NOAH15 London Speaker Book
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Advertising MONI MILCHMAN| ARCHIMEDICX CEO SPEAKER BIO Moni has long-standing history in establishing innovative projects and healthcare facilities. He has been involved in developing private hospitals and health insurance programs in Europe and Africa. Prior to that, he founded a large insurance sales organization and acquired a private insurance company. Moni is the founder of ARCHIMEDICX and has academic degrees in Economics and Business Administration. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters Tel Aviv, Israel ARCHIMEDICX is the first company to devise a system for rating hospitals based on dozens of variables comprising millions of data points in over 300 common medical procedures and Office Locations Delaware, Tel Aviv, Brussels, Riga, Latvia treatments. The company has acquired a wealth of up-to-date data from independent sources Founded 2015 in order to calculate an objective, evidence-based hospital quality score for the given procedures and treatments. No of Employees 20 Active Markets Worldwide Business Overview Systemfor rating hospitals Website archimedicx.com 7
Advertising GILES PALMER| BRANDWATCH CEO SPEAKER BIO Giles Palmer started Brandwatch after leaving BSkyB. Development on the product started in late 2005 and from its launch in August 2007, Brandwatch has grown to become one of the world’s leading Social Media Monitoring companies, serving businesses across the globe from FTSE100companies to SMEs. He is a regular speaker at Social Media conferences and also serves on the Industrial Advisory Board for Sussex University as well as the Social Media Committeefor the Chartered Institute of Public Relations. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters Brighton, England Brandwatch is one of the world’s leading social media listening and analytics technology Stuttgart, Berlin, New York, Chicago, San platforms. It gathers millions of online conversations every day and provides users with the Office Locations Francisco tools to analyze them, empowering brands and agencies to make smarter, data-driven business decisions. Founded 2005 The company grew over 100% year-on-year in 2013, has won awards for its technology and No of Employees +300 renowned corporate culture, and regularly wins accolades for its impressive growth. The Brandwatch platform is used by over 1000 brands and agencies, including Whole Foods, Active Markets Worldwide Whirlpool, Pepsico, British Airways, Papa John’s, and Dell. Business Overview Social media monitoring for online content Key Investors Highland Capital Partners Europe, Nauta Capital Selected Clients Whole Foods, Whirpool, PepsiCo, Dell Website brandwatch.com 14
Advertising AMIAD SOLOMON | KOMOONA Co-Founder & CEO SPEAKER BIO Amiad is an Internet entrepreneur with a passion to disruptive business models and products in Internet advertising, mobile and e-commerce. Amiad is a currently active chairman and co-founder of Komoona, a fast growing RTB ad optimization platform serving thousands of publishers and billions of impressions every month. Previously Amiad was a venture partner at Sequoia Capital and founder Peer39, the world's leading semantic ad-targeting company. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters Tel Aviv, Israel Komoona is a dynamic yield optimization platform working across all major RTB exchanges anddemandsources,toensuremaximumrevenueforourpublishers. Office Locations New York, San Francisco, London Optimizing publisher revenues is harder than ever - SSPs, DSPs, Display, Mobile, Video… Founded 2011 Publishers are overwhelmed by the amount of technologies and providers they must work with andoptimize against, in order to maximize revenues in today’s programmatic environment. Active Markets Worldwide Using a simple JS tag, our 360° platform connects you to the entire programmatic eco system, soyoudon’tneedto. Business Overview RTB optimization platform Komoona optimizes billions of impressions for publishers in the US and globally and is Moneysupermarket.com,RealitySteve.com, growing fast. Key Clients Americanlivewire.com Website komoona.com 45
Advertising GARY LIN| GLISPA CEO SPEAKER BIO Gary has over 15 years of online marketing experience, helping leading clients worldwide harness the Internet’s potential as an advertising medium. As CEO, he leads growth strategy, operations, and product innovation. He has worked globally and held several leadership roles at one of the very first global digital agencies, Beyond Interactive Inc - now part of MediaCom (WPP). He was General Manager in Sao Paulo Brazil and head of business development in China before becoming one of the first hires in NYC. Gary holds a Marketing and International Marketing degree from the University of Michigan Business School. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters Berlin, Germany glispa is a high-performance, digital marketing pioneer empowering our clients to activate Berlin, Beijing, San Francisco, Bangalore, Sao global audiences, reach growth objectives and move markets. glispa provides a full suite of Office Locations Paulo acquisition and monetization solutions (gBoost, gPerform, gNative and Media Services) for Founded 2008 global advertisers like Baidu, Nexon, OLX, Flipkart and Gumi. glispa reaches billions of mobile and web users with our multichannel offerings driving quality engagement, increasing No of Employees 120 customerlifetime value and impacting the bottom-line. Active Markets Worldwide Since 2008, glispa has pioneered new technologies to achieve the highest levels of efficiency Business Overview Digital marketing and mobile advertising and optimization for our clients and partners. With offices in Berlin, Beijing, San Francisco, Bangalore and Sao Paulo glispa’s multinational, client-focused team boasts 39 nationalities Recent Milestones Acquired by Market Tech Holdings and24languages. in March 2015 Website glispa.com 30
Advertising FRED JOSEPH| S4M COO SPEAKER BIO Fred Joseph is regarded as a leading figure in digital media, both as a serial “intrapreneur” within the Publicis Group, and as an “entrepreneur”. Fred started Publicis Group Media’s first interactive division in Paris back in 2000. He relocated to London in 2005 to found and launch Zed Digital in the UK, and over the next few years rolled out the brand across more than 30 markets in EMEA and APAC.HethenbecameManagingDirector of the Vivaki Nerve Centre (tech engine for all Publicis digital agencies) which he launched across EMEA, before being promoted to Global Chief Digital Officer of ZenithOptimedia WW. After Publicis acquired Performics, a US digital Performance Marketing agency part of Double Click/Google, Fred scaled out the operation outside the US, and served as CEO of Performics EMEA until March 2015. In April 2015, Fred decided to deep dive into the start-up world, following his passion for Mobile and Tech, joining S4M. With offices in in Paris, London, Berlin, NYC, Singapore and San Paulo, S4M is a fast growing Analytics & Programmatic Mobile start up, providing complete and flexible solutions to manage Mobile ad campaigns. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters Paris, France S4Mis an Analytics & Programmatic Mobile start up created in 2011, providing complete and Office Locations Paris, New York, London, Berlin, Singapore, Sao Paulo flexible solutions to manage Mobile ad campaigns. With its Mobile native technology stack, Founded 2011 including Intelligent Bidding, Mobile Adserving, AdTracking, Media Buying Optimization and Purchase Funnel Management, S4M identifies the highest yielding ad network, ad placement No. of employees +75 or format and generates full analytics for both paid media and organic mobile actions. S4M’s Active markets France, USA, UK, Germany, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Mexico, proprietary Mobile Native stack delivers unique capability in charging clients only for Viewable APAC markets Impressions, and Full Transparency on Targeting and Brand Safety. S4M just released its Ad Business overview Mobile ad campaigns analytics platform Verification score which factors the 3 key ares of Viewability/Targeting/Brand Safety into a $8mSeries A in May 2015, running for MRC accreditation metric to become a market reference. S4M’s technology stack is currently under audit by the Recent milestones (due in January 2016) US MRC (Media Rating Council) with an aim to become fully accredited in Jan 2016 for KPI #1 +1k mobile campaigns per year impressions, click and post click conversion. Once review is completed, S4M will be the only KPI #2 +100% growth every year for the last 4 years. Mobile tech provider in the World to have the MRC accreditation across the above 3 KPIs. With offices in Paris, London, Berlin, New York, Singapore and San Paulo, S4M is a trusted KPI #3 180+ Fortune 500 companies as clients third-party mobile solution that effectively enables brands, agencies and publishers to more Selected Clients / Clients: Renault, McDonald’s, Audi, Orange, L’Oreal, Axa, effectively create, deliver and measure mobile and tablet marketing campaigns. Partners O’Boticario, Subway, Coca Cola Partners: 800+ certified Adnetworks Key Investors BPI, Entrepreneurs Venture Key Financials $15m/ profitable in France. Ownership Structure Founder (Christophe Collet) Website s4m.io 74
Advertising ADAM SINGOLDA| TABOOLA Founder & CEO SPEAKER BIO Adam Singolda is founder and CEO of Taboola, the leading discovery platform, serving 300B recommendations to over 550M unique visitors every month. Previously, Adam served as an officer in an elite mathematical unit of the Israeli National Security Agency. Recently named “Entrepreneur of the Year" by Geektime, Adam has spoken on stage at TEDx, Collision, Kaltura Connect, Business Insider’s IGNITION, ClickZ LIVE, Advertising Week, 360i Marketing Summit,WebSummit,LandmarkVenturesMediaTechnologySummit,andmore. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters New York, NY, USA Taboola is the leading discovery platform, serving over 300 billion recommendations to over New York City, Pasadena, London, Tel Aviv, 550 million unique visitors every month on some of the Web’s most innovative publisher sites, Office Locations New Delhi, Bangkok including USA TODAY, Business Insider, Chicago Tribune, and The Weather Channel. Founded 2007 Headquartered in New York City, Taboola also has offices in Pasadena, London, Tel Aviv, New Delhi, and Bangkok. Publishers, marketers, and agencies leverage Taboola to retain No of Employees 280 users on their sites, monetize their traffic, and distribute their content to drive high-quality Business overview Content discovery platform audiences.Learn more at www.taboola.com and follow @taboola on Twitter. Taboola made news earlier this year after raising $117M in a Series E investment round led by Fidelity Management and Research Company, joined by Comcast Ventures, Recent Milestones Yahoo! Japan, among others. Taboola also announced a multi-million dollar strategic investment partnership with Chinese search giant Baidu and a $3M strategic investment from DailyMail.com. Selected Clients / Business Insider, The Atlantic, Tribune, USA Partners TODAY, Yahoo! Japan, Time Warner Cable, Mail Online, NBC News Website taboola.com 82
Advertising ARKADYVOLOZH| YANDEX Co-Founder & CEO SPEAKER BIO Arkady Volozh is the principal founder of Russian search engine Yandex. He has been the company’s CEO and a director since 2000. Arkady founded Yandex in 1997; in 2000, he left his position of CEO at CompTek International to become the CEO of Yandex. Volozh is a serial entrepreneur with a background in computer science. He studied applied mathematics at Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas, graduating in 1986. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters Moscow, Russia Yandex is a Russian company that offers an internet search engine and search solutions to a worldwide customerbase. Office Locations Europe Founded 1997 The company’s search engine uses its algorithms to provide relevant results in an editorially- neutral and user-friendly manner. It offers a range of specialized search, personalized, and Active Markets Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Turkey location-based services, including Yandex.News, Yandex.Market, Yandex.Mail, and Yandex.Maps. No of Employees 5,600 Business overview Internet search engine and search solutions Yandex offers Yandex News, a news aggregation and information service; Yandex Search, a websearch engine; Yandex.Mail which provides fast access to email accounts featuring social Key Financials Revenues $902m (2014) authentication via their accounts on VKontakte, Odnoklassniki, Facebook, Google, Mail.ru, or Twitter; Yandex.Maps which provides detailed maps of more than 1,100 cities and towns in Website yandex.com Russia and more than 220 cities in Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Belarus as well as a detailed map of Turkey; Yandex.Browser, a cloud-based browser; and Yandex.Disk, a cloud-based storage service that facilitates users to upload, store, and share files. In addition, Yandex offers online translators, mobile applications, advertising solutions, and more. YandexwasfoundedonSeptember23,1997andisbasedinMoscow, Russia. 94
Digital Services ORENKANIEL| APPSFLYER Co-Founder & CEO SPEAKER BIO Before founding AppsFlyer, Oren held multiple engineering, research and management positions at Emerald Stage2 Ventures, Veraz Networks, Ltd., Avaya Communications Israel, Ltd. and Intel. Oren holds his B.A. Cum Laude in Computer Science from the Technion, Israel’s Institute of Technology, as well as his MBA from the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya, where he studied as part of an exchange with the Wharton Business School at the University of Pennsylvania. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters Herzliya, Israel AppsFlyer is the leading mobile app tracking and attribution analytics platform that allows app developers, brands and ad agencies to manage, measure and optimize their entire mobile Office Locations Beijing, Seoul, Tokyo, Sao Paulo, Sydney user acquisition process across all media sources including paid, organic, viral and social. Founded 2011 AppsFlyer’s NativeTrack™ technology provides a universal, independent authority that is No of Employees 80 integrated with more than 1000 ad-networks and media sources, and is now measuring billions of mobile actions and analyzing the drivers of these actions and conversions. Active Markets Worldwide Business Overview Mobile advertising measurement platform As an official Facebook Mobile Measurement Partner & Twitter Official Partner, AppsFlyer is a one stop shop for any mobile advertiser providing unbiased attribution, mobile campaign Became one of the first members of Fiksu's analytics, in-app user engagement, lifetime value analysis, ROI and retargeting. Recent Milestones Preferred Partner Program for Mobile Ad Campaign Tracking AppsFlyer is passionate about building a technology that will enable marketers to get the most Selected Clients Facebook, Twitter, Yahoo, Google, Bing, iAd out of their mobile marketing campaigns, allowing them to work their magic to the fullest. Website appsflyer.com 6
Digital Services AMBARISH MITRA| BLIPPAR CEO SPEAKER BIO Ambarish Mitra is one of the pioneers of augmented reality. Mitra started his tech career in 1997as a high school drop-out entrepreneur on a noble topic of Women Empowerment in India, which successfully IPO'd in 2000. Ambarish Mitra is the CEO and Co-Founder of Blippar, the leading visual browser and fastest growing augmented reality player. Under his direction, Blippar has grown from groundbreaking idea to an industry leader with 250+ employees, 11 offices and 50million+ users. With a vision to create the ultimate physical world browser, Ambarish, has been widely recognized for his unconventional business thinking and people-driven philosophical approach to management. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters London, UK Blippar is the leading visual discovery app, harnessing augmented reality and image- London, New York, San Francisco, Mountain recognition technology to bring the physical world to life through smartphones. Once the Office Locations View, Los Angeles, Chicago, Amsterdam, Blippar app is downloaded, people can blipp ("scan") objects they’re curious about and unlock Istanbul, Delhi, Singapore, Tokyo useful and entertaining content. Since launching in the UK in 2011, Blippar has expanded rapidly, partnering with some of the biggest and most exciting brands and media owners in the Founded 2011 world, including Condé Nast, TIME Inc., Unilever, Procter & Gamble, PepsiCo, Nestlé, Heinz, No of Employees 250+ Coca-Cola, AnheuserBusch,L'Oréal, Universal Pictures and Jaguar. Blippar now has 11 offices in the world including London, San Francisco, NYC, Istanbul, Delhi, Active Markets Worldwide SingaporeandTokyo, andover 250+employees. Business Overview Shaping the way people connect with the world Recent Milestones Ranked number 19 in CNBC’s Top 50 Disruptor list in May 2015 Key Investors QualcommVentures Condé Nast, TIME Inc., Unilever, Procter & Selected Clients Gamble, PepsiCo, Nestlé, Heinz, Coca-Cola, Anheuser Busch, Disney, General Mills, Website blippar.com 12
