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 7, 2021

You can still shoot your shot to pitch to an amazing panel of judges and thousands of TC viewers. TechCrunch editors will select 10 founders from around the world to pitch on stage July 9th. Without further ado, here are your judges for the Early Stage Pitch-Off: Ben Sun, Primary Venture Partners. Apply here.

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Angel Capital Association

JUNE 14, 2023

Unlike traditional lending, angel investment is seldom tied to collateral, college degrees, or other assets that some entrepreneurs don’t have access to. For investors themselves, angel investing is a mix of exhilaration and caution. I may see a deal that doesn’t meet my criteria, or I can’t invest in it for some other reason.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 31, 2024

Entrepreneurs seek to find the right investor and to make the best pitch when the opportunity comes Entrepreneurs start their companies with great passion and big dreams. First, they need to know the investment alternatives available for their business and then determine how to meet the expectations of those investors.

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Feedough

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Today, disruption is rather slow-paced. Startups are known to disrupt the markets, and this disruption usually ends up in developing totally new demand for its offerings. Such demand and other metrics of a disruptive startup, when represented in the form of a graph, form a shape of a hockey stick. Did we miss something?

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members. Using lessons learned from her portfolio companies like Lyft, Refinery29 and Twitch, this article should be required reading for every founder. 6 investment trends that could emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic. Thanks for reading, and I hope you have a very happy new year.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2023

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. “If AI-related coverage can get a new, unknown brand into its target publications today, it could help get the brand’s pitch deck in front of potential investors or partners tomorrow,” she writes in TC+. “Gable weaves its story together with ease.”

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TechCrunch

MAY 2, 2023

Register here for this free TechCrunch Live event Record labels, such as Quality Control, the musical home of the Migos, now have an investment arm, and the local HBCUs, like Morehouse, have their own entrepreneurial and innovation centers. Even the Atlanta Hawks launched their own investment firm to back early-stage talent.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2022

We’re psyched to be reporting live from TechCrunch Disrupt — without ignoring the rest of the world, natch. It’s one of the startups participating in the TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield 200, and it uses machine learning to try to identify fraud, waste and abuse in healthcare claims , Kyle reports. News drop from Disrupt.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 10, 2021

If your startup has a clear brand pitch, “an enticing offer” and “clear next steps,” you’re ready to reach out to influencers , he says. Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members. Craft your pitch deck around ‘that one thing that can really hook an investor’.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

18 months ago 25% of all pitches to me were ideas for how to build products around Twitter’s API. For years I saw companies pitching themselves as “mobile coupon companies&# and I never believed this would be a big idea. For this reason one of the most important companies for me at TC Disrupt was Datasift.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Cities like Boulder, Detroit and Austin had emerging tech ecosystems long before the pandemic forced VCs to start taking pitches via Zoom, and social media has leveled the playing field when it comes to networking and PR. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Thanks for reading, Walter Thompson. yourprotagonist.

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TechCrunch

MAY 28, 2021

Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members. With a surge of VC investing, many startups are urgently hiring. Vise CEO Samir Vasavada and Sequoia’s Shaun Maguire break down the art of the pitch. In just a few short years, Vise has gone from launching on the Disrupt Battlefield stage to a unicorn.

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Feedough

MARCH 22, 2021

An disruptive idea marks the start of a startup. This validation often requires the startup to pitch in some money. However, for some startups, it’s a essential inflow of capital just to set base for something big that can disrupt the industry. They usually make small investments ranging from $25-100k. Incubators.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2021

It’s clear that the additional overhead is generating higher prices, but not necessarily better results, according to Sumi Das and Nina Gerson, who lead healthcare investments at Capital G. Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members. Derek Idemoto, SVP for corporate development and Cisco investments.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 14, 2021

If someone could thread the needle of product development, strategy and political horse trading required to build a bank in a country where it is nearly impossible for foreigners to own or invest in a bank, it would be one of the great startup and economic success stories of this century. Nubank is on its way to realizing that objective.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. I won’t be sending a TC+ newsletter on Tuesday, October 18, but will return a week from today with more resources for founders and early recaps from TechCrunch Disrupt. DIY: 5 ways disruptive component startups can win over OEMs. Well, that’s even more impressive.

