TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Even though Kevin Busque is a co-founder of TaskRabbit, he didn’t get the response he was hoping for the first time he pitched his new venture to Felicis Ventures’ Aydin Senkut. The duo also offered candid, actionable feedback on pitch decks that were submitted by Extra Crunch Live audience members. (By

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Onevest

APRIL 30, 2015

But the data shows a rapidly growing trend in accredited investors investing together. This is something that we have experience at 1000 Angels , the private investor network that connects startups with investors. Wikipedia notes that “in 1996 there were about 10 angel groups in the United States. Invest in startups.

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David Teten VC

MAY 2, 2020

for their pitch deck. . Run the following searches on Google or another search engine: [company name] pitch deck. company name] pitch video. As you design your investor deck and run competitive intelligence, you’ll benefit a lot by looking at how your competitors have approached the process. company name] Investor deck.

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AsiaTechDaily

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Register Healthcare infrastructure, digital health, pharma, and foodtech will be among the industries that will impact the world in 2-3 years, according to Angel Low , principal at early-stage venture capital investor and studio The Hive Southeast Asia. Additionally, can overseas headquartered startups get funding from you?

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 11, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series Startup Advice. Many startup companies hire advisory boards. When they’re first approached it sounds exciting to be involved with a startup and if they’re offered free shares – why not? At a minimum their angel investments will likely take precedence.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2023

If you plan to launch a new startup in France, Denmark or Sweden, there is a new seed fund looking for your pitch. This isn’t the first time we’ve talked about de Raphélis Soissan, as she used to be an entrepreneur herself and I first covered her startup, Clustree, back in 2014. Just like how the U.S.

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Feedough

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Of these, only 70,000 get angel investment, and less than 5,000 get venture capital. But fret not, we’ve listed down the eight biggest fundraising mistakes that you need to be wary of while approaching the investors, pitching to them, and signing contracts. Substandard Pitch Decks. That is, the remaining 5.92

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David Teten VC

MAY 2, 2020

for their pitch deck. . Run the following searches on Google or another search engine: [company name] pitch deck. company name] pitch video. As you design your investor deck and run competitive intelligence, you’ll benefit a lot by looking at how your competitors have approached the process. company name] Investor deck.

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TechCrunch

JULY 6, 2021

Influential entrepreneurs like Paul Graham and Naval Ravikant always preach the need for startups to have founders-turned-investors on their cap table. However , some venture firms have taken this up a notch by bringing founders to create a fund and invest together. Image Credits: MAGIC Fund.

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Gust

DECEMBER 16, 2011

The best business plans are stories, and the best pitches are stories. Pitch tip: don’t start with a boring introduction; start with a slide showing a great picture, nothing else, and use that picture to tell your story. It’s well worth the time and money for anybody who ever talks to a business meeting, let alone an investor pitch.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 18, 2012

Just once I'd like to see a pitch deck with a slide for the hiring plan and *most* importantly, how they're going to execute it. Unless startups figure this stuff out, they're going to be toast. If you're making angel investments or doing VC deals, do me a favor--at least ask the question.

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TechCrunch

JULY 7, 2022

Ojansuu recognizes his bias — he co-founded Happeo , a startup developing intranet software to connect employees with company tools. To date, Happeo has raised $47 million in venture capital, including a $26 million Series B round co-led by Endeit Capital, Smartfin and Evli Growth Partners that closed today.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

AUGUST 3, 2022

A simple system to decide if raising funds is the best way forward, and what to do next if it is Image source: Crunchbase Deciding to raise money for WorkMap (my previous startup) was the hardest and most challenging part of the process. Before investor even decides to show some interest in your product, they’ll see your pitch.

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Gust

OCTOBER 18, 2011

The man stopped talking, finally, summarized his pitch, and thanked us for listening. He’d treated us – a group of local investors – to a pitch punctuated with detailed stories of how previous partners, an investor , and an attorney had screwed him. We sat in stunned silence.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

Austin made headlines in 2021 for being “the place” for startup founders and venture capitalists alike to set up shop. That’s why TechCrunch has chosen to shine a spotlight on the city with a special episode of TechCrunch Live centered on the growing startup scene in Austin, Texas. It’s a city of unicorns and tech giants.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2022

I’ve worked at early-stage startups where we relied on our best guesses to shape product pipelines and develop marketing strategies. With a product advisory council (PAC) , early-stage startups can tap into the their users’ hive mind. How to build a product advisory council for your startup. Walter Thompson.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

Many local angel investment groups work with a local event that creates the illusion of a business pitch contest, awarding investment to the winner. Startups and investors discover each other, and the community wins because the event becomes visible evidence of new business and new jobs locally.