Digital Services BERNHARD NIESNER| BUSUU CEO SPEAKER BIO Bernhard Niesner, originally from Vienna in Austria is the CEO and Co-Founder of busuu.com, the world´s largest social network for language learning. Before starting his own company, Bernhard worked as consultant at Roland Berger Strategy Consultants in the area of consumer goods. Bernhard graduated with summa cum laude in International Business from the University of Vienna and holds an MBA with honors from IE Business School. In his free time, Bernhard relaxes while playing the piano; he loves skiing and enjoys spending time with his young daughter. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters London, UK busuu is the world’s largest social network for language learning, providing audio-visual courses in 12 different languages to more than 55 million users worldwide. Users can sign up Office Locations London for free, or subscribe to a Premium Membership to unlock further features like grammar, video Founded 2008 lessons or personalised study plans. Direct interaction with native speakers around the globe allows members to improve their language skills. They can use an integrated video-chat No of Employees 35 application and peer-to-peer text corrections within the community. As a result, every busuu user is both a ‘student’ of a foreign language and also a ‘tutor’ of their own mother tongue. Active Markets Worldwide busuu has received various prestigious awards, including EdTech Winner 2014, BETT Business Overview The language learning community Innovator Award 2014 and has been named as 'Best Education Startup in Europe' by TechCrunch. Business model Freemium The name busuu comes from a language of Cameroon: according to an ethnological study Recent Milestones Series B Round from the 1980’s, only 8 people in the world speak Busuu. KPI #1 Several Million Monthly Visits Johann Hansmann, Rogan Angelini-Hurll, Key Investors Brent Hoberman, Martin Varsavsky, McGraw Hill Education Selected Clients McGraw Hill Education Website busuu.com 15
Digital Services HANS-HOLGER ALBRECHT| DEEZER CEO SPEAKER BIO Hans-Holger Albrecht is CEO of Deezer, one of the largest music streaming services worldwide. Before that he was President and CEO of Millicom International, the international Telecom and media group. Before that, he was President and CEO at Modern Times Group MTG AB. Hans-Holger started his career at MTG in 1997 as head of the pay-TV operations within the business area Viasat Broadcasting. In April 2000, he was appointed Chief Operation Officer (COO) of MTG. He studied at the University of Freiburg in German received a Master of Laws degree (LLM) from the Ruhr University Bochum. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters Paris, France Deezer is the first truly worldwide digital music streaming service in over 180 countries, with over 6 million subscribers worldwide. Deezer is at the forefront of a music revolution, allowing Office Locations Europe, USA fans instant access to the largest streaming music catalogue in the world, with more than 35 Founded 2006 million songs and 20,000+ podcasts on any device. Combining the best of man and machine, Deezer's global editorial team searches for the best music around the world and its algorithmic Active Markets Worldwide recommendations help fans discover music they will truly love. Deezer is available on your favorite device, including smartphone, tablet, PC, laptop, home sound system, connected car Business Overview Online platform and app that provides songs or smart TV. from a variety of genres Recent Milestones Going public on 30th Oct 2015 Launched in 2007, Deezer is a privately held company, headquartered in Paris with offices in London, San Francisco and around the world. Deezer is currently available as a free download KPI #1 40k news for iPhone, iPad, Android and Windows devices or on the web at deezer.com globally outside KPI #2 35m musictracks the US. KPI #2 6.3m total subscribers Website deezer.com 21
Digital Services DENYS ZHADANOV | READDLE Co-Founder & CMO SPEAKER BIO Denys spent the last 5 years transforming Readdle from a “garage start-up” into a leading iOS company that creates productivity and business apps. He has been successfully leading marketing activities and initiatives at Readdle from day one. As a head of marketing responsible for growth, business development and revenue for Readdle consumer products. NowReaddle apps such as Scanner Pro, PDF Expert, Documents and others have more than 40 million downloads. All of them are in top charts on the App Store and reviewed by all major press, as well as featured by Apple. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters Odessa, Ukraine Readdle’s mission is to make people more productive. Apple has crowned many of its apps as Office Locations Considering openings in EU and USA Best New Apps and Editors’ Choice, they have often hit Top Charts in dozens of countries. Applications such as Scanner Pro, Spark, Documents, PDF Expert and Calendars were Founded 2007 downloaded more than 40 million times and continue to deliver innovative personal No of Employees 82 productivity experience. 3 apps are preinstalled on Demo devices in retail Apple Stores, Recent Milestones Featured by Apple as apps for iOS 9, Top charts on the App Store in Productivity and Business categories. KPI#1 40+ million downloads KPI #2 770K units downloaded in September 2015 alone KPI#3 8 million monthly active users Selected Clients / Apple, Siemens Partners Ownership Privately owned Website readdle.com 71
Digital Services DROR EFRAT | INVESTING.COM Founder & CEO SPEAKER BIO Dror Efrat is the CEO & Founder of Fusion Media Limited, owner of investing.com KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters Nicosia, Cyprus Investing.com is a global financial portal and internet brand composed of 23 editions in 19 languages and mobile apps for Android and iOS that provide news, analysis, streaming quotes Office Locations Madrid, Spain; Tel Aviv, Israel and charts, technical data and financial tools about the global financial markets. Each edition Founded 2007 covers a broad variety of local and global financial vehicles including Stocks, Bonds, Commodities, Currencies, Interest Rates, Futures and Options. Founded in 2007, No of Employees 100+ Investing.com has a growing readership worldwide and is now a leading global financial portal committed to constantly launching innovative features and sections to ensure an optimal one- Active Markets Worldwide stop source for its readers. Business Overview Financial news portal MonthlyVisits 22m KPI#1 220m monthly page views KPI #2 Top 10 in Finance & Investing category globally KPI #3 5.3m Unique visitors in 2014 (30% growth YoY) Website Investing.com 41
Digital Services DAVID JACKSON| SEEKING ALPHA Founder SPEAKER BIO David Jackson is the founder of Seeking Alpha. He started his career as a macro-economist at HMTreasury in London and The Bank of Israel, and later moved to Morgan Stanley in New York as a technology research analyst covering the communications equipment sector. He left in early 2003 to manage money (long/short) and explore new approaches to financial publishing, ultimately leading to the creation of Seeking Alpha in 2004. He has a B.A from Oxford University and an MSc from The London School of Economics, is married with four children, and serves on the board of a food rescue charity. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters New York, NY, USA Seeking Alpha is the premier website for actionable stock market opinion and analysis, and vibrant, intelligent finance discussion. Seeking Alpha provides a community of the nation's Office Locations New York most savvy and inquisitive investors with tools to exchange and discuss investing ideas. Founded 2004 Drawing from a contributor base of over 8000 investors, Seeking Alpha gives a voice to money managers,financial experts and investment analysts. No of Employees 150 Active Markets Worldwide Business overview Content service for financial markets KPI#1 Over 10k contributing authors KPI #2 7maverage monthly unique visitors KPI #3 85maverage monthly page views Website seekingalpha.com 78
Digital Services ROBERT LANG| SOCIALBAKERS CEO SPEAKER BIO Robert is the CEO of Socialbakers. Before joining Socialbakers, Robert was in charge of scaling and rolling out Criteo in several regions across the Globe. Prior to his time at Criteo, Robert Lang was the CEO of Result, which followed a position as Head of Europe and Country Manager Germany for fon.com - the world's largest WiFi community. Before fon, Robert was founder and CEO of Germany's largest WiFi operator: WLAN AG, acquired by Swisscom Group in 2003 and renamed to Swisscom Eurospot, Prior to that, Robert was VP BusinessDevelopmentandFinanceforioboxGermany. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters Prague, Czech Republic Socialbakers is one of the world’s largest social marketing & analytics suites, with over 2,700 Prague, London, San Francisco, New York, clients in 100 countries - including half of the Global Fortune 500. In addition to offering one of Plzeň, Split, Singapore, Sydney, Paris, the largest databases of free social media statistics and insights in the world, we provide user- Office Locations Munich, São Paulo, Mexico City, Dubai, friendly social media solutions that allow brands to measure, compare, and optimize their Istanbul social campaigns with competitive intelligence that is second to none. Founded 2008 With the only analytics platform that provides global industry benchmarking and local No of Employees 350 categorization in social media, Socialbakers is the most versatile, complete service of its kind. Active Markets Worldwide Facebook has awarded Socialbakers 3 Preferred Marketing Developer badges in recognition of its capabilities. Since 2008, Socialbakers has grown from a small office in Pilsen, Czech Business overview Social marketing and analytics suite Republic, to a global entity with nearly 400 employees of 32 nationalities, working in 14 offices across the globe. Our developers have put in nearly 400,000 hours of product development in KeyInvestors Index Ventures, Earlybird Venture Capital order to make sure that Socialbakers products are constantly improving. Website socialbakers.com 80
Digital Services OR OFFER | SIMILARWEB Co-Founder & CEO SPEAKER BIO Or Offer is the CEO and co-founder of SimilarWeb. Or was also a founding partner at AfterDownload, a company that was acquired by IronSource in 2013. He is an active investor in the high-tech world with startups such as MoonActive and Spot.IM.Or started SimilarWeb as a website recommendation technology that analyzed and compared the data from all websites. Eventually the company grew to become SimilarWeb’s measurementplatform in 2011. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters Tel Aviv, Israel SimilarWeb measures the digital world, offering business professionals and executives access to competitive market intelligence to make better decisions. Our competitive market Office Locations London, New York, Dubai, Tokyo intelligence platform reveals the marketing strategies for any website or app, and provides Founded 2009 benchmarks for online industries. Our market intelligence platform provides organizations of all sizes with actionable insights that empower them to identify new opportunities while gaining an No of Employees 150+ edgeover the competition. Active Markets Worldwide Established in 2009, SimilarWeb is headquartered in the UK, with offices across the globe, Web Measurement & Online Competitive hasraised over $40M in funding and has over 150 employees. Business Overview Intelligence Recent Milestones Selected as one of the fastest growing 100 startups in Europe by RedHerring KPI#1 3mmonthly visits KPI #2 Received $40m in funding Selected Clients Axel Springer, Google , eBay, Nike, Eagle Alpha Key Investors Naspers, Lord David Alliance Website similarweb.com 79
Digital Services DR. FRIEDRICH SCHWANDT| STATISTA Founder & CEO SPEAKER BIO Dr. Friedrich Schwandt studied Economics with a specialization in Econometrics. He has been the CEO of Statista GmbH since 2007. Furthermore, he has worked at the Humboldt University in Berlin, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) andtheBostonConsultingGroup(BCG). KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters Hamburg, Germany Statista.com is one of the first statistic portals in the world to integrate data on over 80.000 Office Locations New York, London, Berlin, Frankfurt, Madrid topics from over 18.000 sources onto a single professional platform. Categorized into 21 Founded 2007 market sectors, Statista.com provides companies, business customers, research institutions, and the academic community with direct access to quantitative data on media, business, No of Employees 200 finance, politics, and a wide variety of other areas of interest or markets. Active Markets UK, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Spain, The data sources include market research reports, such as the Ipsos Affluent Survey Scandinavia, America, Canada published annually by Ipsos Media, Simmons National Consumer Studies and Consumer Business overview Statistics portal Insights from Scarborough Research, as well as trade publications, scientific journals, and 2015: 600k registered customers and branch office in governmentdatabases. Recent milestones London 2016: Branch office in Madrid KPI #1 4m monthly unique visitors KPI #2 600k registered users KPI #3 1m statistics Selected Clients / Clients: Google, ESPN, P&G, Panasonic Partners Partners: Forbes, Mashable, The Independent Key Financials Revenues $16m (2015) Key Investors Grazia Equity Ownership Structure 70% founders, 30% VC Website statista.com 81
Ecommerce & Retail PIETER VAN DER DOES | ADYEN President & CEO – Netherlands SPEAKER BIO Pieter van der Does co-founded Adyen in 2006. Since launching Adyen, the business has grown from a startup into a global operation with over 3,500 customers, averaging double-digit annual growth since 2007. Prior to Adyen Pieter was CCO at Bibit, building the payment service provider into a global player before it was acquired by the Royal Bank of Scotland in 2004, after which he served on the board until 2006. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters Amsterdam, Netherlands Adyen is a leading payments technology company that provides businesses a single global Berlin, London, San Francisco, Stockholm, platform to accept payments anywhere in the world. Driven by a vision to improve customer Office Locations Madrid, Paris, Singapore experience, streamline processes and ultimately increase revenue, Adyen enables businesses to process payments across online, mobile and Point-of-Sale (POS) with over 250 payment Founded 2006 methods and 187 transaction currencies. Headquartered in Amsterdam and San Francisco, No of Employees 250 with offices across North America, South America, Europe and Asia, Adyen serves more than 3,500 businesses and four of the five largest U.S. Internet companies, including well-known Active Markets Worldwide brands such as Facebook, Dropbox, Airbnb, Spotify, Groupon, Evernote, Booking.com, Viagogo, Yelp, Vodafone, Mango, Netflix, O’Neill, SoundCloud, KLM and JustFab. Business Overview Global platform for payments Recent Milestones $25bn processed KPI#1 80% y-o-y increase in transactions KPI #2 100% y-o-y growth in revenues KPI #3 40% y-o-y growth in customer base Key Investors General Atlantic, Temasek, Index Ventures Website adyen.com 4
Ecommerce & Retail CONSTANTIN BISANZ| ALOHA Founder & CEO SPEAKER BIO Constantin Bisanz is an entrepreneur and has a track record of building leading consumer lifestyle brands. His last company Brands4Friends, was acquired by eBay for $220 million. Constantin has been named “Entrepreneur Of The Year" by Harvard Business School and wasalsonamed“Exit Champion”forclosingGermany’s largest Internet exit transaction. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters New York, NY, USA ALOHAis a health and wellness company. Together with the world’s most respected doctors, scientists, trainers, yogis, nutritionists, and holistic health practitioners, ALOHA develops Office Locations New York innovative, high-quality products and inspiring content that informs and motivates individuals Founded 2012 to live a healthy, happy life. No of Employees 50 Active Markets US Business Overview Health and wellness company Recent Milestones Raised $4.5m funding Selected Clients N/A Website aloha.com 5
Ecommerce & Retail HAKANKOÇ| AUTO1 GROUP Founder & Managing Director SPEAKER BIO Hakan Koç is a Founder and Managing Director of AUTO1 Group. He has previously worked at Rocket Internet SE and Home24 AG. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters Berlin, Germany AUTO1 Group was founded by Christian Bertermann and Hakan Koç, both former Berlin based internet executives, in August 2012 to change the way cars are bought and sold. In Office Locations Worldwide 2014 former Groupon SVP Chris Muhr joined the team as co-founder and Chief Operating Founded 2012 Officer. No of Employees 1,800 AUTO1 Group buys used cars from OEMs, dealerships and its own business units and sells them into its global dealership network. Prices are determined by its proprietary CORE pricing Active Markets Worldwide algorithm. The entire service including inspection and valuation is free of charge. The Business Overview Pan-European car market maker company is turning over more than USD 850M annualized run rate and is growing 8x y-o-y. The U.S. business which has been established in January is showing similarly strong traction Recent Milestones $500m funding round to enter new markets with USD 25M annualizedrun rate. Selected Clients N/A AUTO1 Group has raised over USD 200M so far, a major stake coming from DSTGlobal. Earlier investors in the company include DN Capital, Piton Capital and Mutschler Ventures. Website auto1-group.com 9
