Australian start-ups are being encouraged to apply for Seedcamp London, a one-day event that claims to give start-ups access to a world-class network of advisors and a direct route to seed capital.<\/p>\n
<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Seedcamp London, which is part of Seedcamp, is aimed at connecting web-tech, mobile and software start-ups with entrepreneurs, developers and experts from around the world.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cAn astonishing number of start-ups have already applied\u2026 Then again, it\u2019s not just the entrepreneurs looking forward to rolling up their sleeves,\u201d spokesperson Kirsten Campbell says.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cThe mentors are pretty keen to get stuck in too. We were super fortunate to have hit 100 mentor sign-ups.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n At Seedcamp London, start-ups will gain access to the likes of Anthony Hicks from PayPal, James Bilefield from Cond\u00e9 Nast, Liam Carroll from ASOS and Simon Cross from Facebook.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The event is sponsored by iStockphoto and partnered by eOffice, while yearly sponsors include Microsoft BizSpark, Google and QualComm. The event will be held on January 31.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The day consists of five-minute presentations by the teams, panel discussions, and one-on-one mentoring. The format is designed to maximise interaction between the teams and mentors.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cTo give the selected teams another helping hand, we have a goodie bag\u2026 to give to all the finalists, containing freebies and discounts from the likes of Amazon,\u201d Campbell says.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cApplications close<\/span> at midnight on January 12.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Seedcamp was founded by a group of angel and VC investors across Europe. The ultimate aim of the organisation is to provide seed funding for \u201cthe greatest next generation of start-up teams\u201d.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n At Seedcamp\u2019s monthly events, held throughout Europe, start-ups present their ideas, network, receive mentoring, and compete for investment by Seedcamp.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cYearly, we invest in about 20 companies this way. Our standard investment is 50,000 Euros (about $62,400) in return for a 8-10% stake in the business,\u201d Seedcamp says on its website.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cWe bring companies to the next level through hands-on support, our network of awesome mentors and partnership.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Successful recipients are encouraged to relocate to London for three months to participate in intense mentoring sessions, with the funding to go towards living and operational expenses.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cWe will continue to push with the speed and access you experience during Seedcamp for the course of the three months and the year ahead,\u201d Seedcamp says.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cThe best way to take advantage of interacting with the various experts and having the benefit of your co-winners will best be realised by staying on in London [beyond the initial three months].\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cWe expect that after being part of our year-long program, and particularly after the first three months, you will have built a strong network for yourself and your company.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cTo give you a sense of what has happened historically, out of the 22 Seedcamp companies from 2007-09, 85% received follow-on funding or were acquired.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cIn 80% of these cases, at least one Seedcamp investor or mentor has invested in the follow-on round.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Australian start-ups are being encouraged to apply for Seedcamp London, a one-day event that claims to give start-ups access to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":60303,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42484"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42484\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}