Belgian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association Members List

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Febelfin

UWE

Voka

via bva.be

An excellent source, to add to the investor funds list maintained by the Betagroup.

Betagroup Presentation Template to Pitch to Investors

Tomorrow is the preselection for the Betapitch, a special Betagroup event hosted at the Betacowork where startups will pitch to a panel of investors that can invest from €20.000 to €5.000.000 . 
This is the template for the presentation that Jean has sent, which may also help you if you are pitching to investors at any other moment: 
Timing: 5 minutes sharp (there will be a countdown and an alarm after 5 minutes) + Q&A
 
Slides template: all the participants will present the same 10 slides (inspired by Guy Kawasaki)
Slide 1 - Team
Slide 2 - Problem that you are tackling
Slide 3 - Your solution
Slide 4 - Business model
Slide 5 - Underlying magic/technology
Slide 6 - Marketing and sales
Slide 7 - Competition
Slide 8 -Projections and milestones
Slide 9 -Pre-invest value + money needed (only 2 figures for this important slide)
Slide 10 - How do you plan to spend the money that you raise

There will be a workshop to help the teams with their presentations hosted by Gilbert West.

 

Europe's Blooming Tech Entrepreneurs

via economist.com

The Economist has published a very interesting article on the blooming tech entrepreneur sceene in Europe and the main differences with the USA.

The two things that struck me the most were: 

  • The seed and start-up venture capital structure in Europe.
  • The shocking list of the barriers to entrepreneurship index made by the OECD. Italy, Spain and Sweden have lower barriers than the USA.

It has also left me thinking about the Venture Capital divide.

Great food for thought.