3. INTRODUCTION
‣ Director of Audience Development, GA London
‣ Writer at The Next Web, The Daily Beast and Wired UK
‣ Member of #10’s Tech City Advisory Group
‣ Mentor at BBC WorldWideLabs, Ignite100
‣ Recovering Tech Journalist from Forbes & Huffington Post
‣ @CBM on Twitter
COURTNEY BOYD MYERS
FOUNDER, AUDIENCE.IO + 3460 MILES
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4. 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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‣ Equity financing for tech
venture-backed
companies in London hit
$755 million last year,
beating out Berlin. But
that still lags the $9.7
billion invested in Silicon
Valley and the $2.4 billion
invested in New York-
based companies.
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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What is Tech
City?
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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
fastest-growing tech
cluster
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9. $2.4B IPO IN 2010
SOLD TO CBS FOR $280 MILLION IN 2007
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LONDON’S BIG EXITS
$7.1B IPO IN 2014
SOLD TO AMAZON.COM FOR $317 MILLION IN 2011
SOLD TO AOL FOR $850 MILLION IN 2008
SOLD TO TWITTER FOR $40 MILLION IN 2011
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17 U.K. TECH COMPANIES FLOATED ON THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE IN 2013,
RAISING $735 MILLION, UP FROM JUST
THREE COMPANIES THE YEAR BEFORE.
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Source
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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 STARTUPS IN LONDON
16. THE WHO’S WHO
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Eric Van Der Kleij
Ex-CEO of Tech City, now
Advisor to the Canary Wharf
Group
Rohan Silva
Former Senior Policy
Adviser for Technology to
the Prime Minister now EIR
at Index and Founder at
SecondHome
Deborah Rippol
Director Europe at Startup
Weekend
17. THE WHO’S WHO
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Michael Acton Smith, OBE
Founder of Mind Candy
Eze Vidra
Head of Campus London
and Google Entrepreneurs
for Europe
Martha Lane Fox, CBE
Co-founded
Lastminute.com; youngest
female member of House
of Lords; The Baroness
Lane-Fox of Soho
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VENTURE CAPITAL
‣ Index
Ventures
‣ Accel
Partners
‣ Balderton
Capital
‣ DJF
Espirit
‣ Hoxton
Ventures
‣ Connect
Ventures
‣ Octopus
Ventures
‣ Atomico
Ventures
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Saul Klein of Index Ventures
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INVESTORS TO KNOW
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Brent Hoberman of
PROfounders
Eileen
Burbidge of
Passion
Capital
Niklas
Zennstrom
of Atomico
Sherry Coutu
Angel Investor
Dale Murray
Serial
entrepreneur and
angel investor
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EQUITY CROWDFUNDING
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LOANS
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‣ Wayra UK
‣ Seedcamp
‣ Ignite100
‣ TechStars (formerly Springboard)
‣ The Bakery
‣ BBC Worldwide Labs
‣ Level39
‣ Accenture’s FinTech Innovation Lab
‣ HealthBox
‣ Entrepreneur First
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INCUBATORS + ACCELERATORS
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23. ‣ 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 SPACES
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‣ And if you can’t remember...
24. ‣ 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?
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GA’S HOW TO LAND A JOB AT A STARTUP
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NETWORKING EVENTS
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NETWORKING EVENTS
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THE GOOD!
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‣ Community
‣ Creativity
‣ Arts & Culture
‣ Diversity
‣ Education
‣ Government Support
‣ Work - Life Balance
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THE NOT SO GOOD
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‣ Geographical Disparity
‣ Slow Pace
‣ Cost of Living
‣ Funding Lag
‣ Hiring Time Period
‣ Fear of Failure
‣ Scaling from the Start
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SYNC UP WITH LONDON
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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
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