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MAY 24, 2019

Western Mass Demo Day Connects Local Startups to Investors. This is an invite-only event for active & accredited investors to hear pitches from startups with a connection to Western Massachusetts. Investors get a first look at the startups, meet the founders, and network with other investors. Value Proposition for Startups.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

TechCrunch is tuned in, as always, and in keeping with our historical coverage, we compiled a list of our favorites from the first day’s pitches. The idea is that you might not have time to sit through over 100 pitches – so let us filter a bit and highlight some of the best companies from the first day of Y Combinator’s Summer 2022 Demo Day.

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Dream It

JANUARY 8, 2020

In the episode, Steve asked Ron about his “five slide pitch deck.” You can do so by providing a demo you did for a customer or a patent. How much will you invest in marketing and other capital intensive resources? Read Ron’s article on his five slide pitch deck here. Will you be hiring developers or sales people?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2021

With 17 startups participating, Berkeley SkyDeck’s Demo Day isn’t the largest cohort we’ve seen by any stretch. We are also hearing chatter that Demo Day will be larger than ever before because virtual events are much more scalable.”. Here’s a closer look at six highlights from this Demo Day. Image Credits: EndoCrine Bio, Inc.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Demo days at startup accelerators are a pretty big deal around here. Here’s just one example from Y Combinator’s Summer 2013 Demo Day: Positioning itself as the “FedEx of today,” it hopes to provide a logistics framework that goes beyond food and can be used for any type of on-demand order. Omnitron Sensors. Apothecary.

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APRIL 2, 2012

Similarly, picking seed investors for your first startup in and around the craziness of an accelerator demo day can be just as scarring over the long term. In fact, you'd probably be better off both deciding on a tat on demo day. I'm saying this because I went to my first YCombinator Demo Day last Tuesday. He said, "Sure!"

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TechCrunch

MAY 24, 2022

It’s Demo Day time! Today marks the 30th Demo Day for Alchemist , the enterprise-focused accelerator that helped grow companies like LaunchDarkly, Rigetti Computing and Privacera early on. billion in capital. Pitches are scheduled to start at 10:30 a.m. PDT, with 19 companies presenting in all.

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2022

TechCrunch has been covering the demo days of the seed-stage venture firm Pear VC since 2015. A lot of top firms show up, including from NEA, Lux Capital and Sequoia Capital. The pitch: Spathios says it’s a marketplace to book short-term venues and spaces. A few things have remained true since that time.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2022

Along with demo space, a $725 Early-Stage Startup Demo Package includes: Four event passes to help your team maximize time and opportunities. An exhibitors-only invitation to the live, online pitch feedback session with TC staff on May 20. Buy your Early-Stage Startup Demo Package before prices go up on May 15.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

million in Q3 2022, “the lowest it has been since the beginning of 2021,” writes Rak Garg, a principal at Bain Capital. Our 11 favorite companies from YC’s S22 Demo Day. ” Our 11 favorite companies from YC’s S22 Demo Day: Part 1. Our 10 favorite startups from YC’s S22 Demo Day: Part 2.

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Dream It

JULY 31, 2019

The product should be live if we hope to raise capital. The press enhances this misconception around YCombinator demo days, where the 3-day pitch event is perceived like an auction, with investors fighting each other for the best deals. Don't get me wrong; the pitch deck is a crucial document (trust me, it's what we do).

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TechCrunch

MAY 5, 2022

Momentum pulled off what every entrepreneur dreams of: Last year, it closed a lead investor for its seed round — which our own Ron Miller covered at the time — without even creating a pitch deck. Once a lead was secured, Momentum created a pitch deck to fill out the round. 17 — Placeholder for demo.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Our favorite startups from YC’s Summer 21 Demo Day, Part 1. For YC Summer 2021 Demo Day, the accelerator’s fourth virtual gathering, Natasha Mascarenhas, Alex Wilhelm, Devin Coldewey, Lucas Matney and Greg Kumparak selected 14 favorites from the first day of one of the world’s top pitch competitions.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Another domino falls : It was probably already a fiasco, but Binance deciding to not buy FTX led Sequoia Capital to claim its minority stake in FTX as nothing more than some unrealized gains, Connie reports. ” New crypto startups forged ahead during Alliance DAO’s demo day on Wednesday amid the FTX implosion. Christine and Haje.

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DECEMBER 21, 2010

Personally, I find pitch events to be a little bit contrived. For the most part, while the companies may be interesting, the actual pitches are usually so-so. For the most part, while the companies may be interesting, the actual pitches are usually so-so. Furthermore, you should be able to give your pitch to anyone sans deck.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 30, 2022

Last week, I covered the company’s $7 million seed funding round , and the company’s CEO, On Freund, was gracious enough to let me use the deck the company created to close that round for my Pitch Deck Teardown series. Oh, yeah, pitch decks and the tearing down thereof. Where were we? Go-to-market slide.

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NZ Entrepreneur

DECEMBER 10, 2020

It’s been growth ever since, and in 2020 the company pitched for funding to scale up. The fund raise required three in-person pitches, seven Zoom pitches and 30 Zoom calls before closing successfully in August. Successful pitches help your confidence snowball. A live demo of the product is essential.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 26, 2021

.” Here’s who he interviewed: Clelia Warburg Peters, venture partner, Bain Capital Ventures. Robin Godenrath and Julian Roeoes, partners, Picus Capital. Our favorite companies from Y Combinator’s W21 Demo Day. Our favorite companies from Y Combinator’s W21 Demo Day: Part 1.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

SparkLabs Korea , a Seoul-based seed to early-stage accelerator, held a demo Day on Thursday for its 19th cohort of companies. The latest demo day marks its tenth year after SparkLabs launched its accelerator program in December 2012. Not all teams end up pitching at demo day.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2021

We can’t check out every investing outfit’s demo day. For those of you who might be interested in tracking emerging themes or actual investment opportunities, here’s a quick rundown of who pitched what (with the Pear-backed companies at the end of this list). Note that we did not write the descriptions below.