Ecommerce & Retail ROMAINVOOG| GLOBAL FASHION GROUP CEO SPEAKER BIO Romain has 13 years of online and offline retail experience and a background as a strategy consultant. Prior to GFG, he spent seven years with Amazon, his latest role being President and Managing Director for Amazon France. Prior to joining Amazon, he spent six years at Carrefour in various leadership roles and is a former strategy consultant from Boston Consulting Group and Bain & Company in Europe and Asia. Romain holds a General Engineering Diploma from École Centrale Paris. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters London, UK Global Fashion Group (GFG) operates across four continents and 27 countries, employing Office Locations Worldwide over 9,500 people. With a focus on emerging markets, GFG targets a EUR 630bn fashion market and over 2.5bn people who rapidly continue to move online and purchase via e- Founded 2011 commerce. GFG offers a wide assortment of leading international and local fashion brands, as No of Employees 10,000 well as a selection of internal brands. GFG invests consistently in delivering the best customer experience, including last mile delivery networks where necessary. Global Fashion Group was Active Markets Worldwide founded in 2011 by Swedish Investment AB Kinnevik and German Rocket Internet SE. Business Overview Fashion ecommerce for emerging markets Selected +3k international, regional and inhouse brands Clients/Partners Key Investors Rocket Internet, Kinnevik Website global-fashion-group.com 31
Ecommerce & Retail RENÉ KÖHLER| INTERNETSTORES Founder & CEO SPEAKER BIO René Marius Köhler (33) is the founder and CEO of internetstores. At the age of 20, he founded fahrrad.de, marking the start of a unique career as an entrepreneur. Not only does he know how to motivate people, he has also remarkable professional skills and capabilities. Renéis a born entrepreneur who is able to identify trends early and draw the right conclusions for internetstores. His exceptional entrepreneurial achievements have been honored with multiple industry and national awards. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters Esslingen am Neckar, Germany internetstores Holding is a major European retailer for bicycles and outdoor equipment. The Office Locations 3 group operates a number of shops across ten European countries. Bikester, Addnature, CAMPZ, fahrrad.de, Brügelmann and Bikeunit make up internetstores comprehensive Founded 2003 portfolio. The company’s main focus is Western Europe and the Nordic countries. Since 2012 No of Employees About 400 internetstores has begun selling high-end mountain bikes and race bikes under the name VOTEC. Active Target Europe The company was founded by René Marius Köhler in 2003. Today the company employs Markets about 400 workers (=actual number of people) at its offices in Esslingen/Neckar, Berlin and Target Segment Bike and outdoor Stockholm and generated revenue of over €113 million in 2014. Revenue is expected to be in the region of €140 million in 2015. Key Investors EQT Key Financials Revenues €113.7m (2014) Website internetstores.de 40
Ecommerce & Retail CHRISTIAN GAISER| BONIAL GROUP Founder & CEO SPEAKER BIO Christian Gaiser is CEO and founder of the Bonial.com Group, the leading network for local retail promotions on mobile devices in 11 countries. He is also an angel investor in 15+ companies in the U.S. and Europe. He has worked in various positions at Goldman Sachs Private Equity in London, at McKinsey & Company in Vienna and Zurich, at the Monitor Group/Ermgassen & Co in London and at SAP Investor Relations in Walldorf. Christian is a graduate of the WHUOtto Beisheim School of Management and HEC, Montréal. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters Berlin, Germany The Bonial.com Group is building the premier ecosystem to make shopping discovery easier Office Locations Berlin, Munich, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, and more efficient for consumers and retailers. As the favorite shopping companion for Paris, Barcelona, São Paulo, Mexico consumers to plan a trip to the store, Bonial.com created a global category with retail Founded 2008 promotions at its core. It has been offering professional solutions for high street retail in the No of Employees 330 area of location-based services since the start-up of kaufDA in 2008 and defines the future of USA, Germany, France, Spain, Sweden, Denmark, digital circular advertising as an innovation engine. In only six years the group became the Active Markets Norway, Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Chile leading network for location-based retail advertising on mobile devices. Today the Bonial.com Business Overview Global shopping platform Group reaches consumers on eleven markets around the world with its mobile apps and websites in USA, Germany, France, Spain, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Brazil, Mexico, Recent Milestones Launched in Sweden, Denmark, Norway in Q3/2015 Colombia and Chile. With more than 22 million active users per month and 1,000 retail clients, KPI #1 +3kactive key account retailer relationships the Bonial.com Group is the global market leader in this category. KPI #2 +1kactive retail key account clients KPI #3 +1.2mqualified point of sale retail data points in Bonial.com’s systems Key Investors Axel Springer SE, T-Venture, e.ventures Key Financials Total investment in group around $90m in 2015 Selected Clients / Media Markt, Saturn, Decathlon, Real, OBI, C&A, Netto, Partners Conrad, Hornbach, Target, Kohl’s, Toys “R” Us Ownership Structure 27.5% Founders, 72.5% Axel Springer SE Website bonial.com 43
Ecommerce & Retail OSKAR HARTMANN| KUPIVIP Founder & CEO SPEAKER BIO In 2006 Oskar joined Russian office of Boston Consulting Group, where he was responsible for developing business strategy for international companies. In 2008 Oskar founded KupiVIP.ru – Russia’s leading online shopping club offering special online sale events every day on a great selection of fashion brands. In 2010 Oskar became the founder and co-investor of Fast Lane Ventures - Russia’s leading company in internet business and he joined the list of TOP-30peopleinRussianinternetbusinessby Forbes magazine in 2011. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters Moscow, Russia KupiVIP is a Russian online fashion retailer selling discounted fashion and home goods from Office Locations Moscow high-street and luxury brands. It has grown rapidly to become a household name in Russia, with 6 million customers. The online fashion retailer hosts up to 20 private online flash sales Founded 2008 every day. Active Markets Russia KupiVIP was launched in 2008 by Vladimir Kholyaznikov, Mikhail Konoplev, and Oskar Business Overview Russian online fashion retailer Hartmann.It is based in Moscow, Russia. Recent Milestones Acquisition of footwear retailer Sapato.ru Key Investors Intel Capital, MCI Management Website kupivip.ru 46
Ecommerce & Retail CHRIS MORTON| LYST Founder & CEO SPEAKER BIO Chris is the founder and CEO of Lyst, the fashion ecommerce destination used by 25 million shoppers a year from 180 countries across the world. Prior to founding Lyst, Chris was an investor at Benchmark Capital and Balderton Capital in London, focusing on the early-stage consumer internet space. Before that, he spent four years in the renewable energy sector, at a startup and government agency, after receiving an MA in Physics and Philosophy from Cambridge University, where he was a DERA scholar. Chris is a member of the Executive Council of Internet Week New York and has been a speaker at Harvard Business School, Cambridge University and Oxford University, as well as a number of industry events globally in technology and fashion. He has also been a startup mentor at programmes including Seedcamp,Launchpadand Launch48. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Launched in 2011 in London, Lyst connects 25 million shoppers globally with over 11,000 Headquarters London, UK designers and stores. Significantly, Lyst was the first to launch a universal cart in the fashion Office Locations London, New York space, enabling shoppers to check out from multiple retailers in a single, unified checkout. Founded 2010 Lyst now generates hundreds of millions in sales for the fashion industry and has grown over 300%year-on-year for the past three years. No of Employees 120 Active Markets 70% US, 20% Europe and 10% APAC Recent Milestones $40m Series C funding in April 2015 Accel Partners, Balderton, DFJ, 14W and the Key Investors investors behind LVMH, Michael Kors, Oscar de la Renta. KeyFinancials Triple digit growth every year since 2011 KPI #1 $400 average order value KPI #2 3mproducts from 11,557 designers and stores KPI #3 100mdata points processed every hour Selected Clients / Gucci, Balenciaga, Alexander Wang, Burberry, Partners Saks, Lane Crawford, Neiman Marcus Website lyst.com 50
Ecommerce & Retail OLAF KOCH| METRO GROUP Chairman of the Board of Management SPEAKER BIO Olaf Koch has been with METRO GROUP since 2009, when he was appointed a member of the Management Board of METRO AG and served as CFO until December 2011. As of January 2012, he was appointed Chairman of the Management Board. Prior to joining METRO GROUP, Olaf was Managing Director Operations at the Private Equity company Permira Beteiligungsberatung GmbH, which he joined after a tenure at Daimler Chrysler AG, where he occupied a number of managerial positions: from 2002 to 2007 he was Member of the Board of Management of the Mercedes Car Group, where he was responsible for Finance, Controlling and Strategy. Prior positions at DaimlerChrysler included an appointment as Vice President for Corporate e-Business, and Director of Corporate e-Business Strategy and Corporate WarRoom. Before, he founded the IT company IT-Networks GmbH which he led as CEO from 1996 to 1998. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters Düsseldorf, Germany METROGROUPisoneofthelargest andmost important international retailing companies. In Office Locations More than 2,000 stores in 30 countries the financial year 2014/15 it generated sales of around €59 billion. The company operates more than 2,000 stores in 30 countries and has a headcount of around 230,000 employees. Founded METRO AG: 1996; METRO Cash & Carry: 1964 The performance of METRO GROUP is based on the strength of its sales brands that operate independently in their respective market segments: METRO/MAKRO Cash & Carry - the No of Employees Around 230,000 international leader in self-service wholesale - Media Markt and Saturn - the European market Active TargetMarkets 30 countries in Europe and Asia leader in consumer electronics retailing and Real hypermarkets. Target segment Wholesale and Retail METRO GROUP successfully concludes sale of Galeria Kaufhof (Sept. 30), METRO GROUP acquires leading Asian food service distribution player Classic Fine Foods (August 6), Franz Markus Recent milestones Haniel proposes Jürgen Bernard Steinemann as successor for the Supervisory Board chair (August 4), METRO Cash & Carry gives country divisions more entrepreneurial freedom (May 7), Pieter Boone becomes new CEO of METRO Cash & Carry (May 5) Key Financials Sales (FY 2013/14): €63.035 bn, (Revenues, EBITDA) EBIT before special items (FY 2013/14): €1.727 bn Publicly listed company; major shareholders are the shareholder Ownershipstructure groups Haniel with 24.996% of the voting rights, Schmidt- Ruthenbeck with 15.772% and Beisheim with 9.100% of the voting rights. The remaining 50.132% are held in free float. Website metrogroup.de 55
Classifieds GONZALO DEL POZO| MITULA Co-Founder & CEO SPEAKER BIO Gonzalo del Pozo was appointed CEO of the Mitula Group in April 2015. Prior to this, Gonzalo was the co-founder and CEO of Mitula Classifieds S.L. and also a member in its advisory Board. Gonzalo is the co-founder and former CEO of Ediciones Globaliza S.L., a leading property portal operating in Spain established in 1998. Gonzalo is a Director and major shareholder in Inception Capital S.L., an investment fund with over 10 investments in internet companies. Gonzalo holds a Bachelor of Science with a major in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Suffolk University. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW The Mitula Group is a leading ‘vertical search’ website operator, with a current portfolio of Headquarters Madrid, Spain more than 140 websites in 50+ countries and in 15 languages. Following the acquisition of Office Locations Madrid, London, Melbourne, Bangalore, Lokku Limited in May 2015, the Mitula Group operates its websites under two main brands, Makati City, Singapore ‘Mitula’ and ‘Nestoria’. Founded 2008 The Mitula Group’s vertical search functionality gives its website users the ability to search Active Markets Worldwide across listings from multiple segments, being real estate, automotive, employment, and, in Business Overview Leading ‘vertical search’ website operator some countries, holiday rentals, and obtain search results from multiple advertisers with one search query. With access to the search results of multiple advertisers, users are offered a KPI#1 50m visits more convenient and efficient search experience than performing a search on a single KPI#2 255maggregated classifieds listings advertiser’s website. In September 2015, the Mitula Group’s websites received more than 50 million visits and featured 255 million aggregated classifieds listings from over 13,000 Website mitulagroup.com advertisers. 56
Ecommerce & Retail JOHN KRIEF| MY-STORE.CH CEO SPEAKER BIO JohnKried is CEO of my-store.ch, Swiss online outlet shop website KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW www.my-store.ch is a Swiss private sales website belonging to the company My-Store SA. Headquarters Geneva, Switzerland Office Locations Geneva Webstie offers private sales of major brand names at highly discounted prices (up to 80% off the retail price). Founded 2009 Active Markets Europe These sales are for a limited time only (2 to 7 days for each sale). They offer an exclusive variety of products in the following domains: fashion items, accessories, shoes, perfumes, Business Overview Private sales website watches, home decoration, design, items for children, travels, fine dining, etc. Website my-store.ch 58
Ecommerce & Retail ROBERT SUENDERHAUF| NU3 Founder & CEO SPEAKER BIO Dr. Robert Sünderhauf is the Founder and CEO of nu3. Prior to that, he has been an EngagementManageratMcKinsey&Co. Hegraduatedfrom EDHECBusinessSchool. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters Berlin, Germany nu3 GmbH owns and operates nu3.de, nu3.ch, nu3.at, nu3.fr, nu3.se, nu3.no, nu3.dk, nu3.fi, nu3. Com, Natue.com.br, a Group of websites that offer Functional Food for slimming, pure Office Locations Berlin, Sao Paulo nature and sports, nutritional advice over the phone; and a blog with technical advice and tips. Founded 2011 The company offers products of other brands and its own Range of branded products. The companywasfoundedin2011andisbasedinBerlin,GermanyandSaoPaulo,Brazil. No of Employees 230 Active Markets Worldwide KeyInvestors Black River Ventures, Project A Ventures, Lakestar Website nu3.com 63
Ecommerce & Retail JULIA BÖSCH| OUTFITTERY Co-Founder SPEAKER BIO Julia Bösch is a Founder & Managing Director of Outfittery. She has graduated from Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich as well as from Technical University of Munich. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters Berlin, Germany OUTFITTERY offers stress-free shopping Fashion for men. With us you get your personal style expert who selects from now you according to your preferences, the most beautiful Office Locations Europe pieces for your wardrobe and comfortable leisure sends home. Our service is free and we also Founded 2012 assume the shipping costs. You only pay for the pieces that you like and want to keep. OUTFITTERY is the leading European Curated Shopping Service and is shipping to 8 No of Employees 150 countries. Business Overview Personal shopping services for men Recent Milestones $20mSeriec C funding in March 2015 KeyInvestors Holtzbrinck Ventures, Mangrove Capital Partners, Highland Capital Partners Europe Website outfittery.de 65
Ecommerce & Retail OLIVER SAMWER | ROCKET INTERNET Co-Founder SPEAKER BIO Oliver Samwer was born in Cologne, Germany, in 1972. He holds a degree in business administration from WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management. Upon graduation, Oliver founded Alando.de in 1999. After the sale of Alando.de to eBay Inc., he was Managing Director of eBay, responsible for Germany, Switzerland and Austria. In 2000, Oliver and his two brothers founded Jamba! AG, which was acquired by Verisign. In 2007, he founded Rocket Internet. Since 2014, Oliver has served as Rocket’s CEO. He is responsible for strategy development and implementation, business development and investor relations. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters Berlin, Germany Rocket Internet is an internet platform that identifies and builds proven internet business models and transfers them to new, underserved or untapped markets where it seeks to scale Founded 2007 theminto market leading online companies. 30k+ employees across its network of The platform is focused on proven online business models that satisfy basic consumer needs No of Employees companies across three sectors: e-commerce, marketplaces, and financial technology. It has more than 20,000 employees across its network of companies which operate in more than 100 countries Active Markets 110 countries onfive continents. Business Overview Platform that builds internet businesses Recent Milestones Went public in Oct 2014 Keyportfolio Delivery Hero, Foodpanda, Helpling companies Market €6.9bn Capitalization Ownership Public Website rocket-internet.com 73
