Story on how skobbler was founded and successfully sold to Telenav

1. From start to Exit:
The skobbler story
29th April 2015 / Philipp Kandal / Twitter: @apphil / skobbler Founder / GM Telenav EU

2. Exits
Quick intro
Philipp Kandal – CTO & co-founder skobbler / Now GM Telenav RO
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Founded in 2008 in Berlin Sold for 24 Mio.$+ in January 2014
#1 paid navigation many countries
with > 4 Mio. users
We are all about Maps and
especially OpenStreetMap
70+ people in Germany and (mostly)
Romania (major part is R&D)

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Startup Rollercoaster: From the highest
highs to the lowest lows

4. 4
Vision: Make navigation affordable
Embedded navi
1000-3000€
Portable navi
100€ - 300€
Smartphone
GPS
? 10€ - 30€ ?

5. 5
Company start: Management buy-out from
Navigon

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Product Launch iOS: > 20.000 customers in
first week
Most sold app on iOS. Constantly
in Top 10
Top Grossing iPhone app in
Germany constantly in Revenue
Top 10
After launch one of the Top 10 most
sold iOS apps in Germany 2008 – 2013
4 Years+ #1 iPhone navigation
app in Germany

7. skobbler story
Success brings Trouble: Navigon sues
skobbler for 1 Mio. €
@apphil #7

8. skobbler story
Disrupter being disrupted: Google launches
free navigation
@apphil #8

9. 9
Re-Boot: From consumer to B2B startup
and technology provider

10. 10
Exit from skobbler to Telenav

11. Future of Automotive
Future: Car industry is changing
@apphil #11
The next 10 years the industry will
bring more changes as in the last
100 years

12. Zukunft der Automobilbranche
Silicon Valley is attacking the auto industry
@apphil #12

13. Future of Automotive
The Phone Industry has completely
disappeared from Europe
@apphil #13

14. Future of Automotive
Telenav is investing massively in the future
of Automotive

15. Thank you for your attention!
E-Mail: philipp.kandal@telenav.com
Phone: +49-172-4597015
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