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![INTRO TO THE LONDON STARTUP COMMUNITY
FACTS AND FIGURES
‣EQUITY FINANCING FOR VENTURE-BACKED TECH COMPANIES IN LONDON HIT $1.4 BILLION
IN 2014, DOUBLING THE AMOUNT IT RAISED LAST YEAR. BUT THAT STILL FALLS BEHIND
THE $22 BILLION INVESTED IN SILICON VALLEY, AND THE $1.7 BILLION INVESTED IN NEW
YORK-BASED COMPANIES IN JUST THE THIRD QUARTER ALONE. [*2]
‣BY 2016, UK TECH COMPANIES ON TRACK TO CONTRIBUTE 14% OF GDP](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/introlondonstartupcommunity-150313053208-conversion-gate01/75/Intro-to-The-London-Startup-Community-11-2048.jpg)
![INTRO TO THE LONDON STARTUP COMMUNITY
STARTUPS YOU NEED TO KNOW
‣WHAT IS TECH CITY?
“ANCHORED IN SHOREDITCH, WE’VE GROWN INTO AN ORGANISATION WHICH
DELIVERS PROGRAMMES FOCUSED ON ACCELERATING THE GROWTH OF DIGITAL
BUSINESSES, IN LONDON AND CITIES ACROSS THE UK, AT ALL STAGES OF THEIR
DEVELOPMENT. EXAMPLES INCLUDE FUTURE FIFTY, DIGITAL BUSINESS ACADEMY
AND THE INTERNET OF THINGS LAUNCH PAD.
A PUBLICLY FUNDED ORGANISATION WITH A PRIVATE SECTOR MENTALITY, WE ALSO
PROVIDE A VOICE OF ADVOCACY FOR DIGITAL ENTREPRENEURS. WE FEED BACK OUR
FINDINGS TO POLICY-MAKERS TO INFLUENCE CHANGE AND WE ARE DEDICATED TO
FOSTERING THE RIGHT CONDITIONS TO START, GROW AND SCALE A DIGITAL
BUSINESS IN THE UK. WE AIM TO MAKE LIFE BETTER FOR DIGITAL
ENTREPRENEURS.” [*5]](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/introlondonstartupcommunity-150313053208-conversion-gate01/75/Intro-to-The-London-Startup-Community-14-2048.jpg)
![INTRO TO THE LONDON STARTUP COMMUNITY
FACTS AND FIGURES
‣EQUITY FINANCING FOR VENTURE-BACKED TECH COMPANIES IN LONDON HIT $1.4 BILLION
IN 2014, DOUBLING THE AMOUNT IT RAISED LAST YEAR. BUT THAT STILL FALLS BEHIND
THE $22 BILLION INVESTED IN SILICON VALLEY, AND THE $1.7 BILLION INVESTED IN NEW
YORK-BASED COMPANIES IN JUST THE THIRD QUARTER ALONE. [*2]
‣BY 2016, UK TECH COMPANIES ON TRACK TO CONTRIBUTE 14% OF GDP](https://crownmelresort.com/image.slidesharecdn.com/introlondonstartupcommunity-150313053208-conversion-gate01/75/Intro-to-The-London-Startup-Community-11-2048.jpg)
![INTRO TO THE LONDON STARTUP COMMUNITY
STARTUPS YOU NEED TO KNOW
‣WHAT IS TECH CITY?
“ANCHORED IN SHOREDITCH, WE’VE GROWN INTO AN ORGANISATION WHICH
DELIVERS PROGRAMMES FOCUSED ON ACCELERATING THE GROWTH OF DIGITAL
BUSINESSES, IN LONDON AND CITIES ACROSS THE UK, AT ALL STAGES OF THEIR
DEVELOPMENT. EXAMPLES INCLUDE FUTURE FIFTY, DIGITAL BUSINESS ACADEMY
AND THE INTERNET OF THINGS LAUNCH PAD.
A PUBLICLY FUNDED ORGANISATION WITH A PRIVATE SECTOR MENTALITY, WE ALSO
PROVIDE A VOICE OF ADVOCACY FOR DIGITAL ENTREPRENEURS. WE FEED BACK OUR
FINDINGS TO POLICY-MAKERS TO INFLUENCE CHANGE AND WE ARE DEDICATED TO
FOSTERING THE RIGHT CONDITIONS TO START, GROW AND SCALE A DIGITAL
BUSINESS IN THE UK. WE AIM TO MAKE LIFE BETTER FOR DIGITAL
ENTREPRENEURS.” [*5]](https://crownmelresort.com/image.slidesharecdn.com/introlondonstartupcommunity-150313053208-conversion-gate01/75/Intro-to-The-London-Startup-Community-14-2048.jpg)
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Intro to The London Startup Community
The document provides an introduction to the London startup community. It discusses that London is the third largest tech cluster in the world but has fewer large startups than San Francisco and New York. It then profiles some major London startups and exits, top sectors, investors, coworking spaces, events, jobs resources and newsletters to stay informed. The summary highlights London's active startup scene while noting it has slower growth than Silicon Valley but a strong community.
