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Talk by Silicon Valley SuperAngel/VC Jeff Clavier (France), Stanford Engineering School, European Entrepreneurhip & Innovation, http://europeanentrepreneursatstanford.com
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European Entrepreneurship Discussion
Stanford – Jan 24, 2011
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SoftTech VC • Investment management company founded in May 2004
– GP of 3 early stage funds: SoftTech VC I (<$1M), SoftTech VC II ($15M), SoftTech VC III ($15M closed, $35M target)
• One of Silicon Valley’s most active Consumer Internet seed investor, and one of the first “Super Angel” funds
• Involved in funding/supporting 90+ startups since 2004. To date: – 17 companies have generated $500M+ in total exit consideration – 40 companies have raised $400M+ in follow-on financing
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A few SoftTech exits
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SoftTech VC I SoftTech VC II
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Jeff Clavier (aka @jeff) • CTO of Effix Systems, sold to
Reuters in 1993 • CTO/VP Engineering of Reuters
Trading Systems
• GP at Reuters Greenhouse Fund LP ($450M corporate venture arm of Reuters)
• Started angel investing in Web 2.0 startups in 2004
• Portfolio of 90+ companies, with 17 M&As & $400M in follow-on investments
• Media accolades: – 2007: “Web 2.0 King Maker”
Business 2.0 – 2008: “25 most influential people on
the Web” BusinessWeek – 2010: “Top 25 Angels in Tech”
BusinessWeek – 2009/2010: “Finalist for Best Angel
Investor” Crunchies
• Popular speaker on investing and consumer internet trends
• Advisor to Telefonica • Mentor at YCombinator,
TechStars & SeedCamp 1/25/11
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Social Media, Commerce & Communities
Monetization
Gaming “New” Areas
B2B/B2C Services
Search & Discovery
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© SoftTech VC 2011 – All Rights Reserved SoftTech VC II
Social Media, Commerce & Communities
Gaming “New” Areas
B2B/B2C Services
Search & Discovery Monetization
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© SoftTech VC 2011 – All Rights Reserved SoftTech VC III Social Media, Real-time Web & Commerce
Mobile Applications & Infrastructure
Gaming “New” Areas
Search, Local & Monetization
(Cloud) Applications & Infrastructure Services
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