TechCrunch

JUNE 10, 2022

This article is based on an episode of Foundersuite’s How I Raised It podcast, where Tal shared his seven-step method to managing a meeting with investors, including actionable tips for effectively following up on promising pitches. Before you get into your pitch, lay out what they can expect from the meeting. ” Iddo Tal.

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2022

” Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. “They are the strongest company in the segment and well financed in this growing market,” said Forrester analyst Craig Le Clair. Pitch deck pro tips from a leading Silicon Valley venture capitalist. H1 2022 cybersecurity product-led growth market map.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 1, 2022

For decades, there were several blocks where angels and VC partners camped out at café tables, taking pitches between lattes. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Not a complete deck, but an embellished elevator pitch meant to whet investors’ appetites before you serve them the full meal. Start here.

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Ian Hathaway

MARCH 31, 2020

Senators led by Amy Klobuchar introduced the New Business Preservation Act to incentivize venture capital formation around the country. It avoids two well-known traps for government-sponsored venture programs by requiring that public funds are matched with private dollars and that capital is deployed by professional investors.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2023

There’s no simple test to determine which aspiring founder can turn their idea into a billion-dollar business, but VCs who know which questions to ask can uncover the right mindset, says Sanjay Reddy, a co-founding partner at Unlock Venture Partners. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Blue Future Partners, a venture capital fund of funds, recently interviewed me on ESG in venture capital. We organized a series of HBS Angels pitch nights, joint with a range of affinity groups for HBS Alumni: HBS African-American, HBS Healthcare, HBS LBGT, and HBS Latino.

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TechCrunch

MAY 27, 2022

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. To learn more about the underlying market forces and hurdles facing entrepreneurs and investors in this maverick industry, she spoke to four investors: Jacqueline Bennett, managing partner and co-founder, Highlands Venture Partners. Walter Thompson. Senior Editor, TechCrunch+.

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TechCrunch

JULY 19, 2022

If your company is too nascent to be valued, convertible notes might be a viable way to secure early financing. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. based venture capital firms raised $74.1 You may need more than one pitch deck. You may need more than one pitch deck. Walter Thompson.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 24, 2022

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. ” 3 tips for biotech startups seeking non-dilutive capital to weather the downturn. Pitch Deck Teardown: WayRay’s $80M Series C deck. Pitch Deck Teardown: WayRay’s $80M Series C deck. Image Credits: WayRay (opens in a new window).

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 27, 2021

Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members. Latin America’s increasingly dynamic venture capital scene has been making headlines of late. Julie Ruvolo, director of venture capital, LAVCA. Corporate venture capital follows the same trend as other VC markets: Up.

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Feedough

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

It is when the founders need to make a tough decision of whether to raise money by diluting ownership ( equity financing ) or by taking loans (debt financing). While equity financing requires no repayment and doesn’t even act as a liability to the startup , it dilutes the ownership and the decision-making process.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Blue Future Partners, a venture capital fund of funds, recently interviewed me on ESG in venture capital. We organized a series of HBS Angels pitch nights, joint with a range of affinity groups for HBS Alumni: HBS African-American, HBS Healthcare, HBS LBGT, and HBS Latino.

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TechCrunch

JULY 8, 2022

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. I haven’t tracked this figure nationally, but the amount of venture capital invested in San Francisco-based startups reportedly fell by 65% between May and June 2022. Pitch Deck Teardown: Enduring Planet’s $2.1M

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. I’ll be talking to more venture capitalists and angel investors in the coming weeks, so watch this space. How to pitch me: 4 VCs share what they’re looking for in March 2022. Dive deep into Snorkel.AI’s pitch technique that raised $135m. Walter Thompson.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 6, 2021

Some simply monitored the “lackluster” Casper IPO or skimmed articles about Brandless and others “imploding” and started pulling a slow fade on D2C brands — not taking pitches, not following up. Many product-based brands, as it turns out, are no longer interested in chasing venture capital.

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Founder Bounty

AUGUST 21, 2022

I have also worked in finance prior to entering startups working for tier 1 inestment banks. This is typical venture capital model. Each one of them works differently and each one usaually has a venture capial fund which can also inject seriou capial (series A) or more with new inestors to back your company.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

This is a company that, according to the article, got term sheets from half of the VCs that expressed interest in the company. On top of that, the article comes with a chart--this chart to the left entited "Fewer Bets". I suppose, more specifically, the bubble ended in the last two weeks of September--right after this financing.

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TechCrunch

MAY 8, 2023

A lot of my work as a consultant involves helping founders come up with a good fundraising story, but a surprising number of founders seem to get stuck on the next step: Finding the right investors and landing a meeting to pitch their companies. Are you in finance, healthcare, consumer hardware or climate tech? That’s a problem.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2022

In an article they describe as “ a call to current and would-be proptech entrepreneurs to solve the problems that are close to home ,” the authors identify eight issues founders and investors should focus on, along with the estimated TAM for each opportunity. Your startup pitch deck needs an operating plan.

