jeff lynn - seedrs - uk - equity crowdfunding in europe - stanford engineering - feb 10 2014

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Fuelling Great European Startups Jeff Lynn | CEO and CoFounder Seedrs Stanford Engineering European Entrepreneurship & Innovation February 10 2014

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Page 1: Jeff Lynn - Seedrs - UK - Equity Crowdfunding in Europe - Stanford Engineering - Feb 10 2014

Fuelling  Great  European  Startups      Jeff  Lynn  |  CEO  and  Co-­‐Founder  Seedrs    Stanford  Engineering  European  Entrepreneurship  &  Innovation  February  10  2014    

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About  Me    •  CEO  and  Co-­‐Founder  of  Seedrs    •  Non-­‐Executive  Director  of  

Companies  House  

•  Founding  Chairman  of    The  Coalition  for  a  Digital  Economy  

•  Former  M&A/securities  lawyer  with  Sullivan  &  Cromwell  LLP  (New  York  and  London)  

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 The  leading  European  platform  for  discovering  and  investing  in  great  startups    

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Seedrs  Overview    Entrepreneurs  can  raise  seed  and  early-­‐stage  investment  from  friends,  family,  angels  and  their  communities.    

Investors  can  invest  from  £10  up  into  the  startups  they  choose.    

We  act  as  nominee  to  ensure  investors  are  protected  and  entrepreneurs  aren’t  burdened  with  a  huge  cap  table.    

Our  fees  are  success-­‐based:  7.5%  commission  on  funding,  7.5%  carry  on  profit.  

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Our  Activity    •  65  deals  to  date  

•  £6.1M  ($10M)  raised  though  us  

•  £94K  ($154K)  avg.  deal  

•  24  avg.  days  to  fund  

•  115  avg.  investors  per  deal  

•  £703  ($1,153)  avg.  investment  

$0    $500,000    

$1,000,000    $1,500,000    $2,000,000    $2,500,000    $3,000,000    $3,500,000    $4,000,000    $4,500,000    $5,000,000    

H2  2012  

H1  2013  

H2  2013  

Net  Investments    

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Case  Study:  Future  Ad  Labs      Raised  £60K  ($98K)    from  70  investors.    Pioneering  a  new  age  of  CAPTCHAs  that  are  Engaging,  Simple  &  Secure.    Has  since  raised  top-­‐tier    VC  round.  

 

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Case  Study:  Mikes  Fancy  Cheese    Raised  £80K  ($131K)  from  98  investors.  

 Creating  Northern  Ireland’s  first  raw  milk,  artisanal,  blue  cheese  for  direct  and  wholesale  distribution.  

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Case  Study:  Happy  Days  –  A  New  Musical    Raised  £250K  ($400K)    from  336  investors.    26-­‐week  UK  theatre  tour  for  original  musical.    First  major  theatre  production  to  raise  online  equity  crowdfunding.  

 

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James  Alexander  -­‐  Co-­‐founder  of  first  major  peer-­‐to-­‐peer  lending  platform,  Zopa      Mike  Butcher  –  Editor-­‐at-­‐Large  of  TechCrunch    Dale  Murray  CBE  -­‐  Investor  and  entrepreneur  ,  British  Angel  Investor  of  the  Year  (2011)    Todd  Ruppert  -­‐  Former  CEO  &  President  of  T.  Rowe  Price  Global  Investment  Services    Ralph,  Lord  Lucas  -­‐  Member  of  the  House  of  Lords    

Our  Advisory  Board  

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Our  Funding  History    •  2009-­‐2011:  £350K  ($575K)  in  

pre-­‐seed  capital  (before  FSA  authorisation)  from  friends,  family  and  small  angels    

•  2012:  £1.1M  ($1.8M)  in  seed  capital  for  launch  from  finance  and  tech  angels    

•  2013:  £2.6M  ($4.3M)  crowd  round  after  18  months  from  909  customers,  angels  and  funds  

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Equity  Crowdfunding  Will  Thrive  In  Europe    •  Growth  in  entrepreneurship  

•  Geographic  dispersion  (hubs)    

•  Global  reach  and  mindset  

•  Characteristics  of  capital  and  investors  

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Timing  Is  Right  For  Entrepreneurship  In  Europe    •  Technology:  High  online  and  

mobile  adoption.  

•  Economic:  Financial  crisis  leading  talented  people  to  create  their  own  value.  

•  Cultural:  Successes  being  celebrated.  Failure  being  embraced.  

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We  Have  Multiple  Startup  Hubs…    •  Dozens  of  tech  clusters  are  

developing  rapidly  throughout  the  continent  –  each  with  their  own  unique  fabric.  

•  Increased  interconnectivity  –  “cluster  of  clusters”.  

•  Easy  for  entrepreneurs  to  travel  and  network  with  other  hubs.    

 •  More  accelerators  and  support  for  

entrepreneurs.  

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…and  Each  Has  its  Unique  Value    •  London  –  Fintech  and  media  capital  

of  the  world,  favourable  tax  regime.    •  Stockholm  –  Thriving  digital  sector  

and  large  population  of  early-­‐adopters.  

•  Berlin  –  Affordable  talent  and  real  estate;  high  concentration  of  accelerator  programmes.  

•  Barcelona  –  Climate,  culture  and  universities  draw  global  tech  talent.  

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Small  Countries  with  a  Global  Reach  And  Mindset      “We  didn’t  think  about  one  market  —  the  world  is  our  market.”    Niklas  Zennström,  Skype  co-­‐founder  

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A  Different  Approach  to  Capital    •  Less  intensive  concentrations  

of  angel  investors  and  high-­‐net-­‐worth  individuals  

•  Significant  mass  affluent  base  of  capital  

•  Regulatory  environment  more  open  to  innovative  forms  of  investing  

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Europe  Is  Ablaze  With  Great  Startups…and  Seedrs  is  Fuelling  Their  Growth      [email protected]  @jeffseedrs  @seedrs  seedrs.com