global technology trends & startup hubs 2015
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GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY TRENDS & STARTUP HUBS 2015From Silicon Valley to London To Seoul
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• General Technology Trends• Global Venture Capital Trends• Global Startup Hubs• Startup Snapshots of Global Hubs :
Silicon Valley, NYC, London, Stockholm, Berlin, Tel Aviv, Beijing, Seoul, Los Angeles, and Boston.
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General Technology Trends
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Self driving cars Virtual reality Wearable devices
Internet of Things
Hot Trends for 2015
3D printing Drones
Continuing Evolution of Technology
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• Global IT spending is expected to grow 2.5%, 2.3% and 2.9% in 2015, 2016 and 2017 respectively. (Gartner)
• Mobile devices (smartphone/tablet) are recovering the slow demand of PCs
Source: Gartner, OECD
IT Industry Market Growth VS OECD GDP Growth Worldwide Smart Connected Device Forecast Market Share by Product Category, 2013-2018
Source: IDC
Global IT Industry
3 1.9 1.3 1.4 1.8
15.3 13.3
4.4 4.7 2.1
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2010 2011 2012 2013E 2014E
OECD IT industry
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90%
100%
2013 2014E 2015E 2016E 2017E 2018E
Desktop PC Portable PC Smartphone Tablet plus 2-in-1
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• Global PC shipment decreased in 2014 and is expected to continuously decrease throughout 2015
• Major IT products shipment growth: PC -6.8% (2014) → -5.3% (2015E), Tablets 23.9% → 25.2%, Mobile phones 3.0% → 4.4%
Source: Gartner
Annual Shipment Growth of IT
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Traditional PCs Ultramobiles Tablets Mobile phones
Worldwide Device Shipments by Segment (Millions of units)
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• Other than mobile phones, software market including big data analytics and enterprise applications will show the fastest growth.
Source: IDC
Fast growing software market
Worldwide Software Market, 2H 2013Five Year Market Growth by Global Region (revenues)
-4
-2
0
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4
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2013 2014E 2015E 2016E 2017E 2018E
WW Americas EMEA APJ
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Global Venture Capital Trends
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Six Largest Rounds by Global Region VC-Backed New Unicorn Companies by Continent
Source: CB Insights, KPMG
0 0 2
4 3 3
1
9
1
9
6
11
5 6
12
Q2'14 Q3'14 Q4'14 Q1'15 Q2'15
Europe Asia North America
The Six Largest Rounds of Q2’15 Totaled Over $3.5B, More Than 18% of Funding In North America
• $1.5 billion• Growth Equity• San Francisco
• $433.9 million• Series E• New York
• $500 million• Series C• San Francisco
• $275 million• Series B• San Francisco
• $337.6 million• Series E-II• Pacific Palisades
• $500 million• Series C• San Francisco
Source: CB Insights, KPMG
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Six Largest Rounds by Global Region The Six Largest EU Rounds of Q2’15 Total More Than $1.5B, Over 1/5th of Total Funding in 2015 To Date
Source: CB Insights, KPMG
The Six Largest Rounds of Q2’15 Total More Than $4.2B; Over 25% of All Asian Funding in 2015
Source: CB Insights, KPMG
• $526 million• Series G• Stockholm
• $120 million• Series B• Vienna
• $150 million• Series E• London
• $100 million• Series E• Berlin
• $110 million• Series H• Berlin
• $500 million• Corporate Minority• Mallow, Ireland
• $1 billion• Series E• Seoul, Korea
• $550 million• Series I• Bangalore
• $850 million• Series E• Shanghai
• $418.6 million• Series C• Chongqing, China
• $485 million• Private Equity• Shanghai
• $931 million• Private Equity• Huangpu District, China
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Financing Trends to VC-Backed Companies Annual Global Financing Trends to VC-Backed Companies
$100M+ Financings to VC-Backed Companies
Source: CB Insights, KPMG
49.7 43.8
49
88.3
59.8 5,401
6,189 6,879 7,485
3,668
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Investments($B) Deals
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North America Asia Europe
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Investments by Continent Deal Count by Continent
Investment ($B) by continent
Source: CB Insights, KPMG
1,303 1,297 1,222 1,173 1,180
306
278
311 357
284 260
323
301 295
315
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North America Europe Asia
15.6 14.2
16.3 18.5 19.2
2.4
2.2
1.7 3.4
3.2 4.1
4.7 9.2
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10.5
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Q2'14 Q3'14 Q4'14 Q1'15 Q2'15
North America Europe Asia
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Startup Funding Trends in U.S
• Most startup funding in U.S. is focused on software. • Crowdfunding continues to grow and boomed in 2014. Crowdfunding now raises
$2 million a day.
