1. Silicon Valley Business Lab & Accelerator
Nicolai Wadstrom,
CEO/Founder
Stanford Engineering
January 3 2011
2. Mission
• Create & build new startups
• Accelerator - European startup “Soft landing”
• Focus on turning startups with a global
potential into great companies
3. Our Deal-flow
• Entrepreneurs are European (60% Swedish)
• Experienced entrepreneurs
• Swedish University incubators
• Swedish Investment funds
• Entrepreneurs with-in our network
• Much like a VC fund
4. Why Silicon Valley?
1. Partners and exposure
2. Skills…
3. Be part of the Silicon Valley eco-system
4. Local substantial market size
5. Funding [for Global expansion]
5. About
• We are entrepreneurs!
• Small core team of serial entrepreneurs
• Large network of entrepreneurs & investors
• Private – but partner with Swedish Gov. org.
7. BootstrapAccelerator
• Open for any European startup
• We are looking for:
– Ready product (alpha/beta is ok)
– Some funding from “home”
– Some type of validation from “home”
– World class innovation/product with “Silicon Valley” potential
– Seasoned team
8. Business Lab
• An Idea lab for new startups
• Local Silicon Valley projects (today)
• Early POC to validate
• Core teams are serial entrepreneurs
• “Closed” Business Lab
• We are looking for co-entrepreneurs:
– We are staffing up, and hiring for our companies!
9. What we do for our companies
• Advisory & mentorship - “Co-entrepreneurs”
• Co-founding & funding (Business Lab)
• Network of experienced advisors
• Network of investors
• Partner network of services:
– Admin, legal
– Space/etc
