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

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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
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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.
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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

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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.
‣ 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.
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LONDON VS. SILICON VALLEY VS. NYC
‣ London + NYC outsource 34% more of their product dev than
Silicon Valley companies.
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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.
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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.
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STARTUP GROWTH IN LONDON
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BIG TECH COMPANIES IN LONDON
Source: Duedil
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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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LONDON’S TOP STARTUPS
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LONDON’S TOP FASHION STARTUPS
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LONDON’S RISING FIN TECH SCENE
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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

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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

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VENTURE CAPITAL
‣ Index Ventures ‣ Atomico ‣ Hoxton Ventures
‣ Accel Partners ‣ Notion Capital ‣ Connect Ventures
‣ Balderton Capital ‣ DJF Espirit
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SEED FUNDS + ACCELERATORS
‣ Passion Capital
‣ PROfounders
‣ Wayra UK
‣ Seedcamp
‣ Springboard
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ANGELS
Alex Hoye Sherry Coutu
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TECH MEDIA
@TheNextWebUK Milo Yiannapoulos
@Jemimah_Knight @Nero
@RobinWauters @KernelMag
@MartinSFP @WSJEurope
@TechCrunch @BenJRooney
@MikeButcher
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COWORKING SPACES
‣ White Bear Yard, Clerkenwell
‣ Google Campus, Shoreditch
‣ TechHub, Shoreditch
‣ Innovation Warehouse,
Farringdon
‣ The Cube, Shoreditch
‣ The Hub: Kings Cross,
Westminster, Islington
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BRITISH CYNICISM
‣ Geographical Disparity
‣ Engineer Wages
‣ Talent Lock Up
‣ It’s Friday, where is everyone?
‣ Risk-averse?
‣ Fear of Failure
‣ Scaling from the Start
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HIRING + JOBS
‣ Enternships
‣ Roundabout.io
‣ Escape the City
‣ The Fetch
‣ WorkInStartups.com
‣ Ventureloop
‣ CrunchBoard UK
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SYNC UP WITH LONDON
‣ General Assembly’s Mailing List!
‣ The Fetch
‣ Escape the City
‣ Startup Digest
‣ The Albion London
‣ Facebook Group:
London Startup Events
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NETWORKING EVENTS
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GENERAL ASSEMBLY LOVES LONDON
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