TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2022

As a partner at Wing Venture Capital, Zach Dewitt focuses on early-stage investments in transformative enterprise technologies. After winning the 2013 TechCrunch Meetup and Pitch-off , I decided to drop out of business school to pursue my startup full time. Zach DeWitt. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2023

If you feel like supporting me extra, subscribe to my very free and still in the works Substack. Pitch decks and term sheets welcome too. Pitch decks and term sheets welcome too. No pitches, please. Speakers include Techstars’ Kerty Levy , Construct Capital’s Dayna Grayson and NFX’s James Currier.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Just as it seemed the venture capital boom of 2021 was slowing down, the startup and VC worlds spun on their axes practically overnight, birthing a new dynamic where “growth at all costs” was quickly replaced by a more measured and careful approach to business and investing. This year’s been eventful for investors and founders alike.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 16, 2020

The pitch: Video has emerged as one of the prominent ways for enterprises to communicate internally and externally with their customers and partners. The pitch: Over half of American farms don’t have the tools or bandwidth they need to identify ways to improve their farms and become profitable. Website: accessbell.com.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2017

It’s why raising a round of capital often feels like a hollow victory because it almost feels like a temporary reprieve from the Grim Reaper and in a way every new round just sets the bar higher to clear for the next round of financing or the hope of reaching profitability. It’s why so few can really start a business from scratch.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 17, 2023

How to Turn Your Startup into a Social Star: From building your audience to creating viral content that moves your business forward, Redpoint’s Josh Machiz and Rashad Assir will tell you how to capitalize on the multiplier effects of genuine online communities.

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TechCrunch

MAY 24, 2022

billion in capital. Pitches are scheduled to start at 10:30 a.m. Budee Solutions: An “all-in-one digital safety platform” for industrial workers (construction, mining, transportation, etc.) Joinedapp: E-commerce tools for selling on apps like Instagram/Facebook/Whatsapp with support for cryptocurrencies.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

When facing the challenges of starting a business, a founder needs to be resourceful—and that includes having a network of contacts who are supportive and available to help. Financial Readiness: Many startups fail because the founder has underestimated the amount of capital needed to reach sufficient revenue and/or profitability.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

If your announcement has goals, you need to make sure you do what it takes to support those goals. PR isn''t a one shot deal--it''s about constructing a story that will evolve over time. And please, please, please don''t pitch VCs who blog to write about your company as if we were tech journalists.

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Startup Blogpost

DECEMBER 29, 2023

It can be tempting to use lofty language, but we’ve found it more constructive to focus the conversation on traction. We aim to lead with the data and let the numbers support bold ambitions. We helped them refine their pitch to emphasize not only the innovation but also the market potential, scalability, and revenue model.

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NZ Entrepreneur

AUGUST 2, 2022

“Surround yourself with the right people to help support you on your startup journey.”. From recruiting talented people to join your mission and share your vision to constructing a pitch deck narrative that pulls the future forward, capturing both imaginations and capital. Janelle Fenwick – Founder.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The pitch — building a starter home for a much lower cost than other prefabricated houses on the market, and one that could be dropped in to locations in the urban core of most cities — was too good to pass up. “You cannot construct today cheaper than existing assets,” Bechtel said. trillion-dollar industry.

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A Smart Bear

JANUARY 4, 2018

Of course a nice chunk is primary capital, i.e. for the company balance sheet, to invest in growth initiatives, security and quality, and advancing our existing strategic priorities through acceleration and de-risking. This week we closed $250M in financing from Silver Lake , the premier technology private equity firm.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Peter Boyce II (Stellation Capital). Hear from Peter Boyce II, founder of Stellation Capital (former partner at General Catalyst) on how to get the best terms, with the best investors for your startup, and ultimately the best long-term success, during your Series A fundraise. Pitch Deck Teardown. Nailing Your Series A.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 24, 2023

You build it, you get paid : More construction projects are being started, but payments to contractors and their subcontractors continue to cause a bottleneck in the normal course of completing a project. Constrafor raises new capital to make that better, Christine reports.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

The company also has managed to raise $63 million in equity and debt financing to support its mission. These capital commitments aren’t charity. The company has developed software to analyze a building’s construction by creating a virtual twin based on blueprints and public records.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2023

“These deals were traditionally harder to track than primary venture capital deals, as they don’t generally get announced, but a new fleet of startups is shining light on them,” such as Caplight, Notice, Birel and Hive Markets. “It was really hard to figure out what was going on.”

