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Putting the pieces together

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  • 1. Sieu thi dien may Viet Long - www.vietlongplaza.com.vnPutting the pieces together

2. 2 years ago 3. 40 events,in 6 cities 4. 130 speeches,100s of participants4 5. we came a long wayy-w iseunit c omm 6. still,the ecosystem is broken 7. how can weget there? 8. to start-up, you needbrainpowercommunityfundingadvisory 9. brainpower1.7% of greeks holding MSc or PhD#1 in EU regarding people studying abroadtop in availability of scientists and engineers 10. to start-up, you needbrainpowercommunityfundingadvisory 11. to start-up, you need brainpowercommunityfundingadvisory 12. to start-up, you need brainpowercommunityfundingadvisory 13. start-ups @ OCthey existable to succeedinterest is hugepotential is even bigger 14. to start-up, you need brainpowercommunityfundingadvisory 15. to start-up, you need brainpower communityfundingadvisory 16. to start-up, you need brainpower communityfundingadvisory 17. venture capitallots of traction latelya number of new fundssignicant capital availableyet, no liquidity. why? 18. funding, worldwideavailability seed VC rounds public 19. funding, in greeceavailability seed VC rounds public 20. 0high-tech, early stageinvestments in GR, 2007(in , EVCA) 21. venture capitalno angel / early stagerisk averselack of knowledge in the tech eldno relevant network 22. to start-up, you need brainpower communityfundingadvisory 23. to start-up, you need brainpower community- fundingadvisory 24. to start-up, you need brainpower community- fundingadvisory 25. advisorymore vital than moneyproviding expertise, directions & contactsyou need the best, with a network of global reach 26. advisoryharder to nd than VCslocals, not well connectedintnls, not approachableyou are left in the dark 27. to start-up, you need brainpower community- fundingadvisory 28. to start-up, you need brainpower community- funding- advisory 29. so?the system is broken, start-ups are fewbut solutions existwe are here to put the pieces together 30. who are we 31. George Tziralisentrepreneur,open coffee, GR 32. George Kasselakisentrepreneur,open coffee, GR 33. DimitrisAthanasiadisentrepreneur,open coffee, GR 34. Onic Palandjanventure capitalist,capital connect, GR 35. Spiros Xanthosentrepreneur, patterninsight, CA 36. Apostolos Apostolakisentrepreneur, e-shop, GR 37. Sokratis Papaoratosentrepreneur, trusted places,UK 38. Teresa Farmakiventure capitalist,piraeus bank, GR 39. advisorsan extensive liston technology, management, sales, marketing, plus more exceptional people from around the world 40. some of the advisorsTassoco-founder, Aster Data- CTO &Argyros Systems, CAFrancesco Benincasa UK- Director, Ultimate Holdings,Aristos Doxiadis- Managing Director, Notos Associate, Greece 41. some of the advisorsAndrew Hyde- Entrepreneur, TechstarsPanos Ipeirotis Stern- Associate Professor, School of Business NYU, NYJohn Lovitt SVP Rational/- Investor, former IBM, CA 42. some of the advisorsIoannis Methodios- x-CEO, Accenture, GreeceGeorgeManager, Google,- Country Saliaris-Fasseas GreeceChristos Tsangos- CEO, Microsoft, Greece 43. what we do 44. goalnd the best and brightest teamshelp them build globally aimed start-upsmake them succeed 45. looking forstellar teamsglobally innovative ideas, still at seed leveldisruptive biz modelsin and around software and the web 46. call for proposalsopen to everyone (teams of 2-4)online submission,in person interview &presentation day 47. incubatepick up to 5 start-upsextensively support in all things start-upfor a 4-month perioditerate 48. offerhands-on mentoring, day-to-day, no interferingnetworking, globally20-30k for 20% of sharessmooth start & grow 49. all you need toquit everything elsefocus on your skills, team & ideadont waste time on unproductive activitiesmake it happen 50. commitmentby sharing the stakes80%, entrepreneurs12%, investors8%, open fund 51. call for investorsopen for everyone interestedminimum investment 30k, hassle-freeproviding equal shares to all start-ups of a round 52. re-invent the wheel?no, model tested beforeYCombinator, Seedcamp, Techstars...it works!& its whats missing here 53. schedulecall opens in late Junecloses in Sep 30review & selection in mid Novincubation starts Dec 1 54. we are putting the pieces togetherto create what we wish we could haveleverage on our expertise & networkto enable you to properly start-up 55. www.theopenfund.com