This is going to be BIG.

MAY 2, 2023

The venture asset class seems to have already decided that AI is the next great investment opportunity, but I’m not so sure it’s going to disrupt business and create the across-the-board wealth that has been predicted. I got to see all of the top VCs pitching their funds. Technology has already made the world pretty efficient.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 25, 2023

But dealmaking is idiosyncratic: a few investors might be content to make a deal over coffee, but early-stage teams still need a sturdy pitch deck or memo they can leave behind. I’m going to save you some time: many (if not most) of you are not yet ready to pitch an investor. Just saying your product is AI-driven will not cut it.

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David Teten VC

APRIL 1, 2021

Almost every private equity and venture capital investor now advertises that they have a platform to support their portfolio companies. Relationships with Venture Partners, Entrepreneurs in Residence , and other non-salaried personnel who can help your companies. I have developed a founder curriculum on my blog. Fundraising.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Improve your pitch: Startup Battlefield isn’t just thrilling to watch; it’s a masterclass in how investors think. All right, here are the final five business Brahmins who will help judge the Startup Battlefield pitch competition. Aileen Lee , founding partner at Cowboy Ventures. David Tisch , managing partner at BoxGroup.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Blue Future Partners, a venture capital fund of funds, recently interviewed me on ESG in venture capital. I quickly recruited a board of experienced hands. Many of my board members are still there, a decade later. . In its first full year of operation, VCAP attracted 159 applicants. Realistic projections.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2023

SaaS is still open for business, but it’s going to take longer to buy and sell How to pitch CVCs Image Credits: Getty Images As individual VC firms pulled back and began amassing dry powder in 2022, corporate venture capital (CVC) funds stepped up. PitchBook found that CVCs played a part in 56.2%

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 23, 2021

The next best move is to build your core team, e.g., recruit an Advisory Board, Venture Partners, and EIRs. For ideas, see How Executives Can Work from Home with Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds. It’s virtually mandatory to develop a detailed, data-backed deck, and ideally a video pitch.

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TechCrunch

JULY 7, 2022

We’re facing a pretty big climate change challenge, and I’ve long been skeptical about whether venture capital can be as big a part of the solution as it seems to think it is. 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. Team slide.

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Dream It

APRIL 12, 2020

In New York, for instance, there are now venture funds with a West Coast mentality and firms with an East Coast mentality; the same is true for firms in San Francisco. Will a financial crisis affect how venture funds deploy capital? Do startups need to conduct due diligence on a venture fund’s LPs?

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Blue Future Partners, a venture capital fund of funds, recently interviewed me on ESG in venture capital. I quickly recruited a board of experienced hands. Many of my board members are still there, a decade later. . In its first full year of operation, VCAP attracted 159 applicants. Realistic projections.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 30, 2013

It is Nikolas Tesla pitching a VC firm. Because the videos show exactly what life would be like if a young Elon Musk came to pitch VCs today and said I want to transform P2P finance, get people driving electric cars and send a man to mars in our lifetime. Raising Venture Capital Tech Market Analysis' They are also sad.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 1, 2022

Perfect pitch, a singer’s ability to produce any given musical note without a reference tone, is a rare phenomenon — only 1-5 people out of every 10,000 have it. While your odds of creating a perfect pitch deck that captures coveted VC interest aren’t quite that dire, they’re not exactly in your favor, either.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 14, 2010

I know that the tone of the title and post will seem a bit aggressive for a post from a venture capitalist on fund raising. If you want to raise venture capital more easily the advice could be quite practical and counter-intuitive. Clean up your own shite. It is 2010. This doesn’t suit anybody.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

With so many entrepreneurs and startup ventures seeking investment opportunities, it’s crucial that venture capitalists (VCs) create a list of criteria they want their potential investments to meet. Those sorts of entrepreneurs can land a fund or board in deep water if they aren’t willing or able to change.

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Jason Malki

JANUARY 7, 2023

I had the pleasure of interviewing Faye Sahai, Founding Managing Partner at Telosity Ventures. Faye Sahai is Founding Managing Partner at Telosity Ventures, an early-stage venture capital fund investing in digital wellness and mental health. Pitch smarter, not harder. link] [link] [link] This was very insightful.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 23, 2021

The next best move is to build your core team, e.g., recruit an Advisory Board, Venture Partners, and EIRs. For ideas, see How Executives Can Work from Home with Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds. It’s virtually mandatory to develop a detailed, data-backed deck, and ideally a video pitch. Are they litigious?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Greylock partner Saam Motamedi joined its board of directors following the Series A. . At Greylock, Motamedi focuses on enterprise companies, with investments and board seats at Abnormal, Apiiro, Utmost and others. TechCrunch Live is all about helping startups build better venture-backed businesses.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 25, 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. . Stop spending so much time on your product when pitching to investors. With my pitch coaching clients, I sometimes challenge them to tell the entire story without mentioning the product once.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 30, 2022

