Who am I?

What is Venture Capital?

Is it easy to get Venture Capital for travel start-

ups?

What type of businesses are VC's looking to

invest in?

How do I see the market

developing?

from thelongtail.com blog by Chris Anderson Editor of Wired Magazine

Macro Micro

Why give up a career in the VC industry to start

up an online travel platform?

Current bugbitten.com stats

• 3.5 million photos

• 100,000 travel blogs

• 2,500 destination recommendations

• 1,500 tour listings

• 500 tour recommendations

• 2 million pages indexed by Google!

Summary• bugbitten.com was the niche that we

found in the market from our 10 years of living/working abroad

• there are thousands of working holiday makers who are experiencing new things every day on their travels

• any one of these travellers could be identifying new gaps in the market