Dream It

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

The Dreamit team has said it before, raising money from a VC is a lot like sales. They don’t just want to hear about this round and how you are going to get to $50K MRR, or a $3M ARR, that’s only hitting a single or a double. They want to hear about your big vision and understand what the business will look like in 3-5 years.

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JULY 29, 2020

The round was led by Tech Council Ventures with participation from Boston Millennia Partners Founders Fund and Front Row Fund, who join existing investors including IP Group, Dreamit Ventures, and Ben Franklin Technology Partners. We are thrilled to have Rick join the TrekIT team. For more information, visit trekit.health.

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Dream It

MAY 4, 2021

In this Dreamit Dose, Managing Director Adam Dakin reveals the right approach on how to answer the valuation question when pitching VCs. That’s your Dreamit Dose in about 5 minutes! New investors don’t really care about the last round’s valuation or all the milestones that you feel justify a step up.

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OCTOBER 21, 2019

It's been about a year since Slidebean’s first Youtube video breakthrough. To celebrate their success, we collaborated with Slidebean to host a Fireside Chat in New York City on October 10th featuring Caya, founder of Slidebean, and Steve Barsh, Managing Partner at Dreamit. from DreamIt Ventures. ? from DreamIt Ventures. ?

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Dream It

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

In this Dreamit Dose, Healthtech MD Adam Dakin provides 5 simple rules to avoid giving investors the wrong impression when pitching remotely. Watch Adam’s full Dreamit Dose below. By Elliot Levy , Healthtech Associate at Dreamit Ventures Book Office Hours with me. Mistake #1 - Showing Up Late. Read Part 1.

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Dream It

DECEMBER 10, 2020

In this guest Dreamit Dose, Jason Calacanis (@jason), a technology entrepreneur, angel investor, and the host of the popular podcasts This Week in Startups and Angel, answers the top 5 questions he gets about angel investing. Angels do deals for a simple reason: They’re excited about your company. Avoid being in that bucket.

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AUGUST 6, 2020

Today, the company announced a $10M Series A financing round led by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and digital health fund Heal Capital , with participation from existing investors Karma Ventures, Inovo Venture Partners, and Dreamit Ventures. About Infermedica Infermedica, Inc.

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Dream It

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Getting investors excited about your product is a critical part of raising capital. But founders are often so consumed with talking metrics, milestones achieved, or the capital they need that they sometimes forget to talk about their overarching vision for their startups. It’s not about the slide deck.

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Dream It

DECEMBER 22, 2020

You want to avoid a customer getting excited about a feature only to find that it is not usable or hasn’t been sufficiently tested. There’s your brief guide to product management from a product expert that we’re lucky to have on the Dreamit team. If any criteria for a feature to be usable is missing, then you do not have your true MVP.

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Dream It

APRIL 8, 2020

Jason sat down with Steve Barsh , Managing Partner of Dreamit, to give founders relevant downturn strategies. First, be honest and informed about the state of your business. You should be honest with your employees about the state of your business, and the same goes for investors.

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APRIL 7, 2020

— samir kaji (@Samirkaji) April 7, 2020 To guide startups through the confusion, Dreamit interviewed three leaders helping startups secure emergency funding from different perspectives as bankers, attorneys, and investors. The information on this page was updated on April 6th, 2020. What are the immediate do’s and don’ts for startups?

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JULY 12, 2021

In this Dreamit Dose, Steve Barsh, Managing Partner at Dreamit, gives you his breakdown and tells you what issues to avoid on these early-stage financing instruments. Be aware of the challenges of an uncapped note Here’s how Steve thinks about uncapped notes for the vast majority of cases. Raising early-stage funding?

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Dream It

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Watch Caya’s full Dreamit Dose below. By Elliot Levy , Healthtech Associate at Dreamit Ventures Join Dreamit’s Rising Founder Program. Learn more about Dreamit Healthtech , a growth-focused program for digital health and medtech startups with revenue, pilots, or early product-market fit.

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Dream It

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Most founders consider two possibilities when thinking about their exit strategy: IPO or acquisition. At Dreamit, we’re well aware that founders have lots of questions concerning M&A like, “What are the top reasons M&A deals are done?” This is not just about ARR or customers. Don’t worry about the market.

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Dream It

MARCH 28, 2020

More than 15 Dreamit Healthtech portfolio companies have products that are helping to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. Many people with cancer and cancer survivors, particularly those with compromised immune systems, are likely worried about the potential impact of COVID-19 on their health. Contact Founder.

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JULY 24, 2020

Securetech Managing Director at Dreamit, Mel Shakir , talks to CISOs every week. Including logos in your deck is important but at Dreamit we emphasize that you should not include logos unless they are recognizable and you are clear on what the logos represent (paying customers? This presents a huge opportunity for startups.

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Dream It

AUGUST 29, 2019

At the seed stage, talking about exit strategy always seems a bit premature, even presumptuous. The exit strategy conversation should be nuanced, and founders should use it as a way to show investors you can think about things from different angles. Investors are giving you capital to make 10x, 20x, or 100x their investment.

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MAY 13, 2020

Earlier this month, Adam Dakin , Managing Director of Dreamit Healthtech, joined Phase2 Health to share his insight on how the pandemic is changing healthcare. Paul Martino, General Partner at Bullpen Capital, gave founders good advice on this during a recent discussion with Dreamit.

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Dream It

APRIL 3, 2020

By Alana Hill , Securetech Associate at Dreamit Ventures Subscribe to Dreamit’s Podcast on Apple , Google Podcasts , or Spotify ?. Learn more about Dreamit Securetech , a growth-focused program for cybersecurity, fraud, compliance, and physical security startups.