Ecommerce & Retail ADAM NEUMANN| WEWORK Co-Founder & CEO SPEAKER BIO AdamNeumannisCo-FounderandCEOofWeWork.Asanentrepreneurinindustries ranging from apparel to real estate, Adam has been creating companies in New York City for nearly 10 years. Previously, Adam was Co-Founder of the co-working space Green Desk. Adam also Co-Founded and ran Big Tent Inc. Adam advises and invests in many start-up ventures and is committedto the growth of small business in New York City and beyond. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters New York, NY, USA WeWork is an American company which provides shared workspace, community, and New York City, Brooklyn, London, Los services for entrepreneurs, freelancers, startups and small businesses. Founded in 2010, it is Office Locations Angeles, Austin, Amsterdam, Chicago, Miami headquartered in New York City. As of March 2015, WeWork had 29 coworking locations in 10 cities around the world with plans to expand to 60 locations by fall 2015. Founded 2010 WeWork designs and builds physical and virtual communities in which entrepreneurs share Active Markets US, Europe space and office services and have the opportunity to work together. The company’s 20,000- somemembershaveaccessto health insurance, an internal social network, social events and No of Employees 250 workshops, and an annualsummerretreat. Business overview Space, community and services for business Website wework.com 91
Ecommerce & Retail CHRISTIAN DEILMANN | TADO Co-Founder & CEO SPEAKER BIO Christian co-founded tado° in 2011 together with Johannes and Valentin. Previously he worked with the venture capital firm Target Partners, co-founded the mobile telecommunication company BellPepper, and worked with the consulting firm A.T. Kearney. Christian holds a M.Sc. in mechanical engineering from MIT (Cambridge, MA) as well as a Dipl.-Ing. in engineering & management from Technical University of Munich. At tado° Christian is in charge of product, production, financing, sales, and partnerships. His passion is cutting edge energy technology and its application in successful products. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters Munich, Germany tado° is The Heating App for private homes and small businesses. It adjusts to the residents' behavior in real time and also takes current weather forecasts and building characteristics into Founded 2011 account. tado° GmbH is a Munich based Tech Startup bringing Internet of Things into the Active Markets Europe Cleantech Market. It was founded by Christian Deilmann, Johannes Schwarz, Valentin Sawadski and Leopold von Bismarck in 2011. A team of qualified young professionals has Business Overview Smart thermostat beenworking on the developmentof tado° for approximately two years in Munich. Launch of second product - tado° Cooling in Recent Milestones June 2014. In September, launched a new service for all tado° customers – tado° Care KPI#1 Raised $16.2m Key Investors Shortcut Ventures, Target Partners Website tado.com 83
Ecommerce Services JOCHENKRISCH| ENUYGUN Editor SPEAKER BIO Jochen Krisch is a web analyst and strategy consultant with the retail and media industry. He founded Exciting Commerce in 2001 to explore new business models in the online retail industry. Among his clients are some of the largest and most successfull online retailers and some of the most innovative startups. Until 2001 Jochen was VP Planning & Analysis at Germany's first shopping channel HSE24. Jochen holds a degree in Computer Science and resides in Munich, Germany. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters Germany Analyzing, exploring and creating the exciting future of ecommerce Office Locations Germany Exciting Commerce is dedicated to business innovation in e-commerce. We (dis)cover new Founded 2001 business models and exciting new e-commerce companies. Active Markets Europe Business Overview Business intelligence platform for ecommerce Website excitingcommerce.de 27
Ecommerce Services DAN WAGNER| POWA TECHNOLOGIES CEO SPEAKER BIO Daniel Maurice Wagner is a British Internet entrepreneur. He is best known for being one of the youngest CEOs of a public company, Dialog (originally known as MAID), and for presiding over its share price collapse during the dot-com crash and ultimate sale to Thomson Reuters (originally The Thomson Corporation). In 2007 he founded Powa Technologies, an e- commerce business with additional services for in-store and mobile point of sale and software for mobile payments called PowaTag and PowaPOS, formerly known as mPowa. Wagner introduced PowaTag in 2014, after receiving more than $100 million in funding. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters London, UK Powa is an international commerce specialist that creates technologies to seamlessly London, New York, Atlanta, Paris, Madrid, integrate the physical and digital world. PowaTag transforms consumer shopping behaviour by Hong Kong, Toronto, Amsterdam, Hamburg, eliminating the wait between impulse and purchase online or offline. PowaWeb is a SaaS Office Locations San Diego, Miami, Milan, Stockholm, cloud-based commerce platform that is flexible enough to always evolve with the market. Singapore, Beijing PowaPOS is a hardware and software platform that customises the payment experience in Founded 2007 store and on the move. No of Employees 500 Active Markets Worldwide Business Overview International commerce specialist KeyInvestors Wellington Management Website powa.com 69
Classifieds AGUSTIN GOMEZ| WALLAPOP Co-Founder & CEO SPEAKER BIO Agustin Gomez Is A Co-Founder & CEO at Wallapop. Previously with iSOCO, the Boston Consulting Group, and Accenture, Gomez attended the respected ESADE Business School. Together with the Wallapop team, he is developing a disruptive new kind of mobile P2P marketplace. He firmly believes that they have a great chance to disrupt the second hand P2P sector. He was previously Innovation & technology director with iSOCO. Prior to that he was a Business Consultant with the Boston Consulting Group and with Accenture on the Strategic andITConsultingTeam. He has also been an Engineer with VisioWave in Switzerland. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters Barcelona, Spain Wallapopis a hyper-local mobile marketplace for buying and selling secondhand goods. Office Locations Europe, USA Founded 2013 Active Markets Europe, USA Business overview Hyper-local mobile marketplace KeyInvestors Eight Roads Ventures Website wallapop.com 90
Classifieds STEFAN HAUBOLD| CARMUDI Co-Founder and Global Managing Director SPEAKER BIO Stefan Haubold is the co-founder and global managing director of Carmudi, the world’s fastest growing car classifieds. Prior to this venture, Stefan started his professional career at Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, a leading consulting firm, and founded an e-commerce company that he grew to €15m in revenue. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters Berlin, Germany Carmudi is an online car classifieds that allows you to sell or buy your car, motorcycle or Office Locations 20 Countries in Asia, Africa, Middle East and commercial vehicle in the fastest possible way. You can search, compare, and purchase over Latin America 300,000 vehicles on your phone, making car shopping as easy as ever. In just under a year Founded 2013 and a half, Carmudi has rapidly scaled to 20 countries across Asia, Africa, Middle East, and Latin America. No of Employees 420 Active Markets 20 Business Overview World’s Fastest Growing Car Classifieds Launched an iOS app, secured a $25 million Recent Milestones round of funding, set a record of over 400k downloads and expanded into 20 countries KPI #1 5m monthly visitors KPI #2 65% of traffic via mobile KPI #3 10k Car Dealers KeyFinancials $35m of funding Asia Pacific Internet Group (a joint venture Key Investors between Rocket Internet and Ooredoo), Holtzbrinck Ventures, Tengelmann Ventures Website carmudi.com 16
Classifieds ALESSANDRO COPPO| EBAY CLASSIFIEDS GROUP General Manager SPEAKER BIO As Vice President and General Manager, Alessandro is responsible for the world-leading classifieds portfolio available in more than 1000 cities around the globe. In his previous role he was responsible for Marktplaats, the largest Dutch ecommerce and horizontal classifieds site, and DBA and BilBasen, the top horizontal classifieds and autos sites in Denmark. Alessandro joined eBay Italy in 2004 as head of category management Alessandro holds a bachelors degree in Economics and Business Administration from the University of Turin and a masters in Economics from Oxford. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters Amsterdam, Netherlands eBay Classifieds Group is an innovative leader in online classifieds, with twelve brands that spantheGlobe. Office Locations Worldwide Founded 2004 Our sites help people find whatever they’re looking for in their local communities – whether it’s a job, an apartment, a sofa, a car, a concert ticket, financial services or new friends. Every No of Employees 1,000 connection made or item found makes a difference by creating a world where people share moreandwasteless. Active Markets Worldwide Business Overview The World Leader in Online Classifieds People who want to connect and trade visit our sites because they’re fun, easy to use and built on trust. Twelve unique brands – 2dehands.be/2ememain.be, alaMaula, BilBasen, Close5, KPI #1 990m monthly visits DBA, eBay Classifieds (eBay Classifieds and eBay Kleinanzeigen), Gumtree, Kijiji, LoQUo, Marktplaats.nl, mobile.de, and Vivanuncios – offer online classifieds in more than 1,000 cities Ownership Structure Owned by eBay around the world. Website ebayclassifiedsgroup.com 25
Classifieds SILVIO PAGLIANI | IMMOBILIARE.IT Co-Founder SPEAKER BIO Silvio Pagliani is a co-founder of Immobiliare.it. He has previously worked as a Marketing Director at eBay as well as eBusiness Strategy & Project Manager in Fiat Auto. Prior to that, hewasaProcess&StrategyAnalystinAccenture. Silvio is an Engineering gradute from Politecnico di Milano and holds MBA title from Università di Bologna KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters Rome, Italy Gruppo Immobiliare.it is the largest network of property portal websites in Italy with an Office Locations Rome audience of over 5 million visitors per month and more than 600.000 online ads. The network of sites includes: Immobiliare.it , the leading property portal in Italy. eureKasa.it , specialized Founded 2005 on "for sale by owner" ImmobiliCommerciali.it , leading site in commercial properties Active Markets Italy NuoveCostruzioni.it , leading site in new homes Affitti.it , specialist site for renting House24ore.it , a specialist site for luxury homes, in partnership with the leading financial Business Overview Network of property portal websites in Italy newspaperIlSole24ORE KPI #1 5mmonthlyvisitors KPI #2 600k online ads Website immobiliare.it 38
Classifieds KIAN MOINI | LAMUDI Co-Founder & Managing Director SPEAKER BIO Kian Moini (28) is the co-founder of Lamudi, an online real estate platform in the emerging markets. Within the past two years, the company has expanded to 34 countries across Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America. Kian splits his time between Lamudi’s head office in Berlin and the local markets in Asia and Latin America, where he focuses on developing the business, working with the teams on the ground and continuously adapting product market fit per country. Kian holds a Masters in global entrepreneurship from the joint program of EM Lyon, Babson College and Zhejiang University. Prior to building Lamudi, he worked as a consultant at McKinsey & Company in Germany. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters Berlin, Germany Launched in 2013, Lamudi is a global property portal focusing exclusively on emerging 34 countries in Asia, Africa, the Middle East markets. The fast-growing platform is currently available in 34 countries in Asia, the Middle Office Locations and Latin America East, Africa and Latin America, with more than 800,000 real estate listings across its global Founded 2013 network. The leading real estate marketplace offers sellers, buyers, landlords and renters a secure and easy-to-use platform to find or list properties online. No of Employees 600 Active Markets 34 Business Overview Real estate advertising platform and property portal Latin America and Asia operations received EUR 21 million in investment to date, including EUR 16 million in February 2015; launched in Recent Milestones 34th country (the UAE) in August 2015; acquired competitor MyProperty.ph in the Philippines in May 2015; acquired competitor Propertykita.com in Indonesia in June 2015 KPI #1 More than 800k active property listings KPI #2 More than 5m monthly visits Key Investors Rocket Internet Website lamudi.com 48
Classifieds ROLVERIK RYSSDAL| SCHIBSTED MEDIA GROUP CEO SPEAKER BIO Rolv Erik Ryssdal joined the Schibsted Group in 1991 and has held several management positions including CEO of Aftonbladet (1999-2005), CEO of VG (2005-2008) and CEO of Schibsted Classified Media, the holding company for international online classifieds operations (2008-2009). Rolv Erik Ryssdal holds an MA in Business and Economics from the BI Norwegian School of Management and an MBA in Business and Administration from INSEAD, France. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters Oslo, Norway Schibsted is an international media group with approximately 7,800 employees. Schibsted has operations in 29 countries. Schibsted’s strategy comprises two main objectives: further Office Locations Worldwide developmentof media houses and establishment of online classifieds services. Founded 1839 Strong media houses represent the core of Schibsted’s activities, and its corporate growth strategy is based on close collaboration between different media channels. Schibsted’s 7No of Employees 7,800 objective is to develop its business activities so that it can offer its users a wide range of services, irrespective of which channels they choose to use. The diversity of Schibsted’s Active Markets Worldwide product range is closely aligned with its strong tradition of editorial freedom and ability to adapt Blommenholmindustrier (26.1%), numer of to a media market that is constantly undergoing rapid change. Ownership financial companies Website schibsted.com 75
Classifieds GREG ELLIS| SCOUT24 CEO SPEAKER BIO Gregory Ellis is responsible for all commercial operations of Scout24. Gregory has more than 20 years of international business experience within the digital media industry. He joined from REA Group where he was Managing Director and CEO for more than five years. In his years at REA, Ellis and his team achieved outstanding growth rates and a share price increase of more than 350% over the course of 5 years. Prior to joining REA Group he was Marketing Director for Online Services at Microsoft Asia. Previous roles included MD for Truvo BV, as well as MD and Manager positions for Telstra Corporation. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters Munich, Germany Scout24 provides user orientation and support by making information of relevance to their specific situation accessible to them when they have to reach decisions on the place to live, Office Locations Europe mobility, partnership or finance. Scout24 bundles offers in its marketplaces, provides a clearer Founded 1998 overview and in doing so creates market transparency and comparability. These services are seamlessly integrated in everyday life and available anywhere and at any time: from the No of Employees 1,200 AutoScout24 YouTube channel to the ImmobilienScout24 iPhone app – Scout24 is there where its users are. As a reliable partner Scout24 safely and autonomously guides its users to Active Markets Europe the best result. Business Overview Digital marketplaces and lead generation Website scout24.com 76
MARCO RODZYNEK | NOAH ADVISORS Founder & CEO SPEAKER BIO In 2009, Marco Rodzynek founded NOAH Advisors, a Pan-European Internet-focused corporate finance boutique. Marco has over 16 years of investment banking experience covering the Internet and media space, having started his career at Lehman Brothers where he was the Head of European Internet Investment Banking. Since early 1998, he has been involved in 50 announced M&A deals with a total transaction value of over $100 billion and worked on 10 capital market transactions which raised $16 billion KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters Pan-European NOAHAdvisors is a leading corporate finance boutique focused on sizable European Internet companies. The NOAH team advises on secondary sell-side transactions, as well as selected Founded 2009 buy-side mandates and private debt and equity capital raisings for mature Internet companies. No of Employees 14 Since its foundation in 2009, NOAH has completed 22 transactions. In 2014, NOAH Advisors most notably closed the $800m sale of Fotolia to Adobe, the sale of Facile.it to Oakley Capital, Active Markets Europe the $230msaleof Yad2 to Axel Springer and the €80m sale of Trovit to Next Co. Business Overview Internet-focused corporate finance boutique Recent Milestones $800m sale of Fotolia to Adobe in Dec 2014 KPI#1 22 completed transactions Ownership Private Website noah-advisors.com 59
Marketplaces NICOLAS BRUSSON | BLABLACAR Co-Founder & COO SPEAKER BIO Nicolas is co-founder & COO of BlaBlaCar. He leads the company’s international growth and operations. Naturally pragmatic, he uses fast iteration to uncover high-growth opportunities. Nicolas is a strong advocate of local teams and acqui-hire, a strategy he implemented to expand BlaBlaCar’s footprint to a global scale. Nicolas holds an MBA from INSEAD, an MSc in Optics from the Ecole Superieure d’Optique and an MSc in Applied Physics from Paris XI University. He’s a regular speaker on the theme of transport industry disruption and scaling innovative businesses KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters Paris, France BlaBlaCar is a trusted community marketplace that connects drivers with empty seats to Madrid, Milan, London, Hamburg, Warsaw, passengers looking for a ride. Over 1 million people use BlaBlaCar every month creating an Office Locations Moscow, Istanbul entirely new, people powered, transport network. With a dedicated customer service, a state of the art web and mobile platform, and a fast-growing community of users, BlaBlaCar is making Founded 2006 travel social, money saving and more efficient for millions of members around the world. No of Employees 160 Active Markets Europe Business Overview Marketplace KPI#1 1mmonthly users KPI #2 3bn miles shared KPI #3 2m trips available at any given time Key Investors Index Ventures, Accel Partners Website blablacar.com 11