Source: National Venture Capital Association
U.S. Startup Funding by Category (2014) Crowd Funding Growth in Numbers (billion $)
Source: Crowdfunding Centre Report, Inc, SparkLabs Global Ventures
42%
13%
12%
7%
7%
5%
4%
2% 2%
6%
Software
Media&Entertainment
Biotechnology
IT Services
Medical Devices&Equipment
Industrial/Energy
Consumer Products&Services
Financial Services
Retail/Distribution
Other
1.5
2.7
5.1
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2011 2012 2013
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• In U.S., VCs are crowded out. $11.3B was Invested In 805 deals in 2015 which hit a nine-quarter low and fell for the fourth straight quarter. When investments from hedge funds, mutual funds and private equity investors into VC-backed companies are included, VC-backed companies actually raised $17.7B of funding in Q1 which is breaking high.
• In China, the number of deals fell for the second straight quarter, however funding was supported by large rounds. China funding remains above $2B for third straight quarter. Investment amount is expected to keep growing in the long run.
Quarterly VC Investment and Deal Volume Trend(U.S.)
Source: CB Insights
Quarterly VC-Backed China Tech Financings
Source: CB Insights
Less Deals, More Money
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10 12 14 16
Q1'13 Q2'13 Q3'13 Q4'13 Q114 Q2'14 Q3'14 Q4'14 Q1'15
Inverstment($B) Deals Deals
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China Tech Inverstments($M) China Tech Deals
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Number of Investments by U.S. Metros Number of Investments by Region
Average Investment Size by Region($M)
Source: Mattermark
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2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
SF Bay Area Boston Area Los Angeles Area New York Area
0 2 4 6 8
10 12 14 16
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
SF Bay Area Boston Area Los Angeles Area New York Area
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Investment Sizes by U.S. Metros Median Investment Size by Region ($M)
Total Investment Size by Region ($M)
Source: Mattermark
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
SF Bay Area Boston Area Los Angeles Area New York Area
0
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2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Bay Area New York Boston Los Angeles
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Seed & Series A Investments by U.S. Metros Number of Seed Investments by Region
Number of Series A Investments by Region
Source: Mattermark
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2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
SF Bay Area Boston Area Los Angeles Area New York Area
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Top Participants in U.S. Series A Rounds
Source: Mattermark
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20
SV Angel
True Ventures
Lerer Hippeau Ventures
Great Oaks Venture Capital
Accel Partners
First Round Capital
Sequoia Capital
KPCB
Thrive Capital
SoftBank Capital
Grotech Ventures
Upfront Ventures
Atlas Venture
Fuel Capital
Lightspeed Venture Partners
ff Venture Capital
Silicon Valley Bank
Feliois Ventures
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VC Funding Statistics Top Ten U.S. Metros
Source: Mattermark
Region Venture-Backed Startups
Average Deal Size
($M)
Total Venture
Dollars($B)
MoM Employee Growth
Compound Growth Since
Funding
Average Company
Size Average Age
Austin 28 6.4 0.18 1% 4% 27 4
Bay Area 308 27.73 8.32 8% 7% 94 4
Boston 86 16.50 1.39 4% 7% 55 6
Chicago 25 7.24 0.18 5% 5% 101 5
Los Angeles 63 20.86 1.33 8% 10% 61 5
New York 150 13.75 1.99 6% 18% 71 4
Salt Lake City 13 26.82 0.35 4% 5% 144 6
San Diego 20 12.84 0.26 5% 13% 47 8
Seattle 37 17.58 0.67 7% 6% 119 5
Washington, D.C. 31 7.59 0.24 12% 7% 31 4
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Largest US Funding Rounds in Q2 2015
Source: Mattermark
Company Funding Date Series
Funding Amount
($M) Investors Region
Airbnb 6/29/2015 Series E 1500 General Atlantic, Hillhouse Capital Group, Tiger Global Management Bay Area
Snapchat 5/29/2015 Series E 537 Fidelity Investments, York Capital Management, Glade Brook Capital Partners Los Angeles
Zenefits 5/6/2015 Series C 500 Khosla Ventures, Insight Venture Partners, Ashton Kutcher, Andreessen Horowitz, Fidelity Investments, Jared Leto, TPG Capital, Institutional Venture Partners(IVP), Sound Ventures, Founders Fund Bay Area
