The pitfalls and important thoughts for founders on their way to a successful exit of their startup company from a view of a Venture Capitalist. (my presentation of Arctic15 Event in Helsinki on May 28th 2014 - www.arctic15.com).
Exit the road ahead for startups - from a view of a Venture Capitalist
1. How to Drive the Road to Exit…
… a view from a Venture Capitalist
Helsinki - 28th of May 2014
2. My current portfolio and areas of VC expertise:
Mobile Internet, Big Data & Cloud based Platforms
Thomas Grota – Investment Director T-Venture Holding GmbH – @thomasgr
E"X"I"T"S"
3. T-Venture Portfolio contains currently 100 companies.
Two Funds managed for Deutsche Telekom AG
Thomas Grota – Investment Director T-Venture Holding GmbH – @thomasgr
4. Selected successful exits of T-Venture
E-Commerce solution
1998: IPO
@motion
Wireless internet access
2000: trade sale to Openwave
(formerly: phone.com)
Web conference
provider
2000: IPO
Internet payment services
2010: trade sale to Deutsche Telekom
Online Flight Search and Bookings
2010: trade sale to KAYAK
Optical Networking Applications
2010: trade sale to Cisco
Fabless Semiconductors
2010: trade sale to Broadcom
Real-Time Collaboration Software
2011: trade sale to Citrix
Search Portal for Discount
Offers of Local Retailers
2011: trade sale to Axel Springer
Wireless Access Technology
2012: trade sale to Ericsson
"On-Demand" E-Commerce
2012: IPO
Wireless Systems for Home Networks
2012: IPO
Security Solution for Mobile
Enterprise Devices
2012: trade sale to Rapid7
Mass calling service
2002: trade sale to
Deutsche Telekom
Femtocell Technology
2013: trade sale to Cisco
Customer experience management
solution. 2009: trade sale to Tektronix
Communications
Mobile messaging solutions
2008: trade sale to Nokia
Web based calling company
2010: trade sale to Telefonica
End-to-end wireless internet solution
2008: trade sale to Microsoft
E-Commerce
2006: shares sold to
Holtzbrinck + Weltbild
Multimedia core solutions
2007: IPO
Core networking infrastructure
provider. 2008: trade sale to
Nokia Siemens Networks
Social P2P media networking platform
2006: trade sale to
Sony Pictures Entertainment
M-commerce
infrastructure solution
2006: trade sale to Amdocs
Mobile broadband
2005: trade sale to
QUALCOMM
Transit application
2013: trade sale to Apple
Multi-platform productivity solution
2013: trade sale to Sequoia
Mobile advertising
2014: trade sale to Opera Software
27. T-Venture Portfolio contains currently 100 companies.
Two Funds managed for Deutsche Telekom AG
Thomas Grota – Investment Director T-Venture Holding GmbH – @thomasgr
28. Selected successful exits of T-Venture
E-Commerce solution
1998: IPO
@motion
Wireless internet access
2000: trade sale to Openwave
(formerly: phone.com)
Web conference
provider
2000: IPO
Internet payment services
2010: trade sale to Deutsche Telekom
Online Flight Search and Bookings
2010: trade sale to KAYAK
Optical Networking Applications
2010: trade sale to Cisco
Fabless Semiconductors
2010: trade sale to Broadcom
Real-Time Collaboration Software
2011: trade sale to Citrix
Search Portal for Discount
Offers of Local Retailers
2011: trade sale to Axel Springer
Wireless Access Technology
2012: trade sale to Ericsson
"On-Demand" E-Commerce
2012: IPO
Wireless Systems for Home Networks
2012: IPO
Security Solution for Mobile
Enterprise Devices
2012: trade sale to Rapid7
Mass calling service
2002: trade sale to
Deutsche Telekom
Femtocell Technology
2013: trade sale to Cisco
Customer experience management
solution. 2009: trade sale to Tektronix
Communications
Mobile messaging solutions
2008: trade sale to Nokia
Web based calling company
2010: trade sale to Telefonica
End-to-end wireless internet solution
2008: trade sale to Microsoft
E-Commerce
2006: shares sold to
Holtzbrinck + Weltbild
Multimedia core solutions
2007: IPO
Core networking infrastructure
provider. 2008: trade sale to
Nokia Siemens Networks
Social P2P media networking platform
2006: trade sale to
Sony Pictures Entertainment
M-commerce
infrastructure solution
2006: trade sale to Amdocs
Mobile broadband
2005: trade sale to
QUALCOMM
Transit application
2013: trade sale to Apple
Multi-platform productivity solution
2013: trade sale to Sequoia
Mobile advertising
2014: trade sale to Opera Software