TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Over the last six months, I’ve written up 25 Pitch Deck Teardowns — the popular series of articles where I review a pitch deck in detail, celebrating the wins and gently (and sometimes not-so-gently) suggesting improvements. A pitch is a story, and stories have audiences. Let’s gooooo. Series A deck.

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TechCrunch

JULY 7, 2022

We’re facing a pretty big climate change challenge, and I’ve long been skeptical about whether venture capital can be as big a part of the solution as it seems to think it is. We’re looking for more unique pitch decks to tear down, so if you want to submit your own, here’s how you can do that. Team slide.

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TechCrunch

JULY 6, 2021

According to DocSend, the average pitch deck is reviewed for just three minutes. Even if you are lucky enough to land a meeting, it’s more likely that a junior person went through your pitch and ran it up the chain. Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members. Walter Thompson. Senior Editor, TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 30, 2022

Last week, I covered the company’s $7 million seed funding round , and the company’s CEO, On Freund, was gracious enough to let me use the deck the company created to close that round for my Pitch Deck Teardown series. Oh, yeah, pitch decks and the tearing down thereof. Where were we? Slides in this deck.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2022

million at a $12 million valuation , and I managed to talk it into letting me share its pitch deck with you to see how the company wove its story to its investors. We’re looking for more unique pitch decks to tear down, so if you want to submit your own, here’s how you can do that. . The company recently raised $2.5

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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

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. This year, investors pumped a record amount of venture capital into the world’s startups: In Q2 2021, VCs invested $156 billion, upping that to $158 billion in Q3. Stephanie Zhan walks through the Rec Room pitch deck that won Sequoia’s investment.

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David Teten VC

APRIL 1, 2021

Almost every private equity and venture capital investor now advertises that they have a platform to support their portfolio companies. Relationships with Venture Partners, Entrepreneurs in Residence , and other non-salaried personnel who can help your companies. Organize events in your vertical. Fundraising. Recruiting.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

This is a fantastic time to found a startup, but unless you plan to bootstrap it, you will still need to go through the laborious exercise of crafting a pitch deck. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. 5 critical pitch deck slides most founders get wrong. What’s your ideal product use case? Possible outcomes.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2022

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. ” This week, we’re running several articles on entrepreneurship as TechCrunch staffers recap their conversations and panel discussions from our Early Stage event earlier this month. Why a16z pitched Deel to lead its Series A. Stay tuned!

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The average new business pitch costs $450,000. You can’t afford to lose a pitch or (even worse) win a pitch that’s not the right fit for your business. So lets start with these six elements of a pitch response: Values: Your team aligns with the Brand’s value system. Process: Leading a pitch from end to end.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 14, 2014

Last week, there was a Business Insider article measuring the percent of female founded companies that NYC seed funds invest in. Brooklyn Bridge Ventures came in first, with a whopping 61%. Lerer Ventures was second, with just under 20%. Most companies don''t ever raise venture capital and they do just fine.

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TechCrunch

MAY 3, 2022

” Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. In a comprehensive TC+ article, Slidebean co-founder and CEO Jose Cayasso shows how to create spreadsheets that will help scale teams, track expenses, identify KPIs and “understand how fast your company can grow.”

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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 5, 2022

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. On Tuesday, VP and managing director of Dell Technologies Capital, Yair Snir, shared an article explaining why founders should plan to get acquired , particularly since their odds of going public are so long. Pitch Deck Teardown: Glambook’s $2.5 million seed deck.

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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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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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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Pitch Interactive, under the leadership of CEO Min-soo Cho, operates the global sports entertainment platform known as ‘PIE.’ International Support from Esteemed Venture Capital Firms This event will have participation from influential figures in the global venture capital landscape.

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TechCrunch

MAY 2, 2023

The venture capital opportunity in the South is better than it’s ever been,” Lisa Calhoun, a general partner at Valor Ventures, told TechCrunch+ last year. “A Last year, Atlanta startups raised around $1.65 billion, according to PitchBook; though an about 47.9% TechCrunch Live is going to Atlanta and you’re invited!

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TechCrunch

JULY 19, 2022

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. based venture capital firms raised $74.1 “Nearly two-thirds of venture capital was raised by just 30 funds,” she found, a potential sign that VCs are shoring up their reserves “ahead of a longer downturn.” That amount rose to $121.5

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2022

In this article, we will look at a bunch of great examples culled from my TechCrunch Pitch Deck Teardown series and detail what needs to go on the slide. As a startup founder, you really need to understand how venture capital works. Why you need a summary slide. How do you set the stage?

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StartupNation

JUNE 1, 2021

Oftentimes, I read articles offering tips for entrepreneurs that revolve around generic advice on getting started. However, what is often direly needed is how to appeal to investors and raise smart money — knowledge that is essential for fundraising and a master key to building, accelerating and scaling your new venture. Keep it short.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2021

On a recent episode of Extra Crunch Live , Retail Zipline founder Melissa Wong and Emergence Capital investor Lotti Siniscalco joined Managing Editor Jordan Crook to walk attendees through Zipline’s Series A deck. She was one of the few or maybe the only CEO who ever stood up to pitch the entire team,” said Siniscalco.

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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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Founder Bounty

AUGUST 21, 2022

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. Does your business really need venture capital? Which is better?

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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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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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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". The other entrepreneur quoted in the story is from a guy pitching a Pinterest clone. There is no fork.

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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. The most common options are grants, venture capital, and angel investors. Venture Capital: Venture capitalists (VCs) provide funding in exchange for equity in your company. Your pitch should be clear, concise, and persuasive.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2023

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription “Starting a tech company today costs 99% less than it did 18 years ago when Y Combinator was started,” says Brett Calhoun, managing director and general partner at Redbud VC.

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TechCrunch

JULY 15, 2022

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. It’s not your imagination: After a deluge, it has stopped raining venture capital. According to CB Insights’ State of Venture Q2 2022 Report, global venture funding decreased by 23% quarter over quarter, the second-largest drop in a decade.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 22, 2015

I''ll talk more about my investment in another post, but what I really loved about their announcement today was how great the article in Techcrunch was. You sent them the same pitch you sent everywhere else. Venture Capital & Technology' Yes, I''m accusing tech journalists of barely rewriting press releases.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. In the first half of this year, 30 funds received almost two-thirds of all new venture capital raised, according to PitchBook. Pitch Deck Teardown: Hour One’s $20M Series A deck. Pitch Deck Teardown: Hour One’s $20M Series A deck. Solution slide.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 3, 2021

Monthly sessions share best practices, resources and cover everything from marketing, presentations, ghostwriting, publishing tips, pitching–any and everything related to promoting authors and speakers. and more articles from the EO blog. . The group includes both established authors as well as ones yet to be published.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Much like an accelerator (compacted into two days), you’ll learn about legal issues, fundraising, marketing, growth, product-market fit, tech stack, pitch decks and recruiting. Day two features the TC Early Stage Pitch Off! Three founders will move into the finals and pitch to a new panel of judges and endure a more in-depth Q&A.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 13, 2022

There’s no magic formula for creating a winning pitch deck, which is why most of the articles we run on this topic continually emphasize the fundamentals. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription.

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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. That’s a problem.

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