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GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY TRENDS & STARTUP HUBS 2015 From Silicon Valley to London To Seoul August 25, 2015 SparkLabs Global Ventures 1

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GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY TRENDS & STARTUP HUBS 2015From Silicon Valley to London To Seoul

August 25, 2015 SparkLabs Global Ventures 1

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•  General Technology Trends•  Global Venture Capital Trends•  Global Startup Hubs•  Startup Snapshots of Global Hubs :

Silicon Valley, NYC, London, Stockholm, Berlin, Tel Aviv, Beijing, Seoul, Los Angeles, and Boston.

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General Technology Trends

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Self driving cars Virtual reality Wearable devices

Internet of Things

Hot Trends for 2015

3D printing Drones

Continuing Evolution of Technology

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• Global IT spending is expected to grow 2.5%, 2.3% and 2.9% in 2015, 2016 and 2017 respectively. (Gartner)

• Mobile devices (smartphone/tablet) are recovering the slow demand of PCs

Source: Gartner, OECD

IT Industry Market Growth VS OECD GDP Growth Worldwide Smart Connected Device Forecast Market Share by Product Category, 2013-2018

Source: IDC

Global IT Industry

3 1.9 1.3 1.4 1.8

15.3 13.3

4.4 4.7 2.1

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• Global PC shipment decreased in 2014 and is expected to continuously decrease throughout 2015

• Major IT products shipment growth: PC -6.8% (2014) → -5.3% (2015E), Tablets 23.9% → 25.2%, Mobile phones 3.0% → 4.4%

Source: Gartner

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• Other than mobile phones, software market including big data analytics and enterprise applications will show the fastest growth.

Source: IDC

Fast growing software market

Worldwide Software Market, 2H 2013Five Year Market Growth by Global Region (revenues)

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Global Venture Capital Trends

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Six Largest Rounds by Global Region VC-Backed New Unicorn Companies by Continent

Source: CB Insights, KPMG

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The Six Largest Rounds of Q2’15 Totaled Over $3.5B, More Than 18% of Funding In North America

•  $1.5 billion•  Growth Equity•  San Francisco

•  $433.9 million•  Series E•  New York

•  $500 million•  Series C•  San Francisco

•  $275 million•  Series B•  San Francisco

•  $337.6 million•  Series E-II•  Pacific Palisades

•  $500 million•  Series C•  San Francisco

Source: CB Insights, KPMG

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Six Largest Rounds by Global Region The Six Largest EU Rounds of Q2’15 Total More Than $1.5B, Over 1/5th of Total Funding in 2015 To Date

Source: CB Insights, KPMG

The Six Largest Rounds of Q2’15 Total More Than $4.2B; Over 25% of All Asian Funding in 2015

Source: CB Insights, KPMG

•  $526 million•  Series G•  Stockholm

•  $120 million•  Series B•  Vienna

•  $150 million•  Series E•  London

•  $100 million•  Series E•  Berlin

•  $110 million•  Series H•  Berlin

•  $500 million•  Corporate Minority•  Mallow, Ireland

•  $1 billion•  Series E•  Seoul, Korea

•  $550 million•  Series I•  Bangalore

•  $850 million•  Series E•  Shanghai

•  $418.6 million•  Series C•  Chongqing, China

•  $485 million•  Private Equity•  Shanghai

•  $931 million•  Private Equity•  Huangpu District, China

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Financing Trends to VC-Backed Companies Annual Global Financing Trends to VC-Backed Companies

$100M+ Financings to VC-Backed Companies

Source: CB Insights, KPMG

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Investments by Continent Deal Count by Continent

Investment ($B) by continent

Source: CB Insights, KPMG

1,303 1,297 1,222 1,173 1,180

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Startup Funding Trends in U.S

• Most startup funding in U.S. is focused on software. • Crowdfunding continues to grow and boomed in 2014. Crowdfunding now raises

$2 million a day.

Source: National Venture Capital Association

U.S. Startup Funding by Category (2014) Crowd Funding Growth in Numbers (billion $)

Source: Crowdfunding Centre Report, Inc, SparkLabs Global Ventures

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•  In U.S., VCs are crowded out. $11.3B was Invested In 805 deals in 2015 which hit a nine-quarter low and fell for the fourth straight quarter. When investments from hedge funds, mutual funds and private equity investors into VC-backed companies are included, VC-backed companies actually raised $17.7B of funding in Q1 which is breaking high.