Marketplaces TIM STRACKE| CHRONO24.COM Co-CEO SPEAKER BIO Prior to Chrono24.com, Tim Stracke founded mentasys, which became Germany’s leading online price comparison service provider and briefly served as a consultant for the Boston Consulting Group in Buenos Aires. In 1999, he founded his first VC-financed company - a marketplace for gifts - at the age of 25. Since Tim’s exit from mentasys in 2008, he has taken stakes in 9 Internet companies in Europe and China. Tim holds a master degree in business engineering from the University of Karlsruhe and an MBA from Golden Gate University in San Francisco. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters Karlsruhe, Germany Chrono24.com was founded in 2003 and is the worldwide leading internet marketplace for the exclusive specialized luxury watch trade sector. More than 1500 professional retailers, as well Office Locations Karlsruhe as numerous private clients, utilize the platform to transact successful sales of a wide Founded 2003 selection of high-end luxury watches. Customers have access to more than 180,000 new and previously-owned timepieces, from the traditional Omega costing a few hundred Euro, to the No of Employees 50 exclusive Patek Philippe collectible in excess of a million Euro. With more than 8 million visits per month, Chrono24.com has demonstrated continual profitability and growth since Active Markets Worldwide establishment. Business Overview Internet marketplace for luxury watches KPI #1 8mvisits per month Key Investors Insight Venture Partners Website chrono24.com 17
Marketplaces CLAUDIA HELMING | DAWANDA Founder & CEO SPEAKER BIO Claudia Helming is a Founder & CEO of Dawanda. Previously, Claudia has worked in Passado as a Director of Business Development as well as held a position of Head of Operations in Lastminute.com KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters Berlin, Germany DaWanda is the online marketplace for unique and handmade products. Going against the grain of industrialised mass production, DaWanda provides a meeting point for people who Office Locations Berlin, Madrid, Strasbourg, Warsaw know how to appreciate the special qualities of unique and handmade items, and are Founded 2006 interested in buying fashion, jewellery and home items. At www.dawanda.com, around 220,000 designers offer over 3.5 million products for sale, with ca. 10,000 new products added No of Employees 200 daily. DaWanda was founded by Claudia Helming and Michael Puetz in December 2006, and today has over 3 million members. The company is based in Berlin. In studies undertaken by Active Markets Europe the German language Startup-Monitor of ethority GmbH & Co.KG, DaWanda was elected Business Overview Online marketplace for handmade products several times as the favourite startup of internet users. Recent Milestones Undisclosed amount of funding in January 2015 KPI #1 3m members KPI #2 10k daily new products KPI #2 3.5m products for sale Key Investors Point Nine Capital, Piton Capital, Holtzbrinck Ventures Website dawanda.com 20
Marketplaces WILLIAM SHU| DELIVEROO Co-Founder & CEO SPEAKER BIO William Shu is the CEO and Co-Founder of Deliveroo. Previously, he has worked in investment banking at Morgan Stanley as well as ESO Capital and SAC Capital. In 2012 William has graduated from Wharton Business School Master of Business Administration program. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters London, UK Deliveroo is a technology company focused on marketing, selling and delivering restaurant mealstothehouseholdoroffice. Office Locations London Founded 2012 Deliveroo’s technology platform optimizes food ordering and delivery by integrating web and mobile consumers with restaurant tablet-based point-of-sale order management terminals and No of Employees 250 our logistics optimization algorithm via our delivery driver smartphone software. Active Markets Europe Business Overview Delivery platform forrestaurant meals Recent Milestones $70m Series C funding in July 2015 Key Investors Accel Partners, Hoxton Ventures, Index Ventures Website deliveroo.co.uk 22
Marketplaces MAURO GIACOBBE| FACILE.IT CEO SPEAKER BIO Mauro Giacobbe joined Facile.it in 2009. Since January 2014, Mauro is the Chief Executive Officer of Facile.it, the leading insurance aggregator in Italy. Before joining Facile.it, Mauro worked at The Boston Consulting Group in the Financial and Media Practices. Mauro holds an MBAfromSDABocconi. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters Milan, Italy Facile.it is the leading insurance aggregator in Italy. Facile.it also compares mortgages, loans, Office Locations Milan broadband,utilities, with a #1 or #2 position in each vertical covered. Facile.it is a customer acquisition channel for providers and offers Italian households a way to Founded 2008 save time and money. No of Employees +400 Since beginning TV advertising in 2011, Facile.it has become a household brand that helps Active Markets Italy customersto save moneyon householdexpenses. Business Overview Italy's largest insurance aggregator Recent Milestones Purchase of Mutui.it (March 2015) €34mrefinancing (May 2015) KPI #1 Monthly contracts: 80k- 90k contracts sold/month (including renewals) KPI #2 Database: 6m users KPI #3 Brand awareness: 80% prompted Key Investors Oakley Capital (majority shareholder), Real Web KeyFinancials €34mrevenues, €8m EBITDA (2014) Website facile.it 28
Marketplaces RUNE SOVNDAHL| FANDUEL Co-Founder & CEO SPEAKER BIO Rune Sovndahl is a Danish-born entrepreneur with over 15 years' experience in the the IT, dot-com and telecommunications industries. He is the founder of Briing.com, Polish portal Gadatka.com and Victor Connect Ltd. He is currently the co-owner and CEO of international SEOagencyFirstOnlineSolutionsaswell as Co-Founderand CEO of FantasticServices KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters London, UK Fantastic Services started life as a small London-based carpet cleaning company in 2009. The Office Locations Europe, North America, Australia company saw an opportunity for expansion into other disciplines as the domestic services market grew. Initially, Fantastic focused on specialised cleaning jobs, which included seasonal Founded 2009 cleaning, end of tenancy, oven and upholstery cleaning. No of Employees 250 Currently, the company already operates across three continents – Europe, North America and Australia, although its main focus remains on London and the South East. In order to Active Markets Worldwide preserve its healthy growth rate, Fantastic Services has chosen the franchise business model, restructuring the work process to make it simplistic and enjoyable for customers and Business Overview Multiple property services website franchisees alike. Website fantasticservices.com This self-sustaining and durable business standard is the foundation on which Fantastic Services is built. It allows the company to deliver the same high level of service with every booking. With the value of the London domestic services market currently estimated at £12bn, Fantastic Services has ambitious plans to further lead and expand into 4 new markets and 5 moresectors,with its goal being to become the “Amazon of services”. 29
Marketplaces NAVIDHADZAAD| GOBUTLER Founder & CEO SPEAKER BIO Navid is the Founder & CEO of GoButler, an automated digital assistant service. Prior to founding GoButler, Navid worked for Rocket Internet where he served as a Co-Founder & Managing Director of ZipJet, an urban pickup & delivery service for laundry in London and Berlin. Previously, Navid built-up Helpling as the Global CMO across 12 countries. Prior to Rocket Internet, he worked as an Investment Manager at the Volaris Group, an operating group of Constellation Software, one of the world's largest software companies. While at Volaris Group, he was responsible for managing all existing and new investments in Europe. Navid started- off his professional career at The Boston Consulting Group and holds a B.B.A (Hons) from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters NewYork, NY, USA Founded in February 2015, GoButler is an automated digital personal assistant that uses Office Locations New York, Berlin HumanAssisted Artificial Intelligence (HAAI) to fulfill requests 24/7, 365 days a year. GoButler takes the time and inconvenience out of everyday tasks, fulfilling on-demand requests, from Founded 2015 food delivery and travel bookings to restaurant reservations and more. GoButler searches the No of Employees 120 web, compares prices, reads reviews and orders, using the best services at the most reasonable costs. The service saves users valuable time, getting them the things they need, Active Markets USA, Canada, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, when they want them, all conveniently via text message. To start, simply text GO to 25400. UK GoButler is currently available nationwide in the USA, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, Business Overview Virtual assistant provider Austria and Switzerland. Recent Milestones $8mseries A funding in July 2015 KPI #1 +250k users KPI #2 +1mrequests served KPI #3 Growing >50% monthly General Catalyst Partners, Lakestar, Global Key Investors Founders Capital, Slow Ventures, BoxGroup, Sound Ventures and Cherry Ventures Website gobutler.com 32
Marketplaces PHILIP HUFFMANN | HELPLING Co-Founder SPEAKER BIO Philip Huffman, age 31, is the CoFounder of Helpling. He is responsible for product, IT and operations management. He grew up in Cologne and has lived for several years in Madrid and Sao Paulo. Ever since Philip was a teenager, he knew that he wanted to become an entrepreneur one day. Witnessing the evolution of the New Economy, he was inspired by the strong development of the Ecommerce and the tech industry. Most recently, he was interim Head of Product at StyleHaul, which is the leading YouTube network for fashion and lifestyle. In early 2010, Philip and Benedikt, the second Co-Founder of Helpling, both founded the Latin American Media Group. He previously supported various startup founders as an angel investor and worked as Head of Sales at Gimigames. Before Philip started his career, he gained his first work experience during two six month internships in entrepreneurial companies. Philip holds a double degree in European Business, where he studied in Munster and Madrid. He speaks fluent German, English and Spanish. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters Berlin, Germany Helpling is the leading online platform for on-demand home services outside the U.S. On the Office Locations Paris, Amsterdam, London website or via app, customers can book a vetted and insured cleaner and gain back free time within a couple of clicks. For cleaners, the innovative online service makes it easier than ever Founded 2014 to access new clients and to manage when and where they want to work. No of Employees Around 300 for Helpling, plus 50 for Hassle.com Active Markets France, Netherlands, Germany, UK Helpling was founded by Benedikt Franke, Philip Huffmann and Rocket Internet in January 2014. Since then the company has raised 56.5 million Euros from investors such as Mangrove Business Overview Online marketplace for household services Capital Partners, Phenomen Ventures, Point Nine Capital, Lukasz Gadowski, Lakestar and Acquisition of Hassle.com Kite Ventures. Recent Milestones Launch of cleaner app in Germany Series B Funding KPI #1 More than 150k households served KPI #2 More than 10k cleaners receive cleaning jobs through the platform Lakestar, Kite Ventures, Mangrove Capital Key Investors Partners, Lukasz Gadowski, Rocket Internet, PhenomenVentures, Point Nine Capital Selected Unilever, PayPal, UBER, Vildea, VISA Clients/Partners Website helpling.de 34
Marketplaces MARIO KOHLE| KÄUFERPORTAL CEO SPEAKER BIO Mario Kohle is one of the co-founders and CEO of Käuferportal, German B2B Lead Generation platform. HeisWHU–OttoBeisheimSchoolofManagementandESSECBusinessSchoolgraduate. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters Berlin, Germany Kaeuferportal is a B2B Lead Generation platform targeting the German market for SMEs. Office Locations Berlin, London Kaeuferportal facilitates business purchasing of products and services for SMEs, which do not Founded 2008 belong to the main area of expertise of the respective enterprise. The buyer obtains 3 offers from independent local suppliers. This allows for a qualified purchasing decision, saving time No of Employees 300 andmoney.This service is provided free of charge. Active Markets Europe Leveraging the reach of the internet, procurement requests are aggregated. Suppliers pay per Business Overview B2B lead generation platform lead with no fixed costs involved. KPglobal brand launch and expansion to other Recent Milestones European countries - UK, France, Belgium, Austria and Switzerland KeyFinancials Revenues €21m in 2014 EBITDA €0.8m in 2014 Website kaeuferportal.de 42
Marketplaces FABIAN SIEGEL | MARLEY SPOON Co-Founder & CEO SPEAKER BIO Fabian Siegel built European payment service ClickandBuy (sold to Deutsche Telekom) where he served as CTO for 7 years, founded personal finance startup Strateer, ran operations at browser technology company kikin.com, was Co-CEO at Delivery Hero, a global leader in online food ordering, from 2010 to 2013 before becoming a partner at Global Founders Capital. In May 2014, Fabian Siegel founded Marley Spoon, bringing delightful, market-fresh andeasycookingbacktothepeople. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters Berlin, Germany Marley Spoon is bringing delightful, market fresh and easy cooking back to the people. Our Office Locations Berlin, New York, Sydney chefs create inspiring and mouthwatering recipes every week. You select what you would like to cook and we deliver the recipes and all the ingredients you need. We use technology to re- No of Employees 150 invent the food supply chain while reducing unethical food waste and directly connecting Founded 2014 consumers with quality producers. In order to achieve this, we are solving challenging problemsin taste profiling, behavior prediction and real-time logistics. Active Markets Germany, Netherlands, UK, Austria, Australia, USA But in the end it's simple: We started Marley Spoon because we love cooking and we love Business Overview Ingredients and recipes delivery eating. Key Investors Global Founders Capital, Lakestar Marley Spoon is currently serving customers in Europe, Australia and the USA. Website marleyspoon.com 52
Marketplaces HERVEHATT| MEILLEURTAUX.COM CEO SPEAKER BIO Hervé Hatt has been Chief Executive Officer of Meilleurtaux since June 2011. He organised a major turnaround 2011-2012; buyout by Equistone & management team in 2013; and accelerated growth since then. Prior to that, Hervé was CEO of AXA Bank Europe, headquartered in Brussels; CEOofAXABanqueFrance,basedinParis;and head of AXA Group’s Strategic Planning. Before AXA,Hervéwasaseniorconsultantat McKinsey&Companyin LondonandParis.Hervéholds an MBAfromStanfordUniversity and aMaster degreefrom HECin Paris. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters Paris, France Meilleurtaux.com, created in 1999, is the leading web + mobile-focused comparison site, Office Locations Paris; Le Havre; 223 franchise branches in broker and independent financial advisor for retail lending and related personal financial France services in France. Products include mortgage and consumer loans; debt consolidation; Founded 1999 mortgage, homeowner and car insurance, as well as bank account fee comparisons. A unique combination of information, comparison, and brokerage services is provided to visitors and No of Employees 150 in Paris & Le Havre, 764 in franchise clients. branches Active Markets Europe Beyond web andmobile visits, applications and quotes, brokerage services are provided by 80 Business Overview comparison site, broker & financial advisor telephone financial advisors and 223 franchised branches throughout France. Meilleurtaux.com has signed partnership agreements with over 110 banks and crowdfunders, KPI #1 (Avg.2015) 2m visitors on website per month with 90% free as well as 12 major insurance companies. traffic KPI #2 (Est. 2015) Credit production 7b€ KPI #3 (Est. 2015) Consolidated Revenues well over 100m€ ; +50% growth over 2014 Website www.meilleurtaux.com 54
Marketplaces PETER PLUMB | MONEYSUPERMARKET CEO SPEAKER BIO Peter was appointed to the Board in January 2009 and became Chief Executive Officer in February 2009. Prior to joining the Group, Peter was the UK managing director of dunnhumby Limited between 2006 and 2008. Before that, he was general manager of Europe Disney Consumer Products, international director of Dyson Appliances Limited and held senior commercialroles at PepsiCo International.Peter has an MBA from IMD in Switzerland. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Moneysupermarket.com Group is a British price comparison website-based business Headquarters London, UK specialising in financial services. The website enables consumers to compare prices on a Office Locations Worldwide range of products, including mortgages, credit cards and loans. It is listed on the London Stock Exchangeandisaconstituentofthe FTSE 250Index. Founded 1999 The Company derives its revenues from three main sources: money vertical, insurance No of Employees 500 vertical, travel vertical. Active Markets Worldwide Business Overview Comparison site for financial products Key Financials Revenues $377m (2014) Website moneysupermarket.com 57
