tech silu - association profile 2017 (updated)

Tech Silu ASSOCIATION PROFILE

2017

TECH SILU FOSTERS A SUSTAINABLE ENTREPRENEURIAL ECOSYSTEM, TO DEVELOP A NEW GENERATION OF ENTREPRENEURS AND SUCCESSFUL STORIES:

CREATING VALUE FOR A UNIFIED STARTUP ECOSYSTEM.

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INTRODUCTION ..................................... 4

OUR TEAM ..................................... 6

OUR ACTIVITIES ..................................... 8

PORTFOLIO ..................................... 10

TRACK RECORD ..................................... 15

CONTACT US ..................................... 24

TECH SILU IS AN INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION WHICH DEVELOPS SYNERGIES BETWEEN EUROPEAN AND CHINESE NEXT-

GENERATION STARTUPS AND INVESTORS.

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TECH SILU: A BRAND NEW SILK ROAD

IF IN THE PAST OUR ANCIENTS USED THE SILK ROAD FOR TRADING AND EXCHANGING CULTURES, TECH SILU AIMS TODAY TO REINVENT IT FOR MOVING INNOVATIVE PROJECTS, ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRITS AND EXCELLENT TALENTS.

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To fosters a sustainable entrepreneurial ecosystem, to develop a new generation of entrepreneurs and successful stories.

To develop synergies between European and Asian innovation ecosystem through a cross-border interchange of:•  innovative ideas; •  disruptive startups; •  incredible developer & technologist;•  investment funds.

Believing that our operations will:•  foster succes for entrepreneurs;•  create additional value for startups;•  generate above market return for investors;•  positively impact the society on a global scale.

ABOUT US

Vision

Mission

Belief

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TECH SILU TEAM

FRANCESCO ROSSI

• Serial Entrepreneur• Keynote Speaker• World Economic Forum

Member & Advisor

FRANCESCO LORENZINI

• Business Consultant • Engineering Mgmt at

Tsinghua University• China Expert

TOMMASO F. CAMPONESCHI

• Business & Investment Development

• MBA Global Mgmt for China• China Expert & Sinologist

ANDREA BOLOGNINI

•  Investing Manager•  Italian Policy Advisor•  International Consultant

JACOPO M. BETTINELLI

• Business Development • China Expert & Sinologist• Blogger

• Business Development• MSC China and International

Relations• Sinologist

ALESSANDRA CAPRIGLIA

• Marketing & Communication

• Social Media•  Intercultural

Communication

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TECHSILU TEAM: CORE COMPETENCES

SCOUTING OF EUROPEAN STARTUPS AND TALENTS

VENTURE CAPITAL FINANCING, SEED INVESTMENT

CONSULTING ON ASIAN STARTUP ECOSYSTEM

ATTRACTION OF FOREIGN INVESTMENTS IN ITALY

PROMOTION OF ITALIAN STARTUPS TO ASIAN ENTREPRENEURS

EXTENSIVE INSTITUTIONAL NETWORK IN BOTH ITALY AND CHINA

THE TEAM IS GEOGRAPHICALLY DISTRIBUTED AND WITH BALANCED KEY SKILLS WITH CORE COMPETENCES IN SEVERAL AREAS OF BUSINESS:

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WE DEVELOP WORLDWIDE INNOVATIVE BUSINESS UNDER THE PRINCIPLE OF INCREMENTAL INNOVATION.

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OUR ACTIVITIES

CREATING VALUE FOR A UNIFIED STARTUP ECOSYSTEM.

We are building the first cross continental demo day to match two unique communities.

We assist private Chinese investors in micro-funding

Italian early-stage selected startups through the ISV

Program.

We facilitate intra-founds agreements, bridging qualified investors and top-tier startups.

We facilitate the exchange of innovative talents between China and

Europe.

VALUE MATCHING FOR INVESTORS &

STARTUPS

EXCHANGE PROGRAMS

ITALIA STARTUP VISA

PROMOTION

CROSS BORDER DEMO DAY

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TECH SILU TEAM IN ACTION

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Meeting with our partners | Events organization | Ideas exchange

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#Innovation

#BraveNewSilu

#Startup

SPORTEEVOA curated Marketplace where people around the World connect to buy premium, professional niche sport products.

SUNSCIOUSA soc ia l network for positive content-sharing. Based on geo-localization, it measures the content & genera tes opt imis t ic -scientific data.

2 PAYInnovat ive app which allows you to pay with your phone without added costs.

VEERVeer is a widget that makes it extremely easy to execute actions on favorite contacts.

Innovative Startups | Disruptive Ideas | Talented Teams & Entrepreneurs

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WOOD’D WOOD’D creates wooden accessor ies such as smartphone covers, power b a n k s a n d d o c k i n g stations.

LEONARDI – MILANOLeonardi lets users create customizable products in the company’ s peculiar style.

