So, who do you get to meet during Seedcamp? Here are the advisors involved in Seedcamp for 2008.
Entrepreneurs
- Ales Spetic, Zemanta
- Alex Van Someren, nCipher
- Alex Willcock, Imagini Europe Limited
- Alexander Hoye
- Alexander Straub
- Amit Shah, Lonsdale Capital
- Anders Fredriksson, Tablefinder AB
- Andy McLoughlin , Huddle
- Artemi Krymski, Dothomes
- Bo Mattsson, Cint
- Bostjan Spetic, Zemanta
- Charlie Muirhead
- Christophe Maire, Plazes/Nokia
- Douglas De Jager, Dothomes
- Ed Speigel, Rentmineonline.com
- Erroll Damelin
- Gordon Gunthrie, Hypernumbers
- Graham Bosher, ex DVD on Tap
- Hjalmar Windblah, Rebtel
- Ian Hogarth, Songkick
- James Bilefield, Openads
- James Murray Wells, Glasses Direct
- Jeremie Berrebi, Zlio
- Jerome Touze, Wayn
- Joe Cohen, Seatwave
- Jyri Engestrom, Jaiku/Google
- Kevin Cornils, Buy.at
- Kieran O'Neil, Playfire
- Lee Strafford
- Lorenz Bogaert, Netlog
- Lukasz Gadowski, Spreadshirt
- Marc Samwer
- Marten Mickos, MySQL
- Martin Stiskel, Last.fm
- Martin Varsavsky
- Matt Jones
- Mattias Miksche, Stardoll
- Michael Birch, Bebo
- Michael Smith
- Niklas Zennstrom
- Peter Ward, Wayn
- Richard Moross
- Rodger Desai, Payfone
- Ryan Notz, myBuilder
- Sara Murray, Buddi
- Sean Glass, Pikum
- Sherry Coutu , NESTA
- Simon Murdoch, Do You Speak
- Sridhar Sethuraman, Kublax Financial Technologies Ltd
- Stefan Glaenzer, LastFM
- Sumon Sadhu, Snaptalent
- Tariq Krim
- Toby Rowland
- Tommy Ahlers, ZYB
- Umair Haque, Havas Media Lab
- William Tunstall-Pedoe, True Knowledge
Lessons I've learnt along the way?
See Seedcamp's video page for more.
Product Experts
- Adam Seifer, Fotolog
- Andraz Tori, Zemanta
- Andrej Nabergoj, stealth startup
- Andy Budd, Clearleft
- Charles Armstrong, Trampoline Systems
- Christian Hernandez Gallardo, Google
- Dave McClure, Individual
- David Lundblad, Strategic Imagination by Swede
- Eze Vidra, Ask
- Iain Tait, Poke
- Ian Worley, Flow Interactive
- Laurent Haug, Google
- Leisa Reichelt, disambiguity.com
- Limvirak Chea, Google
- Malthe Sigurdsson, Skype
- Martina Schell, Flow Interactive
- Matt Ogle, Last.fm
- Max Polyakov
- Maz Nadjm, BSkyB
- Menno van Slooten, eBuddy
- Ned Walley, Zong
- Nigel Eccles, Hubdub
- Petteri Koponen, Jaiku/Google,
- Philip Wilkinson, Kelkoo
- Philipp Huber, XCalibre Communications
- Prashant Agarwal, Fjord
- Pratik Sharma, Core Objects
- Robert Dighero, Dighero
- Robert Gaal, Wakoopa
- Robert Hamilton, Google
- Rodrigo Madanes, Skype
- Simon Veingard, Covestor
- Sonia Pignorel, Microsoft
- Stefan Kalteis, i5invest
- Sten Tamkivi, Skype
- Stephanie Robesky, Atomico
- Taavet Hinrikus, Skype
- Thorsten Bevot, Move Me
- Tom Loosemore, Ofcom
- Tony Lucas, XCalibre Communications
- Vanessa Kirby, Flow Interactive
What is an entrepreneur?
See Seedcamp's video page for more.
Marketing & PR Experts
- Alexandera-Fee Beyer, AF Beyer Startup Marketing
- Alice Regester, MySpace
- Amanda West, Reuters
- Anders Hallin, Stardoll
- Ann Tran, Individual
- Blake Chandlee, Facebook
- Brent Hoberman, Mydeco.com
- Colette Ballou, Ballou PR
- David Muir, WPP
- Donna Sokolsky, SparkPR
- Ed Bussey, ZYB
- Elspeth Briscoe, ex eBay/Skype
- Georgina Blizzard, The PR Network
- Hadar Avtalion, Wonga
- Jamie Kantrowitz, MySpace
- Jane Finette, Mozilla
- Jason Goodman, Albion London
- Jennifer Janson, Six Degrees PR
- John Straw, Individual
- Judith Clegg, The Glasshouse
- Kristof Fahy, RIM
- Marc Lewis, The School of Communication Arts
- Melany Libraro, OpenX
- Michael Van Swaaj, eBay
- Michelle Acton-Bond, Project: Yourself
- Obi Felten, Google
- Rabin Yaghoubi, Formerly DoubleClick and Google
- Rachel Bremer, Spark PR
- Rory Sutherland, Ogilvy
- Sarah Michaud, Ballou PR
- Scott Gallacher, Formerly BSKYB
- Simon Darling, Headingford
- Simon Guild, Bass Rock Media
- Simon Waldman, The Guardian
- Stephanie Bouchet, RougeFrog
- Todd Sawicki, Lookery
- Will Cooper, TradeDoubler
Technical Experts
- Adam Connors, Google
- Ann Scheman, IBM
- Brad Gillespie, ex Microsoft
- Brian Aker, Sun Microsystems
- Christian Carrillo, Celceo
- Christian Heilmann, Yahoo
- David Boloker, IBM
- David Gristwood, Microsoft
- David Lenehan, Polldaddy
- Gavin Love, My Builder
- Gavin Starks, Dgen.net
- Guillaume Decugis, Goojet
- Jaan Tallin, Skype
- James Aylett, Tartarus
- James Cronin, Venda
- Laurie Baird, Turner
- Martin Buhr, Amazon
- Matt Biddulph, Dopplr
- Matthew Pontefract, Rethought-Solutions
- Michael Jackson, Mangrove Capital Partners
- Michael Roche, IBM
- Mike Shaver, Mozilla
- Nick Ludlam, Recoil
- Simon Willison, Freelance
- Stefan Magdalinski, Moo
- Stella Saundes, IBM
- Steve Brown, fka Buy.at
- Sten Hiedel, My Builder
- Thunder Raven-Stoker, My Builder
- Tim Cox, Google
- Toon Coppens, Netlog
- Wouter Broekhof, Wakoopa.com
- Zaheed Haque, koonen.com
What's the biggest mistake you've ever made?
