05 WHERE DOES STARTUPBOOTCAMP MEET STARTUPS FOR OUR PROGRAMS APPLICATION NUMBERS INCREASED In an effort to both find startups for our programs, as well as provide support for startup ecosystems BY 50% IN 2016 across the world, we ran 266 mentorship events in Number of applications per program: 53 countries in 2016, nearly double the amount we ran in the previous year. More than 10 events were hosted in the USA, Germany, Spain, India, and the 2016: 429 UK. +97% 2015: 218 We saw a dramatic increase in the amount of events we produced in North and South America, as well as Number of mentorship events: Central and Eastern Europe. With the opening of 2 new programs in Asia since this analysis, we expect to see quite a surge in applications from, and an 2016: 266 increase of events in the APAC region in 2017. +100% 2015: 133 Startupbootcamp also sources a large portion of their teams at major conferences and industry Number of cities visited: events. In 2016, we attended more than 40 including Pioneers Festival in Vienna, RISE in Hong Kong, and Wolves Summit in Warsaw. 2016: 102 While many accelerators and investors use +52% 2015: 67 events to simply filter teams into their programs, Startupbootcamp aims to create a true mentorship Number of conferences attended: environment that can produce valuable relationships. Teams that attend our FastTrack events are 2 times more likely to be accepted into 2016: 45 one of our acceleration programs. +55% 2015: 29 WE RAN MENTOHRSHIP EVENTS ON EVERY CONTINENT IN 2016