Marketplaces LAWRENCE LEUSCHNER| REBUY Co-Founder & CEO SPEAKER BIO Lawrence Leuschneris a co-founder and CEO of rebuy.de. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters Berlin, Germany With one million registered users, more than eight million different products sold reBuy.de is the easy-to-use online reCommerce retailer in Germany. It all started with an idea of two Office Locations Berlin students and increased into a million dollar vision. The first storage consisted of a simple billy Founded 2009 shelf from ikea, filled with a couple of video games. Within the years, the shelf turned into a 10.000qm² large logistics center in Berlin where customers can choose from over one million No of Employees 400 articles in 10 categories. Today reBuy.de is one of the leading players in European reCommerce industry with 400 employees in its Berlin headquarters and grew up into a Active Markets Germany powerful business. Recent Milestones Online trading systems for used electronics Website rebuy.de 72
Marketplaces JON URIARTE | TICKETBIS CEO SPEAKER BIO Jon Uriarte has a Bachelor in Business Administration and a Masters degree in Financial Management from La Comercial (Deusto Business School). He worked for seven years at leading investment banks, such as Morgan Stanley and Merrill Lynch in London, specializing in mergers and acquisitions, LBOs and private banking. In 2009 he foudned Ticketbis together with Ander Michelena. He is currently CEO and founder of Ticketbis. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters Madrid and Bilbao, Spain Ticketbis is an online platform where users can buy and sell tickets to events. Founded in Spain in 2009 by two young entrepreneurs, Ander Michelena and Jon Uriarte, the company Office Locations Worldwide operates under the secondary ticketing market (or ticket resale market) alongside several Founded 2009 others including industry giant Stubhub, Ticketbis is currently present in over 30 countries. Ticketbis works as an intermediate between individuals who want to resell or buy tickets to Active Markets Europe, LATAM, Asia music, sports, theatre and cultural events. The seller determines the price of the tickets. Like the majority of secondary ticketing platforms, Ticketbis charges a commission from each party No of Employees 350 involved in the exchange. After the buyer purchases the tickets, the seller must send them out Business overview Software packages for remote administration before the event. Tickets are sent to Ticketbis who is in charge of delivering them to the seller. If buyers do not receive their tickets in time for the event, Ticketbis must refund the amount KPI#1 162k listings paid. Ticketbis connects buyers to sellers, where the ticket price is set freely by the seller. In exchange for a percentage of commission from each party involved, Ticketbis ensures that the Website ticketbis.com transaction is done safely and correctly. 86
Ecommerce & Retail KRISTOKÄÄRMANN| TRANSFERWISE Co-Founder & CEO SPEAKER BIO Kristo Käärmann is the co-founder of TransferWise, a peer-to-peer international money transfer business. Prior to starting TransferWise, Kristo was a management consultant with Deloitte Consulting and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Kristo started his first business, an online investments tracking portal Investor.ee in 1999, when he was 19. Kristo is also involved in the organisation of Young Scholar Grant, where grants are given out to the brightest prospective university students of Estonia to study abroad in Europe’s best universities. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters London, UK TransferWise lets expats, foreign students and businesses move money globally. The firm's pricing and operating model are a substantial departure from standard practice in the money Office Locations London, Tallin, New York transfer sector, providing customers with a lower-cost alternative to traditional means of Founded 2010 movingmoneyinternationally. Active Markets Worldwide TransferWise was founded in London in March 2010 by Taavet Hinrikus and Kristo Kaarmann. Taavet was part of the small team that started Skype in 2003 and has recently worked with a No of Employees 300 number of startups as an angel investor and advisor. Kristo had a financial services Business overview Peer-to-peer money transfer service backgroundfrom Deloitte and PricewaterhouseCoopers. IA Ventures, Index Ventures, Seedcamp and KeyInvestors KimaVentures. Strategic angels include Virgin Group Sir Richard Branson Website transferwise.com 87
Marketplaces PETER SCHMID| WERLIEFERTWAS Co-Founder & CEO SPEAKER BIO Since August 2012 Peter F. Schmid has been CEO and shareholder of “Wer liefert was”. He brings more than 17 years of Internet experience gained in various leading positions. He was CEO of PARSHIP GmbH, the leading online matchmaking service in Europe. From 2006 to 2009, as CEO of mobile.international GmbH, he led, among others, Germany’s largest vehicle marketplace mobile.de. At the same time, Schmid acted as Vice President and Member of the management team at eBay Classifieds Group, which supports classified advertising markets in over 20 countries. From 2001 to 2005 he was Managing Director of AutoScout24 and founded Scout24 Media. Schmid started his career at the end of the nineties with Procter & Gambleandholds an MBA fromLMU in Munich. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters Hamburg, Germany “Wer liefert was” is the leading supplier search engine in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Office Locations Hamburg 24 million visits (IVW checked) making it the most-visited website for B2B purchases. About 530,000 suppliers, producers, distributors and service providers get in touch with 1.6 million Founded 1932 genuine buyers every month on wlw.de, wlw.at and wlw.ch. Being a specialist in searching for suppliers wlw saves buyers and others looking for suppliers in the B2B segment additional Active Markets Europe time-consuming research. The range of wlw services is free of charge for buyers and as a No of Employees 200 basic profile for advertisers. Business overview Supplier search engine for B2B products KPI#1 1.6m monthly genuine buyers KPI #2 24m website visits a year KPI #3 530k suppliers categorized by 47k categories KeyFinancials Growing Revenue: Between €35m – €40m in 2015, EBITDA: Double digit profitability rate Key Investors Paragon Partners / Nordic Mezzanine Ownership Paragon Partners / Nordic Mezzanine Structure Website wlw.com 92
Media JOEY LEVIN| INTERACTIVE CORP. CEO SPEAKER BIO Joey Levin is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of IAC. Appointed to the position in June 2015, Mr. Levin is responsible for the strategic leadership of IAC and its operating businesses. In addition, he serves on the board of IAC. Prior to this, Joey Levin was the CEO of IAC Search & Applications, CEO of Mindspark Interactive Network and SVP Mergers & Acquisitions and Finance for IAC. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, with a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School and a B.A.S. in Engineering from the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters NewYork, NY, USA IAC is a leading media and Internet company comprised of more than 150 brands and Office Locations Worldwide products, including Ask.com, About.com, Match.com, HomeAdvisor and Vimeo. Focused on the areas of search, applications, online dating, media and eCommerce, IAC’s family of Founded 1995 websites is one of the largest in the world, with over a billion monthly visits across more than No of Employees 5,000 100 countries. The Company is headquartered in New York City and has offices worldwide. In December 2004, Expedia split from IAC as a separate publicly traded company. In December Active Markets Worldwide 2011, TripAdvisor spun out from Expedia. In August 2008, IAC split into five separate publicly traded companies. The four spun-off companies were HSN, Ticketmaster, Interval Leisure Business Overview Media company with 150+ brands GroupandTree.com. KeyFinancials $3.1bn revenue (2014) $379m operating income(2014) IAC's notable acquisitions include, among others, The About Group, OkCupid, Meetic, Key Investments LiveSafe, Aereo, HealthCentral, MerchantCircle Connected Ventures, Ask Jeeves, TripAdvisor, LendingTree and remaining interest in Ticketmaster, Expedia and Hotels.com, Expedia, Match.com, Citysearch. Website iac.com 37
Media GERARD GRECH| TECH CITY UK CEO SPEAKER BIO Gerard is CEO of TechCity UK in London. Prior, he headed up global marketing for Blackberry World (e-commerce store for apps music & film), in New York. Before that, he was with Nokia, where, in New York and London, he led the app store's marketing operations, ran the app strategy and portfolio development team and, most recently, identified and assessed equity investment opportunities for Nokia Growth Partners, Nokia's venture arm, with $600M under managementinthemobilespace. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters London, UK Tech City UK was launched in Shoreditch in 2010 by the UK Prime Minister David Cameron to support the East London tech cluster known as Silicon Roundabout. Office Locations London Founded 2010 Tech City UK is publicly funded non-profit team with a private sector mentality. Firm’s focus is on creating the optimum conditions for digital technology businesses and entrepreneurs to Active Markets London thrive across the UK. Through programmes and policy work, Tech City UK accelerates the growth of digital businesses in London and across cities at all stages of their development. Business overview Non-profit organization to support entrepreneurship Website techcityuk.com 84
New Media DANIEL TREISMAN | INQUISITR Editor-In-Chief SPEAKER BIO Daniel Treisman is an Editor in Chief and Managing Director of Inquisitr. Prior to that, he held aposition of CEO in Dream and Guru Media. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters New York, NY, USA Inquisitr is an internationally-recognized news website with a strong presence in the United Office Locations NewYork States. Founded 2007 Inquisitr’s goal is to publish the latest news under an extensive range of categories with the No of Employees 50 power and resources of more than 60 writers. Currently, Inquisitr is one of the top 2500 global websites and one of the top 1000 websites in the United States. Active Markets Worldwide More than 10 million people visit and read Inquisitr every month. With 1,200,000 followers on Business Overview International online news website Facebook and 38,000 followers on Twitter, Inquisitr’s articles are a part of everyday’s social KPI #1 1.2m Facebook fans circles. KPI #2 38k Twitter followers Inquisitr was founded in 2007 in Brooklyn, New York. KPI #3 10m monthly visits Website inquisitr.com 39
Dating MICHELLE KENNEDY | BADOO Chief Marketing Officer SPEAKER BIO Michelle joined Badoo originally as lead counsel over 4 years ago. Prior to joining Badoo she was a successful corporate lawyer at leading international law firm, Mishcon de Reya and biotech firm Quotient Bioscience. During her time at Badoo, she built the legal, compliance, HRandtalent teams before moving into a more operationally focused role, including a position on the board. Today, Michelle is responsible for most key areas of the business, and works closely with founder and CEO Andrey Andreev. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters London, UK Badoo was launched in 2006, and is now one of the leading social networks in Europe and South America. Company reports 200 million users, with over 100,000 new sign-ups every Office Locations London, Moscow, San Francisco day. People use Badoo to find new friends in 191 countries and 44 languages. Badoo has 250 Founded 2006 employeesandisbasedinLondon,with offices in Moscow and San Francisco. No of Employees 250 Active Markets Worldwide Business Overview Social networking site focused on online dating Recent Milestones N/A Selected Clients N/A Website badoo.com 10
Dating DIDIER RAPPAPORT | HAPPN CEO SPEAKER BIO Didier Rappaport is the CEO and co-founder of happn. Before creating happn alongside his partners, Fabien and Antony Cohen, Didier was at the forefront of the Internet scene after developing B2B online services in the 2000s. Didier was co-founder and Chief Operations Officer of the second largest video-sharing website in the world, Dailymotion. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters Paris, France Happnisalocation-based mobile dating application that enables its users to build connections Office Locations Europe basedonreal-timeinteractions. After securing $8 million (£5.2 million) of funding, it now boasts close to 2 million downloads Founded 2014 and700,000active monthlyusers No of Employees 20 Active Markets Europe Business Overview Location-based mobile dating application Recent Milestones $14M Series B in October 2015 KPI #1 700k active monthly users Key Investors Idinvest Partners, DN Capital, Raine Ventures Website happn.com 33
Dating BENJAMIN BAK| LOVOO CEO SPEAKER BIO Benjamin Bak is a CEO of Lovoo, the social dating app. Prior to that, he co-founded Smstrade andMobile Heroes. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters Berlin, Germany Lovoo is the only social app in the world with the live-radar used daily by millions and with tens Office Locations Berlin, Dresden of thousands joining every day. The company operates in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, United Kingdom, France, Spain, Italy and Brazil. About 20m users use Lovoo’s mobile Founded 2011 application on iOS and Android. No of Employees 130 Active Markets Germany, Austria, Switzerland, United Kingdom, France, Spain, Italy, Brazil Business Overview App for dating & meeting new people Website lovoo.com 49
SaaS & Big Data RAN SARIG | DATORAMA Co-Founder & CEO SPEAKER BIO Ran Sarig co-founded Datorama in 2012 and has been its Chief Executive Officer since June 2012. Prior to this he has worked for MediaMind as VP R&D. He has also served as a Director of Program Management and Product Manager for the same company. RanSarigisaformerIsraeli Navy naval oficer. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters New York, NY, USA Datorama is a software-as-a-service big data management platform for advertisers and ad New York, London, Sydney, Tel Aviv, agencies. Datorama integrates and track data from different advertising data channels, mash Office Locations Barcelona them up and provide advanced analytics / predictive analytics. By easily integrating marketing channels and creating a Marketing specific data models, they offer a new way of Marketing Founded 2012 Data management allowing the Advertiser to seize ownership of the data and increase No of Employees 100 visibility and control. Datorama allows better ROI optimization based on a holistic view, discovery of new revenue streams, suggestions for action and discovery of wasted budget. Active Markets Worldwide Datorama tracks the consumer’s touch points with the brand across channels, providing true cross channel analytics. Business Overview SaaS-based big data platform for advertisers Key Investors Cedar Fund, Innovation Endeavors, Marker Website datorama.com 18
SaaS & Big Data RAGNAR SASS| PIPEDRIVE Co-Founder SPEAKER BIO Ragnar Sass is serial startup entrepreneur and co-founder of Pipedrive and a startup boot campGarage48. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters New York, NY, USA Pipedrive makes sales CRM for companies with big ambitions. The software is used by fast growth companies such as such as Postmates, Fortumo, Blippar and Falcon Social as well as Office Locations NewYork, Tallin SMBslike360ServicesandRichlandSource. Founded 2010 Pipedrive's roots are in direct sales. As sales managers and trainers, two of the co-founders No of Employees 100 experienced an increasing amount of pain with CRM software. There simply was no good solution for managing the company's sales pipeline. Active Markets Worldwide Business Overview CRM software provider So in 2010 they teamed up with talented developers to create Pipedrive, a simple and yet powerful tool for managing sales. Recent Milestones $9M Series in May 2015 Bessemer Venture Partners, Rembrandt Pipedrive is used by over 10,000 companies in 100+ countries worldwide. KeyInvestors Venture Partners, Storm Ventures Selected Clients Postmates, Fortumo, Blippar Website pipedrive.com 66
SaaS & Big Data PERE VALLES | SCYTL CEO SPEAKER BIO Pere joined Scytl in March 2004 after spending most of his professional career in the United States. Prior to joining Scytl, Pere was Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer of GlobalNet, a NASDAQ publicly-traded telecommunications company headquartered in Chicago. Pere assisted GlobalNet in becoming one of the leading providers of Voice-over-IP in the world and was instrumental in the successful sale of the company to the Titan Corporation, aNYSEdefensecompany. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters Barcelona, Spain Scytl is the global leader in providing state-of-the-art electronic voting and electoral Canada, US, Peru, Greece, UK, Ukraine, modernization solutions. Its groundbreaking electoral security technology is protected by Office Locations Malaysia, Brazil South Korea, Australia international patents and enables Scytl to carry out electronically all types of electoral processes in a secure and auditable manner. Scytl's solutions incorporate unique Founded 2001 cryptographic protocols that ensure maximum security, transparency and auditability in all No of Employees 150 types of electoral processes and elections. Active Markets Worldwide Founded in 2001 as a spin-off from a university research group, Scytl has a strong commitment to R&D. Scytl's current patent portfolio is the largest in the industry and is Business Overview Electronic voting solutions composed of more than 40 international patents in the area of security applied to election Balderton Capital, Nauta Capital, Spinnaker processes,trailblazing standards and the direction of the election modernization industry. KeyInvestors Invest, Vulcan Capital, SAP Ventures, VyCapital, Industry Ventures Website scytl.com 77