•  In China, the number of deals fell for the second straight quarter, however funding was supported by large rounds. China funding remains above $2B for third straight quarter. Investment amount is expected to keep growing in the long run.

Quarterly VC Investment and Deal Volume Trend(U.S.)

Source: CB Insights

Quarterly VC-Backed China Tech Financings

Source: CB Insights

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Number of Investments by U.S. Metros Number of Investments by Region

Average Investment Size by Region($M)

Source: Mattermark

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Investment Sizes by U.S. Metros Median Investment Size by Region ($M)

Total Investment Size by Region ($M)

Source: Mattermark

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Seed & Series A Investments by U.S. Metros Number of Seed Investments by Region

Number of Series A Investments by Region

Source: Mattermark

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Top Participants in U.S. Series A Rounds

Source: Mattermark

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SV Angel

True Ventures

Lerer Hippeau Ventures

Great Oaks Venture Capital

Accel Partners

First Round Capital

Sequoia Capital

KPCB

Thrive Capital

SoftBank Capital

Grotech Ventures

Upfront Ventures

Atlas Venture

Fuel Capital

Lightspeed Venture Partners

ff Venture Capital

Silicon Valley Bank

Feliois Ventures

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VC Funding Statistics Top Ten U.S. Metros

Source: Mattermark

Region Venture-Backed Startups

Average Deal Size

($M)

Total Venture

Dollars($B)

MoM Employee Growth

Compound Growth Since

Funding

Average Company

Size Average Age

Austin 28 6.4 0.18 1% 4% 27 4

Bay Area 308 27.73 8.32 8% 7% 94 4

Boston 86 16.50 1.39 4% 7% 55 6

Chicago 25 7.24 0.18 5% 5% 101 5

Los Angeles 63 20.86 1.33 8% 10% 61 5

New York 150 13.75 1.99 6% 18% 71 4

Salt Lake City 13 26.82 0.35 4% 5% 144 6

San Diego 20 12.84 0.26 5% 13% 47 8

Seattle 37 17.58 0.67 7% 6% 119 5

Washington, D.C. 31 7.59 0.24 12% 7% 31 4

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Largest US Funding Rounds in Q2 2015

Source: Mattermark

Company Funding Date Series

Funding Amount

($M) Investors Region

Airbnb 6/29/2015 Series E 1500 General Atlantic, Hillhouse Capital Group, Tiger Global Management Bay Area

Snapchat 5/29/2015 Series E 537 Fidelity Investments, York Capital Management, Glade Brook Capital Partners Los Angeles

Zenefits 5/6/2015 Series C 500 Khosla Ventures, Insight Venture Partners, Ashton Kutcher, Andreessen Horowitz, Fidelity Investments, Jared Leto, TPG Capital, Institutional Venture Partners(IVP), Sound Ventures, Founders Fund Bay Area

Affirm 5/6/2015 Series C 275 Khosla Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Spark Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Jefferies Group Bay Area

DraftKings 4/3/2015 Series D 250 The Walt Disney Company Boston

DocuSign 5/12/2015 Series F 233 Brookside Capital, Generation Investment Management, ClearBridge Investments, Iconiq Capital, Wasatch Advisors, Wellington Management, Sands Capital Ventures Seattle

Denali Therapeutics 5/14/2015 Series A 217 ARCH Venture Partners, Alaska Permanent Fund, Flagship Ventures, Fidelity Biosciences Bay Area

Domo 4/8/2015 Series D 200 BlackRock, The Capital Group, Glynn Capital Management, GGV Capital Salt Lake City

NantHealth 6/30/2015 Series D 200 Allscripts Los Angeles

Adaptive Biotechnologies 5/6/2015 Series F 195 Tiger Global Management, Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Casdin Capital, Rock Springs Capital Manageme

nt, Viking Global Investors, Senator Investment Group Seattle

Pinterest 5/11/2015 Series G 186 Fidelity Investments, Valiant Capital Partners, SV Angel, Bessemer Venture Partners, FirstMark Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Wellington Management, Goldman Sachs Bay Area

Credit Karma 6/23/2015 Series E 175 Tiger Global Management, Valinor Management, Viking Global Investors Bay Area

Prosper 4/8/2015 Series F 165 NEXT Investors, JP Morgan Chase & Co, SunTrust Bank, BBVA Ventures, Neuberger Berman, Passport Capital, Breyer Capital Bay Area

