WELCOME
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION Digital is the main reason just over half of the companies on the Fortune 500 have disappeared since the year 2000. Pierre Nanterme CEO of Accenture
THE EARLY DAYS The Tenants of the Lucky Building:
WHAT WE DO I. We accelerate and invest in startups. We run over 20 stage-agnostic accelerator programs a year and invest in over 150 companies. II. We matchmake startups and corporations. We match over 130 multinational corporate partners to world-class startups disrupting and incrementally improving their industry.
WHAT WE DO III. We provide flexible co-working space. With a 180,000 sq. ft. building in the heart of Silicon Valley, we have enough room to cater for tiny teams, all the way up to rapidly growing startups. IV. We host major industry events daily. We host hundreds of events a year with high calibre audiences, making our HQ a great place to network.
ALL-IN-ONE STARTUP ECOSYSTEM Mentorship Service Partners EIR Advisors Office Space Data Center Logistics Workshops I.T. Services Pitch Polishing Daily Events Networking VC Co- Investments Business Development Investment Active Investments Dealflow Sessions Matchmaking Accelerator Programs Corporate Innovation
ON A GLOBAL SCALE Silicon Valley Silicon Valley Founded: 2006 Location: Sunnyvale Size: 180,000 sq. ft. 150+ Corporate partners 180 VC partners 600+ Investments since 2006 410 Startup tenants $4B Raised by startups
ON A GLOBAL SCALE Amsterdam Silicon Valley Los Angeles Mexico City Paris (x2) Valencia Stuttgart Berlin (x2) Zhengzhou Xi an Chongqing Shenzhen Beijing Shanghai Suzhou Hangzhou Singapore Jakarta São Paulo
SOME OF OUR SUCCESS STORIES
INNOVATION PLATFORMS Brand & Retail Est. 2013 154 startups accelerated Insurtech Est. 2016 23 startups accelerated Fintech Est. 2014 96 startups accelerated Media Est. 2015 45 startups accelerated Food & Beverage Est. 2016 First batch on 8 March 2017 Mobility Est. 2016 17 startups accelerated Health & Wellness Est. 2015 48 startups accelerated New Materials & Packaging Est. 2015 23 startups accelerated Internet of Things Est. 2014 115 startups accelerated Travel & Hospitality Est. 2016 40 startups accelerated
PROGRAM OVERLAP Internet of Things Mobility Retail Materials Insurtech Food Fintech Health & Wellness Travel Sustainability
DEEP DIVE Travel
TRAVEL ECOSYSTEM
SELECTION PROCESS - TRAVEL & HOSPITALITY Stage 1: Sourcing Stage 2: Filtration Stage 3: Selection Day Stage 4: Program Start 1000 startups 100 startups 40 startups 20 startups sourced shortlisted reviewed accepted
TRENDS: TRAVEL I. Personalization Effectively leveraging data to better understand each traveller and provide a unique, customized offering II. Seamlessness Reducing the friction between each touch point in the journey to improve the overall experience III. Ancillary Revenues Identifying and implementing new revenue streams outside of core offering and perfecting existing methods
TRENDS: TRAVEL I. Brand Loyalty Prioritizing the customer to enhance reputation, increase direct bookings, and enable traveler stickiness. II. Operational Efficiency Optimizing quality and level of service on a day-to-day basis. III. Disruptive Ideas Identifying industry changing business models like the Shared Economy transforming current markets.
DEEP DIVE Case Studies
CASE STUDY: FLYR Company Info Jean Tripier CEO & Founder Founded: 2013 Funding: $15.3MM Description: FLYR forecasts future fare volatility through complex data analysis. I. Member of Plug and Play Travel & Hospitality Batch 3 II. Co-investment with JetBlue Technology Ventures III. Relevant business units: Revenue management, ancillary Revenue KEY INTRODUCTIONS INCLUDE
CASE STUDY: SPRINGSHOT Company Info Founded: 2011 Funding: ~$10MM Doug Kreuzkamp CEO & Founder Description: A mobile technology platform that recruits, trains, directs, and motivates frontline service workers. I. Portfolio company and member of Travel & Hospitality Batch 1 II. Relevant business units: Ground/airside operations, employee engagement, baggage handing II. Achieved a 65% increase in productivity working with a major U.S. carrier around baggage handling KEY INTRODUCTIONS INCLUDE
CASE STUDY: DIGITAL GENIUS Company Info Dmitry Aksenov CEO & Founder Founded: 2013 Funding: $9.85MM Description: DigitalGenius brings practical applications of deep learning & artificial intelligence to customer service operations of large companies. I. Member of Plug and Play Travel & Hospitality Batch 2 II. Relevant business units: Customer service, CRM III. KLM runs pilot with Artificial Intelligence provided by DigitalGenius [Read here] KEY INTRODUCTIONS INCLUDE
CASE STUDY: LOCBIT Plug and Play Contribution Boian Spassov CEO & Founder Founded: 2012 Funding: Raised Seed Round Description: Locbit brings devices, apps, analytics, and automation together into a powerful platform. I. Closed major partnership in hospitality with Panasonic II. Set goal to produce a 15% savings in energy usage, actually achieved 50% gain in efficiency Norihiro Kondo Innovation Director KEY INTRODUCTIONS
CASE STUDY: 8TREE Company Info Founded: 2012 Stage: Growth Arun Chaabra CEO & Founder Description: 8Tree makes 3D surface inspection tools that solve chronic surface inspection problems. Airlines and MROs are adopting 8tree s dentcheck to improve the efficiency of their dentmapping and blend-out tasks. I. Member of Plug and Play Travel & Hospitality Batch 2 II. Relevant business unit: MRO, ground operations III. Singapore Airlines Engineering Company (SIAEC) decides on dentcheck [Read here] IV. dentcheck - now certified by Airbus [Read here] KEY INTRODUCTIONS INCLUDE
CASE STUDY: MOZIO Plug and Play Contribution David Litwak CEO & Founder Founded: 2011 Funding: $3.25MM Description: A transportation search engine that aggregates transportation data to get travellers to and from the airport in the most efficient way. I. Introductions to strategic investors JetBlue and Carlson Wagonlit Travel II. Introductions to TMC s and other airlines that plan to white label their technology as a B2B SaaS solution within their existing apps KEY INTRODUCTIONS INCLUDE