500 Startups & US Investment Trends @ Hong Kong International Fintech Symposium 2015

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500 Startups & US Investment Trends 2015 Edith Yeung (@edithyeung)

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500 Startups & US Investment Trends 2015

Edith Yeung (@edithyeung)  

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#500STRONG

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Edith Yeung is a Partner at 500 Startups’ Mobile Collective, focusing on investing in mobile apps and consumer internet startups. Before 500, Edith was the VP of marketing & business development for Dolphin Browser. Dolphin Browser is a Sequoia-backed mobile browser with over 150 million installs worldwide. She also founded RightVentures - seed stage investment firm focusing on mobile and consumer internet companies. Prior, she led many operation roles at Oracle, Siebel, AT&T, Symantec, Telstra, Cisco, Autodesk, etc.

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500 Startups by the number •  $190M under management with $130M deployed •  1200 companies across all funds •  >300 companies started outside the US •  >300 companies with women co-founders •  Team of 75 people, 15 countries, 20+ languages •  Companies have raised $3B+ in additional capital

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US Investment Trends 2015

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Unicorn are private companies valued at over $1B. Generally refers to companies in high-growth sectors of tech, life sciences and energy.

1. Age of the Unicorns

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84 unicorns are mostly paper unicorns Top  10  Unicorns  1.  Uber    2.  Airbnb    3.  Twi4er    4.  Whatsapp    5.  Snapchat    6.  Workday    7.  Palo  Alto  Network    8.  Pinterest    9.  Dropbox    10. Fitbit  

Source:  Aileen  Lee  Techcrunch  arLcle  July  2015    h4p://techcrunch.com/2015/07/18/welcome-­‐to-­‐the-­‐unicorn-­‐club-­‐2015-­‐learning-­‐from-­‐billion-­‐dollar-­‐companies/  

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Highly-Concentrated Portfolio

Modestly-Concentrated Portfolio

Highly-Diversified Portfolio

Source:  Dave  McClure  h4ps://medium.com/500-­‐hats/99-­‐vc-­‐problems-­‐but-­‐a-­‐batch-­‐ain-­‐t-­‐one-­‐why-­‐porVolio-­‐size-­‐ma4ers-­‐for-­‐returns-­‐16cf556d4af0  

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3 Unicorns >$1B in Value !

25+ Centaurs >$100M in Value !

250 - 300 Ponies >$10M in Value !

#500STABLE

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#500UNICORNS

TWILIO   GRAB TAXI  CREDIT KARMA  

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Instead of IPO: - Companies raised $40M - $1billion private rounds - Traditional public market investors and buyout funds moved into private markets - Many early stage investors returns are now private

2. IPO no more?

Source:  Andreessen  Horowitz  June  2015    h4p://www.slideshare.net/a16z/state-­‐of-­‐49390473  

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Box raised $150M Series G at $2.4B valuation vs IPO at $14 per share at $1.67 B

Source:  CBInsights  h4ps://www.cbinsights.com/blog/dropbox-­‐valuaLon-­‐bubble/  

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3. Unbundling Banking – Bank is under attack

Source:  Tom  Loverro    h4p://tomloverro.com/post/102797126721/banking-­‐is-­‐under-­‐a4ack-­‐heres-­‐a-­‐screenshot-­‐of  

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3. 500 Startups’ Simple acquired by Spain’s BBVA for $117M

Source:  Tom  Loverro    h4p://tomloverro.com/post/102797126721/banking-­‐is-­‐under-­‐a4ack-­‐heres-­‐a-­‐screenshot-­‐of  

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4. Lean Startups - Never been cheaper to create software Much less capital required to build product and get to market

•  Backend: AWS, Google, Paypal, Facebook •  Online marketing platforms:

•  Search (Google, Baidu) •  Social network (Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin) •  Mobile (Apple, Android) •  eCommerce (Amazon, eBay, Alibaba) •  Media (YouTube, Instagram) •  Messaging (Facebook Messenger, Wechat, SMS)

•  3 – 90 days development cycle

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5. Immigrant entrepreneurs are driving America

40% of Fortune 500 companies were founded by immigrants (90 companies) or by their children (an additional 114 companies), according to a report by the Partnership for a New American Economy.

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6. Top Tech Hubs Around the World

Top 10 Tech Hubs according to me ☺ 1.  Silicon Valley 2.  San Francisco 3.  Beijing 4.  Tel Aviv 5.  Shenzhen 6.  New York 7.  Los Angeles 8.  Singapore 9.  Berlin 10. Ho Chi Min

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7. Virtual Reality is the Future

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8. Internet of Everything The Internet of Things (IoT) is the network of physical objects or "things" embedded with electronics, software, sensors, and network connectivity, which enables these objects to collect and exchange data.

Source:  Chris  McCann  h4ps://medium.com/@mccannatron/esports-­‐market-­‐ecosystem-­‐map-­‐c6ae5bc6a7d0  

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9. eSport eSports is big, bigger than you imagine. 27M people watched the final League of Legends event vs. 19.9M viewers watched the full 6 game series of the 2015 NBA finals

Source:  Chris  McCann  h4ps://medium.com/@mccannatron/internet-­‐of-­‐things-­‐iot-­‐market-­‐ecosystem-­‐map-­‐28a73d1393f  

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10. Corporate VCs on the Rise Google - 45 investments Qualcomm – 33 investments Baidu – 14 investments (Uber) Alibaba – 17 investments (Lyft) Tencent – 24 investments •  Kik •  Lyft •  Cyanogen •  Pocket Gems

Source:  Crunchbase  h4ps://www.crunchbase.com/organizaLon/tencent  

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