2. 1. LE CAMPING WHO
NON PROFIT
ORGANIZATION
TECH COMMUNITIES
OPEN SOURCE PHILOSOPHY
ENCOURAGE BOTTOM UP INNOVATIONS
3. 1. LE CAMPING WHO
11 YEARS
180 MEMBERS
20 EMPLOYEES
2M € BUDGET
4. 1. LE CAMPING WHO
« WE KNOW WHAT KIDS NEED,
BECAUSE WE ARE THESE KIDS »
5. 2. LE CAMPING HOW
1
VISION AND TRUST
INTERNATIONAL
2 NETWORK
3 ACCELERATORS’ MODELS
!
!
ONE GROUP GREAT SELECTION OF DOERS, HACKERS, INNOVATORS
ONE PLACE AND TIME 3-6 MONTHS / DEMO / INVESTORS / COMMON CHALLENGES
! SEED money 4.5 K € 0% EQUITY
! RESSOURCES MENTORS / NETWORK / MEDIA
6. 2. LE CAMPING HOW
A 6 month programme made for startups to kick-off
SOCIALIZE DEMOSTRATE
LEARN WORK
7. 2. LE CAMPING HOW
WE ARE NOT A FUND
OUR DNA COMES FROM THE TECH ENTREPRENEURS
LE CAMPING DOESN’T TAKE ANY EQUITY
BUSINESS MODEL : PUBLIC & PRIVATE PARTNERS
ONE SEASON COSTS 330 K €
9. 4. LE CAMPING RESULTS
SEASON 1 STARTUP RESULTS
2 times the # of applications for
160 ! Applications accelerators in Europe
4 ! startups raised funds, out of 12* 4 times the average of fund
raising for early stage startups
3 ! generate enought revenue and
don’t need investors
Only accelerator that allows
startup to keep their equities
4 ! made the partners become their
clients
Only accelerator that facilitates the
business with big industries
6 ! startups gathered in the same
space, named « L’AFTER »
Concrete impact of the territorial
local dynamism
* The rate without accelerator for early stage startup who raise seed funds is 1/12
10. 4. LE CAMPING RESULTS
LE CAMPING BRAND IMPACT
3 ! Distinctions: Mentionned as « Successfull
initiative to follow » by the French Government
in the Innovation Studies 2011 and invited to
EG8 and G20
20 ! Engineers and Business schools visited Le
Camping
150 ! Media traction: more than 150 articles and TV
interviews in French and International media
(Wired and Business Week)
16 ! Community events in 6 months like the
Foursquare Hackathon, Job Fair and Startup
Weekend.
11. 4. LE CAMPING RESULTS
THEY CAME TO LE CAMPING!
«
I
can
tell
you,
there
are
qualified
people
in
this
room
and
we
need
more
programmes
like
Le
Camping
»
Eric
Schmidt,
Ex
10
years
CEO
at
Google,
Actual
Chairman
Google
Brad
Feld,
US
Investor
Jawed
Karim,
Co-‐founder
of
Youtube
12. 5. LE CAMPING Follow up!
WE ARE STILL WORKING FOR THE THE
CAMPERS FROM SEASON ONE
3 ! Raising Funds processes : introductions to key investors with 3 teams from
season 1
2 ! Internationalization of 2 teams : connexions with our international network
3 ! Media traction for all the campers from season 1: they met David Drummond
(Google) and Elliot Schrage, (Facebook) and Bernard Liautaud (Balderton)
3 ! 3 Press Conferences at Le Camping for the release of new products to the
journalists
13. 5. LE CAMPING NEXT STEPS
SEASON 2 : GETTING EVEN BETTER
STARTUPS OF SEASON 2
- Complementarity of the teams (Designers, hackers, business)
- Eager to learn
- All have more than a proof of concept
- 3 of them allready have international media coverage (The Next Web, Google Blog, Wired UK)
- 3 teams selected for international pitch contest
- 2 teams accepeted in other accelerators in the US, refused in order to stay at Le Camping
PROGRAMME FOR SEASON 2
- More structured : Startups have lead mentors and mentor families from day one ;
- + 20% more international mentors like Andrew Lacy from Tapulous ;
- Selected by the government to pitch in front of 20 international Ministers;
- Demo Day at Le Web, the biggest VCs and Startups event in Europe ;
- International exchanges set up with Isrealian Accelerator, VentureGeeks ;
14. 6. LE CAMPING NEXT STEPS
End of the Start of the
Season 2 Season 3
Events
On stage at Bercy
Job Fair 1 Designer 2 DEMO DAY Le Camping
Weekend Le Web/ Fest
Camping
Job Fair 2
SEASON
2
SEASON
3
SEPT 2011 MARCH 2012 JUNE 2012 SEPT 2012
