Transparency is one of our core values at Seedcamp and we are no strangers to how tough the fundraising process can be. In a continued spirit of openness and to show how - like with startups - our own story and proposition moves on, we're sharing the deck we used to raise our heavily-oversubscribed Seedcamp Fund V.
Read more about our plans to invest in and support the next generation of exceptional European talent on our blog: https://seedcamp.com/news/
Power point presentation on enterprise performance management
Seedcamp Fund V Fundraising Deck
1. A N I N V I T A T I O N T O J O I N T H E
S E E D C A M P N A T I O N
S T R I C T L Y C O N F I D E N T I A L
2. Global Scale.
Europe is building iconic companies and its top founders
are raising their first cheque from Seedcamp.12 years in,
we are raising £70M to continue our mission of backing
the best European founders with global ambition.
Seedcamp has delivered best-in-class and consistently
accelerating returns to our investors, enabled by our
unrivalled access to top early-stage founders. We’re
inviting you on board for the next part of our journey.
European Entrepreneurs.
3. We’ve been a foundational player supporting Europe’s decade of success
‘First money in’ 4 of Europe’s most iconic $1B+ businesses
…and 6 $100M+ companies
$3.5B - Invested in 2011 $5.5B - Invested in 2015$7B - Invested in 2015
A C Q . S T R A T A S Y S
( 2 0 1 4 )
$20B+
Portfolio Enterprise Value
350+
Investments since 2007
4
Funds raised
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
17
8
7
9
8
4
421
44
36
29
20
12
8
421111
New and total
$1B+ European
tech companies
per year founded
since 2007
New in year
Existing
#
Source: Atomico, State of European Tech 2018
A C Q . G O O G L E
( 2 0 2 0 )
$1.7B - Invested in 2015
4. We see accelerating network effects from our deep European roots
Cross-geography first mover advantage
Network-driven sourcing
Recycling of talent
5
10
15
20
25
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Portugal Romania Estonia Germany France
# Investments across select European geographies over time
We have investments across 31 of 35 European countries (>1m population)
We were the first non-local investors in many now important
geographies such as Romania, Estonia and Portugal, and played
a critical ecosystem role through initiatives like Seedsummit.
Our extensive network of founders and co-investors act as core
ambassadors, actively referring companies across the continent
— enabling us to scalably invest Europe-wide.
We are the first port of call for repeat Seedcamp founders
and senior talent launching new ventures, after gaining
operational expertise within portfolio companies.
6. Our accelerating returns over the past 12 years attest to the
maturation of the European tech ecosystem. While Funds I and II
were strong debut funds, Fund III is on track to become one of
Europe’s best performing funds ever.
L I Q U I D I T Y T O P D E C I L E P E R F O R M A N C E
We back our winners for the long run, while concurrently
maximising LP returns. The 2017 secondary sale of our first
two funds for a 4x return demonstrates this and broke new
ground in European venture.
We consistently deliver best-in-class returns
Fund II
Vintage 2010
MOIC: 8.1x
DPI: 4.4x in 7 years
Net realised IRR: 27.7%
Fund III
Vintage 2014
MOIC: 9.5x
TVPI: 6.6x
DPI: 0.6x in 5 years
Net IRR: 55.1%
Fund I
Vintage 2007
MOIC: 7.2x
DPI: 3.2x in 10 years
Net realised IRR: 14.6%
Acquired in 2017 by
Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance.
