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Contents TT Growth 50 Companies 3-4 Key Figures 5-6 Why the Tech Tour Growth 50 7 Sector & Country Analysis 8-11 Investor Analysis 12-14 Criteria, Process and Selection Committee 15-16
The Tech Tour Growth 50 2015 Companies
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The Tech Tour Growth 50 Key Figures: Impact Since 1998 TTG50 Companies have raised over $5 Billion Since 1998 TTG50 Companies have created over 15, 000 Jobs 75% OF TTG50 companies were founded in 2005 or later and in the last decade have created over 14, 500 jobs 28 companies are Tech Tour alumni and have presented at past Tech Tour events to investors Source: Tech Tour, Go4Venture, Dow Jones Venture Source, CrunchBase
The Tech Tour Growth 50 Key Figures: Growth & Investors 75% of the TTG50 companies were founded in the last 10 years. The median year of company foundation is 2007 The average time from company foundation to first funding round is 3 years 6 months The average time from first funding round to most recent funding round is 3 years 11 months The mean amount of funding rounds is 4 The mean number of total investors per company is 5. There are 223 investors in total. 47 of the 50 companies have at least one US investor Source: Tech Tour, Go4Venture, Dow Jones Venture Source, CrunchBase
Why compile the Tech Tour Growth 50? $1 billion unicorns are just the tip of the iceberg. They are well known and already frequently cited in the press. Many investors have already exited these businesses. TT Growth 50 Universe TT Growth 50 lists the top 50 investor backed highgrowth companies over a rolling three year period. The TT Growth 50 companies demonstrate the depth and breadth of investor backed European high-growth businesses The list concentrates on value, not just valuation, growth metrics such as year on year revenue growth were combined with valuation data. We want to shine a light on the value being created by European entrepreneurs and venture capital firms that is still to be fully realised.
The Tech Tour Growth 50 Country Break Down* Country Break Down 2% 14% 20 18 16 Country Break Down Denmark 14 38% 14% France Germany Ireland Netherlands 12 10 8 Russia 6 4% 2% Spain Sweden United Kingdom 4 2 0 12% 4% 10% Source: Tech Tour *Where companies have now moved their HQ outside Europe the country of initial incorporation is detailed.
The Tech Tour Growth 50 Sector Break Down TTG50 Companies by Sector TTG50 Companies by Sector 8% 4% 2%2%2% 2% 4% 46% B2C ecommerce Business applications Software & IT Services 30 25 20 15 10 5 Digital Healthcare 0 15% Communications & Network Systems 15% Other Clean Technology, Environment or Energy Almost 50% of companies defined as B2C ecommerce Business Applications & Software and Services account for 30% Across both Business and Consumer applications Fin Tech accounts fore 20% Source: Tech Tour
The Tech Tour Growth 50 B2C Break Down B2C ecommerce Sector Break Down 8% 4% Retail 8% Financial Tech Advertising & Search 46% 8% Food and Beverage Games & Entertainment 8% Music Internet Applications & Portals 17% 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 B2C ecommerce Sector Break Down Almost 50% of companies defined as Retail but very broad in geography and offering Retail ranges from online opticians to fashion to pet food and care Fin Tech also very broad from payday lenders, to money transfer for expats to asset backed lending Source: Tech Tour
The Tech Tour Growth 50 B2B Break Down Bussiness Applications and Software Services Break Down 6 Business Applicatons and Software Service Break Down 15% 23% 5 Cloud & Big data Financial Tech 4 3 23% IT Services Security & Cyber Security 2 1 39% 0 Security & Cyber Security Cloud & Big data IT Services Financial Tech Fin Tech is the major sector with companies providing payment services systems to enterprise and ecommerce platforms plus enabling technology to mutual fund managers Source: Tech Tour
The Tech Tour Growth 50 Investor Break Down: Investor Type 3% 3%1% 2% 4% 2% 3% 72% Investor by Type 10% Angel Asset Manager Corporate Venture Corporation Financial Venture Institutional Investor Private Equity Public Sector Investor University 180 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 Investor by Type Almost ¾ of investors are financial venture capital fund managers Investments by corporations is significantly larger than corporate venture capital vehicles Total of 223 Investors Source: Tech Tour
The Tech Tour Growth 50 Investor Break Down: Geography Investors by Geographical Location Investors by Geographical Location 1% 5% 140 120 36% 58% Asia Europe US Africa 100 80 60 40 20 0 Europe US Asia Africa US based investors account for over one third of investor by number A US based investor is invested in 47 of the TTG50 Source: Tech Tour,
The Tech Tour Growth 50 Investor Break Down: Companies Number of Companies by Investor 1% 1% 6% 8% One Two Three to Four Five to Nine Ten or more 83% The Investor Base is Diverse Only 19 Investors are invested in three or more companies Investors in 4 or more TTG50 Companies* Accel Partners (11) Index Ventures (7) Balderton Capital Management LLP (5) HV Holtzbrinck Ventures Adviser GmbH (5) Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (5) Access Industries (4) Intel Capital (4) Investment AB Kinnevik (4) Octopus Ventures Ltd. (4) Only 9 Investors in four or more companies The figure in parenthesis represents the number of TTG50 Companies
How was the Tech Tour Growth 50 list generated? The Tech Tour identified a long list of 366 companies, backed by at least one independent investor, that potentially met certain valuation and growth criteria (see box on right) These were screened by Dow Jones VentureSource and Go4Venture. Companies that definitely did not meet the criteria were removed. A list of 144 companies was generated. These companies and/or their investors were contacted to verify the criteria Companies were also asked to voluntarily supply additional supporting information on a confidential basis. The results gave a list of 93 companies. Companies were allocated a grade depending on the criteria they met and the additional information supplied. Growth information was prioritised in the grading.. A selection committee then voted for their individual Top 50 The companies were then ranked by votes and grade What were the criteria for inclusion in the initial list? Companies were estimated to have achieved three of the four criteria below: 50% sales growth (CAGR from Dec 31sr 2011 to Dec 31 st 2014) $100 million valuation Raised more than $20 million Annual revenue greater than $10 million. The top 50 companies compose the Tech Tour Growth 50. As no method is perfect we have not ranked the Tech Tour Growth 50
The Selection Committee Bankers & Advisors Venture & Growth Equity Investors Corporates, Research & Global Organisations #16
What are the next steps? For more information on the Tech Tour Growth 50 and the companies please visit www.techtourgrowth50.com The Tech Tour will compile this list every year and launch at the annual Tech Tour Growth Forum. To get involved please contact William Stevens: wstevens@techtour.com.