advice angel investing pitching VC 
Jason Malki
MARCH 9, 2023
I had the pleasure of interviewing Karen Sheffield, the Founder & Managing Partner of Pachamama Ventures, a venture capital firm investing in US early-stage climate tech companies. I was already investing in public stocks, bonds, and preparing to make my 1st home purchase. I would break it down into 3 steps.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 14, 2010
The most interesting thing I’ve learned by being an investor and sitting on boards & seeing so many company pitches is how different reality of what is going on at companies is from what you’re reading about them in the press. Tags: Startup Advice Tech Market Analysis VC Industry.
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Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 14, 2009
This is part of my ongoing series Pitching a VC. Quick caveats: having fewer investors (3-5) is better than many investors (10-15) and PLEASE make sure you hire a great lawyer who has experience in doing start-ups to avoid pitfalls that will make VC harder down the line. They have advice to share. They are calling cards.
TechCrunch
JANUARY 21, 2022
500 Global’s Christine Tsai shares her 2022 VC predictions. 2021 was a year like no other when it came to venture investment, and this year is poised to tread a similar path, writes 500 Global’s CEO and co-founder, Christine Tsai. “All 500 Global’s Christine Tsai shares her 2022 VC predictions.
This is going to be BIG.
MARCH 14, 2019
If you’re lacking for track record as a firm, here’s three exercises you should walk through to help turn your pitch and due diligence meetings from guesswork into something more substantive. Will that increase the work? Here’s what my model said. The Backtesting Model In the public markets world, when you start a new fund, you backtest it.
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 11, 2009
This is part of my ongoing series Startup Advice. My main advice to you if you’re considering it is don’t waste much equity on it. At a minimum their angel investments will likely take precedence. You can go as high as 1% because they’re going to get diluted when you bring in VC. Too much effort.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 15, 2010
Jason plans to set up Open Angel chapters in many US cities and eventually internationally. I think most great angel investing is done at a local level. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Pitching VCs Start-up Advice Startup Advice VC Industry. And that’s really what you want.
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