MOIC: Total Portfolio Value / Cost of Investment
TVPI: Total Portfolio Value / Total Fund Size
DPI: Total Cash Returns / Total Fund Size
Net IRR: Based on TVPI
Net Realised IRR: Based on DPI
7. Two years in, Fund IV is also already showing significant promise
Automation platform for internal
services
€950K Pre-Seed
Nov 2018
€3M Seed
Jul 2019
2.8x
valuation uptick
Developer-friendly identity
verification tools
$600K Pre-seed
Dec 2018
$3.6M Seed
Aug 2019
8.0x
valuation uptick
$3.8M Seed
Aug 2018
4.6x
valuation uptick
Next generation cancer screening
technology using AI & MRIs
$16M Series A
Dec 2019
Realistic, plant-based meat
products for the mass-market
£100k Pre-seed
Jun 2018
£3.2M Seed+
Nov 2019
12.0x
valuation uptick
First all-in-one live online events
platform
£5M Seed
Jan 2020
12.4x
valuation uptick
£260K Pre-seed
Oct 2019
API-first bank, helping companies
launch financial products
£100K Pre-seed
Apr 2018
£3M Seed
Jul 2019
6.3x
valuation uptick
Supercharging payments through
a unified API
4.3x
valuation uptick
£3.2M Seed
March 2020
£600K Pre-seed
Jan 2020
Ecosystem for collecting and
playing with branded crypto-goods
€540K Pre-seed
Feb 2019
€4M Seed
May 2020
6.2x
valuation uptick
Making it easier than ever to find,
analyse and distribute data
$6.5M Series A
Jun 2020
£1.8M Seed
Mar 2018
4.9x
valuation uptick
9. F1 F2 F3
$50M+ $5Bn+
$250M+
$1Bn+
$100M+
$50M+
$3Bn+
$50M+
$100M+
V I N T A G E : 2 0 0 7
F U N D S I Z E : € 2 . 5 M
# O F I N V E S T M E N T S : 2 2
P O R T F O L I O E V : $ 2 8 0 M +
Our model has been successfully refined over a decade
First to unearth early-stage talent in Europe.
Solid performance for a first-time, micro fund.
Understood the importance of being the first
cheque & having a collaborative approach with
other investors across the continent.
Our first ‘unicorn’ in TransferWise, several exits,
and a strong group of VC-backed companies
that keep growing nicely.
Exceptional performance with already three Bn$+
companies and the potential for several more.
Our best companies are not only raising from top
VCs but they are getting funded at levels that
allow them to compete on the global stage.
K E Y L E A R N I N G S
Need to invest at scale and leverage our unfair
access to the best founders across the
continent.
Need to do follow-ons and have more flexibility
on entry points as not all initial rounds look the
same.
The strategy works but initial ownership matters
and the Seedcamp brand carries more weight
than ever when we lead that initial round.
K E Y L E A R N I N G S K E Y L E A R N I N G S
1 3 E X I T S T O T H E L I K E S O F : 1 2 E X I T S T O T H E L I K E S O F :
V I N T A G E : 2 0 1 0
F U N D S I Z E : € 5 . 2 M
# O F I N V E S T M E N T S : 9 7
P O R T F O L I O E V : $ 3 . 7 B N +
V I N T A G E : 2 0 1 4
F U N D S I Z E : € 2 0 M
# O F I N V E S T M E N T S : 1 2 6
P O R T F O L I O E V : $ 1 4 B N +
10. 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Funds
Current
Team
Portfolio
news
R. Sohoni
Fund I Fund II Fund III
Fund IV
C. Espinal
S. Houchangnia
T. Wilson
D. Hunt
S. AllottK. Schmidt
A. Whitecourt
N. Lytton
S. Briggs
M. Pinho
V. Vasquez
N. Brennan
Investment
Investment
Investment
$1Bn+ val. $1Bn+ val.
$1Bn+ val.
$7Bn+ val.
$3Bn+ val.
Fund I & II
secondary sale
Exit - 40x returnExit - 100x return
Exit - 50x return
InvestmentInvestment
Investment
Functional Experts
Ops & Support Team
Investment Team
We’ve been growing our team and funds over the past 12 years
D. Supe
M. Gorey
$1Bn+ val.Investment
11. Behind these top returns lies an experienced partnership
Reshma Sohoni
PARTNER
MANAGING PARTNERCO-FOUNDER &
MANAGING PARTNER
Carlos Espinal
Sia
Houchangnia
PARTNER
Tom Wilson
• Experts at the Seed to Series A journey and beyond –
for every transaction and each of our 320+ portfolio
companies, at least one of our partners has been
involved from Day 1.
• Diversity of thought and perspective – with previous
backgrounds spanning banking, engineering, law and
audit; not one of us is born in the same country.
• High trust and confidence – 5+ years working together
(10+ for Reshma and Carlos).
• Industry recognised track record – successive Midas
List awards (2017, 2018 & 2019); Forbes 30 Under 30
(2018); and many other accolades and awards that
keep our brand top of mind.