Slack 4/16/2015 Series E 160 Digital Sky Technologies (DST), Horizons Ventures, Index Ventures, Institutional Venture Partners (IVP), Spark Capital Bay Area

OneSource Virtual 6/22/2015 Series B 150 Technology Crossover Ventures, Halyard Capital Dallas

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Notable IPOs in Q2 2015

Source: Mattermark

Company Name

IPO Date

Stock Exchange

Stock Ticker

Symbol

Amount Raised

($)

Shares Offered

Price Per

Share at IPO

($)

Market Capitalization

at IPO($)

Past Investors

Total Private Funding

($)

Adaptimune Therapeutics

5/6/2015 NASDAQ ADAP 191,250,0

00 11,250,00

0 17 1,203,350,389 Biomedical Catalyst Fund, New Enterprise Associates, OrbiMed Advisors, Fidelity Biosciences, Merlin Nexus, Foresite Capital, Rock Springs Ca

pital Management, Wellington Management, University of Oxford 107,500,000

Arcadia Biosciences

5/15/2015 NASDAQ RKDA 65,600,00

0 8,200,000 8 345,402,480 CMEA Capital, Saints Capital, BASF Venture Capital, Mandala Capital 101,000,000

Biotie Therapies

6/11/2015 NASDAQ BITI 56,007,51

4 3,761,418 14.89 181,896,538 DFJ Esprit, Investor Growth Capital, Abingworth 145,750,000

Carbylan Therapeutics

4/9/2015 NASDAQ CBYL 65,000,00

0 13,000,00

0 5 121,234,815 InterWest Partners, Alta Partners, Vivo Ventures 34,999,999

EndoChoice 6/4/2015 NYSE GI 95,250,00

0 6,350,000 15 367,661,805 Sequoia Capital, Ally Bridge Group, Rock Springs Capital Management, Deerfield Management Company, River Cities Capital Funds, Accelme

d 115,489,918

Etsy 4/16/2015 NASDAQ ETSY 266,666,6

56 16,666,66

6 16 1,775,400,240

Accel Partners, Union Square Ventures, Albert Wenger, Stewart Butterfield, Caterina Fake, Manatt Venture Fund, Spencer Ain, Acton Capital Partners, Hubert Burda Media, Index Ventures, Glynn Capital Manageme

nt, Judson Ain, Sean Meenan, Joshua Schachter

97,257,127

Fitbit 6/18/2015 NYSE FIT 731,500,0

00 36,575,00

0 20 4,114,438,600 SoftTech VC, Foundry Group, Felicis Ventures, True Ventures, SoftBank Capital, Sapphire Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures 66,000,000

Invuity 6/16/2015 NASDAQ IVTY 48,000,00

0 4,000,000 12 152,413,104 InterWest Partners, HealthCare Royalty Partners, Valence Life Sciences, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Wexford Capital, Wellington Manag

ement 96,200,000

OpGen 5/5/2015 NASDAQ OPGN 17,100,00

0 2,850,000 6 64,310,082 In-Q-Tel, Highland Capital Partners, Versant Ventures, CHL Medical Partners, jVen Capital, Mason Wells Biomedical Fund, Harris & Harris Grou

p, Cross Creek Advisors 74,282,745

Shopify 5/19/2015 NYSE SHOP 130,900,0

00 7,700,000 17 1,134,536,089 Insight Venture Partners, Felicis Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, FirstMark Capital, OMERS Ventures, Georgian Partners 122,000,000

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Global Startup Hubs

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GLOBAL STARTUP HUBS

Silicon Valley

New York

London Berlin

Stockholm

Seoul Tel Aviv

Beijing

Los Angeles

Boston

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What defines a leading global startup hub?

•  Engineering Talent

•  Entrepreneurs / Mentors

•  Technical Infrastructure

•  Funding Ecosystem & Exits

DEFINITION

•  Startup Culture

•  Legal & Policy Infrastructure

•  Economic Foundation

•  Government Policies & Programs

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GLOBAL HUBS

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Population of Top 10 Global Startup Hubs

* population by metro area** not in ranking order

1.  Silicon Valley 7.4 Million

2.  New York City 20.1 Million

3.  London 13.6 Million

4.  Stockholm 2.1 Million

5.  Berlin 4.2 Million

6.  Tel Aviv 3.4 Million

7.  Beijing 24.9 Million

8.  Seoul 25.7 Million

9.  Los Angeles 18.5 Million

10. Boston 7.6 Million

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GLOBAL HUBS

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Unicorns of Top 10 Global Startup Hubs

