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Prague Summer Conference on IP & Innovation, Sept 14, 2010 1
Challenges in building up early stage companies
venture capital perspective
Vladislav Jež
JV Capital Management/Credo Ventures
Sept 14, 2010 Prague 2
What is PE/VC?
Seed Start-up ExpansionReplacement Capital Buyout
Venture Capital
Early stage
Private Equity
3
Revenues
Time
Start
SetupPrototype
Launch
Growth
Expansion
Maturity
FFF
Business Angels
VC
Banks, Leasing
Buyouts
IPO,Acquisition
Investment stages
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How to finance the growthof early stage companies
• Business Angels
• Venture Capital
• Governmental supportencouraging technology transfer
commercialization of intellectual property
Maximase leverage of public sector funds and the engagement of private sector investors
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Priorities of VC Investors
• Partnership with Entrepreneur• Management team – strongly motivated• Growth potential• Solid business plan with a clear vision• Clear exit strategy
Fundraising, Investments & Exits
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Fundraising for CEE – PE/VC2003 - 2009
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
3500
4000
mil.
EU
R
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Source: EVCA/PEREP
CEE funds raised – incremental closings during the year (€1,000s)
2007 2008 2009
Funds raised by fund stage focus Amount % Amount % Amount %
Early-stage 6,000 0.2 49,010 2.0 0 0.0
Later-stage venture 38,150 1.0 132,850 5.3 26,000 6.9
Balanced 32,700 0.8 28,200 1.1 3,000 0.8
Total venture 76,850 1.9 210,060 8.4 29,000 7.7
Growth capital 260,500 6.5 154,500 6.2 6,300 1.7
Buyout 3,277,630 82.3 1,893,250 76.1 146,140 38.7
Mezzanine 225,000 5.6 161,200 6.5 140,000 37.1
Generalist 143,470 3.6 69,610 2.8 56,070 14.9
Total funds raised 3,983,450 100.0 2,488,620 100.0 377,510 100.0
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Source: EVCA/PEREP_AnalyticsDisclaimer: Data is continuously updated and therefore subject to change.
New VC Fund – Credo Stage One Fund
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• Size - EUR 20 mil.
• Geography – CEE (primary focus CR+SR)
• Investment Size – min.EUR 250.000,-
• Investors – HNWI, institutional investors
• Sectors – Internet, Software, Mobile, Health
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Investments in 2009stage distribution by % of invested amount
€ ´000 CZECH REP. CEE Europeseed 0,0% 0,1% 0,6%
Start-up 0,0% 0,4% 8,1%
Later stage VC 0,02% 1,3% 8,1%
Total VC 0,02% 1,8% 16,8%
Growth+Buy-out 99,98% 98,2% 83,2%
Total 2009Total 2008
1,396,000450,000
2,456,0002,480,000
22,690,00052,675,000
Source:EVCA/Perep
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Investments (mil.EUR)Czech republic
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
1600
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
roky
mil.
EUR
Source: EVCA/CVCA
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Number of Investments Czech rep.
0
5
10
15
20
25
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
roky
poče
t inv
estic
Source: EVCA/CVCA
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Returns in PE/VCEurope
Stage 1Y IRR 3Y IRR 5Y IRR 10Y IRREarly Stage 5,7 2,3 -4,7 -1,1
Development 2,4 6,9 1,2 7,1
Balanced 35,3 6,6 -1,8 7,9
All Venture 17,2 5,0 -2,0 4,1
Buyouts 29,6 15,3 8,3 14,3
Generalist 98,6 15,8 5,9 10,0
All Private Equity 36,1 13,0 5,4 11,0
Source: Thomson Financial for EVCA
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Why not more deals in early stage?
• Limited participation by local investors• Public incentive missing• Limited number of experienced Fund
Managers• Limited contacts with Universities • Missing more success stories
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Early stage investmentsbacked by VC
• NetCentrum – web portal• Voicetronics – voice recognition technology• Nostromo – entertainment mobile content• Systinet – provider of web services
infrastructure software• NewsTin –cross-language news
aggregation• Geewa –multiplayer casual games
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Czech Private Equity&Venture Capital Association
• Founded in 1995• 40 members
- Full members: 14 fund managers
- Associate members: 26 companies
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Contacts
Tel.: +420 737 238 278 E-Mail: [email protected]; [email protected]
www.cvca.cz;www;credoventures.com