At 33entrepreneurs, we focus on three verticals: Wine&Spirits, Food and Travel. In those fields, we are looking for the most promising teams, the boldest ideas, the most exciting technology. As a consequence, we invest significantly into market analysis and surveys. We have a team of Tech Analysts investigating Wine&SpiritsTech, FoodTech and TourismTech StartUps. We also have some secret sauce...
We are pleased to share some insights here on the 3,200 North American StartUps we are monitoring.
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…at an increasing speed…
How do those 2,700 StartUps
breakdown into the Tourism
Industry Value Chain in 2014?
More than 3,200 StartUps
innovating in North America…
How do those 3,200 StartUps
breakdown by foundation year?
33ENTREPRENEURS INVESTMENT
OPPORTUNITY - In 2014, Food, Travel
and Wine&Spirits generated 33% of the world
GDP while collecting only 13% of global VC
investments.
33%
GDP
13%
VC
base 100
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
43%
24%
33%
Food Travel Wine & Spirits
3. …spread all over the continent
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33USTour-5,000
m
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in Ju
ly
2015
Source: PerceVal, exclusive database of 33entrepreneurs
4. Massive investments
in the top 200 North America startups
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Nb of startups by foundation year
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
$12.7b
Top 200 startups
22%
2%
76%
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Food Travel Wine & Spirits
5. InvestinginFood,Travel,Wine&SpiritsTech-NorthAmerciaAreportby33entrepreneurs-July2015
...from Travel to Food... ...with late stage investments growing
250
200
150
100
50
0
250
200
150
100
50
0
0
1
2
3
4
5
0
1
2
3
4
5
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Seed Series A Series B Series C Series D Late Stage
invested by year invested
Nb of Financing Events by year
TravelTech
late stage
financing
Mostly TravelTech More and more FoodTech
Nb of Financing Events
6. 33entrepreneurs is the first venture capital company in
the world focusing on food, travel and wine & spirits
Tech startups.
Having unique capabilities in dealflow acquisition,
we rely on sucessful entrepreneurs (aka Mentors)
and proven methods from TechStars and the Global
Accelerator Network to grow the next generation of
entrepreneurs and great StartUps.
Based in Bordeaux, France, 33entrepreneurs is
founded by entrepreneurs, funded by entrepreneurs,
for entrepreneurs.
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ACCELERATING STARTUPS
Investing in the most promising teams and tech is extremely
challenging. At 33entrepreneurs, we combine unique skills to
discover the best teams worldwide and to grow them, from
seed level, as future industry leaders.
UNIQUE
DEALFLOW
ACQUISITION
at 33entrepreneurs
Web Platforms
Applications from
AngelList, F6S
Quantitative VC
Automated Search
from the Web
Investment Analysts
Qualitative Search
on specific targets
StartUp Contests
Face-to-face meetings
in real life
Mentors’
Connections
Qualified targets
Communication
Sponsors, press
& social media
University Labs
To build
in the future
Most active investors
in 2014 for seed and early stage
By number of
deals in 2014
By number of
deals in 2014
Seed Level
Early Stage
0 2 4 6 8
0 2 4 6 8
Y Combinator
Techstars
Sequoia Capital
500 Startups
SOS Ventures
Great Oaks
Venture Capital
Sequoia Capital
500 Startups
Vegas Tech Fund
Recruit Holdings
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