From my presentation with GA at the Apple Store in London!

1. INTRO TO THE LONDON
STARTUP SCENE
Courtney Boyd Myers
Founder of audience.io & 3460 Miles
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3. INTRODUCTION
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COURTNEY BOYD MYERS
FOUNDER, AUDIENCE.IO + 3460 MILES
‣ Director
of Audience Development, General Assembly
Europe
‣ Writer
at The Next Web and Wired UK
‣ Member
‣ Mentor
of #10’s Tech City Advisory Group
at BBC WorldWideLabs, Ignite100
‣ Recovering
‣ @CBM
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Tech Journalist from Forbes, Huffington Post

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

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‣ “The
most successful
startup ecosystem in
Europe, producing the
largest output of
startups in the
European Union by far,
but its output is still 63
% lower than Silicon
Valley”.
Source
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‣There
is about 10
times as much
venture capital
per capita in the
U.S. as there is in
Europe.
Source
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London is the female tech entrepreneur capital of Europe. It has the
highest proportion of female tech entrepreneurs in Europe
(although it’s still only 9 percent.)
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TECH CITY
The U.K.
government is
investing 50 million
pounds ($70
million) into
building out Tech
City and attracting
tech companies to
the region from
Microsoft to
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3,000 STARTUPS
According to London
Partners: There are
3,000 tech companies
in the condensed area
of East London, which
they say makes it
Europe’s fastestgrowing tech cluster.
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LONDON’S BIG EXITS
SOLD TO AOL FOR $850 MILLION IN 2008
SOLD TO SABRE FOR $1.1B IN 2005
SOLD TO TWITTER FOR $40 MILLION IN 2011
$2.4B IPO IN 2010
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SOLD TO CBS FOR $280 MILLION IN 2007
SOLD TO AMAZON.COM FOR $317 MILLION IN 2011

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LONDON’S TOP STARTUPS
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LONDON’S TOP GLOBAL 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
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‣ Hoxton
Ventures
‣ Connect
Ventures
‣ Octopus
Ventures
‣ Atomico
Ventures
Saul Klein of Index Ventures

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INVESTORS TO KNOW
Niklas
Zennstrom
of Atomico
Brent Hoberman of
PROfounders
Dale Murray
Sherry Coutu
Angel Investor
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Serial
entrepreneur and
angel investor
Eileen
Burbidge of
Passion
Capital

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THE WHO’S WHO
Rohan Silva
Former Senior Policy Adviser for
Technology to the Prime
Minister now EIR at Index
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Joanna Shields
CEO of Tech City Investment
Organisation
Eze Vidra
Head of Campus London
and Google Entrepreneurs
for Europe

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THE WHO’S WHO
Benjamin Southworth
Former Deputy CEO of
Tech City
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Eric Van Der Kleij
Ex-CEO of Tech City, now
Advisor to the Canary Wharf
Group
Deborah Rippol
Director Europe at Startup
Weekend

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INCUBATORS + ACCELERATORS
‣
Wayra UK
‣
Seedcamp
‣
TechStars (formerly Springboard)
‣
The Bakery
‣
BBC Worldwide Labs
‣
Entrepreneur First
‣
FinTech Innovation Lab
‣
HealthBox
‣
Accelerator UK
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COWORKING SPACES
‣
‣
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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And if you can’t remember...

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NEED A JOB?
‣ Hire
My Friend
‣ Built
in London
‣ Silicon
MilkRoundabout
‣ Escape
the City
‣ The
Fetch
‣ WorkInStartups.com
‣3
Beards
‣ StackOverflow
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TECH MEDIA
@TheNextWebUK
@OliviaSolon
@MartinSFP
@iRowan
@PSawers
@drjmederios
@MikeButcher
@BenJRooney
@IngridLuden
@IanSanders
@Nero
@jemimakiss
@AlexWoodCreates
@charlesarthur
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NETWORKING EVENTS
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THE GOOD!
‣ Community
‣ Creativity
‣ Arts
& Culture
‣ Diversity
‣ Education
‣ Government
‣ Work
Support
- Life Balance
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THE NOT SO GOOD
‣ Geographical
Disparity
‣ Slow
Page
‣ Cost
of Living
‣ Funding
‣ Hiring
‣ Fear
Lag
Time Period
of Failure
‣ Scaling
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from the Start
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28. INTRO TO THE LONDON STARTUP SCENE
SYNC UP WITH LONDON
‣
General Assembly’s Mailing List
‣
3460 Miles
‣
The Fetch
‣
3 Beards
‣
Escape the City
‣
Startup Digest
‣
The Makeshift Mailer
‣
The Albion London
‣
Facebook Groups:
London Startups & London Startup Events
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Q&A
COURTNEY@AUDIENCE.IO
@CBM ON TWITTER
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30. BREAK INTO TECH
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