1. MBPW 2011 – more than a Business Plan Competition Access To Finance Through a Business Plan Competition IMAGEEN meeting Munich, March 31, 2011 Carsten Rudolph, CEO Munich Business Plan Competition Munich Business Plan Competition

3.  innovative Founders and young companies in the Greater Munich area and southern Bavaria  Entrepreneurial students interested from more than 20 universities  Innovative Scientist at universities and other research institutions  Investors, Corporates, Incubators, Consultants, Politics…and many more Munich Business Plan Competition Foto: kallejipp / Quelle: photocase.com MBPW is the platform for

4. What are the key activities? Businessplan- Competition Coaching und „active networking“ Financing- network Public Relations Education Individual Coaching Referral to investors „pulse generator“ Qualified Feedback Networking with industry exoperts and consultants Financing strategy development

5. Services for Start-Ups are free of charge by sponsoring model for MBPW Promoted by DATEV Earlybird Venture Capital Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Häckl und Partner GmbH Steuerberatungsgesellschaft High-Tech Gründerfonds Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft MLP Geschäftsstelle München XI Osborne Clarke Pape & Co. Rödl & Partner Target Partners

6. Business Plan Competition  Three stages with increasing requirements  Educational program with seminars and workshops  Feedback from judges (industry experts, consultants, financial institutions)  Cash Prizes totalling 50.000 €, 3 award ceremonies  „season“ from Fall 2010 to Summer 2011 Business Plan Competition provides staged preparation, education, and public attention for the startups Some typical data  Approx. 250 teams with a total of 800 participants  Equal distribution of academic and non-academic paticipants  Approx. 200o visitors at events (total) Industry distribution (MBPW 2010)  Life Sciences / Chemics: 10 %  ICT: 47 %  Electronics: 8 %  Industrial Eng.: 12 %  Non-technical: 23 %

7. Goal: Development of an innovative business idea Content: Basic business model and definition of customer value Goal: Development of a basic businessplan Content: Concept of exploiting the market potential The Business Plan Competition in detail Goal: Finalizing the complete professional businessplan Content: Concept of implementing the business model Financial planning and strategy Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 1 Deadline January 18, 2011 10 awards, cash prices Deadline: March 22, 2011 5 awards, cash prices Deadline: June 07, 2011 3 awards, cash prices bp. Feedback + Prices

8. Financing network  Guidance to startup through the entire financing process  Network of private and public investors  Business Angel network  Individual Matching  Investor Events The financing network is the „end of the funnel“ providing immediate access to investors Some Statistics  40 – 60 startups per year in the process (increasing)

9. „Investor ready“ Team has key Information and presentation for investors completed Criteria Complete businessplan Innovative business model Significant growth potential MBPW Financing network – how we work Inquiries via Website Telephone Recommendation etc. Business Angels Venture Capital Public (Co-)Investors Banks Events Pitches First session Further sessions Presen- tations As many sessions as needed Recommendations, entry MBPW Investor mailings Sample MBPW Team F. Individual matching

10. Contact www.mbpw.de MBPW GmbH Münchner Technologie Zentrum MTZ Agnes-Pockels-Bogen 1 80992 München Tel.: +49 (0) 89 - 388 38 38 – 0 Fax: +49 (0) 89 - 388 38 38 – 88 info@mbpw.de Management: Dr. Carsten Rudolph