VENTURE CAPITAL (€4.9BN, 2011) Cashin To Finance Growth Minority Shareholders Next To The Entrepreneur Highly Innovative Industries Young Companies, Losing Money With Ambitious Plans Pure Equity Risk Expected Return Above 10x Over 5-7 Years Time Horizon
from existing shareholders Majority shareholder with usually new management team Traditional industries Consolidated and profitable companies Structured finance = lever is one of the key Expected return 2‐3x over 3-5 years time horizon
RECENT SURVEY ON A SELECTED NUMBER OF VC-‐BACKED FRENCH COMPANIES IN THE DIGITAL INDUSTRY HAS PROVED THAT: VC investing generates employment growth (not true for the rest of the economy!!) and better quality (full time vs temporary contracts) than SMEs on average VC backed companies hire younger people on average (31 years) and almost 13% of hirings are straight out of college VC backed companies invest more in R&D (2 Emes average SME) and are more internationally oriented (40% of turnover)
PROVE STRONG LEADERSHIP, VISION AND PASSION THE MARKET YOU ARE ADRESSING HAS TO BE HUGE LOOK AT PROFITABILITY! THE RIGHT TEAM ON BOARD (NEED PEOPLE TO PUSH, HIRE SLOW AND FIRE FAST) 1 2 3 4
PROTECTION TOOLS IN THE INDUSTRY ARE: ≈ Preferred versus ordinary shares Liquidation preference: participating and non-participating Anti-dilution clauses: full ratchet or weighted average Corporate governance rules
interest 20‐25 M (for 12 years’ worth of work) ON ANY GIVEN INVESTMENT, 10X MUST BE POSSIBLE In a successful fund, fund managers make less money than successful entrepreneurs, which is normal, similar to average entrepreneur NB: FCPI/ISF funds are different
who you are (management team CV and track record) Tell us what you want to do (value proposition to customer) and how (we can be your beta testers!) Sizing of the market Is there any IP protection envisageable Ambitious but credible financials with validated hypothesis Financial need and existig cap table
your investor deck short & clear) Get challenged (train yourself) Qualified endorsement (get opinion leaders on board since the beginning) Standard venture capital terms (be familiar with the VC legal jargon) Pick the right VC firm and the right person to talk to Feedback & next steps (ask for feedback and next steps at the end of your meeting)