. INTRO TO THE LONDON STARTUP SCENE 18 LONDON’S TECH CITY Rohan Silva Joanna Shields Senior Policy Adviser for CEO of Tech City Investment Technology to the Prime Organisation Minister Wednesday, November 28, 12
  • 19. INTRO TO THE LONDON STARTUP SCENE 19 LONDON’S TECH CITY Benjamin Southworth Eric Van Der Kleij Deputy CEO of Tech City Ex-CEO of Tech City, now Advisor to the Canary Wharf Group Wednesday, November 28, 12
  • 20. INTRO TO THE LONDON STARTUP SCENE 20 VENTURE CAPITAL ‣ Index Ventures ‣ Atomico ‣ Hoxton Ventures ‣ Accel Partners ‣ Notion Capital ‣ Connect Ventures ‣ Balderton Capital ‣ DJF Espirit Wednesday, November 28, 12
  • 21. INTRO TO THE LONDON STARTUP SCENE 21 SEED FUNDS + ACCELERATORS ‣ Passion Capital ‣ PROfounders ‣ Wayra UK ‣ Seedcamp ‣ Springboard Wednesday, November 28, 12
  • 22. INTRO TO THE LONDON STARTUP SCENE 22 ANGELS Alex Hoye Sherry Coutu Wednesday, November 28, 12
  • 23. INTRO TO THE LONDON STARTUP SCENE 23 TECH MEDIA @TheNextWebUK Milo Yiannapoulos @Jemimah_Knight @Nero @RobinWauters @KernelMag @MartinSFP @WSJEurope @TechCrunch @BenJRooney @MikeButcher Wednesday, November 28, 12
  • 24. INTRO TO THE LONDON STARTUP SCENE 24 COWORKING SPACES ‣ White Bear Yard, Clerkenwell ‣ Google Campus, Shoreditch ‣ TechHub, Shoreditch ‣ Innovation Warehouse, Farringdon ‣ The Cube, Shoreditch ‣ The Hub: Kings Cross, Westminster, Islington Wednesday, November 28, 12
  • 25. INTRO TO THE LONDON STARTUP SCENE 25 BRITISH CYNICISM ‣ Geographical Disparity ‣ Engineer Wages ‣ Talent Lock Up ‣ It’s Friday, where is everyone? ‣ Risk-averse? ‣ Fear of Failure ‣ Scaling from the Start Wednesday, November 28, 12
  • 26. INTRO TO THE LONDON STARTUP SCENE 26 HIRING + JOBS ‣ Enternships ‣ Roundabout.io ‣ Escape the City ‣ The Fetch ‣ WorkInStartups.com ‣ Ventureloop ‣ CrunchBoard UK Wednesday, November 28, 12
  • 27. INTRO TO THE LONDON STARTUP SCENE 27 SYNC UP WITH LONDON ‣ General Assembly’s Mailing List! ‣ The Fetch ‣ Escape the City ‣ Startup Digest ‣ The Albion London ‣ Facebook Group: London Startup Events Wednesday, November 28, 12
  • 28. INTRO TO THE LONDON STARTUP SCENE 28 NETWORKING EVENTS Wednesday, November 28, 12
  • 29. INTRO TO THE LONDON STARTUP SCENE 29 GENERAL ASSEMBLY LOVES LONDON Wednesday, November 28, 12