Our definition of a “unicorn” was:•  Private company valuation of $1 billion+

•  Private company acquired for $1 billion+

•  IPOed during 2010 to present with a current market capitalization of $1 billion or greater

(Sources: CB Insights, Yahoo! Finance, and Google)

1.  Silicon Valley 69 Unicorns

2.  New York City 16 Unicorns

3.  London 10 Unicorns

4.  Stockholm 6 Unicorns

5.  Berlin 5 Unicorns

6.  Tel Aviv 3 Unicorns

7.  Beijing 9 Unicorns

8.  Seoul 6 Unicorns

9.  Los Angeles 5 Unicorns

10. Boston 8 Unicorns

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22 Unicorn Startups who went public (IPO)

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SILICON VALLEY

Pandora Trulia Palo Alto Networks Infoblox Lending Club Hortonworks

Linkedin Facebook ServiceNow Marketo Zendesk Fitbit

Fusion-io Workday Exact Target Fireeye GoPro

Zynga Splunk Guidewire Software Box New Relic

List of Unicorn Startups that went public since 2010

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47 More Unicorn Startups in Silicon Valley (non-IPO)

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SILICON VALLEY

Uber Airbnb Square Slack Automattic AppDynamics Credit Karma Github Docker Zscaler

Lyft Palantir Technologies

Intarcia Therapeutics

Bloom Energy Twilio Kabam Jawbone Instacart 23andMe Wish

Prosper Pinterest Stripe Houzz Good Technology Illumio Pure Storage MuleSoft CloudFlare

Tanium Dropbox Zenefits Survey Monkey

Proteus Digital Health MarkLogic DocuSign Deem EventBrite

NextDoor Theranos Cloudera Evernote Tango Coupa Software ContextLogic Medallia Lookout

List of Unicorn Startups that haven’t gone public

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16 Unicorn Startups in New York City

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NEW YORK CITY

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10 Unicorn Startups in London

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LONDON

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Unicorn Startups in Boston, LA and Berlin

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BOSTON, LA, & BERLIN

8 in BOSTON 5 in LA 5 in BERLIN

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Unicorn Startups in Beijing and Seoul

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BEIJING AND SEOUL

9 in BEIJING 6 in SEOUL

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Unicorn Startups in Tel Aviv and Stockholm

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TEL AVIV & STOCKHOLM

6 in STOCKHOLM 3 in TEL AVIV

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Startup Snapshots of Silicon Valley

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SILICON VALLEY

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Startup Snapshots of Silicon Alley

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NEW YORK CITY

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Startup Snapshots of London

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LONDON

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Startup Snapshots of Stockholm

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STOCKHOLM

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Startup Snapshots of Berlin

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BERLIN

6Wunderkinder

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Startup Snapshots of Tel Aviv

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TEL AVIV

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Startup Snapshots of Beijing

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BEIJING

Kaixin001

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Startup Snapshots of Seoul

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SEOUL

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Startup Snapshots of Los Angeles

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LOS ANGELES

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Startup Snapshots of Boston

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BOSTON

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About SparkLabs Global Ventures

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SparkLabs Global Ventures is a new seed-stage fund founded by entrepreneurs. We are a global fund that believes exceptional entrepreneurs can be found anywhere. All six partners have created new businesses across the globe, and are currently based in London, Tel Aviv, Seoul,

Singapore and Silicon Valley.

SparkLabs Global: A New Seed-Stage Fund

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“SparkLabs team was extremely value-add - they provided strategic advice, brokered relationships, and was 100% committed to supporting us in building our company. They opened more doors for us than any other investor. SparkLabs is an extension of your team. I would work with them in a heartbeat.” - Somrat Niyogi, Co-founder & CEO of Stitch (acquired by SugarCRM)

“YJ and I, along with the entire team at KnowRe are ecstatic to be a part of the SparkLabs family, beginning from our days in the accelerator. As an investor and mentor, SparkLabs brings a partnership that truly embodies the characteristics of a family - being involved, bringing to bear ALL of one's resources, a genuine concern for someone that goes far beyond self-interest. This type of partnership invariably leads to a deep trust. As entrepreneurs turned investors, SparkLabs has a distinct understanding of both tectonic shifts in industry and the needs of, say a junior marketing employee. This unique vertical acumen is extremely valuable and a critical component to growth.” - David Joo, Co-founder & Co-CEO of KnowRe (www.knowre.com)