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 27, 2020

If you’re pitching, selling or proposing a partnership, you want to find out what will spark the other person’s interest so that they can’t help but want to work with you. It’s because you just haven’t pitched your products or services to solve their problems. I have held back because I place more value on the relationship.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2022

“The biggest challenge has been around scaling my team’s time, particularly around managing a growing portfolio at a time when founder support is critical,” said Ariana Thacker, founder of Conscience VC. Marco DeMeireles and Allan Jean-Baptiste , co-founders and GPs, Ansa Capital.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

He didn’t raise any capital for Chaotic Moon. He launched his latest venture, Strangeworks in 2018 and raised $4 million in seed stage capital. In addition, he created Ecliptic Capital, a $100 million evergreen investment fund that could grow to $150 million by the end of the year. “We Image source: Errich Petersen.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 4, 2022

“The biggest challenge has been around scaling my team’s time, particularly around managing a growing portfolio at a time when founder support is critical,” said Ariana Thacker, founder of Conscience VC. Marco DeMeireles and Allan Jean-Baptiste , co-founders and GPs, Ansa Capital.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2023

Prominent investors include a slew of a16z partners such as Marc Andreessen, Andrew Chen and Chris Dixon, as well as entrepreneur Ev Williams, icon Paris Hilton and support from investors Ryan Hoover and Cleo Capital’s Sarah Kunst. Eduardo Saverin’s B Capital raised $2.1 She’s already landed checks from the who’s who in tech.

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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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TechCrunch

JUNE 5, 2022

As such, based on Jason’s calculations, Varo could, gasp, run out of money by the end of this year — “and would become less than well capitalized before then…All of this puts immense pressure on Varo to cut costs and raise additional capital.” Constrafor grabs $106M in equity, credit to finance construction subcontractors.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

While new fund announcements are certainly exciting, the fund may already be partially invested through and investors need to make capital calls before writing those checks. With the backing of alumni and advisors, the firm hopes it can help early-stage enterprise startups land extra support and, of course, fresh capital.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Perhaps the first year of the pandemic was simply the final straw for so many companies that were already treading water — or maybe an influx of capital sources has kept heads above water. There was a time that Katerra was considered the darling of the construction tech world. Image Credits: Katerra. Loon (2015-2021).

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Siteline is building fintech infra for the construction market : While the consumer fintech space is chock-full of tools for what feels like any and every use case, the business world is a little bit different. Promise, a startup, aims to sit between you and the government, offering more flexible payment plans for bills. I kinda dig it.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Nearly every major Silicon Valley venture-capital firm has now invested in a B Corp ; maybe you will be one of them! Fortunately, there are a wide range of organizations that specifically want to support you, not just the VC community. Future Labs Flash Pitch. “For Congratulations! Google AI for Social Good.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2023

If SVB rises from the ashes (seems like there is a glimmer of hope thanks to folks like Ro Khanna) — and we act to mitigate the weaponization of concentrated digital media — money may not become impossibly expensive for capital intensive technologies like robotics. How best would an adversary attack innovation in robotics?

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

MAY 10, 2019

The eight finalists listed below will “pitch” their business ideas to a panel of independent judges on June 20, 2019 at Room 33 located at 1033 State Street in Erie, PA. Joel Marz with Efficient Nomad is providing the architectural design, engineering, and construction of custom, unique, and economical, single family homes.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

There are a number of tailwinds supporting the growth of a business like David Energy right now. The sands of market power are shifting and incumbents are poorly-positioned to adapt to evolving customer needs, so there’s a massive opportunity for us to capitalize.” . So it could pay for the power its customers have bought upfront.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

AUGUST 14, 2020

How they managed to rally other ecosystem stakeholders into supporting these efforts. Alexis Ehrhardt, President & CEO at Danville Pittsylvania County Chamber of Commerce, explains “For two years, Danville Regional Foundation provided a fellow to support the development of the ecosystem. The need for an ecosystem builder.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Rachel Holt, co-founder and general partner, Construct Capital. ” Offering new users frictionless onboarding, customer support and free credits is a proven method for making them more active — and loyal. Felicis’ Aydin Senkut and Guideline’s Kevin Busque on the value of simple pitch decks. Dave Clark, partner, Expa.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 30, 2021

Raising capital for a new fund is always hard. In this exciting moment, when younger founders will likely receive more attention, capital and control than ever, it’s crucial to avoid certain pitfalls. The new capital came less than a year after Brex raised $150 million at a $2.9 What can we do to support her?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 8, 2023

As The TechCrunch team sat through hundreds of startup pitches during YC’s biannual Demo Day, the backdrop of change was certainly noted. In these situations, investors also reserve more capital to backstop their best performing companies, which further reduces the number of new financings. Book your pass ASAP!

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TechCrunch

MARCH 26, 2021

What’s going to happen to those semi-vacant office towers, some of which are still under construction? ” Here’s who he interviewed: Clelia Warburg Peters, venture partner, Bain Capital Ventures. Robin Godenrath and Julian Roeoes, partners, Picus Capital. Zach Aarons, co-founder and general partner, MetaProp.

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TechCrunch

MAY 25, 2021

Oh, it also needs more capital. Zeta Global raised north of $600 million in private capital in the form of both equity financing and debt, making it a unicorn worth understanding. In simpler terms, Zeta helps companies pitch customers in varied manners depending on their own characteristics. ” Dogs of Lordstown.

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