Register Kickstart Ventures , one of the most active venture capital firms in the Philippines, celebrates its 10th anniversary with a renewed commitment to invest in startups across the Philippines, and in major innovation hubs in Southeast Asia and beyond. on its first year.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Cacheflow CEO and co-founder Sarika Garg told TechCrunch that the new capital doubled her company’s valuation, added prior lead investor Glenn Solomon (GGV) to its board and brought new investor Crystal Huang (GV) on as a board observer. Recall that the original pitch for Cacheflow was that it made buying software simpler.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

Turns out being in a quiet place with good WIFI minding someone who basically just eats and sleeps most of the time while tethered to all manner of monitors actually makes for a great work environment for venture capital. She’s even been on several board calls already and last week showed up on her first pitch call.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 4, 2022

For some context, I have been covering Pipe since it raised $6 million in a seed round led by Craft Ventures back in 2019. Second, I found out that once a new CEO is found, that individual will assume Hurst’s seat on the board. Two, why would Hurst — who has been the very vocal frontman of Pipe since its inception — leave the board?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2022

Greylock partner Saam Motamedi joined its board of directors following the Series A. . At Greylock, Motamedi focuses on enterprise companies, with investments and board seats at Abnormal, Apiiro, Utmost and others. TechCrunch Live is all about helping startups build better venture-backed businesses.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2022

Why a16z pitched Deel to lead its Series A. For any venture capitalist, overlooking a potential unicorn isn’t just potentially embarrassing — it’s the sort of mistake that can haunt them for a lifetime. Why a16z pitched Deel to lead its Series A. — TechCrunch+ (@TechCrunchPlus) April 20, 2022.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 17, 2012

I am ecstatic to announce the creation of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures --my new seed investment fund. It is the first venture capital fund based in Brooklyn--the city’s most exciting and creative borough. I’m looking forward to continuing the dialogue about Brooklyn Bridge Ventures and furthering our community together.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The average new business pitch costs $450,000. You can’t afford to lose a pitch or (even worse) win a pitch that’s not the right fit for your business. So lets start with these six elements of a pitch response: Values: Your team aligns with the Brand’s value system. Process: Leading a pitch from end to end.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

DECEMBER 24, 2021

Otherwise, you lose sales even before you start Photo by Christina @ wocintechchat.com on Unsplash Do not mistake the perfect pitch for the well-rehearsed (read: memorized) presentation. The cookie-cutter pitch presentation kills your sales pipeline before you actually have one. My team members call it the Pitch Perfect experience.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 11, 2009

Many startup companies hire advisory boards. So do advisory boards really add value? In my experience most advisory boards under deliver relative to expectations. Advisory Board Problems : There are several problems that I have encountered myself and in my many discussions with CEO’s who have set up advisory boards.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Even then, Bain Capital Venture’s Matt Harris felt confident in betting on the startup. ” In 2015, Justworks closed its $13 million Series B, led by Bain Capital Ventures. Harris took a seat on the board. They also gave live feedback on pitch decks submitted by the audience in the Pitch Deck Teardown.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Money continues to flow into new venture capital funds. For example, in the past month, Runa Capital , Lerer Hippeau , Razor’s Edge Ventures , First Star , OurCrowd , Northzone , Janngo Capital and Kapor Capital all announced new funds. Scale Venture Partners Raises New $335 Million Fund.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

Besides, there were a limited number of places where I could do my job in venture capital anyway—and while I might be a go to for a pitch from super early stage pre-seed and seed founders looking for quick answers and decisive term sheets in New York City, the reality is that I would be pretty far down the list in the Valley.

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TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2022

An offer they couldn’t refuse : It looks like Egyptian fintech Paymob snagged one of the largest funding deals in the region — a $50 million Series B, with PayPal Ventures and Kora Capital leading — based on its ability to turn cash-loving customers into digital users with its cards and wallets. The TechCrunch Top 3.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 3, 2022

just got a new potential source of capital. L’Attitude Ventures announced today that it has closed on its first institutional fund, raising more than $100 million from several financial services heavyweights, including a “strategic anchor investment” from JPMorgan Chase. Latino founders of early-stage companies based in the U.S.

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TechCrunch

JULY 19, 2022

Raising early money this way provides some obvious benefits: For example, “they typically don’t come with any control or board seats.” ” However, notes can also create risk, like setting valuation caps too low, failing to raise enough capital or other poor planning that can hand investors more equity than you intended.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 17, 2023

Phylicia Koh, vice president at early-stage gaming venture capital firm Play Ventures , said effective fundraising is not only essential for securing necessary capital but also for demonstrating the commitment and resilience of the founding team. The Singapore-based venture capital firm raised $135 million for its Fund 2.

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TechCrunch

MAY 9, 2022

The Hong Kong native, Stanford graduate and former Googler ran and sold the venture-backed outfit Polyvore before being recruited into the world of venture capital, where she’s spent the last six years. “VCs are not in the business of downside minimization. .

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 4, 2022

What’s that investor going to be like in a board meeting when you as a female founder need their support or worse, actually their vote? Do you think whatever misogyny is driving their paternalistic approach to women’s health is going to somehow morph into a vote of confidence for you in the face of criticism from other board members?

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