UNDER PROMOTION IN CHINA

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LA PASSIONE.CCLa PASSIONE creates technical and urban cycling products from a dedicated B2C e-commerce.

JEWELGRAM J e w e l G r a m l e t s u s e r s customize rings, pendants, earrings, cufflinks with your own pictures.

MARTIN MARINO It is a B2C platform that e n a b l e s u s e r s t o customize and purchase luxury handbags.

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WARDROBA WARDROBA is a Fashion Social Commerce with a selection of emerging, edgy, memorable brands and designers.

WELFARMAWELFARMA provides services to companies who want to offer their employees a business welfare plan, contributing to an improvement of their lifestyles and working performance.

ARMERIA MESCHIERI ARMERIA MESCHIERI has a long experience in the production of high-quality clothes, leather a c c e s s o r i e s a n d suitcases, combined with the modern potential of e-commerce.



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CELL DYNAMICS CELL DYNAMICS Is an automatic lab-on-chip device that allows to culture floating single cells without any stress while monitoring them t h r o u g h t i m e - l a p s e microscopy and capturing their behavior.

FOORBANFOORBAN is an innovative, integrated and premium food-tech service which covers the whole process, from cooking to delivery.

GARDENSTUFFG A R D E N S T U F F o f f e r s innovative and practical house furniture and decoration, with specificity of open spaces, developing aesthetic with advanced scanning method manufacturers.

MODELTAGMODELTAG is service via App for models and via web-app for clients, that optimizes the meeting between supply and demand, cutting costs up to 40%. Recruiting, Job Seeking and Management in a tap!

ORIGINÀRIOORIGINÀRIO is the digital destination for food lovers to d i s c o v e r a n d e n j o y extraordinary Italian food & wine and the inspiring stories of their skilled makers.

TFORTHREE TFORTHREE is a contemporary fashion brand and creative lab developing exclusive products w i t h e x c e l l e n t I t a l i a n manufacturing. The key is reading new design languages and translating them into high-quality products.

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HODYHODY is an app that allows all of its users to book a table, skip queues and buy tickets in the easiest and quickest way possible, all from their smartphones.

KIRALOKIRALO is a marketplace “ c o m m u n i t y d r i v e n ’ ’ . Organiz ing purchasing groups and allowing to buy products at the lowest prices.

PAPEMPAPEM is a mobile app to fi n d e v e r y d a y n e w exclusive offers reserved to our community from the best fashion and design shops in town.

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WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR NEW STARTUPS! WOULD YOU LIKE TO JOIN US? YOU CAN APPLY

THROUGH www.f6s.com/techsilu

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LINDALELINDALE is a web social-based platform connecting artists and professionals in t h e m u s i c b u s i n e s s , providing them with all the necessary tools to manage their own activities online.

NEXTOME NEXTOME is the innovative Indoor Positioning System.You will be able to locate your exact position in any indoor space, receiving information about your own position.

WALLETSAVERWALLETSAVER is the first cross country & data driven comparison service for price & quality in the mobile plan sector.

RADIKORADIKO offers furniture and furnishings, created on the b a s i s o f t h e " s l o t - i n a s s e m b l y " c o n c e p t : consumers can assemble elements without using fastening tools. .

MIMOTO MIMOTO is a start-up aiming to launch the first, totally flexible and dynamic electric scooter sharing service in Italy in spring 2016.

A year of successful stories: Chinese entrepreneurs and Italian startuppers combined their interests

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BUGREEB U G R E E i s a n e w innovative communication service for professionals to exchange messages, files, a g r e e m e n t s , e m a i l s providing 100% safety and privacy.

D e s i g n e d - f o c u s e d e y e w e a r handmade in Italy by traditional handcrafts. The product follows the b u s i n e s s o f f a i r t r a d e a n d sustainable business.

Valentina Hernandez, CEO PORTRAIT:

“I met this team less than a year ago while searching for reliable funding to invest in my startups. Tech Silu resulted in a highly skilful group of young entrepreneurs whose vision of funding consists on boosting early born projects by leaving to such startups, the possibility to keep a strong identity and ownership. Now thanks to them, one of my companies counts on precious resources to grow, after a short and efficient process that certainly improved the Italian startup Ecosystem.”

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TRACK RECORD: SUCCESS STORIES

MATCHING PORTRAIT - TRENDS

December 2015

Portrait and the Chinese TMG (Trends Media Group) signed a partnership which will develop the Startup Brand Image and Business in the Chinese Market . The elegance originality and fashion disruption of Portraits eyewear proved to be perfectly fitting in the Chinese luxury sector.

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Invested Capital € 50,000

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Company Evaluation€ 1,1 mln

ONTC Fencing Equipment is the first online “pro-shop” that supplies everything an athlete needs to practice the sport of fencing.