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Intro to The London Startup Community
- 1. PAUL CONNOR -EDUCATION GENERAL ASSEMBLY INTRO TO THE LONDON STARTUP COMMUNITY @paulodiconnio @GA_London
- 2. INTRO TO GA WHATIS GENERAL ASSEMBLY? 2
- 3. WHAT WE TEACH TECH ‣Web Development ‣ Mobile Development 3 BUSINESS DESIGN ‣ Product Management ‣ Digital Marketing ‣ Visual Design ‣ User Experience Design
- 4.
- 5. ABOUT ME HELLO, I’MPAUL. 5 ‣ Course Producer at General Assembly London ‣ paulc@generalassemb.ly ‣ @paulodiconnio
- 6. INTRO TO THELONDON STARTUP COMMUNITY AGENDA ‣ LONDON & THE REST OF THE WORLD ‣ STARTUPS YOU NEED TO KNOW ‣ INVESTORS - VC’S, ANGELS ‣ COMMUNITY HUBS - ACCELERATORS, INCUBATORS, CO-WORKING SPACES ‣ TECH EVENTS TO GO TO ‣ WORKING FOR A STARTUP ‣ SYNC UP WITH LONDON THE STARTUP COMMUNITY Q&A
- 7. BEFORE WE START(UP)7 STARTUPS…
- 8. MY THOUGHTS 8 ‣Disruptive. Offering services that don’t exist or are vast improvements on existing models. ‣ Tech focussed ‣ Huge potential to scale. ‣ Normally, still raising investment.
- 9. INTRO TO THELONDON STARTUP COMMUNITY LONDON & THE WORLD
- 10. INTRO TO THELONDON STARTUP COMMUNITY FACTS AND FIGURES ‣LONDON IS THE THIRD LARGEST TECH CLUSTER IN THE WORLD, BUT SAN FRANCISCO AND NYC HAVE MORE LARGE SCALE STARTUPS ‣LONDON HAS A LOT FEWER DEVELOPERS THAN SILICON VALLEY. AROUND 30% OF PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT IS OUTSOURCED. ‣THE AVERAGE AGE OF A STARTUP FOUNDER IN LONDON IS 33.
- 11. INTRO TO THELONDON STARTUP COMMUNITY FACTS AND FIGURES ‣EQUITY FINANCING FOR VENTURE-BACKED TECH COMPANIES IN LONDON HIT $1.4 BILLION IN 2014, DOUBLING THE AMOUNT IT RAISED LAST YEAR. BUT THAT STILL FALLS BEHIND THE $22 BILLION INVESTED IN SILICON VALLEY, AND THE $1.7 BILLION INVESTED IN NEW YORK-BASED COMPANIES IN JUST THE THIRD QUARTER ALONE. [*2] ‣BY 2016, UK TECH COMPANIES ON TRACK TO CONTRIBUTE 14% OF GDP
- 12. INTRO TO THELONDON STARTUP COMMUNITY STARTUPS YOU NEED TO KNOW ‣ LONDON’S BIG EXITS: KING.COM - $7.1 BILLION IPO, 2014 JUSTEAT - $2.44 BILLION IPO, 2014 DEEPMIND - $ 400 MILLION, SOLD TO GOOGLE, 2014 LOVEFILM.COM - $317 MILLION, SOLD TO AMAZON, 2011 TWEETDECK - $40 MILLION, SOLD TO TWITTER, 2011 BETFAIR - $2.48 BILLION IPO, 2010 BEBO - $850 MILLION, SOLD TO AOL, 2008 LAST.FM - $280 MILLION, SOLD TO CBS, 2007
- 13.