“Love working with these guys. Gives ‘sweat capital’ an entirely new meaning, going to all lengths around the world to get us what we need.” - Akash Nigam, Co-founder & CEO of Blend (www.blend.la)

Testimonials: Our Entrepreneurs

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“SparkLabs is an amazing team of investors. The partners are experienced operators from around the globe who have helped us with not only key business issues, but also bouncing new ideas. Everyone is intelligent and charismatic, so it's easy to see why the fund has such an expansive network of founders, senior executives, and advisors who are always there to help. If you're a founder who cares about scale, international expansion, or just adding an awesome extension to your team - SparkLabs is your fund.” - Cathy Han, Co-founder & CEO of 42 (YC W14)

(www. 42technologies.com)

“SparkLabs has been an amazing partner for us - they set the bar high, but have helped us every step of the way. Not only has the SparkLabs team provided market-vetted advice and feedback, but they’ve been out front in making key introductions and resources. Iodine is proud to be part of the SparkLabs clan.” - Thomas Goetz, Co-founder & CEO of Iodine (www.iodine.com)

“The partners at SparkLabs are amazing people and have been a motivating force since the early days of Petnet. They are forward thinking in the way they think about the internet of things and how it will shape they way people shop for consumables. They have an expansive global network of executives, advisors, and investors who are ready to help in any form necessary. SparkLabs is an essential team member for companies who are looking to expand their brand globally.” - Carlos Herrera, Co-founder & CEO of Petnet (www.petnet.io)

Testimonials: Our Entrepreneurs

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“Suffice it to say that SparkLabs has played a significant role in the Squirrel story! Heck, they were even involved before we became known as Squirrel! SparkLabs has taken on the role of investor, mentor, facilitator, talent source, sounding board and all-round supporter of everything Squirrel as of day 1. Their commitment to our success has come through in every interaction with the outspoken Frank Meehan and team at SparkLabs, and they've been a great partner on our amazing journey so far. I look forward to continuing to see that partnership flourish as they help us work towards making financial freedom a reality in the UK and beyond!” - Mutaz Qubbaj, Co-founder & CEO of Squirrel (www.squirrel.me)

“The partners at SparkLabs are connected. Globally. They have unmatched entrepreneurial hustle and are raising the bar for value-add from an investor.” - Scott Saunders, Co-founder & CEO of Payoff (www.payoff.com)

“MangoPlate exists today due to the amazing advice and guidance we received from SparkLabs Global Ventures. They are entrepreneurs themselves so they provide extremely practical and realistic guidance. We fully trust that they will always provide guidance from the entrepreneurial perspective, thus we continue to seek their advice regarding all aspects of MangoPlate from vision, HR, operations and to funding. Their team has been nothing short of amazing for MangoPlate and we are so blessed to be a part of the SparkLabs family.” - Joon Oh, Co-founder & Co-CEO of MangoPlate

(www.mangoplate.com)

Testimonials: Our Entrepreneurs

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“Code Kingdoms is delighted to part of the SparkLabs family. The partners understand entrepreneurs because they are entrepreneurs themselves - the guidance and support provide is always insightful, relevant and timely. Having SparkLabs as an investor has been a significant contributor to the growth of our company and also provided immense learning opportunities from fellow portfolio companies and wider network.” - Ross Targett, Co-founder & CEO of Code Kingdoms (www.codekingdoms.com)

“The team at SparkLabs have struck a read chord with everyone here at Soundwave due to the fact that, first and foremost, they are all entrepreneurs. We've really enjoyed tapping into their experience as we navigate our way through building and scaling Soundwave. It's reassuring to know that they are always on the other end of the phone, email, sms, IM or Skype!” - Brendan O’Driscoll, Co-founder & CEO of Soundwave (www.soundwave.com)

“SparkLabs' passion for Memebox inspired us to go global and expand to Silicon Valley. Their support was felt every step of the way as we launched the Silicon Valley office and graduated from Y Combinator. Since their involvement we've successfully closed both a Series A and B funding round, within a year. It has been a rewarding experience having SparkLabs Global Ventures as our investor and partner as we continue to share our products with the global audience.” - Dino Ha, Co-founder & Co-CEO of Memebox (YC W14) (www.memebox.com)

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