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TRACK RECORD: SUCCESS STORIESChinese entrepreneurs and Italian startuppers combined their interests

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Company Valuation € 1,3 mln

Francesco Rossi, CEO ONTC:

“We came across Tech Silu at a turning point into ONTC's path to growth. A strategic shift into our market had happened and we were right in pursuing a new positioning. This meant that the capital and energies we needed to expand outside Europe would have slowed our initiative into other sports. We were nearing the decision to interrupt the development of a promising digital platform, when the team of Tech Silu quickly understood our challenges and saw our potential: in less than 3 months we were matched with several investors. Thanks to Tech Silu's drive, precision and especially their excellent skill into underlining our bottom line opportunity we have been able to secure a brilliant outcome on our digital driven push in new markets. All of this without giving in to the typical terms and conditions offered by national investors..”

WARDA is a tech company focused on Digi tal Asset Management for fashion, retail and luxury brands.


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Company Valuation€ 4,25 mln

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Marco Serpilli, CEO WARDA:

“Understanding the Chinese financial market is very complex, and to navigate through many opportunities you need a competent and reliable guide. TechSilu for WARDA has been a key advisor when we decided to analyze the opportunities for financial cooperation with the Chinese financial market. TechSilu was able to understand our needs, the strategic objectives and the peculiarities of our business plan, bringing us in the Chinese venture capitalists market so fast and targeted.The proposal received by investors was analyzed in depth of every details by TechSilu team and an efficient and precise intermediation has given us the opportunity to not waste time and head straight for our goal that has been fully achieved.”

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Company Valuation € 700k

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LINDALELINDALE is a web social-based platform connecting artists and professionals in t h e m u s i c b u s i n e s s , providing them with all the necessary tools to manage their own activities online.

CHINA SCIENCE INNOVATION WEEK16-18 December 2015, Beijing.

As special guests and speakers, Tech Silu’s founders presented a pool of Startups to Institutional and Private Chinese Investors, leading the “Youth Entrepreneurship” Panel during the conference.

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Introducing the Italian Startup Ecosystem | Italia Startup Visa Seminar | Investment opportunities

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Tech Silu - GDOS GROUP15 January 2016, Rome.

Tech Silu and GDOS group, one of the top three family offices in China with over 13 branches in the Country, signed a partnership that will grant both Italian Startups and Chinese Entrepreneurs to better reach to each other and developing new synergies and business opportunities.

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THE ITALIAN MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS15 January 2016, Rome.

Under the aegis of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tech Silu in a meeting with MAE representatives presented its mission, programs and partners regarding China.

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“EXPERIENCE ITALY, INVEST IN ITALY” 18 March 2016, The Embassy of Italy, Beijing.

Under the aegis of the Italian Embassy in Beijing, the Italian Institute of Culture and CICC, Tech Silu together with GDOS Group introduced for the first time, to an audience of 200 Chinese Investors and Entrepreneurs, the Italian Startup Ecosystem. Experts of the Embassy of Italy and MISE presented the Investment Policies in Italy, its investment environment and possibilities with a special focus on the Italia Startup Visa.

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“START UP SHOW(ER)” 14 May 2016, Copernico Institute,

Milan.

HUB Giovani, together with Tech Silu and Copernico met young Italians interested in knowing more about the startup world and new dynamic working environments. STARTUP SHOW(ER) is a big job fair, an opportunity to get to know the newest startups.


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INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT FAIR18-22 May 2016, Chongqing.

“The CCISF is a high level event, an important window for China toward the world, as well as a new platform that facil i tates the internationalization of Chongqing Municipality” - Sergio Maffettone, Consul General at the Italian Consulate in Chongqing. For Tech Silu the Fair meant was a further step to be known and represent the Italian Startup Ecosystem in one of the world’s fastest developing municipalities.

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ITALIAN STARTUP TOUR28 July 2016, Beijing.

First lunch in Beijing of the Italian Startup Tour. The tour brings Italian startups and Chinese entrepreneurs to know each other during events displayed in more than 12 cities in China.


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INTERNET FESTIVAL 20168 October 2016, Pisa.

It is yearly event focused on how our lives change along with the development of technology. How were we before the spread of internet and how will be in the future? Tech Silu was there to represent, together with other young talents, the startup world that connects innovation, new technology and young talents.

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TRACK RECORD: SUCCESS STORIESIntroducing the Italian Startup Ecosystem | Italia Startup Visa Seminar | Investment opportunities

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Italy – China: Science, Technology & Innovation Week.

25 – 27 October 2016，Napoli.

Also this year Tech Silu participated in the events held during the Italy-China: Science, Technology & Innovation Week, by sharing its successful experiences and contributing by giving insights of the potential opportunities between the Italian eco-system of startups and the Chinese market.

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China Calling: a workshop for startups. 16 January, Assolombarda, Milano

An event that marked the beginning of the i m p o r t a n t p a r t n e r s h i p b e t w e e n Assolombarda and Tech Silu. It was the occasion to introduce our new soft-landing program for startups: ChinaLab. Thirty entrepreneurs joined the workshop to learn more about China and its business opportunities.

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tech silu - association profile 2017 (updated)

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