infoShare 2013: Christoph Raethke- Berlin Startup Ecosystem [EN]

The Berlin startup ecosystem: Success? Failure? Blueprint?

Me, 1996.

A little bit of

History.

(1900)

= 200.000?

6,9 % 12,8%

X

X = my first start up. Good timing.

Friendsurance.de Returbo.de

Lokali.de …

Burckhardt Bonello

1999 2006 2013

Markus Berger-de Leon

1999 2006 2013

Eco

nia

.de

BSA Startup World

Heureka … …

Stephan Schambach

1999 2006 2013

15 Mrd. $!

2009 2013

1 3

No money Good corporate offers Daily emergencies No stability Failure (personal!) No vacations

Parents against it

Girlfriend against it

„Baaaah!“

Status

16.5.2013.

Sales Cycle:

1 May 3 10 Teams

April 24 16 Teams

May 14 18 Teams

May 13-17 20 Teams

May 16 50 Teams?

May 12 5 Teams

119m 133m

Deutsche Telekom

Axel Springer

Daimler Benz, Bosch

Bertelsmann

Bayer

Telco Publisher Automotive Media Healthcare Super Market Retailer

Rewe

Klingel

There are

problems.

Lure of Big Business.

Few great ideas + great guys.

5 Lack of developers.

Few IT success stories.

Bad follow-up financing.

No big Initial

financing.

LACK OF MONEY!!!

So…

what works? What doesn‘t?

We have no clue.

But we have the best laboratory.

Experience.

Thank you for your attention, and:

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