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TechCrunch

MAY 20, 2022

Configuring a robot to mix cement is easy, but delivering a CementTron 3000 to a job site, training employees on its use, and keeping it maintained are not the kinds of disruptions builders are looking for, especially when margins are so thin and experienced workers are hard to find. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members. Dig into the pitches yourself, as there’s never a bad time to check out some super-early-stage startups.” Mario Schlosser (Oscar Health) at TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2017. But Softbank has invested $66 billion in 74 unexited 74 companies that are worth $65.2

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Startup pitching has become an existential drama, in part because so many founders exaggerate the size of the total addressable market (TAM) in which they hope to compete. At TechCrunch Disrupt, I spoke to three investors about how they use TAM to guide their decision-making. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 1, 2022

In a few months, TC Disrupt will kick off at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. This annual flagship event, in which hundreds of founders have pitched their startups on our stage, is back in person. Everrati , EV conversion startup, has landed an investment from former Nest CEO Matt Rogers, the Verge reported. Apply today.

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David Teten VC

APRIL 13, 2021

Empirically, few small emerging investment managers hire placement agents, particularly in venture capital. Investors, therefore, prefer the longest possible history of knowing a fund manager before they invest. We’ve been much more successful in pitching old rather than new relationships. But can you? Opaque industry.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Demoing as part of the Battlefield 200 cohort at TC Disrupt this week, Zette is trying to achieve something that others before have tried. subscription for access to 30 articles from its partner publications, though it is also dabbling with different pricing plans for those who want to purchase more credits. readers,” Zhu said.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 20, 2021

” Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members. A VC shares 5 things no one told you about pitching VCs. So here’s our advice on how teams can smoothly reach an SOC 3 while simultaneously balancing workloads and minimizing disruption to users.”. On Wednesday, August 24 at 3 p.m. Walter Thompson.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 11, 2022

I haven’t launched a successful startup, but I have helped write several pitch decks. For most products and services, TAM is presented in nine figures or more, but when you’re sitting around a kitchen table eating cold pizza while planning to disrupt a billion-dollar market, these numbers can create a lot of cognitive dissonance.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Investing in companies that have astronomical valuations based on expected growth can work out really well. The public is increasingly able to invest in higher-risk tech companies, and as multiples rise, the amount of air that tech valuations sit upon is expanding,” he writes.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. In this article aimed at early-stage founders, Kolluri shares a detailed framework with timelines that can help determine whether it’s time to look for a buyer or keep reaching for the stars. Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription.

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TechCrunch

MAY 25, 2021

Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members. In simpler terms, Zeta helps companies pitch customers in varied manners depending on their own characteristics. When to walk away from a VC who wants to invest in your startup. When to walk away from a VC who wants to invest in your startup. Walter Thompson.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 3, 2023

The next storm front expected to arrive tomorrow is expected to bring disruption and destruction on a massive scale. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. No matter the size, investments are a sign of validation for any startup. Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Now that remote work has become the norm, remote investment in the area has dialed up as well. How to root out shadow IT and maximize SaaS investments. ” How to root out shadow IT and maximize SaaS investments. Crafting a pitch deck that can’t be ignored.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 4, 2022

Unless you’re a former CIO who already has a clear understanding of the decision-making process, you can only fall back on basic best practices that usually result in a generic sales pitch: “How do you do, fellow CIOs?” ” Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

and mentally preparing ourselves for TechCrunch Disrupt. Simple crypto : Cryptocurrencies are still complex, or that’s the viewpoint of Solvo, a new app that is making crypto investment simpler, Romain reports. MoCap money tap : Haje is back with another Pitch Deck Teardown, this time of Rokoko’s $3 million strategic extension deck.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. II: Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs? III: Why are Revenue-Based VCs investing in so many women and underrepresented founders? IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing?

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TechCrunch

MAY 4, 2023

Over on TC+, Haje has been hard at work trying to create the Perfect Pitch Deck. In his latest TC+ article, Paris Heymann (partner, Index Ventures) shares formulas for calculating gross dollar retention and net dollar retention, KPIs that provide deep insights into the health of your business. PDT, subscribe here. Carly has more.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 28, 2016

I just read an article about Bonobos --or was it a press release. The Coveteur article featuring Andy and Bonobos encapsulated exactly how a founder worth writing about will act: ".He That's why it's not surprising that you could take this whole article, which is mostly Andy telling his story, and use it to craft your narrative.

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TechCrunch

MAY 21, 2021

Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members. Whether you’re building a company or thinking about investing, it’s important to understand your strategic advantage. In the VC community, investors look for lessons from disruptive startups they can use to identify other potential winners. Walter Thompson.

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David Teten VC

APRIL 13, 2021

Empirically, few small emerging investment managers hire placement agents, particularly in venture capital. Investors, therefore, prefer the longest possible history of knowing a fund manager before they invest. We’ve been much more successful in pitching old rather than new relationships. But can you? Opaque industry.

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