SaaS & Big Data ANDREAS KOENING| TEAMVIEWER CEO SPEAKER BIO Andreas Koenig is a CEO of TeamViewer. Prior to that, as a Head of Swisscom IT Services AG, successfully merged two business units with 4,500 employees. Before joining Swisscom in 2012, the Austrian worked at NetApp for 16 years, a leading American provider of storage solutions and data management. As Senior Vice President and General Manager EMEA, he was instrumental in the company's establishment and expansion in the European market. Under his leadership, this business grew to 2,000 employees, with revenues increasing to about2 billion dollars. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters Uhingen, Germany TeamViewer is a proprietary computer software package for remote control, desktop sharing, online meetings, web conferencing and file transfer between computers. TeamViewer GmbH Office Locations Worldwide was founded in 2005 in Uhingen, Germany. UK-based private equity firm Permira acquired Founded 2005 TeamViewer GmbH from Durham, North Carolina-based software developer GFI Software in 2014. The companyalso hosts an online backup cloud service called Airbackup. Active Markets Worldwide Business overview Software packages for remote administration Ownership Acquired by Permira Website teamviewer.com 85
Social & Games RICCARDO ZACCONI |KING.COM CEO SPEAKER BIO Riccardo Zacconi is the CEO and co-founder of King, the world’s leading cross-platform social games developer. Prior to establishing King, Zacconi was vice president of sales and marketing in Europe for the successful dating service, uDate.com, and was instrumental in driving the market penetration and partnerships which led to the eventual buyout by InterActive Corporation (IAC). Before that, he was CEO for Spray Network, the online portal in Hamburg,with presencein Germany, France, Italy, Sweden, Denmark and Norway. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters London, UK King.com, is a social games company, and the largest game developer ever in the history of Stockholm, Barcelona, Bucharest, Malmö, the website Facebook.com. King develops games for the web, for mobile (iOS, Android, Office Locations London, San Francisco, Malta Windows Phone), Facebook, and Windows 10. King is led by Riccardo Zacconi, who has Founded 2003 served in that role since co-founding the company in 2003. Founding partner Melvyn Morris serves as chairman. The company has 1400 employees and parcels development out to No of Employees 1,400 small, autonomous teams of designers working with a "startup" mentality. In 2013, it spent $110.5 million on research and development, roughly 6 percent of sales. On 26 March 2014, Active Markets Worldwide King completed its initial public offering (IPO). Priced at $22.50 a share, the middle of its Business Overview Social games developer projected price range, the IPO valued the company at US$7.08 billion. About $500 million was raised through the sale of 22.2 million shares. KPI #1 324m average monthly unique users Key Investors Went public in March 2014 Website king.com 44
Social & Games BRANKO MILUTINOVIC | NORDEUS Co-Founder & CEO SPEAKER BIO Branko is co-founder and CEO at Nordeus, one of the leading social and mobile games companies. As a college hire he joined Microsoft Dev Center Copenhagen, the largest one in Europe, to build business software. Impressed with the growth and potential of social networks, led by a boy’s dream to build games, together with his friends and colleagues from Microsoft he returned home to build Nordeus, company behind World’s most popular online sports game. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters Belgrade, Serbia Nordeus is a leading and award-winning European game developer, and officially the best European gaming start-up of 2011. Nordeus provides a seamless gaming experience to Office Locations London millions of people, regardless of the devices they are using. That is why Nordeus makes online Founded 2010 gamesthatarefree andaccessibleto a wide range of people. Every day, Nordeus team of more than 100 people in Belgrade puts all of their talent into No of Employees 100 making5-star games. Every day, millions of people enjoy what we have created. Active Markets Worldwide Recent Milestones TopEleven reached 100m users in May 2015 KPI#1 Best gaming start-up at Europas awards KPI #2 Top eleven is Facebook’s most played sports game Ownership Management Website nordeus.com 61
Social & Games SHAULOLMERT| PLAYBUZZ Co-Founder & CEO SPEAKER BIO Shaul Olmert is the founder and CEO of Playbuzz. He has more than 15 years’ experience in digital media and publishing. Prior to starting Playbuzz, he was vice president of digital products at MTV Networks, responsible for the network’s online gaming content. He also spent time as president of SundaySky, a video marketing company, and was chief marketing officer of the online and mobile marketing company Conduit. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters New York City, USA and Tel Aviv, Israel Playbuzz is a content publishing platform used by tens of thousands of publishers, marketers, Office Locations New York City, Tel Aviv, London, Hamburg bloggers and brands to connect with millions of users through interactive storytelling in snackable formats that are tailored for the way audiences consume and discover content in Founded 2012 today’s digital world. Playbuzz empowers anyone to seamlessly create, embed and distribute No of Employees 85 content on any website, mobile app or social page, amplifying reach and audience Global – highly active throughout North engagement via formats that are optimized for a cross-platform, mobile-first experience and Active Markets America, Europe, LATAM, Middle East, Asia social sharing. Series B funding round; launched pilot campaigns with programmatic advertising and sponsored content (rev share with Recent milestones publishers/advertisers); launching several new products and formats with major publishers and brands; named top startup company in Europe at eWeekAmsterdam Business overview Advertising and sponsored content KPI #1 +80mmonthlyvisitsacross the network Carmel Ventures, 83North, TheTime, Firstime KeyInvestors Venture Capital, Rutledge Vine Capital, Saban Capital Group, Oded Vardi Website playbuzz.com 68
Social & Games JAN MICZAIKA | WOOGA COO SPEAKER BIO Jan is COO at Wooga, one of the most popular developers of mobile games in the world. Together with his team he is responsible to grow Wooga’s games to become global successes, which includes Marketing, PR, Media Sales, Business & Corporate Development, Platform Partnerships, Operations and Internationalisation. Jan has always been passionate about the startup scene, worked at various startups, venture capitalists and a private equity fund before he joined and today still serves as board member of Hitmeister, an e-commerce marketplacehe co-foundedin 2004. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters Berlin, Germany Founded in 2009, Wooga has become one of the most popular developers of mobile games in the world. Based in Berlin, employees from more than 40 nations develop high quality free-to- Office Locations Berlin, Tokyo play games for a global audience. Wooga’s focus is on creating regular hits such as Jelly Founded 2009 Splash, Pearl’s Peril and Diamond Dash. Over 50 million people play Wooga’s games every monthacrossmultipleplatforms. No of Employees 300 Active Markets Worldwide Business Overview Game developer Recent Milestones Opened Tokyo office in 2014 KPI#1 50m monthly average users Key Investors Highland Capital, Balderton Capital, Holtzbrinck Ventures, Tenaya Capital Website wooga.com 93
Travel CAGLAREROL| ENUYGUN CEO SPEAKER BIO Caglar Erol is the Chief Executive Officer of Enuygun, Turkey’s leading comparison site focusing on travel and personal finance. He is also an active angel investor, having invested in various internet companies in Turkey, US, and the middle east. Before founding Enuygun in 2008, Caglar founded Turkey’s first online business networking platform cember.net, which was later acquired by XING AG. Prior to cember.net, he worked at Accenture GmbH as an IT Consultant. Caglar holds a BSc degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Bogazici University, and an MBA degree from the same university. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters Istanbul, Turkey Enuygun is the leading comparison site in Turkey focusing on travel and finance. With 7,5 Office Locations Istanbul million monthly visitors, Enuygun offers users choose and easily purchase the best airfares, apply for the cheapest personal loans and mortgages, and get the best insurance quotes. Founded 2008 Enuygun is Turkey’s biggest OTA in number of online flight ticket sales per month, and also No of Employees 55 the biggest finance comparisonengine in number of leads. Active Markets Turkey Business Overview Flight ticket sales, finance products lead generation RecentMilestones ENUYGUN became an IATA agency in summer 2015 KPI #1 Monthly flight ticket sales: 150k + KPI #2 Daily airfare comparisons: 500k + KPI #3 Monthly finance leads: 150k Key Investors R2 International (Rocket Internet, Investment KinnevikAB) Selected All airlines and GDSs, leading banks in Turkey Clients/Partners Ownershipstructure 51% Çağlar & Nihan Erol, 49% R2 International Website enuygun.com 26
Travel GREG MARSH| ONEFINESTAY CEO SPEAKER BIO Prior to founding onefinestay in 2009, Greg spent 3 years on the technology investment team at Index Ventures, the venture capital firm behind Skype and MySQL. Previously he had management roles in operations, business development and product development at logistics marketplace start-up GF-X, latterly as the firm’s Product Manager. Greg has an MA from Christ’s College, Cambridge, and an MBA with high distinction from Harvard Business School where he was a Fulbright Scholar and graduated top of his class. He also works with Amnesty International and is elected to the charity’s Finance and Audit Committee KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters London, UK onefinestay is new category of upscale city accommodation that offers visitors the chance to stay in a distinctive home while the owner is out of town, with the services and amenities of a Office Locations London, New York, Paris, Los Angeles. hotel. It allows homeowners to earn an extra, hassle-free income from their house or Founded 2010 apartmentat times when it would otherwise stand vacant. No of Employees 200 Guests range from regular business travellers to families, and are people who might otherwise stay in a boutique hotel but are seeking an authentic, new experience when visiting a city. Active Markets Europe, USA They can book a home instantly online or over the phone. The company cleans the home Recent Milestones $40M Series D funding in June 2015 before they arrive, provides hotel-grade linens, towels and toiletries, and even lends them an iPhonestockedwith detailed local tips from the hosts. KeyInvestors PROfounders Capital, Intel Capital, Index Ventures The company selects homes carefully, based on their location, availability, character and Website onefinestay.com amenities. They are typically primary or secondary residences that are available for upwards of four weeks a year. For homeowners, onefinestay provides a full service enabling them to have house guests at those times when they’re away. The company takes care of photography, marketing, cleaning, managing bookings and insurance. onefinestay first launched in London in May 2010 and now operates in London, New York, Paris and Los Angeles. 64
Travel GLENNFOGEL| PRICELINE Head of Worldwide Strategy SPEAKER BIO Glenn Fogel is currently Priceline’s Head of Worldwide Strategy and Planning. He is also Executive Vice President of Corporate Development, and is responsible for the company’s worldwide mergers, acquisitions and strategic alliances. He also heads up Priceline Ventures, the Group’s corporate VC efforts. Prior to joining Priceline in February 2000, he was a trader at a global asset management firm and prior to that he worked as an investment banker specializing in the air transportation industry. Glenn holds a BSc in Economics with a concentration in Finance from The Wharton School, and a JD from Harvard Law School KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters Norwalk, USA Founded in 1998, the Priceline Group is a leader in global online travel, including hotel reservations, car rentals, and travel metasearch. Priceline is composed of five primary brands Founded 1998 - Booking.com, priceline.com, Agoda, Kayak and Rentalcars.com, as well as a number of No of Employees 800 ancillary brands. The Priceline Group provides online travel services in over 180+ countries across the globe. Booking.com is the leading online hotel reservation service in the world, Active Markets Worldwide offering over 330,000 hotels and accommodations, and is available in 41 languages. Priceline. com gives leisure travelers multiple ways to save on airline tickets, hotel rooms, rental cars, Business Overview Online travel vacation packages and cruises. Market Cap $64bn Key Financials Achieved revenues of $8.4bn and EBITDA of $3.5bn in 2014 Ownership Public Website priceline.com 70
Travel MATTHIAS STEINBERG| UNISTER CEO SPEAKER BIO Matthias Steinberg has been the Chief Executive Officer of UNISTER since April 2015. Between 2011 and 2013, he managed the business activities of Lokad, a Big Data technology company, as the Chief Executive Officer. He previously worked as the Vice President at Summit Partners Limited in London and was responsible for investment in technology and internet in the German-speaking regions for three years. He has completed his engineering studies at the Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule, in Aachen, Germany and holds aMBAwhichheobtainedattheBusinessSchoolINSEAD. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters Leipzig, Germany The business areas adjacent to the division trips including finance, insurance, shopping, cars, Leipzig, Berlin, Dresden, Chemnitz, Jena, real estate, media and community. Office Locations Hamburg, Magdeburg, Floh-Seligenthal Founded 2002 Active Markets Germany No of Employees 1,500 Business overview German ecommerce company KPI#1 10mmonthlyunique users Website unister.com 88
Venture Capital JÖRG MOHAUPT | ACCESSINDUSTRIES Founder & CEO SPEAKER BIO Jörg Mohaupt has been associated with Access Industries since May 2007, in the TMT sector. Previously was a MD of Providence Equity Partners, an executive director at Morgan Stanley and Lehman Brothers in TMT groups and co-founded and managed Continuum Group Ltd. Jörg Mohaupt serves on the boards of Perform Group Plc., AINMT, Warner Music Group, Rebate Networks, Crowdsurge, Mendeley Research Networks, Tory Burch LLC and Acision B.V. Jörg Mohaupt graduated from Rijksuniversiteit Leiden with a degree in History and from Universiteit van Amsterdam with a degree in Communications Science. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters New York, NY, USA Access Industries is a privately held industrial group with long-term holdings worldwide. Fund’s industrial focus spans three sectors: Office Locations New York, London, Moscow Founded 1986 • Natural Resources and Chemicals • Media and Telecommunications Active Markets US, Europe, South America • Real Estate Business Overview Industrial group with holdings worldwide Founded in 1986 by Len Blavatnik, an American entrepreneur and philanthropist, Access is an KeyPortfolio international industrial concern with strategic investments in the United States, Europe and Companies Lazada Group, Deezer, WestWing, Gett South America.Wehavecorporateofficesin New York, Londonand Moscow. Website accessindustries.com 2
Venture Capital NIKLAS ZENNSTRÖM| ATOMICO Partner and CEO SPEAKER BIO Niklas Zennström is CEO and Founding Partner at Atomico. He is an experienced entrepreneur, previously co-founding and managing globally successful technology companies including Skype, Kazaa, Joost and Joltid. In 2006 Niklas created Atomico to help entrepreneurs primarily outside Silicon Valley to scale their businesses domestically and globally. It has so far invested in more than 50 companies on four continents, and Niklas works closely with a number of leaders of portfolio companies so that they benefit from his own experience as an entrepreneur. Before starting Atomico, Niklas co-founded Skype, where he held the position of CEO from its inception until September 2007. In 2005, Skype was sold to eBay Inc for $3.1bn, the largest European venture capital exit to date. Subsequent to this, Skype was bought back by a consortium that included Niklas, and was sold to Microsoft for $8.5 billion cash in 2011. Niklas holds dual degrees in Business and MSc Engineering Physics/Computer Science from Uppsala University in Sweden, and he spent his final year at the University of Michigan. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters London, UK Atomico is an international investment firm, focused on helping the world’s most disruptive technology companies scale and become global leaders. Founded in 2006 by Niklas Office Locations London, Beijing, Tokyo, Sao Paulo, Istanbul Zennström, a co-founder of Skype, Atomico has made over 50 investments over four Founded 2006 continents, including Skype, Supercell, Klarna, Truecaller, ZocDoc and The Climate Corporation, with an exclusive focus on the technology sector. Business Overview Venture Capital Investor Website atomico.com 8