12. Complemented by rich internal expertise around critical functional areas
Kyran Schmidt
ASSOCIATE
Antonia
Whitecourt
HEAD OF FINANCE
Natasha Lytton
HEAD OF MARKETING
& COMMUNICATIONS
Shannon Briggs
OFFICE MANAGER
Miguel Pinho
TECH LEAD
Vanessa Vasquez
HEAD OF LEGALS
Diana Supe
COMMUNITY MANAGER
Rotational Experts in Residence program:
Stephen Allott
VENTURE PARTNER
Nell Brennan
ACCOUNTANT
Devin Hunt
VENTURE PARTNER
Functional Experts
Portfolio Ops Team
Investment Team
Fund Ops Team
Marina Gorey
TALENT LEAD
F U L L - T I M E P A R T - T I M E
14. Seedcamp Fund V marks the continuation of a successful strategy
Pre-Seed
We lead
25 deals a year
with ticket size of £150-200K
for an ownership target of 6-7%
Seed
We syndicate
10-12 deals a year
with ticket size of £200-500K
for an ownership target of 5%+
P O R T F O L I O D I V E R S I T Y :
S E C T O R D I V E R S I T Y :
100 investments with max 8% exposure to a single asset.
max 15% exposure to any specific sector.
1:1 follow-on reserve with a strategy of getting to our ownership target on the initial round and then doing our pro-rata up to Series B
from the moment there is a priced, up-round led by a VC.
G E O D I V E R S I T Y :
T I M E D I V E R S I T Y :
investing across the entire European continent.
maintaining cadence of investment over 3 years.
Consistent Returns through Diversification:
A Clear Follow-on Strategy Allowing us to Avoid any Signalling Risk:
15. We are efficient in our deployment of follow-on capital
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Initial Follow-on
Dead Co
Remaining
’90% Co’
Capital allocation in Fund III
15% 90%
35% 10%
50% 0%
• Doubling down on winners — over half (54.3%) of our
follow on capital is directed towards the sub-segment of
breakout companies delivering 90% of portfolio value
• Largest cheques reserved for outliers — our biggest
capital allocation (~7% of invested capital) lies with our
biggest success, Ui Path
• Early visibility on success — our biggest winners scale
fast, raise follow-ons and reach $100M+ and even $1Bn
valuations within short timeframes while non-
performers emerge relatively quickly
• Little good money after bad — only one large write-
down to date (Property Partner) among our most
significant capital allocations
15% of our companies drive 90% of total
portfolio value
35% will deliver some value (10% of total portfolio)
and may graduate to that 15% in the future
50% of the portfolio will ‘die’, delivering 0% value,
often obvious early on
20.0%
51.2%
28.8%
54.3%
24.3%
21.4%
17. We process high volume dealflow at pre-seed, leveraging automation
Inbound
600+ companies*
Internal
Review
100+ companies
Call
~50 companies
Investment
Forum
10-15 companies
Investment
~1-4 companies
Recognising the importance
of speed, we run our pre-
seed decision making in
full-team ‘sprints’ every
6 - 8 weeks.
We’ve built an internal tech stack
enabling us to process an average
of 5,000+ deals per year. We
automate rejections and the
scheduling of initial calls.
Our pre-seed process culminates
in our ‘Investment Forum’, where
the companies we are considering
pitch us and our LPs, enabling the
syndication of deals.
*Figures: representative of a typical pre-seed cycle.