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Since this is my inaugural post here, I decided it would fit the occasion to list the five things I value most in an startup investment proposal. Startup experience. I want to see people on the team who have been through a startup. I want somebody who knows what it feels like to work in a startup.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Fortune 1000 CEOs usually don’t make good startup CEOs, and vice versa. The startup road is guaranteed to be long and hard. What if you can’t convince Jim Clark (Silicon Graphics, Netscape, WebMD, MyCFO, Juniper Networks) to run your startup? The size of the race is also important. Bundles of energy, money, and talent.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

I was working for the GM pension fund, an institutional LP, as an analyst, doing a research project on consumer private equity and venture capital investing. Leading an investment into an ice cream chain, however, that's another beast. What made is possible was actually my investment in another food company, Hungryroot.

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

Browse through the many hundreds of video answers to startup questions that we’ve filmed from the world’s leading VCs and angels. At the very least, answer ALL the profile questions, include your company’s logo, create a two-minute elevator pitch video and upload your presentation deck.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 1, 2013

Plus, I've heard, and can anecdotally corroborate, that most angel investors put 70% of all the money they will ever put into startups to work in their very first year of angel investing. Track records and PPMs will be public, and individual investors will pool their knowledge and research to start investing in funds.

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Gust

OCTOBER 18, 2011

This is the first of a six part series on different methods used by angel investors to arrive at pre-money startup valuations. The Venture Capital Method. The Venture Capital Method (VC Method) was first described by Professor Bill Sahlman at Harvard Business School in 1987 in a case study and has been revised since.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

But that’s not something the kinds of folks who do most angel investing understand. One pitched investor whispered “don’t we have better things to do with our time?”). So, spreadsheets, inside knowledge, and examples notwithstanding, the entrepreneurs couldn’t convince professional investors of the opportunity.

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Don Dodge

APRIL 6, 2015

Angel investing in tech startups is a gut wrenching and risky business. Most of them lose, but sometimes you invest in a “unicorn” and make 100 times your money or even more. Ycombinator is the largest and most successful startup incubator in history, and it was started right here in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Gust

DECEMBER 20, 2011

An entrepreneur has just finished his pitch. He did a good job on the pitch and the business looks like it has potential. But that was before the question and answer period after the pitch. We go on to the next pitch. Startups are a team sport. Raise your hand.” Investors want teams.

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2022

Many of these collectibles have been unlocked in the past few years, but one major market has remained difficult for tech startups to crack — luxury gems. That’s the opportunity a new fintech startup called Luxus , co-founded by two women with experience in both finance and luxury fashion, is hoping to bring to investors.

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Gust

DECEMBER 28, 2011

One of my pet peeves in pitches is the triple whammy of absurdly high profitability projections. Kills credibility regarding startup experience and understanding what investors want. I’ve seen entrepreneurs promising 30, 40, even 50 percent profitability in their projections. Why triple whammy?

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Gust

OCTOBER 21, 2011

Of course, the most frequent question angels hear from entrepreneurs is: what’s the one key thing investors look for in the funding process? These days, a million dollars goes a very long way in startup world. Angels want to know that you get this. The answer is below, but don’t cheat. You have to read #3 and #2 first.

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Gust

DECEMBER 5, 2011

The best startups find a way to drive the market with their technology, rather than push their new technology-driven ‘solution’ on the marketplace. Too many entrepreneurs develop a new product without regard for market demand , then build an entire strategy based on creating a need, rather than acting on an existing market need.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

Many argued then that it was the best thing that could have happened to Plaid, since fintech essentially exploded after that deal was first announced and the data-focused fintech API startup ended up being valued at $13.4 Recipients included the following fintech startups: CashEx, a currency exchange platform that leverages AI to help U.S.-based

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Gust

DECEMBER 19, 2011

First-to-market is meaningful for a large company, like IBM or GE, which has the resources to sustain their move, but is not relevant for a startup, when surrounded by “big gorillas.” “We have the first mover advantage.” If they see you getting traction, the giants will awake quickly and step on you. This advantage is not sustainable.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 15, 2022

Welcome to Startups Weekly, a fresh human-first take on this week’s startup news and trends. And the startup of the week is…. As our own Mary Ann reports, “Arc is building what it describes as ‘a community of premium software companies’ that gives SaaS startups a way to borrow, save and spend all on a single tech platform.”.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 14, 2023

Knack – a design-it-yourself, relational database recording membership and investments. AngelSurvey (our own custom site for recording member interest after pitches). These may indicate room for Versatile VC to build or invest in a startup addressing that need. Q: What are your membership criteria?

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 25, 2013

Anyone who was doing something new and cutting edge should feel connected to each other--whether or not they are building a venture backed startup. It's even more relevant now that I've started the first venture capital fund in Brooklyn-- Brooklyn Bridge Ventures --and invested in four Brooklyn based companies.

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Gust

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Speaking with many angel leaders , I believe we have identified several possible explanations for group-to-group variations: 1) Clearly, startup ventures in some business verticals command high pre-money valuations that others. In this 2011 survey, ten groups reported average valuation of $1.5

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David Teten VC

MARCH 30, 2023

Formstack alongside All Stage & Zapier allows us to solicit pitch meetings dates from founders, for deal leads to request SPV creation, for members to refer new members. clipr transcribes and categorizes the content of our pitch meeting video recordings. Zoom is our platform of choice for pitch meetings and internal meetings.

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