See Seedcamp's video page for more.
Corporates
- Anil Hansjee Google
- April Henry, Fox Broadcasting
- Bindi Karia, Microsoft
- Brenda Gordon, eMap
- David Rajan Oracle
- Deborah Magid, IBM
- George Hadjigeorgiou, Yahoo
- Johann Quintus, Go4Venture
- Lars Lindstedt Microsoft
- Lori Vokes, Cisco
- Marie Kluth, Go 4 Venture
- Matt Locke, Channel 4 Education
- Stewart Townsend, Sun Microsystems
Hiring Experts
- Annemie Rensburg, Skype
- Bretton Putter, Forsythe Group
- Mannie Gill, Renovata Partners
- Rosemary Forsythe, Forsythe Group
- Thomas Jepsen, Renovata Partners
Legal Experts
- Chris Grew Heller Ehrman LLP
- Scott Leonard-Morgan Heller Ehrman LLP
- Giles Hawkins, Heller Ehrman
- Robert Miller, Skype
- Tina Baker Brown Rudnick
- Ylan Steiner SJ Berwin
What are the classic mistakes start-ups make time and again?
See Seedcamp's video page for more.
Media & Events
- Loic Le Meur LeWeb3
- Michael Arrington Techcrunch
- OReilly Web2Expo
- Ouriel Ohayon TechCrunch France Editor, LGILab
- Ryan Carson FOWA
Investors
- Alexander Kolisch, Holtzbrinck Ventures
- Alexander Swoboda, Global Equity Partners
- Andreas Schlenker, Partech International
- Andrew Parker, Union Square Ventures
- Andrew Weissman, Betaworks
- Andy Hart, ex Ask.co.uk
- Aydin Senkut, Felicis Ventures
- Azeem Azhar, Individual
- Ben Holmes Index Ventures
- Ben Tompkins, Eden Ventures
- Bo Ilsoe, Sunstone Capital
- Carlos Espinal, Doughty Hanson
- Charles Grimsdale, Eden Ventures
- Chris Morton, Balderton Capital
- Chris Padfield, London Business Angels
- Christoph Buelow, Catcap
- Claudio Siniscalco, Harbour Investment
- Danny Rimer Index Ventures
- Fred Destin Atlas Venture
- Fredrik Cassel Creandum
- Greg Marsh, Index Ventures
- Hillel Zidel, Kennet Partner
- Irena Goldenberg, Highland Capital Partners
- Ivan Farneti, Doughty Hanson
- James Routley, Eden Ventures
- Jörgen Bladh, NorthZone
- Katy Turner, Eden Ventures
- Kirt Shuldberg, Heller Ehrman
- Klaus Hommels, Balderton
- Mark Dorff, Brown Rudnick
- Mark Esiri, Venrex
- Mark Farmer, Eden Ventures
- Mark Sonne Kharazmi
- Markus Wagner , i5invest
- Martin Bloom, Independent
- Martin Kelly, IBM
- Mattias Ljungman Atomico
- Max Niederhofer, Atlas Venture
- Max Polyakov, IDE Group
- Nic Brisbourne, DFJ Espirit
- Oliver Beste, Founders Link
- Paul Jozefak, Neuhaus Partners
- Paul Murray, DFJ Espirit
- Paul Vickery, NESTA
- Peter Hellmers, Catcap
- Pierre Sapin, Digitalents Capital
- Richard Penfold, Heller Ehrman
- Rob Kniaz, Google
- Robert Loch, Internet Peeps
- Robin Klein The Accelerator Group
- Roeland Boonstoppel, Solid Ventures
- Rosemary Forsyth, Forsyth Group
- Sacha Mann, Archangel Informal Investment Ltd
- Salman Farmanfarmaian, Index Ventures
- Sandy McKinnon, Pentech Ventures
- Sean Park Sixth Paradigm LLP
- Sean Seton-Rogers, Balderton
- Sitar Teli, Doughty Hanson
- Stefan Menden, Straub Ventures
- Tal Barnoach, Speed Up
- Tom Bradley, DFJ Espirit
- Will Dawson, Amadeus Capital
- William Reeve, LoveFilm