- 14. INTRO TO THELONDON STARTUP COMMUNITY STARTUPS YOU NEED TO KNOW ‣WHAT IS TECH CITY? “ANCHORED IN SHOREDITCH, WE’VE GROWN INTO AN ORGANISATION WHICH DELIVERS PROGRAMMES FOCUSED ON ACCELERATING THE GROWTH OF DIGITAL BUSINESSES, IN LONDON AND CITIES ACROSS THE UK, AT ALL STAGES OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT. EXAMPLES INCLUDE FUTURE FIFTY, DIGITAL BUSINESS ACADEMY AND THE INTERNET OF THINGS LAUNCH PAD. A PUBLICLY FUNDED ORGANISATION WITH A PRIVATE SECTOR MENTALITY, WE ALSO PROVIDE A VOICE OF ADVOCACY FOR DIGITAL ENTREPRENEURS. WE FEED BACK OUR FINDINGS TO POLICY-MAKERS TO INFLUENCE CHANGE AND WE ARE DEDICATED TO FOSTERING THE RIGHT CONDITIONS TO START, GROW AND SCALE A DIGITAL BUSINESS IN THE UK. WE AIM TO MAKE LIFE BETTER FOR DIGITAL ENTREPRENEURS.” [*5]
- 15. *SPOILER* 15 IT’S NOT3 NERDS SAT ROUND A COMPUTER* *Sometimes it is…
- 16. INTRO TO THELONDON STARTUP COMMUNITY STARTUPS YOU NEED TO KNOW
- 17. INTRO TO THELONDON STARTUP COMMUNITY STARTUPS YOU NEED TO KNOW ‣ US -> LONDON
- 18. STARTUP SECTORS 18 FINANCETRAVEL MUSIC RETAILFASHION ‣ Transferwise ‣ GoCardless ‣ Crowdcube ‣ DueDil ‣ CityMapper ‣ One Fine Stay ‣ Secret Escapes ‣ Hailo ‣ Editd ‣ Thread ‣ Stylist Pick ‣ Metail ‣ Songkick ‣ Sofar Sounds ‣ Mixlr ‣ Mixcloud ‣ Not on the High Street ‣ La Zook ‣ StreetHub AND SO SO MANY MORE!
- 19. STARTUPS YOU NEEDTO KNOW WHERE LONDON LEADS THE WAY! 19 FINANCE FASHION
- 20. INTRO TO THELONDON STARTUP COMMUNITY STARTUPS YOU NEED TO KNOW ‣ LONDON’S TOP STARTUP SECTORS: ‣ FINTECH ‣ LONDON HAS MORE FINTECH STARTUPS THAN ANYWHERE IN EUROPE ‣ LEVEL 39, BARCLAYS FINTECH ACCELERATOR ‣ FASHION / E-COMMERCE ‣ NEW YORK AND LONDON, NOT SILICON VALLEY, COMPETE FOR THE TOP SPOT FOR STARTUP FASHION ‣ UNIVERSAL SHOPPING CARTS, DISCOVERY, AND DATA (LYST, SILKFRED, EDITD) ‣ PURCHASE / RENTAL PLATFORMS (COVETIQUE, GIRL MEETS DRESS)
- 21. HOW TO LANDA JOB AT A STARTUP NOT JUST HERE 21
- 22. TECH BRITAIN TECHBRITAIN.COM 22 ‣Search byindustry ‣See where startups are located
- 23. INTRO TO THELONDON STARTUP COMMUNITY WHO’S WHO ROHAN SILVA CO- FOUNDER AT SECOND HOME, HUBBLE, FORMER SENIOR POLICY ADVISOR ON TECHNOLOGY DEBORAH RIPPOL DIRECTOR AT UP GLOBAL, COMMUNITY LEAD AT WEWORK SOUTH BANK GERARD GRECH CEO, TECH CITY FORMER SENIOR DIRECTOR AT BLACKBERRY EZE VIDRA HEAD OF CAMPUS LONDON, PARTNER AT GOOGLE VENTURES
- 24. INTRO TO THELONDON STARTUP COMMUNITY WHO’S WHO ERIC VAN DER KLEIJ HEAD OF LEVEL 39, FORMER HEAD OF TECH CITY BENJAMIN SOUTHWORTH COFOUNDER OF 3BEARDS, FORMER DEPUTY CEO OF TECH CITY HUSSEIN KANJI PARTNER, HOXTON VENTURES EILEEN BURBIDGE PASSION CAPITAL
- 25. INTRO TO THELONDON STARTUP COMMUNITY WHO’S WHO …AND ME! JUST KIDDING!