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Jason Malki

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

In this article, we’ll give you some tips on how to raise money for your startup. Understand Your Funding Options There are several ways to finance a startup, each with its own advantages and disadvantages. The most common options are grants, venture capital, and angel investors. If so, you’re in the right place.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 2, 2023

For all the focus on pitch decks (and more than 80 articles on the topic ), you’d think that it’s impossible for startups to raise from angels or institutional investors without one. In short: The pitch deck was to the business plan what agile software development was to waterfall software development.

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TechCrunch

MAY 28, 2021

Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members. As startups and venture capital grow in tandem, fundraising has gone from a formal affair on Sand Hill Road to a process that can happen anywhere from Twitter to Zoom. Vise CEO Samir Vasavada and Sequoia’s Shaun Maguire break down the art of the pitch.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2014

In that article I talked about how PR drives: recruiting, employee retention, biz dev deals, funding and even M&A and that often “attribution” to your PR activities is unknown. Contrary to popular opinion I actually believe crowd-funding is best used after seed capital or venture capital.

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TechCrunch

JULY 15, 2022

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Battle of the bridge: Startups struggle to secure runway financing. It’s not your imagination: After a deluge, it has stopped raining venture capital. Pitch Deck Teardown: Forethought’s $65M Series C deck. “I know this company. Walter Thompson.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 10, 2022

Between his roles as co-leader of Mayfield Fund’s engineering biology practice and founder at IndieBio, Arvind Gupta reviewed approximately 470 startup pitches last year. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Arvind Gupta. For good entrepreneurs, there’s always a path, right?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 22, 2022

The venture capital market is slowing down, which means early-stage founders are chasing a smaller pool of money. Because a founder’s pitch is the first step on that journey, we’re interviewing active investors to learn more about what they’re looking for and how they prefer to be approached. billion to $1.81 Walter Thompson.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Once the decision has been made to go forward, there are very basic steps to setting up a business that formalizes the creation of the business and makes it operational which is addressed in a related article. If you have a low credit score, work to improve it in anticipation of one day needing outside financing.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 20, 2019

I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. I have been impressed by how these venture capitalists are accomplishing a major social impact goal…without even trying to. I contacted every RBI venture capital investor I could identify, and learned: .

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Year-in, year-out, the gender gap in venture capital investment continues to be a problem women founders face. This should come as no surprise, given that fintech combines two sectors traditionally dominated by men: finance and technology. Venture capital is far from a level playing field. Get funded, as a woman.

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TechCrunch

JULY 29, 2022

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Pitch Deck Teardown: Alto Pharmacy’s $200M Series E deck. Pitch Deck Teardown: Alto Pharmacy’s $200M Series E deck. 8 fintech VCs discuss the shifting investing landscape and how to pitch them in Q3 2022. Alda Leu Dennis, general partner, Initialized Capital.

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TechCrunch

MAY 6, 2022

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Will the corporate venture boom lead to an M&A frenzy? In a market where valuations are on the decline, corporate venture capital is well-positioned to pounce on opportunities. ” Will the corporate venture boom lead to an M&A frenzy? .”

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David Teten VC

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

I’m surprised at how many funding pitches I get which lack some of the basic information which investors require before funding. 50% of these meetings led to pitches to individual partners. About 30% of partner pitches led to full partnership pitches. Raising capital is about quality of outreach, not quantity.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 25, 2021

” Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members. It’s hard to pin down where Shein is from,” answered Richard Xu from Grand View Capital, a Chinese venture capital firm. Investor Marlon Nichols and Wonderschool’s Chris Bennett on getting to the point with a pitch deck.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2021

This Space is not a forum for pitching an article — if you’d like to submit your post for consideration, please email guestcolumns@techcrunch.com. Ask @YourProtagonist tomorrow, October 19 at 3 pm PT/ 6 pm ET during our Q&A (but please save your pitches to send over via email!) That is something we value a lot.”.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 3, 2022

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Jonathan Martinez’ latest TC+ article on growth marketing reminded me of this, since many companies are throwing away perfectly good data that can boost retention and conversion. Pitch Deck Teardown: Encore’s $3M seed deck.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

On December 2nd, 2006 I wrote the blog post published later in this post when I was CEO of startup Koral about my experiences in pitching VCs. It included some well known firms that made me come for a team pitch and then only gave me literally 15 minutes when we’d scheduled an hour. My blog was wiped out. Tempus Fugit.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2023

“These deals were traditionally harder to track than primary venture capital deals, as they don’t generally get announced, but a new fleet of startups is shining light on them,” such as Caplight, Notice, Birel and Hive Markets. Autonomous tractors, semi trucks and warehouse restocking bots have gone from concept to reality.

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