Seed Camp

Mini Seedcamps 2009


This year’s Mini Seedcamp tour saw us hosting 7 amazing events in 7 different hubs of the European tech scene.

Click on the links to the right to check out who took part, what happened, and highlights of coverage from each event.
Location Tel Aviv
Paris
Warsaw
London
Helsingborg, Sweden
Lubljana, Slovenia
Berlin
Date
January 29th 2009
February 24th 2009
March 18th 2009
April 20th 2009
5th May 2009
14th May 2009
9th June 2009




Tel Aviv

Mini Seedcamp Tel Aviv marked Seedcamp's first trip to Israel. We were amazed to receive over 60 applications, clearly demonstrating the strength of the region's tech scene.




Videos

An interview with Seedcamp's Reshma Sohoni

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CrictorNews interviews Saul and Reshma:

Press Coverage

Great article by Tech Aviv's Ezra Butler here.

Blonde 2.0 reports on the investors tips at Seedcamp here.


Pictures



Our Blog

An all star cast made for a exciting and educational panel see here.

A few of the mentors

Ayelet Noff, Founder & CEO of Blonde 2.0.
Avichay Nissenbaum, CEO of Yedda Inc Yedda.
Eyal Magen, Co-founder and CSO of Gigya.
Guy Grimland, Editor of The Marker.
Gigi Levi, CEO of 888.com.
Gilad Japhet, CEO of MyHeritage.
Izhar Shay, General Partner at Canaan Partners
Ruby Chen of Amdocs.
Saul Klein, Partner at Index Ventures and Chairman of Seedcamp.
Tal Barnoach, Chairman of Beinsync
Yaron Orenstein, Co-Founder, Editor of the.co.ils.






Paris

A Few of the Mentors


Colette Ballou Lamotte, CEO of Ballou PR
Guillaume Decugis, CEO of Goojet
Alain Caffi, Founder & General Partner of Ventech
Philippe Herbert, Partner at Banexi Ventures
Xavier Lazarus, Partner at Elaiaa
Marc Menase, Co-founder of Nextedia and Business Angel
Andreas Schlenker and Philippe Colombel of Partech International
Remy Amouroux, Chief Architect at Teorem
Brad Gillespie, ex Microsoft

Pictures


Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR.


Video

LCI covers Mini Seedcamp Paris See here.


Press Coverage

01NetPro
01netpro article.

Le Monde covers the Seedcamp action
Le Monde article.

L.Expansion.com
L Expansion article.




Warsaw


A Few of the Mentors

Marcin Matuszewski, Partner at Future Invest
Jan Rychter, http://jan.rychter.com.
Sebastian Kwiecien, CEO at Venture Incubator S.A.
Lukasz Wejchert, CEO of One Net
Pawel Chudzinski, Team Europe.
Mariusz Gralewski GoldenLine.
Kuba Filipowski, co-owner at Netguru
Janusz Moneta, Head of Marketing CEE at Google.

Press Coverage

Antyweb.pl
Antyweb article here.

Gryziemy.net
Gryziemy article here.

Zarazinski.pl
Zarazinski article here.

Kurasinski.com
Kurasinski article here.

Videos

Mediafun – one of the most recognizable blogs in Poland covered the event.






Pictures

Photographs from the event thanks to Robert Janiszewski (www.jimb40.com.)





London

London proved itself as our most popular mini event with over 100 applications! The high quality of teams which emerged showcased Londons eminence as a tech startups hub.

Below is a review of some of the highlights.


Photographs from the event thanks to Robert Janiszewski (www.jimb40.com.)



Press Coverage


The 4 winners were profiled by TechCrunch Europe.

Startups covered the Mini Seedcamp giving an overviews of the startups.


A Few of the Mentors

Alastair Mitchell: CEO & co-founder Huddle.net.
Alex Willcock: Founder and CEO Imagini Europe Limited visualdna.
Alex Hoye: CEO Latitude
Ben Tompkins: General Partner Eden Ventures.
Clare Johnston: CEO & Founder The Up Group.
Eze Vidra: Founder VC Cafe.
Faisal Galaria: MD International Kayak.
James Bilefield: CEO OpenX
Kyle McGinn: Chief Technology Officer Reevoo.
Liam Carroll: CEO Pixsta Ltd empora.
Matt Biddulph: CTO Dopplr dopplr.
Michael Smith: CEO Mind Candy.
Nic Brisbourne: Partner DFJ Esprit
Obi Felten Head of Consumer Marketing Google UK.
Rachel Bremer: Managing Director Sparkpr.
Richard Moross: CEO Moo.
Sean Park: Partner Nauiokas Park LLP
Tina Baker: Partner Brown Rudnick.





Helsingborg, Sweden


A Few of the Mentors

Jørgen Thorball XO Venture xoventure.
Martin Gren Axis.
Thomas Weilby Knudsen: NorthCap.
Hampus Jakobsson TAT
Hjalmar Winbladh Rebtel.
Joachim Samuelsson Biomain.
Mattias Miksche Stardoll
Alex Ljung SoundCloud
James Routley Eden Ventures
Nico Thom Deutsche Telekom Group
Tommy Ahlers ZYB
Christofer Bage Posh24
Martin Källström Twingly
Nikolaj Nyholm Polar Rose
Richard Moross .

Pictures



Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR.


Press Coverage


VC Perspectives tells us what he thinks teams should include to make an effective pitch.

Arctic Startup cover the story: Sunshine Story in the Pouring Rain








Lubljana, Slovenia

Mini Seedcamp Ljubljana was hosted by Zemanta and held at the superb Technoloski Park Ljubljana.

Team applications were submitted from all over Europe including Croatia, Romania, Serbia, Vienna, Austria, Bosnia Herzegovina, Zagreb, Italy and even the UK.


A Few of the Mentors


Robin Klein, Partner at The Accelerator Group
Ales Spetic, CEO of Zemanta
Mario Orasche, Partner at Eagle VC

Media from Mini Seedcamp Ljubljana


Dragos from UberVU gave an insightful talk on How to Win Seedcamp.

How To Win Seedcamp

View more presentations from Seedcamp .

Reshma, Seedcamp's CEO, spoke about how to build global tech startups



Mike Butcher from TechCrunch Europe gave a great talk on dealing with the media.

Mike Butcher, Editor of TechCrunch Europe - Dealing with the Media

Photographs from the event thanks to Hannes a. Schwetz





Berlin

A Few of the Mentors

There was a great selection of mentors from all over the DACH region including: Alexander Ljung, CEO of Soundcloud. Oliver Beste, Partner at Founders Link. Stefan Glaenzer, Entrepreneur / Investor. Inmaculada Martinez, founder of Stradbroke. Lukasz Gadowski, Partner at Team Europe Ventures. Felix Haas, CEO of Amiando. Michael Brehm, ex COO of studiVZ. Paul Jozefak, Managing Partner of Neuhaus Partners.



Revelry at the Mini Seedcamp Berlin entrepreneurs mixer hosted by E Factor



Media Coverage


Check out all this news coverage which surrounded Mini Seedcamp Berlin:

wiwo.de: Es geht ums Überleben article here.

Gründerszene.de: Besuch in Berlin: Impressionen vom Seedcamp und dem Berlin Entrepreneurs Mixer article here.

Online-Marketing-Schweiz: Start-up Wettbewerb winkt mit 50.000 Euro Startkapital article here.

Berlin Business: Mini Seedcamp Berlin: die Gewinner article here.

B2B Deutschland: Sieger des Gründerwettbewerbs Seedcamp gekürt here.

TechCrunch article here.