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Courtney Boyd Myers Founder of audience.io & 3460 Miles INTRO TO THE LONDON STARTUP SCENE Tuesday, July 30, 13
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Courtney Boyd MyersFounder of audience.io & 3460 Miles

INTRO TO THE LONDON STARTUP SCENE

Tuesday, July 30, 13

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INTRODUCTION

‣Director of Audience Development, General Assembly Europe‣Member of #10’s Tech City Advisory Group‣Mentor at BBC WorldWideLabs, Ignite100 ‣Recovering Technology Journalist‣The Next Web, The Huffington Post, Forbes‣@CBM

COURTNEY BOYD MYERSFOUNDER, AUDIENCE.IOCO-FOUNDER, 3460 MILES

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AGENDA

‣Facts & Figures‣Startups You Need to Know‣VCs, Angels, Media‣Accelerators, Incubators, Coworking Spaces‣Networking events‣Need a job?‣Keeping up with London‣Q & A

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FACTS!‣London is the largest technology ecosystem in Europe. But... Silicon Valley’s ecosystem is currently 3X bigger than New York City, 4.5X bigger than London + 12.5X bigger than Berlin.

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‣London is the largest technology ecosystem in Europe. But... Silicon Valley’s ecosystem is currently 3X bigger than New York City, 4.5X bigger than London + 12.5X bigger than Berlin.‣ In 2010, the Internet accounted for more than 8% of UK GDP, more than any other G20 nation, including the US (at 5.4%) and China (6.9%).

MORE FACTS!

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‣London is the largest technology ecosystem in Europe. But... Silicon Valley’s ecosystem is currently 3X bigger than New York City, 4.5X bigger than London + 12.5X bigger than Berlin.‣ In 2010, the Internet accounted for more than 8% of UK GDP, more than any other G20 nation, including the US (at 5.4%) and China (6.9%).‣There are 2,000 startups & 143 investors on AngelList.co based in London

EVEN MORE FACTS!

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STARTUP GROWTH IN LONDON

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BIG TECH COMPANIES IN LONDON

Source: Duedil

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$2.4B IPO IN 2010

SOLD TO CBS FOR $280 MILLION IN 2007

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LONDON’S BIG EXITS

SOLD TO SABRE FOR $1.1B IN 2005

SOLD TO AMAZON.COM FOR $317 MILLION IN 2011

SOLD TO AOL FOR $850 MILLION IN 2008

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LONDON’S TOP STARTUPS

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LONDON’S TOP FASHION STARTUPS

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LONDON’S RISING FIN TECH SCENE

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U.S. TECH COMPANIES IN LONDON

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VENTURE CAPITAL‣ Index Ventures‣Accel Partners‣Balderton Capital‣DJF Espirit

‣Hoxton Ventures‣Connect Ventures ‣Octopus Ventures

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Scott Sage

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ENTREPRENEUR FUNDS‣PROfounders‣Atomico

‣Passion Capital‣Notion Capital

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Brent Hoberman Eileen BurbidgeNiklas Zennstrom

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THE WHO’S WHOINTRO TO THE LONDON STARTUP SCENE 18

Joanna ShieldsCEO of Tech City Investment Organisation

Rohan SilvaFormer Senior Policy Adviser for Technology to the Prime Minister now EIR at Index

Sherry CoutuAngel Investor

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Eric Van Der KleijEx-CEO of Tech City, now Advisor to the Canary Wharf Group

Benjamin SouthworthFormer Deputy CEO of Tech City

Dale MurraySerial entrepreneur and angel investor

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‣ Wayra UK‣ Seedcamp‣ TechStars (formerly Springboard)‣ The Bakery‣ BBC Worldwide Labs‣ Entrepreneur First‣ FinTech Innovation Lab‣ HealthBox ‣ Accelerator UK

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INCUBATORS + ACCELERATORS20

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‣ White Bear Yard, Clerkenwell‣ Google Campus, Shoreditch‣ The Trampery, Multiple Locations‣ TechHub, Shoreditch‣ Innovation Warehouse, Farringdon‣ The Cube, Shoreditch‣ The Hub: Kings Cross, Westminster, Islington ‣ Central Working, Shoreditch‣ Rainmaking Loft, Tower of London‣ Warner Yard, Clerkenwell

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COWORKING SPACES22

‣ And if you can’t remember...

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‣Hire My Friend‣Built in London‣ Silicon MilkRoundabout ‣ Escape the City ‣The Fetch‣WorkInStartups.com‣3 Beards‣ StackOverflow

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NEED A JOB?23

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@TheNextWebUK@MartinSFP@PSawers@MikeButcher@IngridLuden @Nero@AlexWoodCreates

@OliviaSolon@iRowan@drjmederios@BenJRooney@IanSanders@jemimakiss@charlesarthur

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TECH MEDIA24

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NETWORKING EVENTS

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WHAT NEEDS WORK26

‣Geographical Disparity‣Engineer Wages‣ Investor Battles‣Hiring Time Period‣ It’s Friday, where is everyone?‣Fear of Failure‣Scaling from the Start

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SYNC UP WITH LONDON27

‣ General Assembly’s Mailing List‣ 3460 Miles‣ The Fetch‣ 3 Beards‣ Escape the City‣ Startup Digest‣ Tech City News Mailer‣ The Albion London‣ Facebook Groups:

London Startups & London Startup Events

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY LOVES LONDON

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