Affirm 5/6/2015 Series C 275 Khosla Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Spark Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Jefferies Group Bay Area
DraftKings 4/3/2015 Series D 250 The Walt Disney Company Boston
DocuSign 5/12/2015 Series F 233 Brookside Capital, Generation Investment Management, ClearBridge Investments, Iconiq Capital, Wasatch Advisors, Wellington Management, Sands Capital Ventures Seattle
Denali Therapeutics 5/14/2015 Series A 217 ARCH Venture Partners, Alaska Permanent Fund, Flagship Ventures, Fidelity Biosciences Bay Area
Domo 4/8/2015 Series D 200 BlackRock, The Capital Group, Glynn Capital Management, GGV Capital Salt Lake City
NantHealth 6/30/2015 Series D 200 Allscripts Los Angeles
Adaptive Biotechnologies 5/6/2015 Series F 195 Tiger Global Management, Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Casdin Capital, Rock Springs Capital Manageme
nt, Viking Global Investors, Senator Investment Group Seattle
Pinterest 5/11/2015 Series G 186 Fidelity Investments, Valiant Capital Partners, SV Angel, Bessemer Venture Partners, FirstMark Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Wellington Management, Goldman Sachs Bay Area
Credit Karma 6/23/2015 Series E 175 Tiger Global Management, Valinor Management, Viking Global Investors Bay Area
Prosper 4/8/2015 Series F 165 NEXT Investors, JP Morgan Chase & Co, SunTrust Bank, BBVA Ventures, Neuberger Berman, Passport Capital, Breyer Capital Bay Area
Slack 4/16/2015 Series E 160 Digital Sky Technologies (DST), Horizons Ventures, Index Ventures, Institutional Venture Partners (IVP), Spark Capital Bay Area
OneSource Virtual 6/22/2015 Series B 150 Technology Crossover Ventures, Halyard Capital Dallas
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Notable IPOs in Q2 2015
Source: Mattermark
Company Name
IPO Date
Stock Exchange
Stock Ticker
Symbol
Amount Raised
($)
Shares Offered
Price Per
Share at IPO
($)
Market Capitalization
at IPO($)
Past Investors
Total Private Funding
($)
Adaptimune Therapeutics
5/6/2015 NASDAQ ADAP 191,250,0
00 11,250,00
0 17 1,203,350,389 Biomedical Catalyst Fund, New Enterprise Associates, OrbiMed Advisors, Fidelity Biosciences, Merlin Nexus, Foresite Capital, Rock Springs Ca
pital Management, Wellington Management, University of Oxford 107,500,000
Arcadia Biosciences
5/15/2015 NASDAQ RKDA 65,600,00
0 8,200,000 8 345,402,480 CMEA Capital, Saints Capital, BASF Venture Capital, Mandala Capital 101,000,000
Biotie Therapies
6/11/2015 NASDAQ BITI 56,007,51
4 3,761,418 14.89 181,896,538 DFJ Esprit, Investor Growth Capital, Abingworth 145,750,000
Carbylan Therapeutics
4/9/2015 NASDAQ CBYL 65,000,00
0 13,000,00
0 5 121,234,815 InterWest Partners, Alta Partners, Vivo Ventures 34,999,999
EndoChoice 6/4/2015 NYSE GI 95,250,00
0 6,350,000 15 367,661,805 Sequoia Capital, Ally Bridge Group, Rock Springs Capital Management, Deerfield Management Company, River Cities Capital Funds, Accelme
d 115,489,918
Etsy 4/16/2015 NASDAQ ETSY 266,666,6
56 16,666,66
6 16 1,775,400,240
Accel Partners, Union Square Ventures, Albert Wenger, Stewart Butterfield, Caterina Fake, Manatt Venture Fund, Spencer Ain, Acton Capital Partners, Hubert Burda Media, Index Ventures, Glynn Capital Manageme
nt, Judson Ain, Sean Meenan, Joshua Schachter
97,257,127
Fitbit 6/18/2015 NYSE FIT 731,500,0
00 36,575,00
0 20 4,114,438,600 SoftTech VC, Foundry Group, Felicis Ventures, True Ventures, SoftBank Capital, Sapphire Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures 66,000,000
Invuity 6/16/2015 NASDAQ IVTY 48,000,00
0 4,000,000 12 152,413,104 InterWest Partners, HealthCare Royalty Partners, Valence Life Sciences, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Wexford Capital, Wellington Manag
ement 96,200,000
OpGen 5/5/2015 NASDAQ OPGN 17,100,00
0 2,850,000 6 64,310,082 In-Q-Tel, Highland Capital Partners, Versant Ventures, CHL Medical Partners, jVen Capital, Mason Wells Biomedical Fund, Harris & Harris Grou
p, Cross Creek Advisors 74,282,745
Shopify 5/19/2015 NYSE SHOP 130,900,0
00 7,700,000 17 1,134,536,089 Insight Venture Partners, Felicis Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, FirstMark Capital, OMERS Ventures, Georgian Partners 122,000,000
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Global Startup Hubs
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GLOBAL STARTUP HUBS
Silicon Valley
New York
London Berlin
Stockholm
Seoul Tel Aviv
Beijing
Los Angeles
Boston
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What defines a leading global startup hub?