EVERY6-8WEEKS
18. Our seed strategy provides access to companies that ‘skip’ pre-seed
400-500 10-12
Qualified seed dealflow Seed co-investments
companies companies
P E R Y E A RP E R Y E A R
• A sub-segment of the most promising early stage
companies jump straight to £500K+ Seed rounds,
avoiding pre-seed rounds entirely
• Co-investing at Seed affords us access to these
founders, while fitting our strategy of being the first
institutional money in
• Our seed investments still rely on our extensive
network, primarily coming from two sources:
1) First and second degree connections
e.g. founder / VC / mentor referrals
2) Invitation to co-invest from the lead
i.e. VCs recognise the power of having us on the cap table
80% Seedcamp seed investments
have not raised prior money
Initial Discussion
Individual-Led
Internal Review
Collective
Partner Pitch
Collective
Data Gathering
Individual-Led
Decision
Collective
19. Entrenched roots mean we see the best companies across the continent
Success stories Network of co-investors Virtuous cycles
High profile success stories amplify our
brand visibility in select geographies
Close ties to regional investors cemented
through a decade of co-investment
Top tier talent gains operational expertise
before launching their own ventures
E S T O N I A
R O M A N I A
A C Q . S T R A T A S Y S ( 2 0 1 4 )
A C Q . T E A D S ( 2 0 1 6 )
A C Q . T E A D S ( 2 0 1 6 )
A C Q . H O O T S U I T E ( 2 0 1 4 )
Backing repeat talent:
8 repeat Seedcamp founders/senior
talent backed via Fund IV
E X A M P L E 1
E X A M P L E 2
21. We identify and have exposure to booming categories before anyone else
Themes of interest during Fund IV deployment:
(Pre-seed) Dealflow
Live pulse of trends at the
earliest stage across Europe
Seedcamp
Investment Team
Seedcamp Nation
Founders, LPs, Venture
Partners, EiRs
Pre-seed deals
Batched investments through
a structured curation process
Seed deals
Pro-actively chasing themes
of interest
I N V E S T
R E F E R
D
E A L S
S O U R C E
S T R E N G T H E N
I N T E L /
F E E D B A C K
Pre-seed is the bleeding edge indicator of
emerging categories before they become prominent
and competed for at Seed or Series A.
We were early in high CAGR categories like
fintech/insurtech, Robotic Process Automation or
Healthtech and saw companies surface before
anyone else, resulting in exposure at reasonable
valuations.
Our volume-based approach and early entry point
means we often see a cross-section of companies
attacking the same market. We are uniquely able to
benchmark these against each other and identify
those with the winning edge.
Open banking, credit 2.0
Enterprise data ecosystem
Voice tech
Wellness & preventive medicine
Future of work & productivity
Sustainability, circular economy
Our sourcing and selection process benefits from powerful feedback loops and network
effects. The more we invest, the stronger our reach becomes - generating more dealflow and
resulting in a more informed decision making process.
22. Our decision making process places an emphasis on speed & insight
Market
Founder-Market
Fit
Team
High CAGR
Capital efficiency
$Bn+ opportunity
Complementary skillsets
Execution abilities
Emotional intelligence
• Regular decision making cadence – by making batched
pre-seed decisions every 6 - 8 weeks, we understand the
pulse of the market well
• Crowdsourced insight – we leverage our extensive founder
and expert network for sector and market feedback in
order to make fast, informed decisions
• Speed of conviction – when leading, we’re able to take
decisions and execute legals within days of meeting teams,
meaning we never lose deals through delay
Often investing pre-revenue and even pre-
product, we seek ‘founder-market fit’ — where
fast-growing markets collide with stellar founders
uniquely positioned to tackle them
23. H O W W E S U P P O R T O U R P O R T F O L I O
24. P R E - S E E D C O - I N V E S T O R S I N F U N D I V S E E D C O - I N V E S T O R S I N F U N D I V F O L L O W - O N I N V E S T O R S I N F U N D I V
U S G E N E R A L I S T S
E U G E N E R A L I S T S
S E C T O R S P E C I A L I S T S
R E G I O N A L
M U L T I - S T A G E
U S E A R L Y S T A G E
E U E A R L Y S T A G E
S E C T O R S P E C I A L I S T S
U S / E U E A R L Y S T A G E
R E G I O N A L
S E C T O R S P E C I A L I S T S
P R O M I N E N T A N G E L S
Paul Forster
Bubba Muraka
Robert Markwick
Michael Pennington
Will Neale
Sebastian Fallert
Thomas France
Max Tayenthal
Andrew Weisz
David Helgason
Alexis Bonte
Harry Briggs
Christian Faes
Jon Folland
Charlie Delingpole
We look for co-investors who add value and further expand our
founders’ network and expertise
25. We have built the infrastructure to deliver value at scale for our portfolio
Founders’ Pack
70+ deals worth £500K+
Basecamp
3x yearly / 1x in company’s life
CxO Summits
2-3x yearly
~100 functional leaders from
