We are MING Labs. We design and develop software applications, mobile user experiences and data visualizations. Our global team has a strong passion for innovation & future technologies.
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What Is A Venture Builder?
• A business with the main purpose of building
companies
• Continuously creates new ventures with different
ideas and founders
• Has a core team / competences that provide
competitive advantages to the new businesses
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What We Are Not
Accelerators /
Incubators VCs Agencies
Y Combinator
techstars
Excelerate
500 startups
Capital Factory
Andreessen Horowitz
Khosla Ventures
SVAngel
Accel
NEA
AKQA
TBWA
Frog
IDEO
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Existing Venture Builders
The general model has been in existence for a
while, notable examples include:
• Rocket Internet (Market Cap: 3.25bn€; LPV: 6bn€)
• Obvious Corp (Blogger, Twitter & Medium)
• HVF (Paypal, Glow & Affirm)
• Idealab (Created 125+ companies in >20 years)
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Our Formula For A Venture Builder
World-class Design
and Development
For more than 5 years we have been
recruiting the top talents in the industry.
We are entrepreneurs at heart, who
have dared to try again and again,
with a lot of learnings.
Entrepreneurial
Mentality and
Trackrecord
Everything Free+ +
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We are looking to work with great
founders who will not need to worry
about how to pay us, but fully focus
on execution of the venture.
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Venture Platform
• Access to Fortune 500 enterprises
• Access to agencies and their clients
• Access to our full portfolio of ventures
• Network of investors looking for opportunities
• Strong media relationships in Europe and Asia
• More than 1000m2 Office Space in three countries
• Full support in hiring to find top talent
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Investment Thesis
Its all about the right
team and founders
We know the pain
points of entrepreneurs
We want to give back
to the eco system
Diversity (in location,
background, …) provides
strength and resilience.
From Founders
For Founder
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MAGIC Ventures Offering
Founder(s)
+ Idea
Production
Concept
Business Model
Service Model
UX
Prototyping
Visual Design
Brand
Development
Qualification
Beta
Series A
Series A
Founder(s)
+ Idea
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Pain Points For Founders
No access to the
best talent.
What is good UX
design?
What is a good
developer / CTO?
Where do I find
capital?
Where do I find
the right people?
How to I find and
retain customers?
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Mistakes We Made
Underestimating
the pain of go to
market.
Launching too
big / too late.
Selecting the
wrong founders.
Not dedicating
teams to
ventures.
Conflict of
interest in setup.
Not acting like a
shareholder.
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Our Ventures In 2015
Bottles XO — Wine delivered to your door in 1 hour
Pumperlgsund — Liquid Eggwhite
Liefery — Same day delivery ecosystem
Fluxo — The smartest lamp in the world
Siroop — The Amazon of Switzerland
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You share our vision?
We would love to hear from you:
hello@magic-ventures.com