accelerating in italy: scaling the unscalable - giuseppe folonari


ACCELERATING IN ITALY

Giuseppe Folonari Investment Manager @ H-FARM @gfolo


Scaling the unscalable !

Lisbon, 8/11/2013


H-FARM VENTURES

H-Farm is a Venture Incubator we invest in disruptive startups in the field of Digital Media: Web, Mobile, Social Media.


©2012 H-FARM

VENICE

INTL. AIRPORT - MARCO POLO

VENICE

H-FARM HQ



OUR PLAYGROUND


MAKE INTERNET EASIER TO USE AND MORE ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC

STARTUP STAKE:

10%

SERVICES

ACCOMODATIONFOOD

(BKFST&LUNCH)

WORKING SPACEWIFI (1 GB)

LEGAL COUNSELING FINANCIAL COUNSELING

MENTORING15k €

CASH

PARTNERS

ACCELERATOR PROGRAM

H-CAMP



2005 28 PEOPLE

3 STARTUPS

2007

1 BUILDING

7 STARTUPS

2 BUILDINGS

2009 11 STARTUPS

3 BUILDINGS

3 EXITS

2013 54 STARTUPS

350 PEOPLE

7 BUILDINGS

7 EXITS

70 PEOPLE

120 PEOPLE

14 € MILLION INVESTED SINCE 2005


A MEETING POINT FOR STARTUPS, CORPORATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS

Connecting the traditional industrial framework with new

products and processes© H-FARM 2013 | All Rights Reserved


Large global market

Local Know-how

Investment opportunity

$

OUR FOCUS



Digital adv spending (global)

Digital vs total spending

(Italy)

Investment opportunity

120 B$ 13% ?


i.e.: ON LINE MARKETING


Startups leveraging technology to disrupt traditional businesses

OUR FOCUS



Made in Italy, scaled worldwide

OUR FOCUS



DESIGN


© H-FARM 2013 | All Rights Reserved © H-FARM 2013 | All Rights Reserved

+2B €

Export value - Furniture & design district (within 2 hrs drive)


FASHION


1,65 B€

Revenues generated by the “shoe district” (within 1 hr drive)


TOURISM


15 B €

Tourism revenues generated in the Veneto region


FOOD


130 B€

Food&Beverage market in Italy

IN VENICE


WITH A GLOBAL REACH

Organiser of the Global Accelerator Meeting Board member of the Global Accelerator Network


DREAMING OF A DISTRICT...


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