TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2023

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. In his latest article, he explains why copying your rivals’ most successful marketing strategies can be one of the fastest ways to get traction with new customers. Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 1, 2022

For decades, there were several blocks where angels and VC partners camped out at café tables, taking pitches between lattes. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Not a complete deck, but an embellished elevator pitch meant to whet investors’ appetites before you serve them the full meal.

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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

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

JUNE 10, 2022

As I’ve said previously, if your name doesn’t appear on the team slide of your company’s pitch deck, this is a time to be cautious: Update your resume, dial back your summer vacation plans and start adding more to your rainy day fund. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Jonathan Martinez, founder, JMStrategy.

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TechCrunch

JULY 7, 2022

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. That represents the first time I’ve been able to include appendix slides as part of a pitch deck teardown. Appendix — Sample VC partners slide. Slides in this deck. Cover slide.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

” Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Investors who have an entrepreneurial background possess unique insights into the fundraising process, so we have two posts by Gaetano Crupi, a partner at VC firm Prime Movers Lab. Pitch Deck Teardown: Helu.io’s $9.8M Series A deck. million Series A in July.

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TechCrunch

JULY 6, 2021

According to DocSend, the average pitch deck is reviewed for just three minutes. And if you think a senior VC is studying the presentation your team crafted for months as if it were a Fabergé egg — well, you might be disappointed. Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members. Walter Thompson. yourprotagonist.

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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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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

MARCH 10, 2023

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Uninsured customers will receive an advance dividend in the next seven days, but beyond that, they’ll only get a certificate for the remaining balance. Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. Will those customers ever be made whole?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 15, 2023

You need a solid business plan, traction to demonstrate market fit, and the skills to pitch effectively. Don’t neglect ongoing investor relations “A lot of startup founders think that the only way investors will respond favorably is if they provide their best pitch on first contact,” said Mohammadi.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Each respondent was kind enough to let us know how they want to be pitched, and for grins, one shared an example of a cold e-mail that worked,” she writes. 10 fintech investors discuss what they’re looking for and how to pitch them in Q1 2022. Walter Thompson.

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TechCrunch

JULY 16, 2021

Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members. India poised for record VC year as unicorns head for decisive IPOs. India poised for record VC year as unicorns head for decisive IPOs. How do you go beyond the names and numbers with your startup pitch deck? Would you tell me more about the EB-1A?

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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. Ariana Thacker, solo GP and founder, Conscience VC.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2023

Kyle Wiggers says several trends are driving VC interest in the future of work: In a down market, investors are looking for sustainable growth, “which tend[s] to be found among longer-lasting, ironclad business-to-business contracts for software tool suites.” Is robotics mainstream now?

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. The rules of VC are changing: Here’s what founders should be considering in the new era. Pitch Deck Teardown: MedCrypt’s $25M Series B deck. Pitch Deck Teardown: MedCrypt’s $25M Series B deck. Thanks very much for reading TC+ this week, Walter Thompson.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

As a VC you want to feel like you have “proprietary sources” of deal flow. I think the issue I have always had with investment bank pitches was best summed up in this article about Y Combinator in which Paul Graham apparently made the following quotes. They know how to build pitch decks. International money.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. I’ve seen some founders — as a VC, this is gonna sound self-serving me saying this — but I’ve seen some founders that raise way too little capital in their pre-seed round or their seed round. Stephanie Zhan walks through the Rec Room pitch deck that won Sequoia’s investment.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

Performing due diligence is critical, but it won’t give you all the information you need to approach a VC. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. 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.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 6, 2021

Some simply monitored the “lackluster” Casper IPO or skimmed articles about Brandless and others “imploding” and started pulling a slow fade on D2C brands — not taking pitches, not following up. Back then, I’d get dozens of cold emails and DMs asking how I successfully raised VC and what the unspoken rules might be.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