• Engineering Talent
• Entrepreneurs / Mentors
• Technical Infrastructure
• Funding Ecosystem & Exits
DEFINITION
• Startup Culture
• Legal & Policy Infrastructure
• Economic Foundation
• Government Policies & Programs
GLOBAL HUBS
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Population of Top 10 Global Startup Hubs
* population by metro area** not in ranking order
1. Silicon Valley 7.4 Million
2. New York City 20.1 Million
3. London 13.6 Million
4. Stockholm 2.1 Million
5. Berlin 4.2 Million
6. Tel Aviv 3.4 Million
7. Beijing 24.9 Million
8. Seoul 25.7 Million
9. Los Angeles 18.5 Million
10. Boston 7.6 Million
GLOBAL HUBS
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Unicorns of Top 10 Global Startup Hubs
Our definition of a “unicorn” was:• Private company valuation of $1 billion+
• Private company acquired for $1 billion+
• IPOed during 2010 to present with a current market capitalization of $1 billion or greater
(Sources: CB Insights, Yahoo! Finance, and Google)
1. Silicon Valley 69 Unicorns
2. New York City 16 Unicorns
3. London 10 Unicorns
4. Stockholm 6 Unicorns
5. Berlin 5 Unicorns
6. Tel Aviv 3 Unicorns
7. Beijing 9 Unicorns
8. Seoul 6 Unicorns
9. Los Angeles 5 Unicorns
10. Boston 8 Unicorns
22 Unicorn Startups who went public (IPO)
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SILICON VALLEY
Pandora Trulia Palo Alto Networks Infoblox Lending Club Hortonworks
Linkedin Facebook ServiceNow Marketo Zendesk Fitbit
Fusion-io Workday Exact Target Fireeye GoPro
Zynga Splunk Guidewire Software Box New Relic
List of Unicorn Startups that went public since 2010
47 More Unicorn Startups in Silicon Valley (non-IPO)
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SILICON VALLEY
Uber Airbnb Square Slack Automattic AppDynamics Credit Karma Github Docker Zscaler
Lyft Palantir Technologies
Intarcia Therapeutics
Bloom Energy Twilio Kabam Jawbone Instacart 23andMe Wish
Prosper Pinterest Stripe Houzz Good Technology Illumio Pure Storage MuleSoft CloudFlare
Tanium Dropbox Zenefits Survey Monkey
Proteus Digital Health MarkLogic DocuSign Deem EventBrite
NextDoor Theranos Cloudera Evernote Tango Coupa Software ContextLogic Medallia Lookout
List of Unicorn Startups that haven’t gone public
16 Unicorn Startups in New York City
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NEW YORK CITY
10 Unicorn Startups in London
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LONDON
Unicorn Startups in Boston, LA and Berlin
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BOSTON, LA, & BERLIN
8 in BOSTON 5 in LA 5 in BERLIN
Unicorn Startups in Beijing and Seoul
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BEIJING AND SEOUL
9 in BEIJING 6 in SEOUL
Unicorn Startups in Tel Aviv and Stockholm
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TEL AVIV & STOCKHOLM
6 in STOCKHOLM 3 in TEL AVIV
Startup Snapshots of Silicon Valley
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SILICON VALLEY
Startup Snapshots of Silicon Alley
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NEW YORK CITY
Startup Snapshots of London
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LONDON
Startup Snapshots of Stockholm
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STOCKHOLM
Startup Snapshots of Berlin
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BERLIN
6Wunderkinder
Startup Snapshots of Tel Aviv
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TEL AVIV
Startup Snapshots of Beijing
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BEIJING
Kaixin001
Startup Snapshots of Seoul
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SEOUL
Startup Snapshots of Los Angeles
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LOS ANGELES
Startup Snapshots of Boston
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BOSTON
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(www.mangoplate.com)
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