- 26. WHERE DO WEGO COMMUNITY HUBS 26
- 27. INTRO TO THELONDON STARTUP COMMUNITY VCS, ANGELS, MEDIA ‣ VENTURE CAPITAL: ‣ INDEX VENTURES ‣ ACCEL PARTNERS ‣ GOOGLE VENTURES ‣ BALDERTON CAPITAL ‣ DJF ESPIRIT ‣ ATOMICO ‣ PASSION CAPITAL ‣ HOXTON VENTURES ‣ CONNECT VENTURES ‣ WELLINGTON PARTNERS ‣ EDEN VENTURES ‣ PROFOUNDERS CAPITAL ‣ NOTION CAPITAL ‣ PENTECH VENTURES ‣ PLAYFAIR CAPITAL
- 28. INTRO TO THELONDON STARTUP COMMUNITY VCS, ANGELS, MEDIA ANGEL.CO/LONDON/INVESTORS
- 29. INTRO TO THELONDON STARTUP COMMUNITY EQUITY CROWDFUNDING AND LOANS ‣ EQUITY CROWDFUNDING ‣ LOANS
- 30. INTRO TO THELONDON STARTUP COMMUNITY INCUBATORS AND ACCELERATORS ‣ MICROSOFT VENTURES ‣ VIRGIN STARTUP ‣ OXYGEN ACCELERATOR ‣ WAYRA UK ‣ SEEDCAMP ‣ TECHSTARS ‣ ENTREPRENEUR FIRST ‣ COLLIDER.IO ‣ MASSCHALLENGE ‣ BARCLAYS ACCELERATOR (FINTECH) ‣ STARTUP BOOTCAMP (FINTECH IN LONDON) ‣ HEALTHBOX (HEALTH) ‣ BETHNAL GREEN VENTURES (SOCIAL) ‣ THE BAKERY (AD-TECH) ‣ BBC WORLD-WIDE LABS (MEDIA) ‣ INCUBUS
- 31. INTRO TO THELONDON STARTUP COMMUNITY VCS, ANGELS MVP= MINIMAL VIABLE PRODUCT ‣ GROUPON ‣ DROPBOX
- 32. INTRO TO THELONDON STARTUP COMMUNITY LEAN STARTUP
- 33. INTRO TO THELONDON STARTUP COMMUNITY COWORKING SPACES ‣ WEWORK ‣ RUNWAY EAST ‣ TECHHUB ‣ GOOGLE CAMPUS ‣ RAINMAKING LOFT ‣ WHITE BEAR YARD ‣ WARNER YARD ‣ THE SOHO COLLECTIVE ‣ CENTRAL WORKING ‣ THE TRAMPERY ‣ THE CUBE ‣ THE HUB / IMPACT HUB ‣ INNOVATION WAREHOUSE
- 34. INTRO TO THELONDON STARTUP COMMUNITY VCS, ANGELS, MEDIA COWORKINGLONDON.COM
- 35. STARTUP JOBS 35 NEEDA JOB?
- 36. JOB BOARDS APLENTY! ‣ESCAPE THE CITY ‣ANGEL LIST ‣SILICON MILK ROUNDABOUT ‣TECH CITY JOBS ‣WORK IN STARTUPS ‣HIRE MY FRIEND ‣UNICORN HUNT ‣DREAMSTAKE SKILLSWAP ‣JOBPAGE ‣ENTERNSHIPS
- 37. JOB BOARDS APLENTY! ‣ESCAPE THE CITY ‣ANGEL LIST ‣SILICON MILK ROUNDABOUT ‣TECH CITY JOBS ‣WORK IN STARTUPS ‣HIRE MY FRIEND ‣UNICORN HUNT ‣DREAMSTAKE SKILLSWAP ‣JOBPAGE ‣ENTERNSHIPS
- 38. THERE’S NO BETTERTECH JOB EVENT THAN… 38 9TH & 10TH MAY
- 39. NETWORKING EVENTS ‣ MEETUP.COM ‣STARTUP GRIND ‣ DON’T PITCH ME BRO ‣ GLUG LONDON - DESIGN AND CREATIVE ‣ CREATIVE BYTES ‣ DESIGN + BANTER - DESIGN ‣ LONDON TECHNOLOGY WEEK ‣ HACKER NEWS LONDON ‣ STARTUP WEEKEND ‣ SILICON DRINKABOUT
- 40. NETWORKING EVENTS ‣ MEETUP.COM ‣STARTUP GRIND ‣ DON’T PITCH ME BRO ‣ GLUG LONDON - DESIGN AND CREATIVE ‣ CREATIVE BYTES ‣ DESIGN + BANTER - DESIGN ‣ LONDON TECHNOLOGY WEEK ‣ HACKER NEWS LONDON ‣ STARTUP WEEKEND ‣ SILICON DRINKABOUT
- 41.
- 42. NETWORKING EVENTS ‣ MEETUP.COM ‣STARTUP GRIND ‣ DON’T PITCH ME BRO ‣ GLUG LONDON - DESIGN AND CREATIVE ‣ CREATIVE BYTES ‣ DESIGN + BANTER - DESIGN ‣ LONDON TECHNOLOGY WEEK ‣ HACKER NEWS LONDON ‣ STARTUP WEEKEND ‣ SILICON DRINKABOUT
- 43.