On December 2nd, 2006 I wrote the blog post published later in this post when I was CEO of startup Koral about my experiences in pitching VCs. I had previously raised VC in 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2005. In case VC’s haven’t figured this out yet, shit rolls downhill. My blog was wiped out. And covered we did.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 21, 2019

Most founders who are raising capital look first to traditional equity VCs. Revenue-Based Investing (“RBI”) is a new form of VC financing, distinct from the preferred equity structure most VCs use. Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs? Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing? Optionality.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Startups and VC. Twenty companies pitched in all, and here’s who took the stage today: Ally Robotics : The company has developed a combination hardware and software solution designed to make it easier to deploy these automated solutions for those without coding/robotics experience. million in Series A funding, Christine reports.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 4, 2024

Giving the same pitch, sending the same email, and answering the same questions over and over again. The head VC guy seems a little bit… weird. Since then, I’ve raised 5 more times for my companies and also advised various VCs and accelerators on tens of deals. A broken elevator pitch will show all the flaws in the business.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 29, 2021

Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members. This year, we’re adding a new feature: Our guests will analyze pitch decks submitted by members of the audience to identify their strengths and weaknesses. 10 VCs say interactivity, regulation and independent creators will reshape digital media in 2021.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2022

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. 500 Global’s Christine Tsai shares her 2022 VC predictions. 500 Global’s Christine Tsai shares her 2022 VC predictions. Will quantum computing remain the domain of the specialist VC? Will quantum computing remain the domain of the specialist VC?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members. “You have to wonder if every VC worth a damn in the future will have their own raft of SPAC offerings,” says Alex. Felicis’ Aydin Senkut and Guideline’s Kevin Busque on the value of simple pitch decks. and Khosla Ventures Acquisition Co. I, II and III.

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Dream It

MAY 16, 2019

Click to Share Via Twitter When pitching to VCs, one of the most frequent errors founders make is incorrectly presenting their total addressable market, or TAM for short. Click here to share this article. Click here to share this article.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2022

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Baseball has come a long way since 1897, when a Princeton math professor designed a pitching machine that ran on gunpowder. If making as much money as you can is your primary goal, however, prepare to be disappointed. Image Credits: Alex Trautwig / Getty Images.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Startups and VC You wait for ages for a real-world application of AI image generation, and then suddenly, two come along at once. If you wanna know how much, you gotta read the article. Yer gonna need both : Haje explores the difference between the solution and product slides in a startup’s pitch deck.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 26, 2021

In a companion article on TechCrunch , Eric explores these broader shifts, concluding, “you can start to see a world emerging that sounds a lot more like the fantasies of a New Urbanist than the world before the pandemic.” Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members. yourprotagonist.

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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. The main driver of the skew towards men getting venture capital, statistically, is that far more men are pitching. Brooklyn Bridge Ventures came in first, with a whopping 61%.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Here’s what I said: In your career in tech and VC, how has your focus on ESG responsibility changed over time? We organized a series of HBS Angels pitch nights, joint with a range of affinity groups for HBS Alumni: HBS African-American, HBS Healthcare, HBS LBGT, and HBS Latino. How do you leverage your VC expertise in politics?

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David Teten VC

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Over the past decade, I’ve (somewhat accidentally) put together on this blog a syllabus on how to launch, manage, and invest a VC fund. I thought it would be helpful to compile my past articles in one place. 2) Marketing. See How Private Equity and VC Investors Are Using Social Media. See How to Judge Investment Pitches.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 27, 2021

Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members. Corporate venture capital follows the same trend as other VC markets: Up. After parsing data from CB Insights and Stryber and chatting with a handful of investors, Alex and Anna concluded that the corporate venture capital market looks a lot like other VC markets.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Mentors are immensely helpful, but they’re not a requirement: We run articles regularly that explain how to create pitch decks and reach out to investors. Most of them are so open to pitches, they’ve provided their contact information below. “IP is important to us. .”

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