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Y Combinator

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

My first YC Demo Day was in Summer of 2008, where my startup and twenty-one others anxiously pitched a room full of investors on what we’d been working so hard to build. Fifteen years later, I’m here as YC’s president kicking off our 37th Demo Day — the one celebrating the Summer 2023 batch.

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TechCrunch

JULY 18, 2022

Join VCs as they discuss why, despite a downturn market, robotics still attracts capital in Funding the Future (Kelly Chen, DCVC; Bruce Leak, Playground Global; Helen H. Robot demos. Who doesn’t love robot demos? You’ll see live demos from UC Berkeley, Agility Robotics and others. The TechCrunch Robotics Pitch-off.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Pitch decks for demo day. Goes without saying that raising capital is a critical moment for any startup. The post How a Great Brand Story Can Help You Nail Your Pitch Deck appeared first on Gust. It’s your first impression that can essentially make or break (figuratively) the opportunity at hand.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2021

TechCrunch has covered the company modestly before this seed-extension, noting that it was part of the CRV-backed Liftoff List , and reporting on some of its business details when it took part in a recent Y Combinator demo day. So, when the company picked up more capital, we picked up the phone. This is the new normal, we reckon.).

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Haystack

OCTOBER 2, 2019

all together) combined with the culture of “demo days,” in-person gatherings where angels and professional investors collide with entrepreneurs. Yesterday, I tweeted this: I get emails from friends @ accelerators, asking me what kind of co’s I’m interested in, or to watch online demo day (no), etc. 5/ Who Is On The Hook?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2023

But after spending hours watching YC’s Winter 2023 Demo Day pitches this week, we also couldn’t help but try to connect the dots: Are Scandinavian startups making waves at Y Combinator? When The Exchange wrote about Sweden’s startup scene at the end of last month, we said we’d revisit the Nordics this week.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

In the rest of this newsletter, we’ll talk about the new career path to CEO, our favorite startups from Techstars Demo Day and the latest SPAC you should probably know about. Data about startups is helpful to understand directional trends and how the flow of capital works and changes over time. A triple-hitter Demo Day.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2014

I had witnessed a number of early-stage tech startups in LA raise seed capital from the Bay Area and relocate. You can see Zach James & Rich Raddon who are standing next to a demo table pitching a small, yet-to-be-funded company called MovieClips – now the powerhouse ZEFR. We had a specific goal in mind. And Adam his.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2020

This year, as funding for female founders drops to 2017 levels , Feinzaig realized why accelerators, hers included, might not work for women as well as they work for men: demo day. The truth is, you don’t raise a round based on a 5-minute, highly scripted, polished and practiced on-stage pitch,” Feinzaig continued. “The

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David Teten VC

JULY 27, 2021

Contestants pitch their legal product idea for a chance to win $5,000, tutoring, and more. The Baylor New Venture Competition is a business plan and elevator pitch competition for college students from around the globe. Student teams pitch and compete for more than $1.5 The competition has $50,000 in cash prizes.

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Gust

AUGUST 19, 2012

Give the “elevator pitch” for your startup. What is the level of capital funding sought during this stage? Offer to do a demo later, but don’t try to squeeze it in the presentation. Here are the ten slides you need: Problem and market need. Fuzzy terms like “not user-oriented” or “too expensive” are not helpful. Exit strategy.

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 19, 2013

Paul''s point is all about being upfront and honest, which is ironic, because Demo Days seem to be one giant dog and pony show where the flashiest, biggest talking companies seem to get the most attention. I had someone pitch me recently who started their e-mail out with an indication of how fast the round was going.

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TechCrunch

MAY 14, 2021

You can highlight your pitch deck, run a video loop and/or host live demos. CrunchMatch lets you host private video meetings — pitch investors, recruit new talent or grow your customer base. Will Venture Capital Drive the Future of Mobility? Your virtual expo booth features lead-generation capabilities.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Our 11 favorite companies from YC’s S22 Demo Day: Part 1. ” It’s too early to tell when Airhart will reach product-market fit, but its proposal to “make flying to Tahoe as easy as driving to the grocery store” did sound like a strong audience fit for YC’s Demo Day. – Haje Kamps.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 25, 2023

Some have learned it the hard way, while others, like Sahil Lavingia, are telling LPs to literally cancel their checks if they feel guilty about investing in venture capital while the market rocks and interest rates boom. In the rest of this newsletter we’re talking AI, icons and demo days. No pitches, please.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 7, 2023

Go meet and talk with them, get a product demo, and watch them fast-pitch from the Pitch Showcase Stage. How to Build a New Venture Firm in Public — with Noramay Cadena (Supply Change Capital), Mac Conwell (RareBreed Ventures) and Turner Novak (Banana Capital).

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Visit their virtual booths, get a product demo and start a conversation. You can also catch Startup Alley founders pitching to TechCrunch staff. Look for the Startup Pitch Feedback Sessions scheduled over all three days. Soak up the pitch deck teardowns and the VC presentations. Who’s ready for Startup Battlefield?

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