LATE STAGE FUNDING for early stage companies FINAC ACCELERATOR MEETUP 7.2.2017 TIMO FELIN, VENTURE ADVISOR
WE INCREASE THE ACTIVITY OF SELECTED INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS BY PROVIDING QUALITY DEAL FLOW FROM FINLAND
HBH INVESTOR SERVICES TASKS Know the GROWTH COMPANIES 1 that are raising over 1 M € Know the FOREIGN INVESTORS 2 that are likely to invest in them
TOP FINNISH CITIES BY NUMBER OF DEALS 2016 69 Helsinki region 10 Tampere 9 Turku 5 Oulu
WHAT DO THE LATER STAGE INVESTORS LOOK FOR IN FINLAND? NUMBER OF INVESTMENTS PER VERTICAL IN 2016: 21 ENTERPRISE SAAS 11 HEALTH & WELLNESS 8 GAMING 7 RETAIL 6 EDUCATION 6 DEEP TECH
NUMBER OF INVESTMENTS PER ROUND SIZE ($M) 19 18 16 14 12 9 8 3 0 Undisclosed < 0.5 0.5-1 1-3 3-5 5-10 10-20 20-50 50+ Data source: The Nordic Web
THE CVC AWAKENING CVC DEAL COUNT IN FINLAND 2012 - 2016 27 19 19 12 6 13 6 15 13 2 5 6 1 1 1 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 domestic foreign
“Is what they do valuable? Yes.” “It is of great value that you know the major players. This thing is built through personal “You are role relationships.” models for all the regional business development “They send me teams!” perfect amount of info. I get very happy seeing their emails. ” “I Work 12-16 hours a day. Most of my social life is related to my work. This is why I want to carefully choose the people I work with.”
ISSUES IN LATE STAGE FUNDING ✘ Lack of local funds ✘ General lack of A+ round funding sources ✘ Lack of active connections to funds
HOW CAN WE HELP ACCELERATORS? ✓ Intros between foreign investors and your portfolio companies ✓ Introduce you to the relevant investors in our network
HOW DO WE DO IT? Snitch on your startups raising funding. WE CONTACT THEM… ...FIND OUT THE INVESTORS' INTEREST... ...FIND INVESTORS WITH RELEVANT ...AND MAKE THE PROFILE IN OUR INTRO BETWEEN NETWORK… THE MATCHES.
WHY DO WE DO IT FOR FREE? Because our owners (cities) LOVE JOBS .
IN SEARCH OF FUNDING? LET’S TALK. Timo Felin, venture advisor +358 50 542 8058 @tfelin / @dealflowFI timo.felin@hbh.fi
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