Venture Capital DAVID BLUMBERG| BLUMBERG CAPITAL Managing Partner SPEAKER BIO David Blumberg is the Managing Partner of Blumberg Capital. David has been investing in early stage technology companies for more than 24 years. His current investment focus includes Digital Media, Social Media, Mobility, SaaS/Technology Enabled Services and Internet. Prior to founding Blumberg Capital in 1991, David managed technology investments with Claridge Investments, Adler & Co., Apax, and T. Rowe Price Associates. David earned his AB in Government, cum laude, from Harvard College and his MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and INSEAD. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters San Francisco, CA, USA Blumberg Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in exceptional entrepreneurs with transformative ideas. The firm partners with passionate founders to disrupt Office Locations San Francisco, New York, Tel Aviv markets through innovation and build successful companies. The team has extensive Founded 1991 experience collaborating with companies in Financial Services, Security, Enterprise Software and SaaS, Digital and Social Media, Mobile and Consumer Internet. Relevant operational Active Markets US, Israel expertise and focused network enable us to be bridge-builders, connecting entrepreneurs with partners to drive success. Blumberg Capital is headquartered in San Francisco with team Business Overview Venture Capital Investor membersandadvisorsinTel Aviv and New York. KeyPortfolio Blumberg Capital specializes in leading Seed and Series A rounds in syndication with angels, Companies Fairfly, Kreditech, Hootsuite venture capital firms and strategic investors. Typical investments range from $500,000 to $3 million with additional amounts reserved for follow-on investments. Notable Exits Creo, DSP Group, Nolio Website blumbergcapital.com 13
Venture Capital ERAN DAVIDSON| DAVIDSON TECHNOLOGY GROWTH DEBT FUND Founder SPEAKER BIO Eran Davidson founded Davidson technology Growth Debt fund in 2014. Eran has 20 years of venture capital experience, raised and managed 6 funds with a volume of 260 Million Euro. From 2005 to 2013 Eran founded and managed Hasso Plattner Venture group of funds. From 1996 to 2005 Eran co-managed Inventech and Eurofund VCs and was CEO of Proseed Venture Capital fund. Eran is co-founder of Hasso Plattner Capital, the family office management company of Prof. Plattner, co-founder and Chairman of SAP. Eran led over a 100investmentsin technologycompanies,which resulted in more than €1bn in exit volume. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters Berlin, Germany Davidson Technology Growth Debt Fund provides debt financing to mid-late stage tech companies in Europe, with a focus on Germany. Growth Debt is a form of hybrid capital, Office Locations Berlin, Zossen featuring both debt and equity components, customized for young and growing tech Founded 2014 companies Active Markets Europe Business Overview Venture Capital Investor Website davidson-capital.com 19
Venture Capital THOMAS STAFFORD | DST GLOBAL Partner SPEAKER BIO Thomas Stafford is a Partner at DST Global, an internet focused investment firm with a global focus. He has previously worked in Goldman Sachs as an Executive Director. TomgraduatedfromTrinity College, Dublin in Ireland. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters HongKong, Hong Kong DST Global (Digital Sky Technologies) is a growth focused investment company specializing in late-stage, high-growth, private companies in the global Internet industry. Office Locations Worldwide Founded 2005 The company has pioneered a model to provide liquidity to founders, employees and early investors through mixed primary and secondary transactions. These transactions are often Active Markets Worldwide referred to as DST type deals in the Internet world. Business Overview Late-stage internetinvestment firm The company was founded by Yuri Milner, and after building Mail.ru Group, DST gained KeyPortfolio international prominence through its investments in Facebook, Zynga and Groupon. Companies AUTO1 Group, Slack, Xiaomi, Flipkart Website dst-global.com 23
Venture Capital FRANK THELEN| E42 Founder & Investor SPEAKER BIO Frank is an European serial founder & seed investor. His products have reached 100+ million consumers. Startups: Scanbot, 6Wunderkinder, Outbank, myTaxi, hole19, Zen Shopping, kaufDA, Meine Spielzeugkiste. In 2014 he joined Sonys TV prime time TV-Show shark tank (broadcastedin Germany as “Höhle der Löwen”). KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters Bonn, Germany E42 is an European venture capital firm led by Frank Thelen, Marc Sieberger and Alex Koch. The company invests in Europe-based startups, its selected investments include Scanbot, The Office Locations Bonn Golf App and Viovendi. Founded 2011 Active Markets Europe Business Overview European venture capital firm KeyPortfolio Scanbot, The Golf App, Viovendi Companies Notable Exits Wunderlist, myTaxi, kaufDA Website e42.com 24
Venture Capital RAINER MAERKLE| HOLTZBRINCK VENTURES Partner SPEAKER BIO Rainer Maerkle has been a member of the Holtzbrinck Ventures team since 2008 and played a significant role in the sale of Brands4Friends to Ebay. Rainer is responsible, among other things, for Holtzbrinck Ventures' investment in Zalando. Before coming to Holtzbrinck Ventures, Rainer played an entrepreneurial role as Head of Business Development at 123people.com. The business was sold successfully to Pages Jaunes in 2010. Prior to that, Rainer worked for five years in the venture capital field at 3i and Siemens Acceleration, where hewasinvolved in investments in the e-commerce sector. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters Munich, Germany Holtzbrinck Ventures have been supporting founders in developing their Internet companies for over a decade. During this time, Holtzbrinck Ventures as a team have financed over 100 Office Locations Munich companies. Holtzbrinck Ventures seek founders who share their passion for growth and Founded 2000 innovation and who want to achieve excellence working as a team. Active Markets Europe Business Overview German early stage fund KeyPortfolio Zalando, Auctionata, Carmudi, Lamudi, Wooga Companies Notable Exits Groupon, CityDeal, DaWanda Website holtzbrinck-ventures.com 35
Venture Capital MICHAEL JACKSON| MANGROVE CAPITAL PARTNERS Partner SPEAKER BIO Formerly COO of Skype, Michael Jackson is a General Partner at Mangrove Capital Partners. Active across all of Europe, Russia and Israel, Michael spends his time looking for investable projects and advising portfolio companies as they grow into significant operations. His professional life always involved scaling and operating large consumer focused communications businesses. From development of mobile telephone operations, through the roll out of Tele2 in Europe to 26 million customers, to creation and establishment of 9 MVNO operations in Europe, Michael hopped over to Chief Operations Officer role at Skype. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters Luxembourg, Luxembourg Mangrove Capital Partners is a venture capital and private equity firm focused on early-stage, mid venture, startups, expansion stage, growth capital investments, buyouts, and emerging Active Markets Europe, US, Canada, India growth. Its mission is to help turn visions into realities by providing financing, thoughtful Key Investments Lesara, Happify, Apester advice, relevant experience, and industry relationships to their portfolio companies. Website mangrove.vc Mangrove seeks to invest in internet and software businesses with a focus on online services, marketplaces, application service providers, multimedia services, communications, wireless, infrastructure, media, network, and services. The firm is also focused on peer-to-peer computing, gaming, e-commerce, security, mobile, mobile value-added services, network management, urban mobility, SaaS-based businesses, and automotive industry. It primarily invests in greater Europe, including Russia, Benelux, Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, and Spain, and Israel. It may also invest in United States, Canada,andIndia. Mangrove Capital Partners was founded in 2000 and is based in Luxembourg, Luxembourg. 51
Venture Capital TOMASZ CZECHOWICZ | MCI MANAGEMENT Managing Partner SPEAKER BIO Enterprenuer since 1985. In 1990-1998 Co-founder and CEO of JTT Computer SA - leading CE computer manufacturer with USD 100M+ revenue. Since 1998 Venture Capital/Private Equity investor, founder and Group Managing Partner @ MCI Management. In 2000 one of the TOP-10 most influential people in the European Internet by Business Week. In 2001 the WorldEconomicForumawardwiththetitle ofGlobal Leaderfor Tomorrow. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters Warsaw, Poland MCI is one of the most dynamic private equity groups in Emerging Europe. MCI invests in digital disruption, adaptation and ecosystem through early stage, growth stage and Founded 1999 expansion/buy-out stage investments in CEE, Germany and Austria (DACH), Russia and No of Employees 25 Turkey. The value of AUM reaches above 500 M EUR. The MCI Group has so far closed over 60 investment projects and near 30 full exits. Since 1999 MCI generated net IRR at the level Active Markets CEE, DACH countries, Russia and Turkey of 20-25%. MCI Management SA is listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange since February 2001. E-commerce, digital entertainment, mobile Target Segment Internet, TMT, IoT, Fintech, BigData, Cloud Computing, Infrastructure, debt financing Business Overview Private equity firm Recent Milestones Listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange in 2001, over 500 M EUR assets under management Selected Clients / Cooperation with several European investment Partners funds: Intel Capital, DN Capital, Mangroove, etc. Ownership 50% Tomasz Czechowicz, 20% institutional investors, 30% freefloat Website mci.eu 53
Venture Capital RAPHAEL STRAUCH| NOVA FOUNDERS CAPITAL Managing Partner SPEAKER BIO Before founding Nova Founders, Raphael was a Global Partner and Managing Director of Rocket Internet and a Managing Director at Groupon in Asia. Before this Raphael has been in Investment Banking with Goldman Sachs and Lazard in London and Frankfurt where he worked on major European IPOs and equity transactions. Raphael holds a Master in Business Administration from Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration. Raphael hasstarted over 30 companies,with a combined funding of hundreds of millions USD. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters Hong Kong, Hong Kong Nova Founders Capital invests in and builds sustainable large-scale business models in rapidly growing internet markets. Nova is very disciplined company builders and investor and Founded 2012 understands how to efficiently grow companies. Nova’s companies receive the continuous No of Employees 30 financial and operational support they need to be successful. Active Markets Asia-Pacific, LATAM, Europe Examples of companies we have founded include www.compareasiagroup.com (the leading financial platform in Asia), www.lionandlion.com (leading digital agency in South East Asia), Target Segment FinTech www.glassesgroupglobal.com(leading online eyewear retailer in Asia-Pacific). Business Overview Builds startups in emerging markets Key Investments CompareAsiaGroup, Glasses Global Group Website novafounders.com 62
Venture Capital DR. KLAUS HOMMELS | LAKESTAR CEO SPEAKER BIO Klaus is one of the leading European business angels and is or has been involved in numerous successful internet investments including QXL/Tradus, Skype, Facebook, king.com, StarDoll, Xing and spotify. He invests in promising start-ups that have the potential to become major players in the internet space. Klaus started his career at Bertelsmann. He joined AOL Germanyin1995 where was as board member responsible for business development, content and advertising sales. He was also involved in the establishment of Freenet, worked for Apax Partners and was a partner of Benchmark Capital before founding Hommels Holding. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters Zurich Switzerland Lakestar invests in Internet companies, with a specific focus on business models that can No of Employees 5 achieve global scale quickly. Lakestar has had tremendous success investing early in marqueebrandnames,suchasFacebook,Spotify,andSkype. Active Markets US, Europe In addition, Lakestar has invested at the founding stages of over 25 early stage companies. In each of these companies Lakestar takes an extremely hands-on, or entrepreneurial, approach Target Criteria Internet companies in seed and early stages to investing alongside stellar management teams. Lakestar strongly believes that the key to that can achieve global scale quickly successful investing is not just in finding the next marquee Internet brand – but in helping Key Investments Algomi, Taulia, Sofi, Onefootball create it. Notable Exits Facebook, Spotify, Skype Website lakestar.com 47
Venture Capital BO ILSOE| NOKIA GROWTH PARTNERS Partner SPEAKER BIO Bo has more than two decades of experience in venture capital, investment management, fundraising, organizational and strategic development as well as sales and marketing. Having lived and worked in the UK, Italy, France, Switzerland, Finland, Spain and Singapore, he comes with a global view to business. Bo graduated with honors with a Masters in Electronics Engineering from Aalborg University, Denmark. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters Palo Alto, CA, USA Nokia Growth Partners (NGP) is an independent fund sponsored solely by Nokia backing entrepreneurs focused on building a connected world. NGP offers industry expertise, capital No of Employees 20 and an extensive network, enabling entrepreneurs to build disruptive, industry-changing Active Markets Europe, USA, India, China companies and take them to the global market. With offices in the US, Europe, India and China, NGP extends the reach of companies making their products and services local Target Segment Connected Enterprise, Connected Car, Mobile everywhere. Consumer, Data & Analytics, Local Commerce Business Overview VC fund sponsored solely Nokia Key Investments UCWeb, Rocket Fuel, Fyber Website nokiagrowthpartners.com 60
Venture Capital ANDRINBACHMANN| PITON CAPITAL Partner SPEAKER BIO Andrin was a co-founder of Glocalnet, which became Sweden’s 3rd largest consumer telecom service provider and was listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange before being acquired by Telenor. He was a partner at M/C Venture Partners, one of the leading private equity investors in the US telecom services space. He was also one of two principals establishing an investment company that became QXL Ricardo PLC’s largest shareholder in 2005, and was instrumental in the transformation of QXL leading to its sale to Naspers for around $1.9 billion. HeholdsanMScdegreeinComputerSciencefromtheSwissFederalInstituteof Technology. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters London, UK Piton Capital is a venture capital and growth equity firm based in London. It focuses on investments in online companies with network effects, such as marketplaces and exchanges. Founded 2010 Its founding partners have deep entrepreneurial and investment experience, and have been No of Employees 5 instrumental investors in Betfair and QXL Ricardo, amongst others. Piton’s current portfolio includes Quandoo, BullionVault, DaWanda, videdressing, docplanner, dutycalculator and Active Markets Worldwide FanDuel. Target Segment Online companies with network effects Business Overview Venture capital and growth equity firm Key Investments FanDuel, Quandoo Website pitoncap.com 67
Venture Capital ABE FINKELSTEIN| VINTAGE INVESTMENT PARTNERS General Partner SPEAKER BIO Before joining Vintage Investment Partners in 2003, Abe was an equity analyst with Goldman Sachs covering Israel-based technology companies in a wide variety of sectors. Prior to Goldman Sachs, Abe was Vice-President at US Bancorp Piper Jaffray. Before joining Piper, he was an Associate at Brown Brothers Harriman covering the enterprise software and Internet sectors. Abe began his career at Josephthal, Lyon and Ross. Abe graduated Magna Cum Laude from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania with a BS in Economicsandconcentrationin Finance. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters Herzliya, Israel Founded in 2003, Vintage Investment Partners is a leading technology-focused secondary, fund-of-funds and late-stage firm in Israel, Europe, and the U.S.. Founded 2003 Active Markets Europe, Israel, US Vintage actively buys shares of private technology companies from angels, ex-founders and ex-employees, and provides companies with liquidity schemes for their existing managements Business Overview Fund-of-funds and late-stage fund andemployees.Vintagealsopurchaseslimitedpartnershipinterests in venture capital funds. Key Investments Yotpo, Samanage In addition, Vintage invests in leading venture capital funds and co-invests in high-growth late- Website vintage-ip.com stage companies. 89
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Launched in 2009, the NOAH Conference has grown into the preeminent European event where over 2,000 Internet CEOs, executives and investors gain insights into the latest proven concepts, network and establish new business relationships, while also enjoying the NOAH business networking dinner party. Known for its focus on profitable business models and data, the event is also about interacting with speakers, being inspired, and having fun.