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AUGUST 2, 2021

Securetech Managing Director, Mel Shakir , brought Evan Blair to the Dreamit Dose to share his experience leading global channel sales and partner programs at ZeroFox, Accuvant, and Ciphent over the past decade. Think about every partnership like an investment. So, what types of investments should you be thinking about making?

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Dream It

MAY 18, 2020

About Wellth Wellth is a digital behavior change company that creates de novo motivation in the highest-risk, least engaged segment of the chronic disease population. By Elliot Levy , Healthtech Associate at Dreamit Ventures Subscribe to Dreamit’s Podcast on Apple , Google Podcasts , or Spotify.

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Dream It

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Also participating in the round are Dreamit Ventures , Spring Point Partners, Red & Blue Ventures, and AWT Private Investments. About NeuroFlow NeuroFlow is a collaborative and measurement-based behavioral health platform integrated in all care settings. Learn More about Dreamit’s Healthtech Program ?.

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Dream It

DECEMBER 9, 2019

RaySecur ( Dreamit Securetech Spring 2019) closed a $3M seed funding round. Thus far, RaySecur has tracked about 600 threats to date. The startup’s mission is to be the first line of defense to safely detect suspicious powders and liquids, as well as conventional mail threats. postal service intercepts up to 3,500 packages in the U.S.

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JULY 20, 2020

By Alana Hill , Securetech Associate at Dreamit Ventures Subscribe to Dreamit’s Podcast on Apple , Google Podcasts , or Spotify ?. Learn more about Dreamit Securetech , a growth-focused program for cybersecurity, fraud, compliance, and physical security startups.

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OCTOBER 9, 2019

Article Written by Dreamit contributing writer R. Learn more about Dreamit Securetech, a growth-focused program for pre-Series A startups innovating in cybersecurity, physical security, compliance, and fraud detection Galsworthy.

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Dream It

MAY 14, 2020

About Tissue Analytics Tissue Analytics, Inc. Learn more about Dreamit Healthtech. "The mission-critical nature of Net Health's SaaS solutions is clear and the business continues to prove itself as a critical partner to healthcare providers during this challenging time. Tissue Analytics, Inc. Tissue Analytics, Inc.

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Dream It

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

MPOWER welcomes investors, universities, policymakers, and other interested parties to learn more about MPOWER’s social impact report by registering for MPOWER’s free webinar briefing on September 26, 2019. About MPOWER Financing MPOWER Financing, headquartered in Washington, D.C., The full report can be found here.

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Dream It

APRIL 26, 2019

A cybersecurity researcher recently noticed that his seat back screen on a flight had a camera embedded in it, and Tweeted about the issue to Singapore Airlines. Senators about the potential privacy and security implications of recording passengers in-flight. Sign Up Want to read about relevant cybersecurity news every week?

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APRIL 12, 2020

During our recent Dreamit Kickoff week, Bullpen Capital Founder and General Partner Paul Martino ( @ahpah ) spoke with our Spring 2020 cohort about the state of the VC ecosystem in the current economic crisis. Paul Martino, General Partner at Bullpen Capital. In a downturn, this offers an out for investors. startup) per month.

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MAY 13, 2019

When working with startups, Dreamit Managing Partner Steve Barsh uses the analogy of a mountain climber. Early in the company’s history, founder Nick Swinmurn approached his future co-founder Tony Hsieh about his idea to sell shoes online. That’s what assumptions and de-risking are all about. Like what you read?

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Dream It

JUNE 26, 2019

In our work at Dreamit, we speak with thousands of startups every year. They might start talking about a new, exciting potential customer that will provide a revenue windfall, or they might talk about an investor that’s “about to send” a term sheet. Here’s a recent example from a pitch we heard at Dreamit.

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Dream It

JUNE 12, 2019

In their best-selling book Traction: How Any Startup Can Achieve Explosive Customer Growth , Gabriel Weinberg and Justin Mares write about the importance of traction: Traction is the best way to improve your chances of startup success. To understand the flashback technique, think about a movie you’ve seen that starts with a flashback.

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Dream It

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

The first thing Steve wishes you knew is that you should start by talking about the big and urgent problem you’re solving. Over 50% of startups fail because they’re not solving a big and urgent problem that customers care about deeply. If you don’t know what that means, go watch the Dreamit Dose listed on the right.

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MARCH 1, 2019

MedStack , a Dreamit HealthTech alum whose platform provides a privacy and security compliance solution for healthcare apps, recently closed a $2.4 About MedStack Launched in 2015, MedStack is a cloud automation technology company that builds and manages healthcare privacy compliance into cloud hosting tools. million round of funding.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Other investors include Bonfire Ventures, BAM Ventures, Financial Venture Studios and Dreamit Ventures. Read more about the round in the press release or on Crunchbase. Hyde Park Angels participated in the Series A round, which was led by Hyde Park Venture Partners. His expertise provides valuable perspective to the NestEgg team.

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Dream It

APRIL 24, 2019

About 30% of the neurons in the brain are dedicated to vision, compared to only 8% for touch and 2% for hearing. Charles LaCalle Dreamit UrbanTech According to Goldman Sachs , virtual and augmented reality (AR) will become an $80 billion market by 2025, and $2.6 billion will be specifically for real estate. of properties.

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MAY 4, 2021

Keep reading for Dreamit Managing Partner, Steve Barsh’s 5 tips founders can use to get more out of their board meetings and make them a productive and positive experience for everyone involved. Think about what’s impacting your sleep schedule. In saying that, we’re talking about negative surprises.

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