http://idcee.org/p/eveline-buchatskiy-eastlabs/ Eveline Buchatskiy participated in the IDCEE 2013 Panel "Startup accelerators in CEE: Local accelerators vs. Western accelerators. Are they competitors or partners?" Former CEO of leading media company Ekonomika, having launched several popular websites including delo.ua, the most quoted business portal in Ukraine. Prior to Ekonomika, Eveline was CEO of high-tech startup APCT, winner of the second annual "Silicon Valley Open Doors" contest in 2006. Before moving to Ukraine, Eveline worked for 10 years as an engineering associate on several multi-million dollar projects for top industrial gas company Praxair, Inc. Eveline received her Bachelors of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from University of California at Berkeley, her Master of Engineering degree from State University of New York, in Buffalo, and her executive MBA from INSEAD. Pic's are here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/idcee/sets/ More @ http://idcee.org Follow us on: YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/OfficialIDCEEChannel Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IDCEE Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/groups/IDCEE-3940138 Twitter: https://twitter.com/idcee_eu Google+: http://gplus.to/idcee Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/idcee/collections/

1. .vs.
Local Accelerators
with
Western Accelerators

2. What does each side bring to the table?

3. We enjoy the same taste!
East
Substantial new capital from
previously untapped
resources looking for
opportunities on the internet.
New Angel Network for seed
stage investment (postaccelerator), looking for deal
flow from anywhere around
the globe
v
Capital
West
Substantial venture capital
with an appetite for beyond
borders: Accel, Bessemer,
Intel

4. But we also each have our secret sauce!
East
Ukraine is Gartner top 30 leading IT
outsourcing destination with over
100,000 developers
Perfect pilot entry into Ru-net, the
largest internet audience in Europe.
Russian is now the second most used
language on the internet.
Local accelerators can generate
global startups ripe for customer
development in the West
West
Scale
Smart money
Mentors

5. Let’s have a feast!
Eastern and Western accelerators can be matched for best of both
worlds:
Dating:
Form crossaccelerator teams
of Eastern tech+
Western Biz
Co-investment:
Conduct panEuropean
deployment for
models that can
and should
be replicated in
multiple European
countries
Combined Demo
Day
Exchange:
Sweeter terms for
teams expected to
go through double
acceleration for biz
dev purposes

6. Eastlabs Fast Facts
Founded!
2012
!
Portfolio!
12 companies
consumer web and gaming
!
Mentors!
95
Equity Investment!
$600,000
Follow-on money!
$900,000
In 2013 launched
Eastlabs Gaming!