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Launching a Portfolio Acceleration Platform at a Venture Capital or Private Equity Fund

David Teten VC

Almost every private equity and venture capital investor now advertises that they have a platform to support their portfolio companies. I propose here a framework for prioritizing your platform buildout. First Round Capital has built an entire function just focused on helping companies refine their pitch and fundraise.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: 5 pitch deck slides to fix, initial viable product, MLOps acceleration

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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. According to Jose Cayasso, CEO and co-founder of pitch deck design agency Slidebean, there are five slides where pretty much all founders miss the mark : Go-to-market.

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Launching a Portfolio Acceleration Platform at a Venture Capital or Private Equity Fund

David Teten VC

Almost every private equity and venture capital investor now advertises that they have a platform to support their portfolio companies. I propose here a framework for prioritizing your platform buildout. First Round Capital has built an entire function just focused on helping companies refine their pitch and fundraise.

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5 Innovative Fundraising Methods for Emerging Venture Capital and Private Equity Funds

David Teten VC

How do you raise money for your venture capital or private equity fund from family offices and high net worths? . I see five innovative new methods for raising capital which emerging managers such as Versatile VC are using, which I’ve ranked in roughly descending order of popularity: . For further reading.

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TechCrunch+ Roundup: Reaching $1M ARR, tech job market rundown, women-led VC firms

TechCrunch

As a result, he says the accelerator model must evolve, as “nearly every early-stage VC will have a ‘platform’ component to support early-stage founders.” I do not pretend to have a silver bullet,” he says, “but I do have a tried-and-true framework you can use to help you achieve your first million.”

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This freshly funded startup spun out of a student-run Stanford investment club

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million seed funding round led by Initialized Capital, with investments from GSR, NEA and Canaan. PIN wants to replicate the Stanford 2020 story for other community-based ventures. A newly funded startup all about helping people break into the venture capital investment world and land coveted cap table spots feels very 2020.

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Exploring Shaun Gold’s Entrepreneurial Journey as Nightlife Ninja, Entrepreneur, Bestselling…

Jason Malki

His latest venture, The Brain Wrx , revolutionizes the way founders approach and grasp growth by providing a straightforward and effective framework for success. It all begins with an idea and where there is an idea, eventually there is a pitch deck. What motivated you to launch your startup?