THE ROLE OF THE BUSINESS ACCELERATORS IN SMART STARTUP DEVELOPMENT July 14, 2015 Artūrs Zandersons
Business acceleration 1/4 Business acceleration - targeted set actions to boost the development and growth of a startup company. Making the money smart Combining the benefits of co-working space, incubator & investor Elements Co-working space Venture capital Incubator Accelerator Lenght Not defined Years Years ~ 90 days Entry criteria - High Low Extremely high Environment - - Nurturing Growth oriented Office space Yes - Yes Yes Consulting services - Some Yes Yes Strong curriculum - - - Accelerator programme Instructors / mentors - - Some / staff Yes, pre-selected Funding - Investment - Yes, pre-seed funding Follow on support - Follow-on investment Some Yes (equity stake)
Business acceleration 2/4 Accelerator statistics (by seed-db) 2005 the first accelerator is established 234 programs world-wide (2013) 4858 companies accelerated (2013) 311 exits for $ 3,525,448,600 (2013) $ 12,074,800,002 follow-up funding (2013) Top 5 Accelerators USA EUROPE Y Combinator 841 companies Startupbootcamp 140 companies TechStars 527 companies Seedcamp 118 companies 5000 Startups 359 companies Springboard 110 companies DreamIt Ventures 197 companies Openfund 40 companies Angel Pad 98 companies NDCR Launchpad 30 companies
Business acceleration 3/4 Accelerator business model Accelerator programme Managing accelerator training programmes Providing consultancy services Publicity & marketing + Accelerator fund One or more private or public investment funds Pre-seed investments Follow-up investments in portfolio companies Accelerator programme operating model Demanding acceptance process Initial funding Equity stake 6-8% Time-bound Intense training programme / curriculum Mentoring Intense networking Incubator services Competition elements Demo day 1-3% acceptance rate 10 30 th.eur pre-seed investment 3 6 months Entrepreneurship (lean startup) Business modelling (Business model canvas) Presentation skills Creation of Minimum viable product Sales & marketing Business, Technology & specific mentoring With experts, startup owners, investors, entrepreneurs Office space, secretary, consultancy service (legal, marketing etc.) Jury assessment of the best companies Final pitching and demo event
Business acceleration 4/4 Accelerataor Y Combinator TechStars Startup Startup Wise Startup Sauna Bootcamp Guys Country USA USA Denmark Finland Estonia Year of creation 2005 2007 2010 2010 2012 Segments IT, High tech IT High tech IT IT, B2B business Participants in one programme 65 10 10 15 8 Duration of a programme, days 90 90 90 49 49 Seed investment th. EUR 10 18 5-16 15 0,15 30 Equity stake 2 10% 6% 8% 0 8% No. of accelearated startups 841 485 130-24 No. of exits 101 55 3-0 Value of exits 2,2 billion EUR 156 million EUR - - 0 Attracted funding to portfolio companies 4,5 billion EUR 1,13 billion EUR 19,65 million EUR - 1,66 million EUR
Startup Ecosystem 1/3 Startup Ecosystem aggregation of elements that support creation and development of startups through interaction of elements. Elements of Startup Ecosystems Interaction between accelerator and Startup Ecosystem Market Investors Regulation & Legislation People Accelerator Culture Infrastructure Mentori Access Startups Funding Information
Amount of Startups Startup Ecosystem 2/3 Infrastructure & Funding Development stage / Ecosystem Elements Ideation Concepting Product Validation Scaling Establishing Hacatons / idea cometitions Incubators Accelerators Infrastructure Growth support instruments 100% 50% 20% 5% 3% 1% Growthe capital Funding Venture capital Bank, financial instrument Angel investment Pre-seed investment Seed investment Grants. awards
Startup Ecosystem 3/3 Access to infrastructure & funding in Latvia Development stage / Ecosystem Elements Ideation Conceptization Product Validation Scaling Establishing Demola Latvia ENTER mini-akselerators Nozaru biznesa inkubatori Ārējo tirgu apguves instrumenti EBAN Mill Riga, Birojnīca u.c. kopstrādāšanas centri Nozaru klasteri Seed Forum Riga Tehnoloģiju pārneses kontrolpunkti Infrastructure Commercialization Reactor Garage 48, Startup Weekend u.c. konkursi FabLab, Design Factory Nordea Biznesa skola Egloo u.c. atbalsta inkubatori Kompetences centri Arcana Hub, Idea Bits Ideju kauss Techub Riga u.c. privāti inkubatori RHTU Meetups / TechChill / labs of Latvia / startuphunt LIAA grantu shēma, Atspēriens LGA aizdevumi / garantijas Imprimatur Pirms sēklas ALTUM programmas Imprimatur Sēklas fonds Komercbankas ZGI Sēklas fonds Balt Cap Funding LatBan, Amber Sea Imprimatur Start up fonds Privāts ārvalstu riska kapitāls FlyCap Start up fonds FlyCap Pamata fonds ZGI Sākuma fonds Expansion capital ZGI Izaugsmes fonds
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