the portfolio joining each time
🇺🇸 US Trip
1-2x yearly
Office Hours
3x+ weekly
Founder/Founder Comms
Nation Platform
Portfolio wide resource directory and toolkit
O N L I N E
O F F L I N E
• A mix of offline and online channels enables the
community-driven recycling of expertise among portfolio
founders, removing us as a bottleneck
• Mobilize is our private “Quora”, an internal repository of
knowledge driven by Founder <> Founder dialogue
• Office Hours bring best in-class operators and experts to
meet advise our Founders. 100+ sessions and
workshops with top experts & investors in 2019
• Flourishing ‘internal economy’ of portfolio companies
cross-selling each others’ services, swapping contacts
and exchanging customers
26. We combine this community-driven support with bespoke guidance
• Portfolio companies are assigned a primary & secondary contact internally — either a GP
or Venture Partner
• Hyper-focused support in first 18 months. As companies mature , our energy is focused on
key inflection points, such as financing events
• Not a GP-heavy structure — founders are closely acquainted with wider team including
our Head of Marketing, Talent Lead & EIRs
• One-on-one consultative approach combined with group sessions on critical functional
topics - primarily product & sales
• Sales engine build-out & management coaching led by VP Stephen Allott, former CFO at
Micromuse (NASDAQ: MUSE)
• Customer and data-driven product development methodology spearheaded by VP Devin
Hunt, founder and ex-CPO, Lyst
• We have honed a highly programmatic approach to investor outreach and funnel
management ahead of Seed and Series A fundraises
• Close collaboration with founders to assess fundraising requirements, assemble plans and
manage outreach
• Weekly Fundraising Reviews with input from whole Investment Team & Venture Partners
to track and assist fundraising efforts across portfolio
‘Point of Contact’
Relationships
P O R T F O L I O M A N A G E M E N T
Venture Partner
Support
F U N C T I O N A L E X P E R T I S E
Fundraising
Sprints
F U T U R E F I N A N C I N G
27. Basecamp
CxO Summits
Nation Platform
Founders’ Pack
CxO Summits CxO Summits CxO Summits CxO Summits CxO Summits CxO Summits
Series ASeedPre-Seed
12 months 18 months
Office Hours
Office Space
US Trip🇺🇸
We focus on supporting our companies on their journey from Day 0 to Series A. We know what Series A investors expect to
see and can help our companies navigate that messy journey. Getting our companies funded by the best follow-on investors
allows us to decrease the need for custom support, while still giving them access to our infrastructure support.
T I M E - C O N S T R A I N E D C U S T O M S U P P O R T A L L O W S U S T O S C A L E
Immediate Support via Telegram group
Functional Support via Venture Partners, Head of Marketing, Talent Lead & EiRs
Strategic Support “Progress, Plans, Problems” updates & catch ups + Board Observer
Fundraising
Sprint
Fundraising
Sprint
Continuous access for lifetime of the company
Mostly focused on the journey to Series A
Custom support
Scalable infrastructure support
Our support is hyper concentrated in the first 2.5 years toward Series A
28. We are seeking a broad and value-add LP base
V C I N V E S T O R SF U N D O F F U N D S
S E E D C O - I N V E S T O R S C O R P O R A T E S
P R O M I N E N T F O U N D E R S A N D E X E C U T I V E S F R O M
In Fund IV, we assembled a broad spectrum of investors:
• Cross geography representation amplifies our dealflow
sourcing across the continent & is an asset for our
portfolio companies when expanding internationally
• Downstream capital in the form of later-stage VCs
(investing in Seedcamp since 2007) provides fundraising
optionality for portfolio companies
• World-class operators and angels investing in the fund
provide insight and expertise for founders to tap into
• Partnership and sales opportunities come from
corporate investors, opening doors for the portfolio
• Diversity in our LP base enables us to gauge ecosystem
sentiment on emerging categories and technologies
29. - Seedcamp is the best known European Seed Fund - We were
Europe’s first seed fund, set up in 2007 to invest across the footprint.
We have an entrenched brand with a first mover advantage.
- We deliver top decile returns - First 2 funds performing >4.0x.
Fund 3 at >6.5x. And Fund 4 is on track to deliver similar multiples.
- Seedcamp has seeded close to 10% of Europe’s unicorns - 4x
$Bn+ companies and 1x $100M+ on deck to become future unicorns
across multiple sectors.
- Disciplined - Highly disciplined focus on all things Seed (Pre-Seed
and Seed only).
- 1st cheque of choice for founders - Differentiated high volume,
early-stage strategy in which we are the first cheque of choice for
founders.
- 50+ of our own founders are LPs in Seedcamp.
Why invest in Seedcamp
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