1. StartupYard 2012
Stop Talking, Start Your Business
Investor Night, March 8, 2012

2. To fly means hard work and many fails

3. What is acceleration program
● 3 to 6-month support for startups
● led by a group of experienced entrepreneurs
and investors
● The goal is to accelerate start of a few up-
and-coming companies
● top world accelerators: Y Combinator,
TechStars, Seedcamp, ...

4. What is StartupYard
● mentorship based acceleration program
● support for 5 to 8 startups
● investment and program in exchange for
equity
● founded in 2011
● based in Prague

5. Accelerators are about
● mentors - the opportunity to meet experienced founder
for months on regular basis
● feedback - daily feedback on your idea, business,
making money
● time - you shorten your start, change thinking of your
business to doing your business
● contacts - the most invaluable point, take the chance to
be in a startup network
● motivation - you spend months with similir founders
with similar ambition and issues

6. StartupYard 2012 Timing
March 15 Applications DEADLINE
May 1 Start
July Demo Day
Oct Investor Day

7. WANTED
5 to 8 startups

8. We are looking for such teams
Compare your dreams to 2011 alumni:
● 1 invested
● 4 received offers
● 1 opens 4th market
● 2 launch next months
● 1 failed

9. Ready for hard work

10. program 3 months
+3 months office

11. 30+ mentors

12. Mentors
Ondrej Bartos (partner at Credo Ventures, founder at TUESDAY Business Network)
David Beska (founder at DB Consulting, New Media Director at Sanoma Media)
Michal Blaha (founder at Atlas, Devmasters, OnTheRoad.to)
Pavel Dolezal (serial entrepreneur and investor, founder at Atlas, Ataxo, OfertasResumidas)
Emi Gal (founder at Brainient, winner of Seedcamp)
Jakub Havrlant (CEO at Allegro Group, founder at Bezrealitky.cz, winner of Startup of the Year)
Imre Hild (partner at Primus Capital Venture Fund, co-founder at Quantum Platform)
Michal Illich (founder at Jyxo, Wikidi, co-founder at Crazy Tomato, eTarget, investor StartupYard)
Roman Kasan (Kasan Ventures, founder at Tiny Software, acquired by Computer Associates)
Cedric Maloux (entrepreneur, business angel, founder at AllPeers, CEO at Geewa.com)
Vaclav Muchna (founder at Y Soft, Technology Entrepreneur of the Year)
Jakub Nesetril (founder at Apiary.io, a Springboard company, web developer at GoodData)
Hubert Palan (product creator at GoodData,mentor at University of Notre Dame)
Robin Raszka (co-founder at Tapmates, product designer at Piictu)
Roman Smola (founder at Web Design Factory, Glogster)
Pavel Sodomka (founder at Atlas and Radost 3.0, owner at Netmail and Play.cz)
Natasha Starkell (CEO at GoalEurope, contributor to TechCrunch)
Ivan Stefunko (founder at Pelicantravel.com and SOVVA, chairman at Neulogy)
Peter B. Zaboji (president at European Entrepreneurship Foundation, Entrepreneur-in-Residence at INSEAD)
Pavel Zima (general manager at Seznam.cz)

13. $10k per team for
10 % equity
or no funding for 5 %

14. 1 US trip
1+ European trips

15. 50k CZK in PPC
from Seznam.cz

16. Timing Againg
March 15 Applications DEADLINE
May 1 Start
July Demo Day
Oct Investor Day

17. Q&A
startupyard.cz/prihlaska
@startup_yard
apply@startupyard.cz