- 44. ONLINE NETWORKING //SLACK CHANNELS THANKS FOR THE GREAT SUGGESTION IN THE Q&A 44 ‣ http://techlondon.io (London focused) ‣ http://startupfoundation.co/hashtag_startups/ (global) ‣ http://hashtagnomads.com (global)
- 45. NEED SOMEONE TECHY? FINDSOMEONE TECHNICAL! 45 WWW.COFOUNDERSLAB.COM/
- 46. SYNC UP WITHLONDON - NEWSLETTERS ‣ GENERAL ASSEMBLY MAILING LIST ‣ 3 BEARDS ‣ ADA’S LIST - WOMEN IN TECH LISTSERV ‣ THE FETCH ‣ ESCAPE THE CITY ‣ STARTUP DIGEST ‣ TECH CITY NEWS ‣ THE DRUM ‣ 3460 MILES ‣ FACEBOOK GROUPS - LONDON STARTUPS, LONDON STARTUP EVENTS
- 47. SYNC UP WITHLONDON - NEWSLETTERS ‣ GENERAL ASSEMBLY MAILING LIST ‣ 3 BEARDS ‣ ADA’S LIST - WOMEN IN TECH LISTSERV ‣ THE FETCH ‣ ESCAPE THE CITY ‣ STARTUP DIGEST ‣ TECH CITY NEWS ‣ THE DRUM ‣ 3460 MILES ‣ FACEBOOK GROUPS - LONDON STARTUPS, LONDON STARTUP EVENTS
- 48. INTRO TO THELONDON STARTUP COMMUNITY TECH MEDIA @MIKEBUTCHER - @TECHCRUNCH @ZEE - FORMERLY @THENEXTWEB @CHARLESARTHUR - FREELANCE, FORMER @GUARDIANTECH @JACKSCHOFIELD - FORMER @GUARDIANTECH @ALEXWOODCREATES - EDITOR @TECHCITYNEWS @ BENJROONEY - FOUNDER @ INFORMILOMEDIA, FORMER WSJ @MARTHALANEFOX - NUMEROUS DIGITAL PROJECTS @HKANJI - OF @HOXTONVENTURES @SHANERICHMOND - FORMER @TELEGRAPHTECH @HAMLESH - INVESTOR
- 49. INTRO TO THELONDON STARTUP COMMUNITY TECH MEDIA @INGRIDLUDEN - @TECHCRUNCH @ROBINWAUTERS - FOUNDER @TECH_EU @JEMIMAKISS - TECH EDITOR @GUARDIAN @OLIVIA_SOLON - TECH EDITOR @DAILYMIRROR @IROWAN - EDITOR @WIREDUK @MARTINSFP - @THENEXTWEB @BBCRORYJ - TECH EDITOR @BBC @HANNAHKUCHLER - SF CORRESPONDANT @FT @STUARTDREDGE - MUSIC, APPS, AND TECH @GUARDIAN
- 50. INTRO TO THELONDON STARTUP COMMUNITY THE BAD ‣ SLOW PACE ‣ COST OF LIVING ‣ WAGES ‣ RISK AVERSE ‣ HIRING TIME PERIOD ‣ FEAR OF FAILURE THE GOOD ‣ COMMUNITY ‣ CREATIVITY ‣ GROWTH ‣ DIVERSITY ‣ EDUCATION ‣ GOVERNMENT SUPPORT ‣ WORK-LIFE BALANCE IN SUMMARY
- 51. INTRO TO THELONDON STARTUP COMMUNITY THANK YOU! @GA_LONDON // @PAULODICONNIO HTTPS://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/GROUPS/GALONDON/ GENERALASSEMB.LY
- 52. INTRO TO THELONDON STARTUP COMMUNITY SOURCES: HTTP://TECHCRUNCH.COM/2012/04/10/STARTUP-GENOME-COMPARES-TOP- STARTUP-HUBS/ HTTP://WWW.FT.COM/CMS/S/0/0FF8687C-8F52-11E4- B080-00144FEABDC0.HTML#AXZZ3NMNHV53Q HTTP://WWW.TECHCITYUK.COM/INVESTORS/ HTTP://WWW.FT.COM/CMS/S/0/C0A930AE-1408-11E4- B46F-00144FEABDC0.HTML#AXZZ3NMNHV53Q HTTP://WWW.TECHCITYUK.COM/ABOUT-US/ HTTP://TECHCRUNCH.COM/2014/01/05/FOR-YOUR-DIARY-THE-BEST- EUROPEAN-EVENTS-FOR-STARTUPS-IN-2014/