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Anatomy of an Early Stage VC
Mathias Ockenfels & Nicolas Wittenborn
TOA Satellite 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 July 17, 2014
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Maybe you know some of our investments:
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Point Nine Capital
Founded in Berlin 2011
Investing โ‚ฌ100k-1M from โ‚ฌ40M Fund
In Europe & North America
@PointNineCap
Oslo
Portfolio (exc.)
Vancouver
Washington
D.C
Auckland
WarsawEdmonton
New York
Berlin
Barcelona
Paris
Riga
San Francisco
Las Vegas
Krakow
Investment Focus
Other

19%
Marketplaces

15%
SaaS

65%
We <3 SaaS
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Financing Landscape (EU)
Seed Series A Series B
โ‚ฌ100k
Business
Angels
โ‚ฌ500k
โ‚ฌ1-5M
โ‚ฌ5M+
F&F
Crowdfunding
Caveat: Drastically simpli๏ฌed. Expect blurry lines, pixelated logos & a changing landscape.
GrantsAccelerators
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We see a lot of companies
Q1 2014
= 3,000 Startups / Year
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The VC Process
Startup
First Contact
Evaluation
Due Diligence
Deal Memo Term Sheet Legal DD
Deal
ColdNetwork Outgoing
( )
Agree on terms
Ready to invest
Get lawyers involvedDecide internally
3,000
10
selective?
@PointNineCap
Homerun

1
Make money

2
Money back

2
Lose money

5
VCs are wrong often
in 10 investments
Fund Math
Fund Size

Goal

Exit Proceeds

Avg. Ownership

Exit req. 

!
Investments

!
Unicorn (1B+)

Pony (100M+)	 

Foal (10M+)

!
โ‚ฌ40M
3x+ Cash on Cash
โ‚ฌ120M+
10-15%
โ‚ฌ800M-1.2B
!
30-40
!
1-2
10+
100+
!
Fund maker potential
3-5%
25-30%
250%+
The VC Business Model
LPs & GPs
Cash & Carry
Fund Lifecycle
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Fund Drivers
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Censored
Thatโ€™s all for today!
@PointNineCap
Some good resources - Blogs
www.avc.com
www.bothsidesofthetable.com
www.feld.com
And of course heyni.co :)
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Some good resources - Books
VCs at Work (Shah)
Venture Deals (Feld & Mendelson)
Delivering Happiness (Hsieh)
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Some good resources - Other
Quora (Q&A)
This Week in Startups (podcast)
Something Ventured (movie)
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Q&A
Thanks!
Get in touch:
mathias@pointninecap.com
nicolas@pointninecap.com
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